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by
Konstantin Monastyrsky
Weight gain, pre-diabetes, and diabetes, all
happen to be “disorders of carbohydrate metabolism.” Thus, if you
eliminate the causes of one related disorder, the other ones usually
eliminate ithemselves as well. Unfortunately, losing weight and
reversing diabetes isn‘t as easy as simply pursuing a fad diet. Here are
the true reasons behind this challenge, and additional insights into the
role of weight loss in reversing metabolic disorders:
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Transcript
Greetings,
In this episode I will describe the role and function
of weight loss in reversing pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
Permanent weight loss done right happens to be the
safest, least expensive, and most effective way to accomplish this goal,
which, as we all know, is unattainable by conventional therapies and
treatments.
As I already mentioned in the preceding episode, this
role of weight loss is well recognized by mainstream medicine, such as
in this excerpt from the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy:
“Weight loss of as little as 7% of baseline body
weight [...] may reduce the incidence of diabetes in high-risk people by
over 50%.” [link]
I specifically repeat this information here, so you
don‘t get derailed or intimidated by assorted “well-wishers” who may
insist that reversing diabetes is impossible by invoking a seemingly
irrefutable argument:
— If this, indeed, would be true or possible, medical
doctors would have been using weight loss to treat diabetes a long time
ago.
Well, guess what — some already do. Just consider the
following statement from Dr. Hamdy, the Medical Director of the Obesity
Clinical Program at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts:
“In our model, the focus is on body weight as the core
of diabetes treatment. We've allowed the weight loss itself to help
people achieve blood glucose control.”
[link]
If you don't already know, Joslin Diabetes Center is affiliated with Harvard
Medical School, and, in their own words, is:
“The world's preeminent diabetes research and clinical
care organization.” [link]
This institution is
as mainstream as it gets. If they consider weight loss protocol safe and
effective for reversing diabetes, so will your doctor and nutritionist.
Now, let‘s turn to specifics, and review the role of
weight loss in reversing pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, reason by
reason:
— Reason #1. Complete and permanent weight loss
eliminates hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance. In addition
to normalizing blood sugar and reversing diabetes, this also improves
peripheral circulation and heart function, reverses hypertension and
atherosclerosis, protects kidneys and liver from failure, calms down
stress and anxieties, eliminates chronic migraines and insomnia,
enhances memory and concentration, and increases your overall energy and
sense of wellbeing.
— Reason #2. Weight loss reduces carbohydrate
overload. A diabetes-specific weight loss diet adjusts your
daily consumption of dietary carbohydrates to your actual physiological
needs. This, in turn, brings down your blood sugar within the normal
range because the cells are no longer oversaturated with glucose.
As a side benefit, reduced
carbohydrates spares your liver from cirrhosis, eliminates kidney
overload, reduces the risk and severity of opportunistic microbial
infections, and dramatically improves heart function and blood
circulation by bringing down the level of lipids circulating in the
blood.
— Reason #3. A properly executed weight loss
diet tames run-away hunger, appetite, and sugar cravings. This,
in turn, prevents the overeating of dietary carbohydrates — the primary
cause of elevated blood sugar, weight gain, and ensuing pre-diabetes and
type 2 diabetes.
— Reason #4. A diabetes-specific weight loss
diet removes the need for diabetic drugs, and eliminates their
side-effects. These drugs by themselves speed up diabetic
decline more than any other therapeutic factor because they stimulate
sugar cravings, cause carbohydrate overconsumption, stimulate weight
gain, and lead to gradual damage of the heart, liver, pancreas, and
kidneys. Even the drug considered the safest — the most widely used
metformin (Glucophage) — contributes to deadly diabetic neuropathy by
causing the deficiency of vitamin B-12 [link].
— Reason #5. Complete and permanent weight loss
eliminates dyslipidemia, or a combination of elevated levels of
cholesterol and triglycerides, the two factors that increase blood
viscosity, contribute to vascular plaque, and impede blood circulation.
This, in turn, brings down elevated blood pressure, reduces heart
workload, improves blood circulation, reverses atherosclerosis, and
prevents peripheral neuropathy, making the recovery from diabetes even
more astonishing than it already is.
— Reason #6. A diabetes-specific weight loss
diet prevents the wasting of muscle tissue and helps to rebuild muscles.
This is very important, because muscles are among the most prolific
consumers of glucose derived from foods, and help maintain blood sugar
within normal range. Physical exercise stimulates healthy muscles to
uptake glucose from the blood. This reduces the level of blood sugar,
and contributes to reversing diabetes. I specifically stress this point
here, because unbalanced diets, especially Ornish-style vegetarian
diets, may cause profound muscle wasting [more].
— Reason #7. A diabetes-specific weight loss
diet eliminates inflammatory conditions. My program relies on
foods that have low-allergenicity, aren‘t likely to cause food
intolerances, or contain known inflammatory agents. This, in turn,
prevents systemic and organ-specific inflammation, which causes elevated
blood sugar through the increased demand for endogenous glucose.
— Reason #8. A diabetes-specific weight loss
diet improves the quality and duration of sleep. This in turn,
improves structural metabolism, which uses a significant amount of body
fat to build new cells, synthesize hormones, provide energy for the
heart, and for a myriad of other physiological functions. Also, good
sleep increases the level of energy output throughout the night and
following day, and this improves glucose uptake and reduces blood sugar
levels.
— Reason #9. A diabetes-specific weight loss
diet normalizes thyroid function. The thyroid gland produces
hormones that regulate protein, carbohydrate, and fat metabolism.
Borderline hypothyroidism contributes to weight gain by causing
hypoglycemia and stimulating sugar cravings, reducing energy metabolism,
and encouraging fat gain to protect internal organs from hypothermia,
and causes weight gain by increasing water retention.
— Reason #10. A diabetes-specific weight loss
diet prevents anemia. This improves oxygen delivery throughout
the body, increases energy production, and improves glucose uptake.
Unlike my program, most restrictive diets, and particularly Ornish-style
vegetarian diets, result in profound vitamin B-12 deficiency that “…causes
megaloblastic anemia, damage to the white matter of the spinal cord and
brain, and peripheral neuropathy.” [link]
one of the most deadliest scourges of diabetes.
— Reason #11. A diabetes-specific weight loss
diet concentrates on preventing undernutrition. Lack of
essential nutrients is typical for all restrictive weight loss diets.
Chronic undernutrition forces the body into “hibernation” mode to
preserve resources, lowers energy production, and decreases glucose
uptake. This is one of the primary mechanisms behind profound weight
gain after completing or aborting a weight loss diet, well known as the
“yo-yo” effect. [more]
— Reason #12. A diabetes-specific weight loss
diet concentrates on preventing digestive disorders. While the
diet is abundant, digestive disorders may cause mere undernutrition.
When the diet is restrictive, the same disorders may cause outright
malnutrition. To prevent this from happening, my program concentrates on
eliminating and preventing digestive disorders, so you can eat less
without ruining your health in the process.
So, as you can see, there is much more to diabetes-reversal
diets than simply eating less. That is why only about 5% of people in
the general population can attain permanent weight loss beyond 5 years,
and this number is probably even smaller for people already affected by
pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes because of their age, reduced
metabolism, and side effects of medication.
After watching the next episode, entitled “The
12 Rules of Safe And Effective Weight Loss for patients affected by
pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes,” you will have even more
insights into the workings of my program, and the reasons behind its
remarkable safety and uncanny effectiveness.
Thank you for your interest in my weight loss program,
and I look forward to greeting you in the next episode! |
