#what is diabetes type 2

[girlivealwaysbean]

mann im going to get my blood reports tomorrow and im lwk scared

[greencreeker]

Wtf @ my body. Why are you doing that?

[architectureenthusiast]

trying my new sensor out for the first time today🥰

has a two hour warm period 😐

[thewolfwaitsbelow]

Happy National Diabetes Awareness Month! Diabetes ask game (you don’t have answer anything you don’t want to)

What type of diabetes do you have?

How old were you when you were diagnosed?

When’s your dia-versary?

What’s you’re diagnosis story?

How do you explain diabetes to little kids?

Do you have an insulin pump/and or continuous glucose monitor?

What’s you’re favorite thing to eat when you’re low?

What’s the lowest your blood sugar has ever been?

What’s the highest your blood sugar has ever been?

What’s do you hate most about having diabetes?

What’s the hardest thing about having diabetes?

Feel free to add on!

[arionaleilani]

decided to make a list of all my diagnosed issues and like fucking. god damn. how am i just living day to day.

[healthguide24]

7-Day Diabetes Control Routine

7-Day Diabetes Control RoutineMaintaining proper dietary habits and regular exercise is crucial for managing diabetes. Below is a 7-day routine that can help regulate blood sugar levels. Alongside this routine, you may consider taking the mentioned supplement. However, always consult your doctor before taking any supplements.

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[drmongamediclinicdelhincr]

Can Diabetes Be Reversed in 30 Days?

The idea of "reversing" diabetes in 30 days is highly complex and depends on the type of diabetes, individual circumstances, and the extent of the condition. While it's unlikely that diabetes can be fully reversed in such a short time, certain measures can improve blood sugar control significantly in a month. Below is an explanation of what can be done:

Type 1 Diabetes

Cannot be reversed: Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Because no insulin is produced, insulin therapy is required for life.

Management: Blood sugar levels can be controlled with proper insulin management, a healthy diet, and regular physical activity, but a complete reversal is impossible.

Type 2 Diabetes

Possibly improved or put into remission: Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic condition where the body either becomes resistant to insulin or does not produce enough. It is often linked to lifestyle factors such as poor diet, lack of exercise, and obesity.

Reversal vs. Remission: Type 2 diabetes may go into remission with significant lifestyle changes, but this doesn't mean it is "cured." It means that blood sugar levels return to normal without needing medications. However, this typically requires sustained lifestyle changes over a long period, not just 30 days.

How to Improve Blood Sugar Control in 30 Days

While reversing diabetes in 30 days is unlikely, substantial improvement can be made by focusing on these key factors:

Dietary Changes

Low-Carb or Keto Diet: Reducing carbohydrate intake is one of the most effective ways to lower blood sugar levels, especially in Type 2 diabetes. A low-carb or ketogenic diet can help reduce the amount of sugar in the bloodstream by limiting insulin spikes after meals.

Whole Foods: Focus on whole, unprocessed foods such as vegetables, lean proteins, healthy fats, and whole grains. Foods high in fiber, such as vegetables and legumes, can help stabilize blood sugar.

Avoid Processed Foods: Cut back on refined carbs, sugary drinks, and processed foods that cause rapid spikes in blood glucose.

Portion Control: Eating smaller, more frequent meals can help avoid large spikes in blood sugar levels.

Intermittent Fasting: Some studies suggest intermittent fasting (such as eating within a 6-8 hour window) may help improve insulin sensitivity and reduce blood sugar levels.

Exercise

Regular Physical Activity: Exercise is one of the most effective ways to improve insulin sensitivity and lower blood sugar. Activities such as brisk walking, strength training, cycling, and swimming can help burn glucose and improve overall metabolic function.

Aerobic Exercise: Cardio exercises (like walking, running, and cycling) help use up glucose and make cells more sensitive to insulin.

Strength Training: Building muscle mass increases the body’s ability to use glucose efficiently, which can help control blood sugar.

Consistency: Aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise most days of the week to see improvements.

Weight Loss

Significant Weight Loss: For overweight or obese individuals, losing as little as 5-10% of body weight can improve insulin sensitivity and blood sugar control. In some cases, weight loss has been shown to lead to remission of Type 2 diabetes.

Meal Timing: Eating at regular intervals and not overeating can help prevent blood sugar spikes.

Stress Management

Reduce Stress: Chronic stress can lead to higher levels of cortisol, which in turn can raise blood sugar levels. Practices like meditation, deep breathing, yoga, and relaxation techniques can help lower stress and improve blood sugar control.

Sleep: Poor sleep can negatively impact blood sugar levels and insulin sensitivity. Aim for 7-9 hours of quality sleep per night.

Medication Adjustment

Consult Your Doctor: If you have Type 2 diabetes, your healthcare provider may recommend adjusting your medications, such as metformin, GLP-1 agonists, or SGLT2 inhibitors, to help manage blood sugar levels. While medications do not "reverse" diabetes, they can help keep blood sugar under control as you implement lifestyle changes.

Continuous Monitoring: Regular monitoring of blood sugar levels is important for understanding how different foods, activities, and medications impact your blood sugar and making adjustments as needed.

Timeframe for Significant Change

While 30 days may not be enough to fully reverse Type 2 diabetes, significant improvements can be seen within a month, especially with a combination of the following:

Reducing HbA1c (a marker of long-term blood sugar control)

Lowering fasting blood glucose levels

Improving insulin sensitivity

Losing weight

Feeling better overall

However, true remission of Type 2 diabetes typically takes months to years of sustained healthy habits.

Conclusion

While it's unlikely that diabetes will be completely cured in 30 days, substantial improvements can be made within that time by adopting a healthy diet, regular exercise, stress management, and possibly adjusting medications.

If you have type 2 diabetes, significant lifestyle changes can lead you to remission, but a long-term commitment is necessary. Always consult your healthcare provider before making drastic changes to your diet, exercise routine, or medications. They can provide personalized guidance based on your specific health needs and condition.

[bo-katan]

Hello! I am diabetic (type one, not sure if you’re type one or type two). I know it can be very disheartening as a diagnosis but I’ve been diabetic for almost twelve years and can tell you that it’s hard but manageable and if you have questions or need support there are lots of us out there. Good luck and I hope things go more smoothly for you from here on out

Anon, it's about to be a year since you sent this, a year since my initial diagnosis, and I want you to know that this message literally helped me push through the fear, stress, and anxiety that tried to drown me during those first handful of months where I had to learn what diabetes is, how it was affecting me, and how my life had to change to accommodate this new lifestyle. It's why I never responded to this until now, bc i wanted to be able to come back to it easily in my inbox and remind myself that I was going to be okay.

I was hospitalized twice for diabetic ketoacidosis, my doctors didn't even know if I was type 1 or 2 for the first 6 months (I've heard that's actually common for type 1s to be misdiagnosed as type 2 initially) until I was hospitalized once more this past June.

Im doing much better now. I'm getting the help I need. And I really do hope you are well and thriving. Thank you so much for reaching out when you did! Your words meant a lot to me 🫶

[fvckw4d]

I'm not much of an angry rant kind of guy most of the time. But god it's so fucked up to be trapped in a body where I can't move around too much or I won't be able to to move around much at all for the next several weeks and the general culture is just obsessed with whether or not I'm excercising enough. I have to prevent myself from moving. I want to move around and have to stop myself. I have to carefully ration every movement my body makes. I have to decide regularly whether or not bending down to pick something up is worth the cost of present and future pain and lack of energy.

It's also weird because so much of my life is defined by hunger. I have to actively try to ignore it because most of my day is thinking about how hungry I am, how I'm going to get food, am I going to have enough energy to make food, or even eat it, what can I do to temporarily stop being hungry, and dreading how much pain I'm going to be in when I eat. And I'm not really food insecure in the same way I was even a month or two ago. I spent a good chunk of time actively starving.

I do fucking yoga. I try to go outside and stare at birds for a while instead of being on my phone. I have to walk pretty much everywhere I go. Almost all of my meals are home cooked and with the best ingredients available to me. But the message is constant that it's not my circumstances, I just don't try hard enough. So I fucking sympathize with people who are constantly told the same, not by one person, but kind of by everyone, when that makes no fucking sense. Excercising is good, eating nutritious foods is good, but there are circumstances outside of your control.

Letting go of control was hard enough for me, being told I dont take enough control of my life and that's why it fucked me is really fucking exhausting.

[mimiteyy]

I forgot about the rammies bro. the quencies. of my actions (have been bad at taking my meds daily, health got worse)

[dingo-saurus]

non-exhaustive list of things i need to do as a type-1 diabetic whenever i eat in order to keep my blood sugars in a healthy range (which i need to do consistently to stay alive and not need to amputate limbs or deal with organ failure later in life):

count the carbs and sugars for everything i am eating or drinking in that moment. this is obviously harder if the meal is homecooked as you need to not only work out the carbs for everything in the meal but also how much your portion would be. fortunately and unfortunately there are a number of apps that can help with this built primarily for dieting that you can take advantage of

am i taking metformin (med that reduces insulin resistance) or not? if so, normal dose. if not, slightly higher. usually only by 1 or 2 units but this varies

test my current blood glucose. even if i am wearing a glucose monitor i need to do this manually with a fingerprick test to confirm the monitor is correct (they often aren't). is it in range? normal dose. too high? a little more, depending on how much higher my blood glucose is and how much my body personally needs to correct sugars. which needs to be worked out with testing, and is subject to change. too low? have a few sips of sprite or some jelly beans while meal prepping. how much i need to bring it up into range is subject to change and something that experience with my body helps me with

okay so now we need to figure out how much insulin i need with the meal, taking all the above into account. there is a mathematical formula that helps to determine this based on your weight that i was taught by a medical professional and type 1 diabetes expert (yes the advice is different between type 1 and 2. you need someone who knows your specific type or you will get Bad Advice). this is not infallible, in fact it does not work for me at all (i sometimes need about twice the insulin i should need, due to my body's fluctuating insulin resistance). so i have had to deviate from it and work things out for myself, increasing the ratio of insulin-to-carbs until i was getting it correct. this can change based on basically Anything. have i been exerting myself today? are the specific carbs in the meal quick or slow to release? is there protein? am i sick? do i have a migraine/have recently had a migraine? did i sleep well? am i stressed about something? did i take a dose of basal insulin today (and how much)? experience will help me feel this out. i can still get it wrong even after 4 years, and need to correct it after the meal

okay, i've done the calculation and have my number. when do i give myself the insulin dose? well that depends. i need to time it so that the peak of the insulin's effectiveness hits when the meal is hitting my blood sugars. i have a couple of rapid-acting insulin brands that hit at different times, but the one i'm taking rn takes about 30 minutes. so either before or during the prep/cook time i need to duck out and do my dose, or i need to wait for a time after i take my dose to grab whatever i'm grabbing. i set an alarm for this

inject insulin (thankfully this was not difficult for me to get used to as it's MUCH easier these days than it was in the past)

eat

you are doing this 3 times a day, more if u want to snack. my body changes constantly, and requires frequent rethinking of all of the above (metformin is making this easier for me, thankfully. i had to troubleshoot and figure this out myself after 3 frustrating years)

as you can imagine, it generally means i do not eat out (most restaurants do not keep track of the carbs and sugars in their meals) and cannot eat homecooked meals unless the cook is willing to calculate exactly how many carbs and sugars are in the meal so i can figure out how much is in my serve

it takes a lot of energy, attentiveness, adaptability, determination, and perseverance to treat your diabetes effectively day-to-day and avoid damaging your body or putting your life at risk. thankfully i have the support to do that monetarily, medically, and socially. not everyone does

be kind to diabetics

[sidewalkchemistry]

[Dr. Garth Davis:] This idea that carbs make you fat is utterly ridiculous. Carbs cannot make you fat in and of themselves. We have storage in our muscles and in our liver for carbs called glycogen. So, when we eat carbs, we either store it or we burn it. Now, eat fat...that goes straight to your fat. Your body can’t turn those carbs into fat unless you’re really overdoing your calories.

[Dr. Neal Barnard:] Here’s the thing, if I eat a sugary cookie, the sugar lures you in like the Trojan Horse but waiting inside that cookie is a huge load of butter or shortening and that’s what fattens you up. That’s the part that leads to the diabetes. It’s the fatty foods, not really so much the sugar.

- What the Health

[a-chilleus]

email from my gp today saying btw these test results from october suggest you could have pcos. no need to do anything good luck do you have any questions

um

what the fuck, what do i do, how the fuck do i handle this

[milfbro]

asdfghjkl this episode of svu was about fatphobia and it went about as well as you'd expect

[clementimetodie]

no fucken idea what my blood sugar is even doing anymore dood

[bflys]

I feel sick bc of my meds noooo but it’s okay it’s just day one getting used to them again (: also trying not to freak out over all my blood test results!!!