Patrick Peterson discloses that he’s diabetic

[kerouac9]

Well Wolfe makes a good case and he seems to back it up. Of course he can explain it a lot better than I can..i.e. one has to read the book (which contains meal plans and how to prepare each one). I will take a stab at it though.

He asserts that because of our heavy Carbohydrate diet most Americans ( I vaguely recall him referring to the USDA's "8 Essential Carbohydrates" a time or two in the book with disdain) are suffering from and dying of diseases and illness that "Cave Men and Women didn't die from. Only after the Agricultural Revolution did we start dying and suffering from cancer, kidney disease, depression, auto-immune diseases, plus the various and sundry others he lists. He goes into detail to explain why (the whole Medical Science industry must be kept afloat is one of them).

Nevertheless one thing I am certain of is that the Paleo diet is a great way to not only lose weight but keep it off as well. If one adopts the diet with conviction you can reach your normal weight and stay there.

Any diet works for a While because it keeps you conscious of what you're eating, and how much of it. They're artificial dietary restrictions.

But there's no real basis that some caveman nonsense is why we now have kidney failure. Weren't a lot of doctors around then to diagnose kidney failure; a lot more people were dying of stuff like dysentery.

That's why it's junk science.

 

[blindseyed]

PP may be pre-diabetic or possibly Type 2 if it had that much effect on him since it was reported as "borderline diabetes".

It is possible he is Type 1 (because he is so young and in great shape). However as Type 1 your pancreas produces very little or no insulin so that would normally not be "borderline". Also Type 1 is usually child onset (but not always).

Type 1 diabetes can be managed, but there is no cure and it cannot be reversed.

Treatment for type 2 diabetes includes monitoring your blood sugar levels and using medications or insulin when needed. However, if you start eating healthier, exercise, and lose weight, you can reduce your symptoms or even reverse the course of the condition.

Even though exercise is highly recommended for diabetes, the amount of exercise a pro athlete like PP gets can make it difficult to balance his blood sugar level.

I just read this PP quote "I've been working with doctors on a strategic meal plan and workout routine that are reversing these symptoms". Looks like Type 2 then.

Good explanation!
Let me add this, I've had type 1 since I was 8 (almost 40 yrs now) and am on an insulin pump the pancreas does not make insulin so I need insulin injected manually or in my case the pump. Type 2 can be reversed, say in pregnant women after birth or being overweight. Pre diabetic is just a way of saying if you don't do something about this you will be diabetic . PP is working on it and looks as if he and the Drs have a handle on it. They caught it early, I read somewhere his sugar levels were not that far out of range just off a bit so I'm sure he'll be fine
Although manageable, type 1 is very serious and more than just "not eating sugar" it affects your entire nervous system and wears on all your body parts no matter how well controlled it is. Over time it damages your body. I've had many things happen over my lifetime with it and everyone is different when it comes to diabetes but if you have it, as long as you make it part of your life and not your entire life you'll be much happier

 

[AZ Native]

Good explanation!
Let me add this, I've had type 1 since I was 8 (almost 40 yrs now) and am on an insulin pump the pancreas does not make insulin so I need insulin injected manually or in my case the pump. Type 2 can be reversed, say in pregnant women after birth or being overweight. Pre diabetic is just a way of saying if you don't do something about this you will be diabetic . PP is working on it and looks as if he and the Drs have a handle on it. They caught it early, I read somewhere his sugar levels were not that far out of range just off a bit so I'm sure he'll be fine
Although manageable, type 1 is very serious and more than just "not eating sugar" it affects your entire nervous system and wears on all your body parts no matter how well controlled it is. Over time it damages your body. I've had many things happen over my lifetime with it and everyone is different when it comes to diabetes but if you have it, as long as you make it part of your life and not your entire life you'll be much happier

Good post. My wife has been type 1 for 47 years (since age 11). As you stated, it is a big part of her daily life. She too has the pump now. She said every time she goes to the Dr he says "you are doing well considering how long you have been diabetic". She says "I wish just once they would leave off the second part". She has had many, many "reactions", especially during and after her pregnancies.

In all the time we have been married, I have never heard her complain once about having diabetes. On our first date she pulled out her test kit, checked her blood surgar level, pulled out a syringe and gave herself an insulin shot. Then she looked at me and said "this is what I have to do to stay alive". I asked her after we married why she did that. She said she did it up front because when other guys saw her do it, she would never hear from them again.

I admire the way she handles herself and her diabetes, as do all of our friends and family. She is an inspiration to all of us.

Best to you too.

 

[Cardsfanstl]

Good post. My wife has been type 1 for 47 years (since age 11). As you stated, it is a big part of her daily life. She too has the pump now. She said every time she goes to the Dr he says "you are doing well considering how long you have been diabetic". She says "I wish just once they would leave off the second part". She has had many, many "reactions", especially during and after her pregnancies.

In all the time we have been married, I have never heard her complain once about having diabetes. On our first date she pulled out her test kit, checked her blood surgar level, pulled out a syringe and gave herself an insulin shot. Then she looked at me and said "this is what I have to do to stay alive". I asked her after we married why she did that. She said she did it up front because when other guys saw her do it, she would never hear from them again.

I admire the way she handles herself and her diabetes, as do all of our friends and family. She is an inspiration to all of us.

Best to you too.

Your wife is awesome. I am type 2 diabetic on meds, diet and exercise. Also have the added luxury of suffering from Gout which has its own diet which is not capatiable with the diabetic diet. What is great for Diabetes is terrible for Gout and vice versa. So I have to navigate between both of them but mostly stick to the diabetes diet and avoid the worst Gout causing foods that will cause me to not to be able to walk.

 

[Skratchy_Seal]

Wow! I've learned a lot from this thread! Good info!!

I'm Type 1, but not on a pump. I'm using both basal and bolus injection pens. I'm doing well, but my ophthalmologist once told me that no matter how well I do, my eyes will become pretty bad later in my life due to how long I would live with diabetes. Pretty discouraging, but enjoying life regardless.

 

[earthsci]

I believe this is a joke by SissyBoy. He has an odd sense of humor. Once people realize this I think people will understand him more. Maybe not. JMWHO

I'll try to keep that in mind. It would help (I hope).

 

[BigRedArk]

Any diet works for a While because it keeps you conscious of what you're eating, and how much of it. They're artificial dietary restrictions.

But there's no real basis that some caveman nonsense is why we now have kidney failure. Weren't a lot of doctors around then to diagnose kidney failure; a lot more people were dying of stuff like dysentery.

That's why it's junk science.

According to Wolf (I misspelled his last name earlier) there is a real basis to this "caveman nonsense." Once again you have to read the book. I will try to cite at least in part what he bases this on.

Page 39- "Hunter-gatherers, pastoralists and agriculturalists have been extensively studied since the mid-1800s."

Page 40-"We know quite a lot about how these people lived, what they ate, and the relative differences in their health and wellness."

It continues with reference to a book entitled Nutritional Anthropology: Contemporary Approaches In Diet and Culture. From there a page and a half discussing the skeletal remains of two ancient tribes. Both lived in the same geographical area. One tribe lived there about 3000-5000 years ago and they were hunter-gatherers (I call them cave men and women...whatever). The other tribe lived in that same area about 500 years ago and they were farmers. A tribe whose diet was primarily meat as opposed to the tribe that mostly ate foods grown from their crops. It then goes on to cite the differences in the two and the starkly healthier remains of the meat eating tribe. You gotta read the book.

For me personally I have made a significant reduction in the amount of insulin I take since I have gone on this diet. I am certain of that! My A1C results are consistently below the desired 7.0 level. My long history of insulin shock (I once woke up in a Hospital room after a severe shock and had no idea how I got there-long story), diabetic comas, and seizures so far are distant recollections.

This diet not only satisfies my hunger it simply doesn't have the adverse affect to my blood sugar as the 'approved diet and exchange formula that the American Diabetes Association touts as the "diabetic diet." did when I was first diagnosed with this.

 

[New Username]

Any diet works for a While because it keeps you conscious of what you're eating, and how much of it. They're artificial dietary restrictions.

But there's no real basis that some caveman nonsense is why we now have kidney failure. Weren't a lot of doctors around then to diagnose kidney failure; a lot more people were dying of stuff like dysentery.

That's why it's junk science.

Thank you for your opinion, Dr. J.

 

[kerouac9]

If you don't believe me, ask Scientific American:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-paleo-diet-half-baked-how-hunter-gatherer-really-eat/