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What statement below best describes the carbohydrate intake
recommendations between persons with insulin resistance and persons with Type 2 diabetes?

a. Persons with Type 2 diabetes should eat more complex carbohydrates than persons with insulin resistance should.

b. Persons with insulin resistance should eat more complex carbohydrates than persons with Type 2 diabetes should.

c. Carbohydrate intake recommendations for persons with Type 2 diabetes are more tailor-made than for persons with insulin resistance.

d. There is no difference between carbohydrate recommendations.

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I mean, how can you tell which one you have, assuming you don’t have both.

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I have been a type 1 diabetic for 40 years.The last 6 months I have gained 60 pounds.I have not changed my diet.I am a 43 year old male. Whats wrong?

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I have insulin resistance, and last time I checked my blood sugar was ok. But then right after, to kind of reward myself, I started eating more fruit. Before that I didn’t eat fruit or anything sweet at all. And ever since I’ve been eating one banana a day, when I eat my other meals I become sleepy, and I used to have this sleepy reaction when my insulin resistance was pretty bad. Now are bananas bad for me? I really like them? But will I need to quit eating them alltogether or no?

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This video is the 1st of 3 on carbohydrates and Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics. Please watch them in sequence to make sense out of it.

And are some people more sensitive to changes in their blood sugar than others? I am told that I am insulin resistant. I can feel bad (extreme fatigue, nausea, sometimes get shakey, etc.) but I’ll take my sugar and it’s 71…which my mom, who is a nurse, says is ok. Or sometimes the exact opposite will happen and I will take my sugar and it’s 135, which I am told is also “normal”.
I am not overweight…I am 5’2″ and 115 lbs or maybe less. Also, I am on Glucophage 2000 mg a day. I exercise and eat right etc. I don’t know, maybe I still eat too many carbs? I don’t eat sugar though. My mom thinks I’m TOO thin. I don’t know what to do anymore.l..
I am not overweight…I am 5’2″ and 115 lbs or maybe less. Also, I am on Glucophage 2000 mg a day. I exercise and eat right etc. I don’t know, maybe I still eat too many carbs? I don’t eat sugar though. My mom thinks I’m TOO thin. I don’t know what to do anymore…

Dr. LeWinter discusses the treatments available for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. For more on type 2 diabetes visit www.empowher.com

i know they are both related but doesn’t an insulin resistance mean u have diabetes?

I was resently prescribed this drug by my doctor to treat my apparent insulin resistance ( pre-diabetes). Does this drug cure this ailment, or does it just prevent me from developing Type 2 diabetes. Just trying to get a better understanding of the meds Im taking..

How Your Body Works 5 Insulin Resistance Type 2 Diabetes What is insulin resistance? What is type 2 diabetes or adult onset diabetes? Why do people become diabetic? What does insulin resistance have to do with obesity, weight gain and weight loss? Does eating too much fat really cause someone to gain weight? What diet is a risk factor for diabetes? How does the Atkins diet work? What is insulin and what does it do? What can nutrition do for theseconditions? radhla is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, CCN She is also a Certified bionutritional Analyst. She has a M.Ed. in nutrition and is a professional member of the International and American Association of Clinical Nutritionists, (IAACN), and the American Naturopathic Medical Association (ANMA). Visit Radhia’s Website at www.advancedhealthinstitute.com This video was produced by Psychetruth www.myspace.com www.youtube.com psychetruth.blogspot.com Psychetruth is empowered by tubemogul www.tubemogul.com © Copyright 2009 Target Public Media. All Rights Reserved.