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A comment on An Insulin Index of Foods (1994).

Re:An Insulin Index of Foods (1994) by sleepysysadmin on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @01:30PM (#19370718)
Carbs cause diabetes. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/reversing-diabetes.html
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Re:An Insulin Index of Foods (1994) by sodosopa on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @06:13PM (#19373614)
That's Type 2 diabetes, which is misnamed since it's a completely different than Type 1 which honestly affects more people.
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Re:An Insulin Index of Foods (1994) by sleepysysadmin on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @07:49AM (#19377739)
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diet-for-type1-diabetes.html

You cant reverse type1 but if you cut carbs from your diet with type1 your diabetes stops being a problem.

Plus, type 1 is fairly rare. >90% of diabetes is type2.

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Re:An Insulin Index of Foods (1994) by sodosopa on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @09:10PM (#19385641)
> if you cut carbs from your diet with type1 your diabetes stops being a problem.

Look up "dawn syndrome". Your body sometimes works against this idea.

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