The standard approach treats high blood sugar with medications while ignoring what caused it: chronically high insulin. A different approach—addressing the root cause—achieves remission rates up to 46% in real-world settings. Here's the evidence most doctors never see.
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triglycerides
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The studies that blamed saturated fat? They actually showed vegetable oils increased death rates. Then the data disappeared for 40 years.
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In this episode of The Metabolic Classroom, Professor Ben Bikman, an expert in metabolic research, discusses the debate surrounding saturated fat and its impact on insulin resistance.
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A 5‑year very‑low‑carb, remote‑care program for type 2 diabetes showed durable benefits: 20% remission among completers, 33% reached HbA1c <6.5% with no meds or only metformin, alongside less medication and improved heart‑risk markers.
A nurse‑delivered, real‑food low‑energy, low‑carb plan led to far greater weight loss and HbA1c reductions in 12 weeks than usual care. Short‑term cardiometabolic markers and medication use improved too.
This paper argues that restricting carbs should be the first-line diet for diabetes because it quickly lowers blood sugar, improves key health markers, and often reduces medications—without proven long‑term harms comparable to drugs.
You might wonder: Is weight loss without constant hunger even possible? Research on type 2 diabetes patients showed that a low-carb diet caused a spontaneous drop in daily calorie intake, while simultaneously boosting insulin sensitivity by 75%
Small, dense LDL exposes hidden heart risk your standard LDL misses — check triglycerides (≥150 mg/dL / ≥1.7 mmol/L) and HDL to catch it early.
Lower‑carb guidance in a UK GP practice led to 46% drug‑free type 2 diabetes remission and 93% normalization of prediabetes, with significant drops in HbA1c, weight, BP, and triglycerides.
Low-carb diets match or beat low-fat for Type 2 diabetes—often cutting meds and improving HbA1c—without evidence of increased cardiovascular risk.
Small, dense LDL exposes hidden heart risk: it predicts events even when LDL looks “normal.”