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I hope you are right. I lost 24 pounds this year. Another 15 and my weight will be in normal range. So far, no change in my diabetes but I am still losing a couple of pounds every month. If you are right, I will be cured by next year.

I say this in all honesty. If losing weight cures it I will be so thankful. The strange thing is that I have never been one to eat lots of sweets and I exercise. Many people who weigh much more than me have way better blood sugar. So is it all weight or is there something more? Personally, I wonder about environmental factors. Also now they are finding some medicines are linked to diabetes. Like Seroquel (which I took years ago) and Lipitor.

The sad truth is some people have completely wrecked their insulin sensitivity b/c of poor diet. I'm not saying you are one or not, just that diet is so critical to a healthy life and our "approved" western diet is a recipe for disaster for most people.

My wife is a GP and she deals with obesity and T2D all the time. She says 3 things for T2D.

1. Lose weight 2. Reduce your carbs, go low carb as soon as possible. 3. Exercise, preferably with weights and walking/swimming.

She personally has never had a patient that actually did the above and wasn't "cured" from T2D. However, she has had folks who think losing 5 pounds or that low carb means not drinking the 5th coke of the day and don't understand why it doesn't work in 2 weeks. She has found herself to be an educator most of all. People just generally have zero clue on how all these systems work and she has to tell folks things like "yes, rice is in fact a carb. So is an apple and those waffles. Yup, the biscuit as well. Oh, you're drinking fruit juice for breakfast thinking you are being good? That's 45g of sugar right there. That low fat yogurt is in fact awful for you as a T2D".

I don't like to recommend nutrition advise over the internet, but if you haven't looked into ketogenic diet for T2D management, I would give it a look.

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