Diabetes, Prediabetes, Obesity

You have type 2 diabetes because of your diet

You have prediabetes because of your diet

You are obese because of your diet.

The new weight loss drugs will assist most in losing weight. Then you must change their diet.

The new weight loss drug can prevent progression of prediabetes to Type 2 diabetes. Then you must change your diet.

If you have type 2 diabetes, the new weight loss drugs will help you manage it. You still must change your diet.



It is now common knowledge that we know there is an obesity epidemic. We have about 40% of the adults in the world who are eating the modern Western diet diagnosed with obesity. As a result, we have more prediabetes and more type 2 diabetes with the corresponding complications from this condition. There are numerous medications used to try to lower your blood sugar. but these are not curing anything and the condition slowly progresses.

Type 2 diabetes is preceded by prediabetes; at which time we still have a chance to prevent progression. Prediabetes is preceded by obesity, which is usually present for several years before.

Unfortunately, we now have about a third of the kids with some level of obesity. Many of these go on to be obese adults, adults with prediabetes, and finally adults with Type 2 diabetes.

I used to say I will start at the beginning, but the beginning is when you were a fetus. Epigenetics and Pregnancy: fat newborns and kids. I could say I can start when you are an older kid, but most kids have little control of their diet and just eat what is provided to them. Let me start when you are on your own and have control of what you eat.

I will go over the various types of diabetes. Some of these you really have no control over. But Type 2 diabetes is the most common, and the one over which you have the most control.

If you already have obesity, you can lose the weight with a weight loss diet, and then you can get on a proper maintenance diet to prevent getting fat again.

If you already have prediabetes, you need to get serious and it is still possible to keep from getting Type 2 diabetes. You must not only lose weight, but now you must be on a different maintenance diet for the rest of your life.

If you already have Type 2 diabetes, you may not ever get completely rid of it. The correct diet and weight loss may prevent it from progressing, it will probably lower your use of diabetic medications, it may even be able to get you off all medications; but that does not mean you are normal.

A reduced calorie diet is the most often failed diet and does not work for most.

It is quite difficult to exercise your way out of obesity.

I would like you to avoid bariatric surgery except as a last resort, but even then you must change your diet.

You need to have a least a small amount of fasting.

You need to avoid most artificial sweeteners. That is for the most part.

I will explain what GLP 1 is and how this is related to artificial sweeteners. The new weight loss drugs will change how we treat this disease, drugs will change how we treat this disease, but no matter what, your diet caused it, and you must change your diet to fix it. Event after you lose weight, change your diet or it will come back.