Glucose is not the only brain food. Ketone bodies work, and the brain can get much of the needed glucose requirements through glucogenesis. As a diabetes educator, Solowiejczyk should know this. In fact, a diet high in carbs (IMO >150g/day) can frustrate blood sugar control. Also, the writer got the distinction between Type 1 and Type 2 largely wrong. The end stage of Type 2 diabetes is often pancreatic exhaustion which results in the cessation of insulin production similar to what Type 1 diabetics experience at the outset. What truly constitutes the difference is that Type 2 diabetics do not use insulin properly, through insulin resistance or carbohydrate intolerance, resulting in persistent high blood sugar. The reason weight loss works to stave off the onset of Type 2 diabetes or reverse it in its earlier stages is an increase in insulin sensitivity.
Deb Bof AK7:22PM May 10, 2013
This is really true. I find that I'm weighed down with emotional pain on a daily basis, but those feelings encourage me to face other obstacles with a thicker skin and clearer head. Diabetes helps to make me who I am ... no matter how tough things may get during the days, seasons, and years to come!
Emily Petitof RI1:39PM December 05, 2012
I have known my moods were changing a lot in the past few weeks..I have a mood disorder for a long time. This time it was something that was very disturbing. I felt so different. I hope this will go away. I have a lot of emotionally feelings that are still lingering.
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