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Name: The Diabetes Code
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Author: Jason Fung

Jason Fung

Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally

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The Diabetes Code by Jason Fung is a comprehensive guide to reversing type 2 diabetes, emphasizing the role of insulin resistance. It provides clear explanations of the science behind diabetes and detailed dietary recommendations for achieving optimal health.

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What’s in it for me? A practical plan for tackling type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes is a modern epidemic. Nearly 400 million people have the disorder around the world, with 28 million of them in the US alone – and it’s on the rise.

The cause? Carb- and sugar-heavy diets and a sedentary lifestyle our bodies just can’t keep up with. That, in turn, leads to insulin resistance and all sorts of serious health issues.

Unfortunately, the standard treatment for type 1 diabetes just doesn’t work for type 2 diabetes. In fact, there’s plenty of evidence that insulin shots actually increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, strokes and heart attacks if you have type 2 diabetes.

But there’s a solution. As Jason Fung shows in The Diabetes Code, dietary changes and intermittent fasting can help put type 2 diabetes patients on the road to health, while sparing themselves expensive and invasive surgery.

In the following blinks, you’ll learn

why drugs might not be the answer to type 2 diabetes;
about the risks of weight loss surgery; and
how to prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes by changing your diet.

Diabetes is related to high blood sugar, but different forms of the disorder have differing roots.

Diabetes – and type 2 diabetes in particular – is on the rise. The figures make for a worrying read: one hospital in New York recently reported that it was treating ten times as many diabetes patients in 2000 than it had been in 1990 and that the majority of new cases were type 2.

Diabetes is a disorder related to high blood sugar and consists of four basic types. These include types 1 and 2, as well as gestational diabetes caused by high blood sugar levels during pregnancy. Other types of the disorder are related to genetic problems and a dysfunctional pancreas.

Its symptoms include thirst and needing to urinate frequently. Both reflect the fact that the kidney isn’t processing blood sugar or, to give it its proper name, glucose, in the patient’s body. The body responds by trying to eliminate excess glucose through frequent urination.

Let’s take a look at the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

The former is an autoimmune disease. That means that the body’s immune system is attacking insulin-producing cells. Insulin is the hormone responsible for regulating blood sugar levels.

When the body stops creating enough insulin, blood sugar levels spike. That’s why type 1 diabetes patients need insulin shots to live safely.

Type 2 diabetes is different. It’s typically the result of a poor, sugar-rich diet. The body responds by producing large amounts of insulin in an attempt to regulate all the ingested sugar.

Eventually, the body’s cells become insulin-resistant. That means they no longer react to insulin because there’s just too much of it the body.

As a result, Insulin shots aren’t particularly well suited to treating type 2 diabetes. The problem, after all, isn’t a lack of insulin – as it is with type 1 diabetes – but too much insulin.

Like obesity, type 2 diabetes can’t be treated by simply limiting calorie intake.

The way we describe the world changes all the time. We look for new words to describe new phenomena. Just think of “bromance” – a popular term used to describe close, non-sexual relationships between two men.

But have you ever heard of diabesity? It’s another recent coinage and is a useful way of highlighting a novel trend in western society: the epidemic of people suffering from a combination of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Insulin resistance is caused by fat deposits in the liver, and it can develop very rapidly.

Most people know that excessive alcohol consumption is hard on the liver. But alcohol isn’t the only culprit when it comes to liver damage.

Let’s start with glycogen: it’s a substance which stores carbohydrates in our bodies. Too much of it creates fatty deposits in the liver, which over time leads to insulin resistance.

Rising fructose consumption is a contributor to widespread fatty liver disease.

In 2009, the endocrinologist Robert Lustig uploaded a video to YouTube that quickly went viral. In it, he confirmed what many had long suspected: that sugar is toxic for the body.

One type of sugar is particularly bad for our health. It’s called fructose and is a major contributor to the development of type 2 diabetes.

Insulin shots aren’t the answer to type 2 diabetes, because too much insulin is bad for the body.

There’s no question that the ability to produce insulin in laboratories and treat type 1 diabetes was a major medical breakthrough. But insulin shots aren’t a silver bullet in the fight against type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes and obesity aren’t just fitness issues. Left untreated, they can lead to cardiovascular diseases, including heart attacks.

Bariatric surgery can be an effective cure for type 2 diabetes, but it’s not the best solution overall.

Obesity is a serious problem. Take one of the author’s patients: Adrian weighs 208 kilograms and lost his job because of his disastrous health issues.

Many patients in a similar situation consider resorting to a drastic solution: elective weight loss surgery.

You can prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes by avoiding fructose and refined carbohydrates.

In 2015, a hospital in Texas was confronted with a three-year-old type 2 diabetes patient – the youngest diabetes patient on record.

That’s a pretty good indicator that the disorder is out of control and that knowing how to prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes is more important than ever before.

Intermittent fasting is a much more effective cure for type 2 diabetes than daily portion control.

Fasting has long been a known cure for diabetes. Elliott Joslin, an early American diabetes specialist, advocated it as a treatment more than a century ago in 1916.

However, a lot has changed in the medical profession since then. Today, the focus has increasingly shifted to using drugs to treat diabetes. But it’s time to rediscover more traditional cures.

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The Diabetes Code (2018) addresses one of the western world’s most alarming health epidemics: the rise of type 2 diabetes – a disorder closely related to poor diet and obesity. But as Jason Fung shows, it can be reversed. The important thing is to figure out what works and what doesn’t. Drawing on his professional experience as well as the latest scientific data, Fung makes a powerful case for a dietary strategy to prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes that you can start implementing today.

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Fundamentally, type 1 and type 2 diabetes are polar opposites, one characterized by very low insulin levels and the other by very high ones.

—Jason Fung

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Über den Autor

Jason Fung is a doctor and leading medical expert. He specializes in type 2 diabetes, nutrition and obesity and is a well-known advocate of fasting as a cure for the disorder. Fung has written numerous articles on health issues for newspapers and magazines including the Atlantic and the Daily Mail. A regular guest on Fox News, he’s also the author of the bestselling book The Obesity Code (2016).

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