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Originally Posted by funchy  From a diet standpoint, I'm really impressed by the results raw foodists get when the diet is done properly. Have you seen the documentary that follows 6 people who kick all their diabetes medications in 30 days by adjusting diet & activity levels? Sustainability and Raw Food Blog » Simply Raw - Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days : A Review
There seem to be many opinions about the cause of diabetes and IR. Some people advocate lots of meat or dairy, and then there are studies which show a link between animal products and blood sugar problems, so don't dismiss fruit/veggies just yet. |
Yeah, maybe a raw fruit/veggies diet without grains and with enough fat and some supplements would work; it certainly would be better than the current low-fat SAD diet the ADA now recommends.
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If it were as simple as bananas causing diabetes, every gorilla would have diabetes. There is a lot we don't know about causes of blood sugar problems.
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That's a good point. I think there are some real mysteries behind the cause (multiple causes?) of diabetes. It could be that there are certain things in the modern diet, like high fructose corn syrup and trans-fats combined with highly-processed grains that's damaging to the body and/or pancreas.
I dug up a couple of news stories that had some other information on possible causes:
PCBs Contamination: New Cause of Diabetes Found Vaccines Implicated in Rocketing Childhood Diabetes Rates "The MMR II product information leaflet can be found here: MMR II. The list of potential adverse reactions is long - and added to the end of this article. It includes:-
"Adverse Reactions ...........
Endocrine System
Diabetes mellitus ............"
I was a bit taken aback by this, but clicking on the above MMR II link opens a PDF file of Merck's product safety sheet that corroborates this article (so does a Google search).