The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally

by Jason Fung

insulin.

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we fail to remove the problems of too much sugar, too much insulin, and ectop...

chronic and prog...

When we treat the root cause, then type 2 diabetes, and indeed the entire metabolic syndrome, is a c...

What about fruit? The truth is there is no chemical difference between the fructose contained naturally in fruit and the fructose contained within sucrose. As with anything, the dose makes the poison. My best advice is to avoid eating excessive amounts of fruit, especially as many modern varieties are now available year-round and have been bred to be sweeter than in the past. Dried fruits are usually high in sugar, so you’re probably best to avoid raisins, dried cranberries, fruit leathers, and the like.

What about artificial sweeteners? I advise patients to avoid all sweeteners, whether they contain calories or not. The logic is simple. If

non-caloric sweeteners could truly reduce diabetes and obesity, then we would not have an epidemic on our hands. We have used these chemicals extensively in our food supply for decades and the empirical evidence is clear: art...

As we’ve seen, the focus on dietary therapies for diabetes shifted with the momentous discovery of insulin. While insulin was indeed a miraculous cure for type 1, it was no panacea for type 2 diabetes. Interest in fasting disappeared as doctors focused on what would be their treatment mantra for the next century: drugs, drugs, and more drugs. When the American Diabetes Association says there is no cure for type 2 diabetes, what they

mean is that there is no drug cure. However, these are two entirely

different sta...

We’ve long known that bariatric surgery can reverse type 2 diabetes by inducing a sudden, severe caloric deficit, which drops insulin level...

enforced fasting. A study directly ...

two approaches shows that fasting is actually better than surgery at lowering weight and reducing blood glucose.1 Fasting pr...

of bariatric ...

While food rationing is now a thing of the past in most countries, the point is simply this: strictly reducing food intake has the potential to entirely

reverse type 2 diabetes.

We can simply stop eating. This is the time-tested, ancient healing tradition of fasting. Remember that at its very core, type 2 diabetes is simply too much sugar in the body. Thus, reversal depends upon two things: 1.Stop putting sugar in. 2.Burn remaining sugar off. A low-carbohydrate, healthy-fat

Remember that at its very core, type 2 diabetes is simply too much sugar in the body. Thus, reversal depends upon two

th...

1.Stop putting sugar in. 2.Burn remaining sugar off. A low-carbo...

diet reduces the incoming glucose load but does littl...

Exercise may help, but the impact of compensation also limits its effectiveness. Further, exercise only benefits the skeletal muscles and not...

of this disease. Intermitte...

Intermittent fasting, though, can help simultaneously with both facets of diabetes reversal. Quite simply, it is the most powerful natural therapy available for type 2 diabetes. But can’t you simply reduce your daily calorie intake to get the same effect? It sounds good, but the simple answer is no. Continuous mild ...

though, can help simultaneously with both facets of diabetes reversal. Quite simply, it is the most powerful natural therapy available for type 2 diabetes. But can’t you simply reduce your daily calorie intake to get the same effect? It sounds good, but the simple answer is no. Continuous mild calorie restri...

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So why would we assume that reducing 300 calories per day over seven days is the same as reducing 2100 calories over a single day? Constant caloric restriction is not the same as intermittent fasting. Each scenario provokes profoundly different hormonal responses in our body. The

Even with all these aids, successful weight loss using this

approach is as rare as humility in a grizzly

b...

So whatever else you may believe, portion control

does not work. This is an empirically

proven fact. Worse, it ha...

proven in the bitter tears o...

belie...

But why doesn’t it work? Because restricting calories causes a compensatory increase in hunger and a decrease in the body’s metabolic rate. This effect derails weight-loss efforts and ultimately e...

Because restricting calories causes a compensatory increase in hunger and a decreas...

rate. This effect derails weight-loss efforts and ultimately ends in failure. Intermittent fasting succeeds because it produces beneficial hormonal changes that chronic caloric deprivation does ...

it produces beneficial hormonal changes that chronic caloric deprivation does not. Most importa...

insulin resi...

resis...

Crying wolf constantly but a little softer does not

work. Resistance depends not only upon

Resistance depends not only upon high insulin levels but also upon the persistence of those elevated levels. Intermittent fasting prevents the development of insulin resistance by creating extended periods of low insulin that maintain the body’s sensiti...

high insulin levels but also upon the persistence of those elevated levels. Intermittent fasting prevents the development of insulin resistance by creating extended periods of low insulin that maint...

reversing prediabetes and type...

diab...

Subjects ate a Mediterranean-style diet that included 30 percent fat, but some restricted a portion of their calories every day whereas others severely restricted their calories only two days a week and ate the full diet the rest of the time. That is, the groups differed only in how often they ate, but not in how many total weekly calories they consumed or the types of

food they ate.