http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/0...tes-type-2.html

New Target for Treating Diabetes and Obesity
PPARs (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/...20802150435.htm

just receive my hb1ac result. 5.3%

People with diabetes are thin or fat? Have you ever met someone who is diabetic but is very very thin? Why if yes you have?

those with type 1 are result of auto immune problem and lack of insulin. so basically they can be either thin or fat. young type 2 tend to be obese (like myself previously) and older type 2 can be either thin or fat like my late mom and some of my friends. but usually they are above the age of 40's when diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

So those with D type 2 can be thin? Why are they thin and why are some fat? You mean that body weight has nothing or no symptom effect / no relation?

I have seen some very very thin - lost a lot of weight from their original self. Also, I have seen many with swollen legs, why ah?

initially they can be fat. fat do reduce the sensitivity to insulin, thus may result in diabetes mellitus type 2.

as the disease progress, with poor control of the disease by medication or in the absence of medication, the body uses more and more energy from non-glucose source, from fats primarily, resulting in weight loss. if the weight loss is severe enough, the patient becomes thin.

swollen legs have many reasons, may or may not have relation with diabetes.
common reasons of swollen legs could be pregnancy, heart failure, varicose disease, lymph stasis....

and also kidney failure which usually resulted from poor control of diabetes.

since the body can no longer store the glucose due to insulin insensitivity, glucose is pass through urine thus overburden the kidney. Since the glucose can't be stored any more, a poorly control patient will lost his or her body weight overtime.

darm good better than normal ppl without diebetes of below 6.1%. My latest HBa1C = 7.2%.. Well, at this rate I'm already satisfied because when I started on Insulin, my reading was ~9.7% and ~2 yrs ago it was >11%

I'm going to do Glucose Tolerance Test this coming Saturday. Doctor wants to confirm that diabetes is no longer there.

Diabetes Insipidus does not have an effect on glucose metabolism. It is called diabetes only because it has the same symptom, that is excessive urination.

Huh, diabetes where can cure want..

change your doctor

you might want to read more medical journal.

its not cure but can keep it under control. basically im still diabetic but i dont need anymore medicine if the pancreas can produce enough insulin. besides i have to stay on diabetic diet for the rest of my life.

my current blood glucose and cholesterol is even better than non diabetic.

This post has been edited by samuraikacang: Jun 4 2013, 08:21 AM

Good article to read on Reversing Type 2.

http://diabetes.webmd.com/features/reversing-type-2-diabetes

OK-lah. if you mean type 2 control via strict diet because you sounded like a cure earlier Anyway, it's good to conduct another GTT although I doubt so bcos if your insulin factory already weak & with lack of insulin, if you drink that glucose scrup during GTT, I think the result after 1st, 2nd & 3rd hours will be on diebetic side too. Not because of your strict diet but more like not enough insulin to control the sudden surge in the glucose scrup during GTT

Might wanna give this a try?

http://biotrust.com/labels/ic5-label.html

I will share the result later this weekend.

hmm....I didn't know diabetes can be cured . Prolly the correct term to be used is is under control with proper diet and lifestyle.

I think your insulin produced is just enough to act on the minimal glucose taken by you through your current diet. The GTT test would be beneficial to see if this is true.