This article is short and straight forward.
The simple way to understand it is, that diabetes results from your body messing up insulin production, and not being able to deal with blood sugar levels as it’s supposed too. This leads to many complications, which if left untreated can result in organ failure, obesity, and sometimes even death.
One of the worst parts about living with the disease is not only the unbalanced body that comes with it, but also the hunger cravings and irritability that comes about as a result of the insulin medication proscribed to treat the condition.
Diabetic medication for the long term isn’t what most people want and the side effects come back to bite you later on. The most common one being obesity.
The two videos below can further your understanding on the subject, You can see the videos below if you’d like to or read on ahead.
The body’s mismanagement of the hormone called Insulin, and high blood sugar, is what wrecks havoc in diabetics, especially those with type 2 diabetes and those who are at risk of contracting diabetes.
A ketogenic diet is one which is severely low in carbs and high in healthy fats, is very effective in balancing the hormone and healing the effects of excess blood sugar and excess insulin in the blood stream. ( NIH sources: 1, 2, 3)
The studies found that after a week on a proper ketogenic diet, in the 21 participants, insulin sensitivity fell by 75% and blood sugar fell as well. (4)
Nineteen weeks into the diet, blood sugar of the diabetics fell by as much as 16% and 7 of those 21 were given the green light to get off their diabetes medication.
Not only will it help in diabetes, the “ketones” produced and used by the body as fuel during ketosis are extremely helpful against cancer, Alzheimer disease and epilepsy.
Avoiding processed sugars is the best way to start, and re-nourishing your body with healthy fats like butter, lard, ghee and coconut oil is very important. It is also very important to eat several vegetables everyday to maintain your body’s healthy mineral balance.
For the sweet tooth reading this, did you know you can eat this sweet and savory bacon jam on the keto diet? or would you prefer a slice of this heavenly keto approved dark chocolate mousse.
PLEASE HELP SOMEONE WHO IS AT RISK OF DIABETES DUE TO THEIR LIFESTYLE OR SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY DIABETIC, AND SHOW THEM THIS ARTICLE. THANK YOU!
Additional Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8604657
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20645852
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