Re: IBS and diabetes, this is important
02/25/05 03:42 AM
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AllisonL
Reged: 01/19/05
Posts: 54
Loc: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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For you, it sounds like you already do have diabetes, or at least some degree of glucose intolerance. So, it would be right what you are doing. But I was just saying for other people who are worried about getting diabetes from eating too much starchy food, that is not really an issue. This is not what causes the pancreas to "wear out" in type 1. Type two really starts as an insensitivity to insulin, where the receptors on muscle and liver dont respond to it any more. They dont know it is out there, so the liver starts making more glucose and the muscle doesnt take it up. Either of these lead to hi blood sugar. I wasnt trying to sound overly technical, just wanted to make sure I got everything "technically" right. I asked my professor who is an MD PHD in endocrinology, and that is how he explained it.
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