It’s not uncommon for people with type 2 diabetes to have other health problems.
We hear them all the time – weight gain, high blood pressure and cholesterol, inflammation, GERD, and the list goes on.
These are all part of the same condition – metabolic dysregulation. Or in other words, your body’s metabolism is out of whack, not functioning as it should and so you’re getting all these other symptoms arising.
Symptoms of Metabolic Dysregulation
You may have heard of the term ‘metabolic syndrome.’ Years ago, this was called ‘syndrome X.’
Metabolic syndrome represents a cluster of symptoms that occur when metabolism is altered.
Symptoms of metabolic dysregulation include:
- weight gain/obesity
- high blood pressure
- cholesterol changes – lowered HDL, higher triglycerides
- impaired fasting glucose levels
- insulin resistance
- prediabetes
- type 2 diabetes
Associated conditions include:
- fatty liver
- high inflammatory markers
- PCOS
- elevated uric acid levels
- gallstones
- erectile dysfunction in men
- increased blood clotting factors
- digestive issues
- sleep apnea
- and the list goes on…
These issues tend to develop over time, over years in fact. And over time, instead of having one symptom, you may have many.
So if all these things are ‘symptoms,’ what is the cause?
What Causes Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes?
While there can be other individual causes, many experts agree, for most people the problems arise via the combination of high glucose and high insulin.
The real issue however, is hyperinsulinemia – increased production of insulin/high levels of insulin, which leads to insulin resistance.
As we can see above, one of the roles of insulin is helping with blood sugar control. In response to glucose, insulin facilitates the transport of glucose into the body’s cells, primarily the muscles and liver.
The thing is, the muscles and liver can only store so much energy at one time. In steps insulin again…
Overall, insulin is the energy storage hormone. Or in other words, the job of insulin is to organize energy (food) and send it to the most appropriate place in the body. If there’s no room left in the muscles and liver, where can the energy go?
Insulin pushes the energy to fat storage or other places. Your body is trying to do its job to protect you and regulate the body’s normal function. But, it continues to have difficulty because the problem is not addressed.
The excess consumption of food and sugar/carbohydrates/processed food continues, so insulin keeps trying to do its job. In time, all the cells become overloaded. Then, higher than normal glucose levels appear. Over time, if not addressed, glucose levels become higher and higher, and insulin levels become higher and higher too.
Your body is now insulin resistant. And the combination of high glucose and high insulin is toxic to the body, causing any number of ‘symptoms’ and health issues and increasing risk of all sorts of associated health complications, such as eye, kidney, nerve, or cardiovascular issues.
Essentially, metabolic functions throughout your body have become compromised.
How Can You Turn Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Around?
The good news is that the body is very intelligent, so if you start today, you have an opportunity to turn it all around. The solution however is not medication.
While medication can be helpful, the truth is, if you need to take more and more medication, your diabetes may ‘look’ like it’s getting better because you’re maintaining blood sugar control, but your health may actually be getting worse.
The solution is to treat your condition via natural means.
The key to treatment of prediabetes or type 2 diabetes (and all your other health problems) is NUTRITION!
In most cases, the health problems have taken time to arise due to lack of proper nutrition over years – too much sugar, too many refined and processed foods, too much carbohydrate, and consumption of low quality foods.
It’s not your fault. It’s largely a result of our present modern environment and the increase in man-made food products.
The answer is to change what you eat and follow a lower carb nutrient dense whole food eating plan.
A low carb nutrient dense whole food eating plan helps restore your metabolism to normal. As a result, insulin lowers, blood sugars become normal, you lose weight, blood pressure and cholesterol normalize, inflammation reduces and all your other symptoms seem to magically disappear as well.
We’ve been supporting our members to achieve this for years, and we know our guidelines work!
“When I started DMP, I was 310 lbs (140kg) and my A1C was 10. I had a very unhealthy lifestyle. Since then, I have lost weight, I am at 190 lbs (86kg) now and my A1C is between 6.5 to 7.0 and no longer have to take medicine.” ~Dusty
If you are a person with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, eating too much carbohydrate is going to make your body produce more insulin, make you more insulin resistant, make it more difficult to lose weight, and very difficult to regulate blood sugar, without the need for more and more medication.
A low carb nutrient dense whole food eating plan should be standard practice in the treatment of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
For the past decade, that’s what we’ve been recommending to our members, and we’re proud to say many of them are achieving and maintaining healthy blood sugar levels.
“I wanted to see my A1c under 5.7 but my doctor told me that because of the medications I have to take, not to expect that to happen. I got great news today. My A1C is 5.8!! I am so grateful for DMP!” ~Val
“Great information about diabetes and really good recipes with instructions and grocery lists. My A1c went from 12.4 to 5.2 in 4 months and fasting blood sugars now run 90’s to low 100’s. Thanks for everything.” ~David G
Are you ready to stop going around in circles and eat to treat diabetes?
DMP Founder, Dr Jedha, has a clinically proven program that can help you lower A1c, lose weight if you need to, reduce or eliminate medication and improve your overall health.
Please consider taking the program, as you will see dramatic improvements in your health, in as little as 16 weeks.
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