Glucose Control

The problem is that the manipulations which you perform in order to control your bG sometimes align with what you try in order to lose weight. At other times, they are directly the opposite. Add to that the fact that a diabetic (just like anyone else) should have enough variety and volume in their diet to assure that they are getting enough of the nutrients that they need. Americans spend so much time worrying about eating too much of the wrong things that they forget that the most serious and immediate diseases associated with eating involve not eating enough of the right things.

Eat Right

So a person with diabetes who is trying to lose weight is trying to satisfy three inconsistent sets of requirements: 1) Eat the right things, at the right times, and in the right combinations to keep his bG levels in the correct range 2) Eat enough of the right kinds of foods to meet his minimal nutritional requirements and 3) Eat few enough calories to lose weight.

Insulin resistance refers to the condition in which a person’s body does not utilize the insulin which the body produces. This condition is one of the touchstones of type II diabetes. The cells of the body are resistant to the body’s own insulin (and perhaps somewhat resistant to artificially introduced insulin).