If only loosing weight could reduce my diabetes

Right, I am a qualified nutritionist (UK) and I would advise you to read up on your condition and diets that can combat it. Many health systems in many countries don't support the eating plans that actually work but I would read the book Protein Power by Micheal R Eades and an easy plan with online support is Neris and India's Idiot Proof Diet book - the website is pig2twig.co.uk/forums Please take this information seriously because I have many acquaintances whose diabetes has significantly improved and in some cases eliminated the need for the more drastic medication. Your bloating around your middle could be an aversion to carbs in which case again - read the books I have suggested. If I can be of any more help please IM me

Although one factor that you can acquire diabetes is when you are obese. But losing weight is not the only way you can get rid of diabetes. When your pancreas is already not functioning anymore then you are forever be watching your sugar levels. It is our pancreas that produces insulin that allows sugar to be use by our cells as food. Without it our sugar level in our blood would become higher since there is no insulin in your body. The only solution to that is through insulin injections that could stabilize your blood sugar. Although there are medications that could also suppress sugar from going high but when your pancreas is not producing enough insulin for your body that you are required to take insulin injections.

www.diabetes.ca/about-diabetes/nutrition/ If you go to the website of the Canadian Diabetis Association you will find lots of information. Note also you cannot get rid of diabetis, only control it. It does not suddenly disappear. It will also tell you that age, family history and overweight play a role in it. Fat around the middle is the worst. Try and join a program that concentrates on core strenghening. Walking is good but in most cases is not enough unless you walk long distances at a very fast clip every day. Good luck.

I dont know but its just hard to get rid of the weight around on your tummy Adn I always thought diabetes was more from salt intake than sugar altho sugar does have a part .

they say that stomach fat (yeah, the kind that is hard to lose because its right around the middle) and the kind that make you look pregnant, does seem to be part of the fuction of causing type 2 diabeties. if you work on also cutting back on the simple carbs - and really, try to give up corn - you might find that the diabeties isn't quite as bad

I recently found out that I have type 2 diabetes. Losing 6 pounds is great, but to see a difference in your blood sugar you have to lose alot more. My dad had type 1 insulin dependent. He passed away in 05. They told him his feet would have to be amputated and he had cancer also he was told. He went into hospice and stopped his dialysis. He didn't do what the doctors said. He ate sweets, stopped his medication including the insulin and deteriorated. I had to watch him continuously pass out and fall down almost daily. I am not going to do that. I was devestated when I found this out. I think it is from my weight. I have also lost 6 pounds in the past two weeks and I am going to take it all off. You can reverse diabetes but you have to make sure you exercise, watch what you eat, and take your meds. Eventually my doctor said I will be able to stop the medication. Good luck!

i'm sorry to hear about your illness... i don't really understand whether diabetes is a genetic thing or not... but i think it is in some sort... so if you have a history in your family that has diabetes, you are more than likely to get it as well... may be ask your doctor about it for more information to get rid of your diabetes through your diet... may be your doctor can help you... good luck... take care and have a nice day...

Hi, suspenseful. I understand your frustration. Dealing with diabetes can be quite difficult, especially if your doctor doesn't know what he's talking about. One good thing is that Type I (juvenile) diabetes is "the bad, bad horrible kind." They don't produce insulin so have to take insulin in order to survive. Diabetes (both I and II) does seem to be genetic; however, the number of people being diagnosed with diabetes is on the rise because we are becoming heavier and less active. I don't think people who inherit a tendency toward diabetes have a harder time beating it. You say you've never had much of a sweet tooth. Carbs - breads, potatoes, rice, pizza, rolls, etc. - are the things that make my sugar spike. This is true for a lot of people that I know who have Type II diabetes. Are you taking any medicine to help control your blood sugar? When was the last time you had a Hemoglobin A1c? Do you know what your numbers are/were? I think the best thing for you to do is search the Internet for good sites with great information. I think the American Diabetes Association, American Association on Health and Disability, and Diabetes.com all have some very good info. I hope this bit of info helps and GOOD LUCK!

I am not sure how hereditary diabetes is. I know that it runs in my family too though. I bet a better diet and losing weight will definitely help you to reduce it or reduce the risk of it.

I know that a lot of our body makeup comes from our genetics. I've weighed the same for 15 years, my dad told me I could eat whatever I wanted until I was 40 and after that I'd start to put on some weight. Its true, I started an exercise program and lost about 10 lbs in one month and I wasn't even trying. I know its not fair to you to have to deal with this but you can talk with your doctor about how to loose weight, if it comes off too fast that's unhealthy. Slow but sure is better. Good luck.

Hello suspense my advice to you is not to worry. Some persons when they worried they gain weight. It is not that you eat more put it seems as if the muscles in the body enlarge. Just continue to do what you know is healthy for you and think not about the rate and then you will see the result in a week or two. Take care of yourself

If you did not want diabetes you should have picked different parents. You can live a quite normal life on pill and maintaining a good diet. Not to do so can make you life miserable with sickness and amputations and organ damage, but I guess you know all that by now. It is a struggle I know but you have to make the choices. Best of luck.

I think over time you will eventually reduce the high sugar and the diabetes will fade if not go away completely. I'm no doctor but I believe it takes a lot more then just losing 6 lbs to get rid of diabetes completely. I guess it all depends on how much you weigh now and what your ideal weight is meant to be. I'm not sure if diabetes is genetic but I guess you can be predispostioned to it. Good luck suspenseful. K

I just did a speech on diabetes in health class today. Yes that would make me 17 yrs old. anyway, i know alot about it since my dad has it. and has had it for 40+ years. he is type 1 ( juvinile onset). Now i am 6'6 and 150 lbs, 30 pounds under weight. I try and eat and eat, i could eat a cow and not change my weight. I excersize daily and i do try to watch my diet alittle. I do splurge on the sugar sometimes, but then i go and run it off. I have a fat mall around my belly area, from all the sugar. In the past 5 years it has gotten bigger and bigger, with less restrictions i have on eating sugar. In the last 6-8 months i have been trying to be more and more active. that means, running more, excersizing in general more, pushups and situps to try and make this fat area leave. and it has shrinked to 3/4 the size it was. So Diabetes runs in my family, so i have a very high risk of getting it, plus i am guy so there is a greater risk.but if you continue to excersize and stuff like that, plus watching your diet and not eating to many sugars you should lessen your chance of getting it. There is no cure for Diabetes, if there was, my dad would have gotten rid of it a long time ago! :P but there are instances that it does not show signs of being in your body, but if you go back the the routine of eating fatty foods , lots of sugar and not excersizing, it can show up again.

as far as i know diabetes can be acquire through your ancestors ..so if the family history has diabetes and your not(assuming only)then you must be very careful..eat moderately and live a life healthily by keeping your body fit..(by exercising and the likes) then maybe you can control it at least..

Vanadel sulphate, chromium, selvester something or other, are all used to lower disabetes. Benphotamine puts thiamine back into the cells to prevent diabetes. I would you natural things to help your diabetes on the web. I personally like to look at Curezone for natural cures, but there are a number of places to look.

Diabetes is a life long condition with no cure. While diet and exercise will help in controlling the condition, it will never be gone. And, that applies to all forms of the disease. The problem around your stomach may not be excess weight, but untoned muscles. I have the same problem, especially after having 5 kids. This can seem to take forever to get it to go away (no matter if you have diabetes or not). One of the easiest ways to exercise your abdominal area is by sitting on a gym ball when using the computer. i have found this is helping with my back muscles too, as i have to rely on my own body weight to keep on my perch. Weightloss isn't a one fit solution for everyone, nor are the results. Without extensive consultation between a gp, dietician and personal trainers, most people don't succeed, or end up going about it the wrong way. Obviously, not everyone can afford a personal trainer, but the gp and dietician are usually enough to help just lose weight.

Heredity does have a hand in your weight, I know. I have trouble losing, too. When I was 18 I joined Weight Watchers and lost a whole bunch of weight. It took a long time and was hard, but I did it. You'd think at that age it would come off quickly but not for me. Anyway, they told me that the weight comes off but not always where we want it to, when we want it to--but it will eventually come off! My stomach was the LAST to go! But go it did. Be patient with yourself. Continue with your healthy eating and although the weight won't come off where you want it to, when you want it to, it will leave eventually. I've found that 6 small meals a day works the best for me. Others cut out all snacks and that works for them with 3 meals a day. Everyone is different. Find out what your body needs and feed it accordingly. You might need several small meals or a few big ones, who knows? Since my surgery and learning about the dangers of salt, I've cut out nearly all salt and that has helped a lot. I use salt substitute when I think I need salt and I'm sure that has contributed to the 18 pounds I've lost in the past three weeks.

I think that in your case it is gentic. MY FIL had it and so did my husband. My children try to keep their weight down as they know that they have a one in four chance of getting it. The important thing is to keep the sugar level stble. My husband did better when he was on insulin. This insulin really helped him. Are you back into your house yet after the renovations?

With the things I have been discovering lately, I think almost every disease has a genetic disposition . By that I mean that the total makeup of our being add up to what makes one person susptible to diseases and another not. Even within families the individual has a different combination of heredity factors. That's why I believe some people are more susptible to diabeties than others ( the people having diabieties because of eating factore and the same ones to diminish thier diabities with weight loss). Some people are subject to weight gain because of heredity and some strictly because of eating paterns. I believe to be true of such things as MS, aides, hypertension, high cholesteral etc etc etc. It's not to say the some people do it to themselves with lifestyle , but; some people are mote susptable because of heredity.