 A comment on IR vs Type 2 Diabetes
Okay, I hope I don't look like a newbie jackass here, but one of the things you wrote jumped out at me. Diabetics CAN be IR as well. My understanding is that diabetics (type 2, of course) either 1) do not produce enough insulin OR 2) do not produce enough EFFECTIVE insulin. There is a phase for most type 2 diabetics before their beta cells start dying when they still produce lots of insulin, but their bodies are't responding to it they way they ought to be, and the insulin levels just can no longer control their glucose. Thus, a diabetic could have an insulin level of, say, 24, and a fasting glucose level of 180.
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Laura, mama to two girls |