remission, not cure

> I must agree. My brother and I are both diabetics. Though I am out of shape (though I watch what I eat and exercise regularly) he is in the military and is whip thin and all muscle. Didn't stop him from getting diabetes, just like the rest of the family.
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> Back when I was diagnosed, a specialist said to me, "your diabetes is your diabetes--no one can say exactly why you have it or what path your treatment will take - -you need to learn what works for you."
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> > That is not true, in that it isn't always because of your lifestyle. Many people with either or both conditions have had very healthy lifestyles and still gotten the diseases. Most in those cases have genetics involved, but I have heard of plenty of people who are slender and active and they got it, too. In fact, a former quarter back here got diabetes and there are swimmers competing with it. It is really rude to continually say that diabetes and high blood pressure are caused by unhealthy lifestyles.

I am sorry for writing that Kristy might have a chance to
end her Insulin Resistant diabetes with weight loss, a low
carb diet and daily exercise.

Her subject line was "New and scared."My desire was to end her being scared by letting her know that some people when diagnosed IR can end their need for insulin stimulants with weight loss, a healthy low carb diet and daily exercise. I know a number of these people and everyone is very happy that they're in better shape and no longer require
insulin stimulants and multiple blood glucose tests each day.

I learned my healthy life style of diet and exercise when I became
a teenager who loved athletics. At that same time I became an Insulin Dependent diabetic. As a result I am ignorant of what drudgery diet and exercise are for someone who has to learn them when they are a grown adult.

I meant no offense. I only wanted to offer hope to Kristy that one
day she might free herself from needing insulin stimulants and blood glucose tests.

Be well,

Tim

Tim,

the part about possibly ending the Insulin Resistance is okay, but not a cure. What we were replying to is that someone said the only way to get diabetes and high blood pressure is because of poor health style. There are many people who get those health problems even though they have a healthy lifestyle, just like people get other health problems when they have a healthy lifestyle. Too many people are blaming all health problems lately on how much a person weighs. There is a lot of emphasis put on BMI now, but in some cases the BMI is faulty because it is based on how big around you are. In people who are muscular, but have a larger waist size, using that BMI is false. (There is a college somewhere that uses BMI to tell students they won't graduate unless they take a certain class. Those with the lower BMI are not required to take the class to graduate. The article about that is where I got the information on BMI being faulty)
There are several people on the list who HAVE gotten their diabetes under control by their lifestyle and I hope I can get my lifestyle under control enough to become one of them.

Lifestyle can CONTRIBUTE to people getting diabetes and HBP, but people have to understand that it doesn't necessarily CAUSE it. That was the point. Lifestyle can CONTRIBUTE to what is often called reversing diabetes, but it is still there. If lifestyle was actually the CAUSE, then diabetes could be cured by changing the lifestyle, but that doesn't happen. It just helps get you to the place you can control it.