All the conditions we thought were problems—obesity, insulin resistance, and beta cell dysfunction—are actually the body’s solutions to a single root cause—too much sugar. And when we understand the root cause, the answer to all of these problems—and to type 2 diabetes—becomes immediately obvious. We need to get rid of the sugar and lower insulin. If we fail to remove the problems of too much sugar, too much insulin, and ectopic fat, then the problem is chronic and progressive. When we treat the root cause, then type 2 diabetes, and indeed the entire metabolic syndrome, is a completely
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