Insulin isn't "incredibly expensive". It's actually incredibly cheap. What's expensive is pharmaceutical industry price gouging.
@veryberry39
5 ай бұрын
Yes, but you know exactly what he meant.
@FNLNFNLN
5 ай бұрын
@@veryberry39 "What he meant" only really applies in the US. Expensive insulin isn't a problem for basically any other developed nation. Developing nations, well, everything's unaffordably expensive for them.
@dregoth0
5 ай бұрын
And most cases of Diabetes arise from the fact the EVERYTHING has too much sugar in it now.
@JohnusSmittinis
5 ай бұрын
Incredibly cheap after the millions dumped into R&D, regulations, experts, professionals, etc.
@MrTStat
5 ай бұрын
@@JohnusSmittinisinsulin was synthesized so n 1978 They sure need the research to make it 46 years later
@PhantomQueenOne
5 ай бұрын
I have type II. Thankfully it's under control. I had to change my diet and take Metformin. My A1C went from 14+ (life threateningly high) to 5 (normal). I also lost 25+ lbs in about 4 months. My vision was starting to go. I'm much better now that I changed my diet and got my blood sugar down. No more candy and soda for me! They even dropped my meds to once a day. I could have died at any time. I'm so glad it was treated promptly. It saved my vision and my life.
@briardi89
5 ай бұрын
Me too. I was diagnosed in December and have lost ~35lbs with at first chicken 🍗 and broccoli 🥦 then moved to Walmart salads.
@kitefan1
5 ай бұрын
@@briardi89 35 lbs. is fabulous! At my Walmart the salads are very high in salt and fat and preservatives. So, I've been trying not to eat them. I'm trying to get back to salads, post covid. I used to do a lot of salad bar at a local supermarket. The salad bar probably had a lot of preservatives and the bags of leaves seem to keep getting recalled. I hate chopping all of those things.
@chadhiggins8397
5 ай бұрын
Very well done! Thank you for your honesty and hard work!
@jbwzrd213
5 ай бұрын
This was awesome to read! I'm so happy for you!
@Gabriel-qv5px
5 ай бұрын
I just got back on my diet again (never fully left) took a few weeks off due to some stress and i fell into old habits. Back to the 1 diet soda a day and my water/protein shake/ propel Carrots are 100% my saving grace (and salad with a small amount of kale some spinach and lettuce) plus boneless skinless chicken breast. Will get even easier that things will be in season here! Keep the grind and keep up the good work. Change is one step at a time!
@Star_sweeper
5 ай бұрын
Would love to see another video on type 1 diabetes! I have type 1 and explaining it to people is exhausting. There are so many misconceptions.
@qhyirrghsteinne3109
5 ай бұрын
“You did this to yourself! You should be ashamed!”
@Zay98Zay
5 ай бұрын
and always explaining that type 1 is different than type 2 (ex they say fasting is useful for you) 😢
@curiousfirely
5 ай бұрын
Don't forget cinnamon. That will cure Type 1 Diabetes. 😂
@icarusbinns3156
5 ай бұрын
“You’re too young to have diabetes!” Well, Karen, I was diagnosed before I was a year old.
@michaellebovitz2414
5 ай бұрын
Same! I’m shutting people down left and right every day. Like, “No Shelly. I can’t drink the juice from the Mongolian Yak fruit to cure my diabetes like your great uncle Fleming. He sounds like a liar.”
@thegingersheep
5 ай бұрын
As a Type 2 diabetic who went from 350 lbs and an A1C in the 14 range. To about 225 lbs and an A1C of 5.5 it is very possible to get your life and body under control and back to a much healthier state. My journey was primarily diet change and being on both Metformin and Ozempic. There is no magic cure but if you are willing to work at it from various angles then there is a way forward.
@briardi89
5 ай бұрын
You go champion of diabetes 👏 🎉❤🫡
@fariesz6786
5 ай бұрын
as we say in the community: your diabetes mileage my vary. great job though! hope you'll stay healthy for a long time.
@joecolletti
5 ай бұрын
Hey Ginger, that's great to hear- congrats! I'm curious how long that took. I'm at 265lbs now, and just hit 10 on my last A1C, even though I'd been moving a lot and releasing weight the prior few months.
@angiepie4436
5 ай бұрын
@@joecolletti I guess it takes time..maybe 6mths or so for weight and sugar levels to show on a more permanent basis. I'm only guessing.
@ThangPlants
5 ай бұрын
Type 2 Diabeties should not be messed with. My dad lived with it his entire life and never controlled and he's facing the consequence of that now. Blindness, dialysis, highblood pressure. I've lived with type 2 for 5 years and seeing how my dad is. I've gotten tired of it and changed my life style and reserved my diabetes to the point it seems like I never had it. My AC1 was 7.8 but now it's been between 5.2-5.4 for quite sometime now.
@piddlydiddly
5 ай бұрын
this gives me hope. we have been told conflicting things about t2d remission, some that it's possible and some day it's always only temporarily in remission, no matter what changes you do, it'll always return. my husbands in remission with same changes as yourself, fingers crossed it stays that way.
@SuperSOSSOS
5 ай бұрын
How long has your dad left the diabetes uncontrolled?
@ThangPlants
5 ай бұрын
@@piddlydiddly absolutely! He just have to keep up his life style change, diet and exercise and it'll be in remission for a very long time. I'm able to have sugar on a sugar basis but I understand when and how much of it to have.
@ThangPlants
5 ай бұрын
@@SuperSOSSOS 30+ years, no exercise, no diet change, just depended on the medications which they don't tell you that the more you take the worse it gets. The saddest part about it every now and then he'll ask me to take him to the doctors because he no longer wants all these diseases.
@route2070
5 ай бұрын
@piddlydiddly Look into Ron Santo, he never went into remission, but he was a pro baseball player with t2d in an Era before pin prick blood tests. Yes he died from bladder cancer and lost both legs, but he also lived to 70, and had t2d for nearly 50 years.
@sushanalone
5 ай бұрын
Insulin costs in Australia where pharma prices are regualted is often less than people's monthly Coffee Bills.
@darkwinter7395
5 ай бұрын
Yeah... turns out being poor is quite stressful, and stress chemistry wrecks havoc on your body in all sorts of ways...
@SeptemberMeadows
5 ай бұрын
Yeah... turns out being poor, living with food scarcity and bouts of starvation, leading to eating quantity over quality, subsisting on potatoes, rice, pasta (Mac n chese) boxes of ramen noodles, all carb heavy can and will lead to type 2 diabetes.
@HerbQuest
5 ай бұрын
Also the ultra processed food & refined carbs that they target advertise to the poor, and give as alms to the poor via breadlines. Slow motion genocide.
@my.names.robb.with.two.bs1
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, turns out if you're poor you lose the ability to meditate and manage your life properly and you become incapable of understanding what a good diet looks like. If only we had more money, then we could do and know all these things.
@my.names.robb.with.two.bs1
5 ай бұрын
I'm poor. Just finished my p90x workout. Just finished my oatmeal with protein powder and other nutrient rich foods. Just finished my grocery budget for the month. I'm at $200 for my groceries and I am fit and healthy. Now I'm going to go to work to make my contribution to society and make the money I need. I'll see you guys when you get your lives together and stop making excuses.
@SeptemberMeadows
5 ай бұрын
@@my.names.robb.with.two.bs1 I'm a medically retired disabled Iraqi war veteran. I live on $1000 VA disability per month. Life is good now compared to when I was a child living with food scarcity age birth through joining the military at age 17. Starvation age 5 through 6, which was a powerful enough experience to be burned in detail in my memories. Food scarcity and Starvation again in my mid 30s after I left my ex after 12 years of horrible marriage and lost everything. Managed to rejoin the military at 39 because of my prior service and the government was desperate for bodies to ship to Iraq. Living with far less than adequate parents growing up, and dealing with a sadistic ex through a protracted and harrowing divorce left it's mark throughout my body and I'm certain was in great part why my brother and I ended up with type 2 diabetes. Thankfully the VA is helping to keep me healthy and stable with AC1 and hormone monitoring every three months. I eat as well as I can with a goal of three fresh fruits and 6 fresh vegetables per day and I primarily subsist on grains and beans. I go for 5k walks every morning before the sun comes up, and 45 to 50k mountain bike rides every other day, on top of all the physical therapy exercises the VA has me do daily. Not every person can live a perfect life and have perfect knowledge on how to best succeed in their circumstances. Skills are far more important than money and in the last 10 years I've learned and polished skills that will keep me alive and healthy even if civilization were to stop. Starvation and food scarcity haven't been a problem since I rejoined the military at 39 and never will be again. From my parents and my ex I've learned never to rely on others. Even with what the VA provides me I have a plan B for if that gets disrupted. I can only count on myself and be my own best advocate.
@fariesz6786
5 ай бұрын
i'm a type 1 myself, but my dad was type 2 and i know a lot of type 2s via the diabetic community. what i found terrifying that in the last two ish years i heard twice that people who had an elevated A1c were basically told "you got type 2, watch your weight, okay bye" - there is a bitter irony that both turned out to be type 1 but even if the type 2 had been correct (which should be tested for though) you can just say "watch you weight, ciao" ..neither was even _suggested_ to get a glucose meter, or see a dietician, or have follow-up appoints to watch the development. it would be frustrating with a rare disease, but with somehing as common as diabetes that is just inacceptable behaviour from a doctor.
@schizescribe
5 ай бұрын
I had a coworker who was told “you’re type 2, here’s a blood sugar checker, bye!” So he was constantly brain fogged etc at work so I was telling him the TLDR he has to pay attention to because otherwise he LITERALLY COULDNT FUNCTION ENOUGH TO DO HIS JOB & he didn’t listen or try to do anything about his diabetes. How is that kind of “medical care” legal? & how do people just let themselves stay sick & oblivious when people are actively trying to tell them how they could realistically care for themselves? 😭
@jakeallerston-brockwell4148
5 ай бұрын
I would love a similar video on type 1 diabeties
@ex-nerd
5 ай бұрын
I know this is about type 2 but PLEASE stop spreading the myth that type 1 is most commonly diagnosed in childhood. We've known for decades that over half of new cases occur in people over the age of 30, and it's up to 2/3 if you start counting at 20. Most of us get this disease as adults, where it often progresses slower than it does in kids. These two things combine to result in roughly 40% of cases of type 1 in the US starting out misdiagnosed as type 2 (something that would have been great to include in this video!), and that's only the ones who manage a correct diagnosis (research dating back to at least 1980 suggests that 10-20% of those diagnosed with type 2 actually have type 1, and another 10-15% have MODY or type 3c).
@Jacen555
5 ай бұрын
+1, I was diagnosed in my 20s and I had to fight my doctor to get tested for type 1 because he would only treat me for type 2 (and I wasn't getting better). Looking forward to a new video on type 1!
@raycasas2867
5 ай бұрын
There’s also LADA or type 1.5 diabetes as it’s more likely found in late adulthood (20s onwards) it’s an autoimmune disease that damages beta cell causing a rapid destruction of the cells. It’s also most often misdiagnosed as dm2
@catebrooks6779
5 ай бұрын
@scishow : please see these comments!
@williamsutter2152
5 ай бұрын
Metformin is also special among type 2 diabetes mellitus medicines in that its use is linked to a longer lifespan. Actually, the increased lifespan observed among diabetics taking it in one trial was so great that they outlived the control group that didn't have diabetes and this helped to trigger research into anti-ageing effects of metformin.
@Caterfree10
5 ай бұрын
>is diabetic >has been diabetic for a decade >grew up around diabetics >still watching this video 😅
@SirHalifax
5 ай бұрын
Heh, diabetic too. Type I.
@Melanie____
5 ай бұрын
Wfpb diet with the mastering diabetes program. Backed by studies on pubmed.
@mr_dodex
5 ай бұрын
How was it? Did you know everything? Were there any mistakes in the video?
@Caterfree10
5 ай бұрын
@@mr_dodex was accurate tbh! As to be expected from Sci Show, ofc. Not anything particularly new for me except the how certain things functioned and even some of that I had known already. o7
@mr_dodex
5 ай бұрын
@@Caterfree10 great to know. Appreciate the response.
@tryten9
5 ай бұрын
My A1C was initially a 9.6. I don't like sweets so I had to look at other things. I ended up cutting out all beer and limiting my carbs to 30g a day. My A1C dropped to 6.2. The lowest it's been was 5.1 with diet changes alone.
@Merennulli
5 ай бұрын
I appreciate you covering this subject. I've been overweight and with poor health habits, but aggravating to my doctor at the time, I wasn't showing any signs of diabetes. Other health issues, but not that. Since having COVID in 2022, though, I've been getting poor A1C results and am now prediabetic. It's no excuse for my poor health habits, but it it does explain why I was so incredibly fortunate for decades and then like a lightswitch being turned off, I no longer was. Regarding the doctor being aggravated that I wasn't diabetic - as weird as it sounds, I do mean that literally. She wasn't a good doctor and managed to screw up the one time I successfully kept myself on a proper diet by ordering me on a dangerous fad diet. When I talked to a dietitian afterward, she (the dietitian) was horrified and gave me a diet that was essentially what I'd had success with but 50 calories higher. Unfortunately I haven't had success staying on that diet since the fad diet derail. PS. Do not give health "advice" in reply. It's unwelcome and harmful.
@Sarcasticron
5 ай бұрын
I have a friend who is very overweight, who was in the hospital for other reasons, and the doctor tested him every couple of hours to see if he had diabetes yet. That's not how it works! GPs don't seem to be getting a very good education about diabetes. I'm not sure that endocrinologists are either. I hope you found a better doctor!
@telegramsam
5 ай бұрын
@@Sarcasticron A lot of doctors don't seem to keep up with new research once they finish their schooling. It's maddening. They should have to get annual continuing education credits in their specialties and get recertified at some regular interval, maybe every ten years, but at least in the USA many of them have knowledge that ends at that graduation date.
@kitefan1
5 ай бұрын
I was pre-diabetic. About twenty years ago I got the bug/fever/whatever that was going around work and ran a fever for a couple of days. T2 runs in my family, both sides in elders. Afterwards I felt different. I had recently moved and found a Dr. I told her I was diabetic and she tested me (after telling me this is not how most patients present) and agreed.
@kitefan1
5 ай бұрын
@@Sarcasticron They do test when you are in the hospital now, especially post surgery. It has been determined that post surgical patients are likely to have high blood sugar because of the stress and inactivity and that they heal better if the blood sugars are kept down.
@Merennulli
5 ай бұрын
@@Sarcasticron Yep. Though for a much worse reason. Thankfully the diet fiasco had me distrusting her and I got a second opinion on her malprescription or I wouldn't be here now. I went a couple years refusing to go to anyone but I ended up with someone decent who I stayed with until he retired. New one has been decent too.
@thieleaf_the_shelf_dragon
5 ай бұрын
huh,,, i clicked on this just because i love sci show and watch every video, but.. i've been chronically ill for a long time, and we've been trying to figure it out, and the mention of capillaries/spider veins and tingling along with frequent urination has made me... reconsider? not in an "oh eureka! i've figured it out after watching one singular video" but in a " this is something to bring up to my doctor at the very least just to rule out. (so far we've been looking towards heart or possible connective tissue issues)
@cynicg
5 ай бұрын
Have you ever tested A1c? Some doctors test fasting glucose, which means nothing, it's just a snapshot at the time of the blood draw. Even A1c be unreliable. Ask for a C-Peptide test, a high level means that your pancreas makes a lot of insulin and works too hard. But doctors tend not to get it done because they don't know how to interpret the results.
@dragonflies6793
5 ай бұрын
Best of luck! I'm chronically ill as well with suspected hEDS, still trying to figure out everything that's going on and what might help.
@hoosierpioneer
5 ай бұрын
Smart.
@Gengh13
5 ай бұрын
Check your fasting insulin levels or c-peptide in your next bloodwork, you are going to have to ask for it, it will let you know long before your blood sugar levels get out of control.
@schizescribe
5 ай бұрын
For a long time a lot of the issues-especially frequent urination-has been a “test for diabetes” 🚩 but with healthcare in the USA what it is it’s not surprising they didn’t think of it 😅 Yeah have the doctor test your fasting glucose levels! There’s usually also a “if we give you our lab standard sugary drink how high does your blood sugar go?” test but I don’t know what it’s called. Good luck! I hope you find answers soon! ❤
@archionblu
5 ай бұрын
I really wished you had emphasized more the ways in which the 'lifestyle changes' can be out of patients' control. This condition is heavily treated by both the public and medical professionals as being a moral failure, that if the patient had just 'tried harder' they wouldn't have gotten diabetes, and it's extremely harmful to patients.
@madisonlong4897
5 ай бұрын
For real though! I get so much fat shaming because of this. For me I have it on both sides of the family and I had a bad case of covid.
@ryanjohnson7912
5 ай бұрын
My nan is waiting for a knee replacement, but they won't do anything until her diabetes (type 2) is under control, but she can't be very active to try and help that, and she generally eats well. It becomes so frustrating, because it's been 18 months, and her other knee is being impacted, but every time it's always about her blood sugars or other things. If only there was something that could help help/cure
@Sarcasticron
5 ай бұрын
It's like doctors think type 2s aren't allowed to take insulin.
@gunkwizardry
5 ай бұрын
@Sarcasticron it's also because insulin is insanely expensive bc companies are price gouging
@Rallarberg
5 ай бұрын
Having been diagnozed just a few months ago, and scheduled to (maybe) transition to Ozempic soon, I can now (again) say that I'm _so_ happy to live in Norway. Seeing the extortionate prices in the US ("from around $915 per injection pen"), and comparing it to Norwegian prices (NOK520, or ~$48), makes me pay the slightly higher taxes here with even more pleasure. But socialized medicine is bad, I guess... 😅
@waffles3629
5 ай бұрын
Yep, it's real sad. People will fight against universal healthcare, while paying insane premiums to insurance companies who turn around and deny everything. Like, uh, what???
@schizescribe
5 ай бұрын
The frustrating thing is a lot of USA people would be happy to have socialized healthcare, but the government is so structurally racist it would literally make its own population sicker than give healthcare to BIPOC-& most if not all our government representatives are largely controlled by the corporations paying them to vote to protect corporations over citizens. How does the public get universal healthcare with a government against its own citizens well being? 😭
@articulatedkat6608
20 күн бұрын
@@schizescribe Hey now, it's not just BIPOC they are so desperately trying to prevent from accessing health care. They are almost as interested in keeping healthcare away from the disabled and the chronically ill, and anyone LGBTQ+, as they are keeping it from BIPOC - and arguably just from women in general. 🤮
@067Kurtis
5 ай бұрын
No mention of Type 1 LADA? Thought it would be an interesting mention since it’s described as Type 1.5 by some
@sparker_87
5 ай бұрын
I was diagnosed with type 1 as an adult. One doctor mentioned 1.5 as a possibility early on but never explained the difference and no other doctor I've seen has mentioned it. I also would love more of an explanation video on the differences
@Sarcasticron
5 ай бұрын
@@sparker_87 Basically, LADA is like slow-onset type 1. So at first it looks like type 2, and is often misdiagnosed as type 2, but a couple/few years down the road the person ends up in the ER with terrible ketoacidosis, and no idea what's going on, because doctors never tell type 2 diabetics that they can get ketoacidosis too. Often they don't think to test for ketoacidosis (they should do this test a lot more often, even if the sugars aren't high, because they're not always sky-high every day). For a proper diagnosis, they should always do an antibody test to see if it's an autoimmune type, which is more likely to be type 1 or LADA. But it's not 100% accurate, and sometimes type 2 is autoimmune. Either way it would be better to just teach every diabetic about ketoacidosis. Good luck!
@vybezD
5 ай бұрын
i was diagnosed with T2D in 2022, I got 2 tests done in 3 days both times my A1C was just under 14 mmol/L. Now a year and a half later my test has my A1C at 6.6 mmol/L. It really wasn't all that difficult. I cut back on cakes, muffins, and sugary drinks, went on a high-protein diet, i became more physically active, and of course Metformin.
@thatsmrfisher
5 ай бұрын
Can’t state how much I appreciate this video. I’ve just been diagnosed with type 2 in the last month and feel I understand it a lot better now
@vinwachira5865
2 ай бұрын
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@marcmurison
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for this. There's type 1 diabetes in my family, so this was useful information. As always, SciShow quality, presentation, and information density are all top-notch, and this was no exception!
@DawnChatman
5 ай бұрын
Ozempic was pure torture, not to mention the outrageous cost. It's taken my body months to recover from its use.
@HootMaRoot
5 ай бұрын
The main reason the price of that drug sky rocketing is because it has become the drug of choice for the rich and famous to loose some weight and now everyone wants it to try and loose weight and not use it for its intended use of treatment of type 2 diabetes
@mistierr
5 ай бұрын
I’ve been on Mounjaro for a little over a year and I love it. I’m on a lower dose though, so my side effects are minimal. my a1c has been 4.7-5.0 since starting it- down from 11.9.
@alysonmarie
5 ай бұрын
Ozempic wreaked havoc on me as well. I worry that is going to drive disordered eating for folks even further if it’s marketed purely as a weight loss option.
@cbpd89
5 ай бұрын
Not all drugs are for all people! I'm sorry that one was so rough for you. I hope you are able to find a different approach that works for you. I've been on medications that had side effects that were, for me, worse than what they were supposed to treat. Other people might do great on it, but for whatever reason, I didn't.
@mistierr
5 ай бұрын
@@alysonmarie this was my fear going into own GLP-1 journey. I’ve struggled with disordered eating my whole life so I have to be careful.
@cicerolaska
5 ай бұрын
Became diagnosed as type 1 in 2009, would love a type 1 video.
@articulatedkat6608
20 күн бұрын
I would also love a video on the newest research into Type 1, particularly this new trend doctors are seeing, of late-adult-onset T1. People are so quick to assume that's another trend to blame on lazy fat people, despite the fact that their diabetes acts like T1, not T2. But it looks more and more like a hormonal-changes result than anything to do with lifestyle, especially when it's not clearly correlated with body-mass. I was diabetic for 15 years before I even heard a doctor refer to insulin as the hormone that it is. And the increase in diabetes in general (aside just from our getting better at diagnosing it) is more easily explained by the fact that people today die WITH diabetes, rather than dying FROM it. Metformin alone has only been around since the mid 90s. We are basically 1-2 generations into a lot more people who have diabetes or are likely to develop it, being able to live long enough to have kids, and pass along those genetic markers. And when you factor in the epigenetic stuff we're learning about how the grandchildren of people who survived famines are more likely to be obese, regardless of their lifestyle, it becomes clear that we are at least another generation away from figuring out how to actually reduce the number of people dealing with diabetes.
@nascenticity
5 ай бұрын
type 2 diabetes runs in my family, and my brother and i have both been diagnosed while we’re still in our 20s. we’re both an average body size and i at least have been somewhat physically active over the past few years… i rly appreciate people pushing back on the myth that poor personal choices cause diabetes; sometimes it just happens. and even if a person’s choices *do* play a role they don’t deserve the amount of stigma that is involved.
@LilliD3
3 ай бұрын
For women, having PCOS is a major risk factor. It also makes it much more difficult to control your weight. If I don't constantly stay vigilant about my weight, I immediately start gaining weight again. And a couple years ago, when I was in the lower bracket of obesity, I had a blood sugar level scare. Basically, I have to control my weight and eating habits, always, if I want to stay healthy. That doesn't mean I can't eat a peace of cake or some sweets occasionally. But I can't afford not to think about my diet.
@Kizyr
5 ай бұрын
A lot of good info. I'm Type 2 diabetic -- and actually close to *under*weight, so it irritates me to no end when people presume it's all "poor lifestyle/diet/weight" related. Especially since it literally runs in my entire family. I manage it effectively with medication and diet changes fortunately and caught it well before any damage.
@tashokukisune
5 ай бұрын
I’m a nurse who caught COVID in February 2020…. And ended up with severe long COVID. With organ damage. Now I’m the first in my whole family to be diabetic. But because I’m fat doctors ignore all other factors, like my new post-COVID autoimmune disorder, multi organ damage, or active healthy lifestyle. Well, it used to be. But because I’m overweight no one cares. I was told to use ozempic, I refused because I knew it was bad news when it was new.
@RogueTurban
5 ай бұрын
Hello nurse, lose the weight, you already knew that. Doctors aren’t ignoring everything else, its because being fat makes everything else worse. You already knew that. Out of all the curses god hands out left and right, not putting sugar and fat into your mouth while living a sedentary lifestyle is the least people can do.
@HerbQuest
5 ай бұрын
Sarah Hallberg is who you wanna research when it comes to keeping your sugars low without Ozempic or Trulicty or any of that.
@oliverg6864
5 ай бұрын
That sounds awful. My mom is on ozempique and she's had terrible side effects of severe vomiting for months. It's really horrible.
@katecornell8233
5 ай бұрын
Great video! Thank you. I've lived with T2 for 18 years and have been an advocate for those of us who deal with this (former blogger). I especially appreciate that you mention that we aren't to blame for our condition. Stigma is horrible and only adds to the stress. I will definitely be sharing this informative video. 👏
@lizziewayte456
5 ай бұрын
I have type one diabetes, and would love to see content about that… everything seems to look at type two… just recently got an insulin pump and closed loop system - an “artificial pancreas”!! Would be great to learn more about the tech
@instaperil
5 ай бұрын
It's never too late to take steps to control your diabetes. I'm in my 50s and with diet and exercise and medicine I get good bloodwork regularly.
@emom358
5 ай бұрын
My ex died of unregulated diabetes. He would go through life eating and drinking whatever he wanted, until needed an ambulance. He would spend time in hospital, allowing the staff to fix him. Lost all of his teeth, several toes, foot, etc. After getting out he would start all over again.
@kitefan1
5 ай бұрын
How difficult to watch.
@jerry9635
5 ай бұрын
😞
@frattman
5 ай бұрын
The new sets are really beautifully designed - great job guys!
@osmia
5 ай бұрын
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@cmkmusicislife1571
5 ай бұрын
You did not, in fact, add sections to the video 😂
@reedmusic
5 ай бұрын
Lmao
@vitriolveio
5 ай бұрын
😂
@theflamboyantgrandma1890
5 ай бұрын
They'll get to it!! They always do... especially corrections... So have faith!
@evilferris
5 ай бұрын
This is why the public's trust in the scientific community has never been lower!
@TessaBain
5 ай бұрын
Not that it matters since they push pseudo science as if it's legitimate meaning the whole video is moot.
@marklamourine3130
5 ай бұрын
The new set and casual delivery are interesting. If it makes the hosts comfortable im for it. Or maybe he just moves around too much and this is the easiest way to keep him in frame 😅
@RickinICT
5 ай бұрын
I kept thinking "Why don't they get this guy a more comfortable chair, so he can sit still for 5 seconds."
@MaraJrianne
5 ай бұрын
@@RickinICT right? I think he's too tall for it
@FioraTheMasquerade
5 ай бұрын
It is so incredibly refreshing to me that ya'all made it a point to NOT correlate weight to type 2 risk.
@earlye
5 ай бұрын
Can't speak for population as a whole. I have type 2 diabetes right now, at about 210 lbs. When I drop to about 180 lbs, I revert to prediabetes. You'd think this would be strong enough incentive to stay at 180 lbs or less, but damn, food tastes soooo good. I use nutrisense to track my blood sugar and try my best to stay in range just through diet and exercise. Here's hoping geneticists figure out a way to turn off insulin resistance that doesn't involve medications that also cause horrific diarrhea. C'mon CRISPR, we need your help out here!
@Inoxia.Ometeotl
5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂 "but food tastes soooo goooood" 😂😂😂😂 hilarious. What about u balance training hard, with eating hard? I love food, but since i love my body too... just train enough so u can eat a ton 😋
@karen-rg3pi
5 ай бұрын
Sounds like a Metformin side effect!
@Doctors_TARDIS
5 ай бұрын
@@karen-rg3pi The metformin shits are so bad.
@cbpd89
5 ай бұрын
Insulin resistance makes weight gain easy and loss really hard. Good luck to you!
@Caterfree10
5 ай бұрын
Ah, a fellow metformin sufferer I see. 😩
@Slayer666th
5 ай бұрын
My mom was diagnosed with pre-diabetes last year and reversed it in just 8 weeks and so far it didnt come back. All with just lifestyle changes, so make sure you use all the weapons you have to fight against the sickness and not just medication alone (unless you doctor tells you so).
@caseypalmateer4515
5 ай бұрын
I agree. When your Dr says that medication is how to combat this disease, sometimes when you adjust your diet to "healthy " sometimes the medication won't work as effectively and you could put yourself in danger! Unless your Dr recommends changes, people should always maintain thier diet to keep things as consistent as possible.
@kitefan1
5 ай бұрын
@@caseypalmateer4515 Most people need medication until they get their A1c down into a healthy range.
@fariesz6786
5 ай бұрын
it's also important to know: if lifestyle changes alone don't work, then it's not because you're a failure. we can advocate for taking your health into your own hands and still accept that there are factors just beyond our control - acceptance and a will to fight are not mutually exclusively (unless you are a Sith, bc they deal in absolutes)
@sarahbailey5825
5 ай бұрын
Soo true! If you have good genetics you can eat and eat. You might gain weight but not get diabetes. Unfortunately most type 2 who "reverse" their diabetes will see it again as their body agrees. Because our energy pathways are complicated, our bodies are very resilient. But it also means a person can have multiple genetic failures. Genetic failures plus the stress of 3 pregnancirs completely destroyed my pancreas. r@fariesz6786
@SeaSpartan118
5 ай бұрын
I'm actually surprised you use your index finger to draw blood. We in the netherlands use any other finger since the index finger is the most sensitive finger and usually used to read braille. And since diabetes can result in (partial) blindness this is kind of a big deal
@johnnarogers5636
5 ай бұрын
This was a really good video, my paternal grandma died from diabetic related complications when I was 6, and my dad ended up diagnosed with it when I was in highschool. He's doing better managing it, but that's definitely scared me into living a healthy / active lifestyle and keeping an eye on my diet.
@rdmfeyna-sleep
5 ай бұрын
I have type 2 diabetes, as well as Hashimoto's thyroid disease. So far, my doc doesn't think I have any autoimmune diabetes. But I'm currently on multiple therapies, and have finally managed to get my a1c down 2.5 points, to an 8.0. It's HARD and I'm really working at it. I've been diabetic for 10 years, and have lived with my thyroid disease for 20.
@wmarclocher
5 ай бұрын
12:50 I was on a 1.5mg prescription for the "Trulicity" brand name , but now cannot get it because too many doctors are prescribing it to their non-diabetic patients for weight loss and my A1C is now over 12%
@HerbQuest
5 ай бұрын
Check out Sarah Hallberg and Dr Perlmutter and get on that grain free keto vibe and your A1C will improve.
@belindaweber7999
5 ай бұрын
Ive been type 2 for 3+yrs now. The eating advice by "experts/Drs" they're all over the place. I'm getting better results from Keto
@AutoroTink
5 ай бұрын
Dr. Jason Fung has a thing to say about diabetes…his lectures are certainly worth a listen!
@schizescribe
5 ай бұрын
The diet advice is super overwhelming! I find what works for me is when you eat, have a general idea of how much carbs you’re eating & try to eat at least 3:1 carbs:protein (and fiber). More than that can be too complicated & overwhelming! 😅❤
@19astromahima
5 ай бұрын
Type 2 diabetes is a real nightmare when you get side effects from the medicine you are supposed to take for cure....my dad has been diabetic for almost 6 years by now and the metformin which is the most general drug for any diabetic patient became a real nightmare. It took us a lot to make his health stable. So though medicine is necessary make sure you monitor your diabetic levels and note the rapid changes in your health before it's too late. I don't say you should avoid medicines....take medicine if it's necessary... consult your doctors and make sure your medicine works for you not against you.
@ScorchedIce
5 ай бұрын
I was diagnosed a few days before with video went up, I'm very grateful for this so I can stay informed and healthy
@LittleMissStamper
5 ай бұрын
Lmao the IRONY of this video! I could of used this back in October when I was diagnosed with type 2 and kinda chose to ignore it (because the medicine made me hurl), but watched my FEET to make sure I didn't get any tenderness or sores or anything......knowing NOTHING ABOUT THE KIDNEY DISEASE.....and NOW having protein in my urine, showing up THIS WEEK....realizing "Oh"......welp..didn't KNOW that was a thing. Moral of the story......TAKE YOUR MEDICINE 💊
@Irondragon1945
5 ай бұрын
proteinuria is not bueno to say it lightly
@LittleRadicalThinker
5 ай бұрын
Nonsense. T2D medicines are more problematic. Statin is one among the greatest cons of all time, it decimates your LDL production, and hence your energy production. When insulin can't control your blood sugar which because you are pouring carbs down your neck, it's called T2D. The simplest solution is stop eating carbs, and fructose is the biggest offender but doesn't raise your blood sugar level. Medicines without exception, are poisons. It's just how much damage it will be done relative to your recovery speed.
@LittleMissStamper
5 ай бұрын
@@Irondragon1945 Ya.....I'm an idiot 😞
@katarh
5 ай бұрын
I like that "managed diabetes" is transitioning into "diabetes in remission." Not for myself, but for my disabled sister. She once had a BMI of 70 (she weighed over 400 lbs) and was in a diabetic coma at the hospital; she was hospitalized for two months in the bariatric ward while they tried to get her weight under control. What caused the issue? Drinking a 2 liter bottle of full sugar soda every day. Today she's got a BMI of closer to 30, no longer has to take insulin or metformin, and she was officially classified as "managed diabetes." Her new endocrinologist doesn't even worry about it since her last A1C checked in at 4.9 - she's fine. She still drinks soda..... but we switched her to zero sugar stuff.
@daegrun
5 ай бұрын
People are aware of what is recommended but the problem of that is that recommendation when already at the point of type 2 diagnosis leads only to temporary change (if any) with progressive increases in medication because it doesn’t get to the root of the problem. While it won’t make them more money… incorporating fasting at least to start with electrolytes will help. Not a fad but also researched with improvements in important markers and better yet helps the body (liver, kidneys) heal and maintain itself again. At that point only would the recommended things to do besides the medicines would be fine long term. * I’ll add strength training is important especially for diabetics whether try fasting or not. And don’t need to go crazy on cardio. Just walk after a meal but not skip on resistance training full body 2-3 /wk.
@RamenNoodle1985
5 ай бұрын
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP COVID!!! No one ever believes me that covid triggered my T2 (yes, I had it in the early stages - march 2020).
@Pou1gie1
5 ай бұрын
@9:06 Glucose levels are also increased through stress, which can be connected to being from a marginalized community that deals with chronic societal bias.
@cashy57
5 ай бұрын
Love this set. Super welcome change!
@by9917
5 ай бұрын
No mention of studies, like the one from Harvard School of Public Health, that indicates a strong link between red meat and diabetes. Would have expected that to be mentioned, especial considering the significant environmental impact of red meat.
@HootMaRoot
5 ай бұрын
Insulin is only extraordinarily expensive in north America more so the USA while Europe and most of the rest of the world pay considerably less for it as we don't get drug companies free reign over pricing
@VariantAEC
5 ай бұрын
It has nothing to do with that at all. Most insulin is still patented despite "generics" being available they're patented. In Europe, Americans subsidize the costs of your drugs through aid agreements. If these drugs just existed on your markets sold at retail prices, they might cost a little more. Of course, if Americans weren't eating the additional fees of subsidizing the world's healthcare, we would pay significantly less. At least, that is how I understand it. It's basically that we pay your way. If American companies weren't greedy, we would pay less. If we stopped supporting Europe financially, your nations couldn't negotiate "lower prices," which come in the form of much higher taxes for you than we pay. Regardless of how anyone looks at it, the price for insulin, particularly in the US, is truly absurd.
@GeorgeJoubert-id2cv
5 ай бұрын
@@VariantAEChahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha hahahahaha 🤡🤡🤡🤡 no
@GeorgeJoubert-id2cv
5 ай бұрын
@@VariantAECweak cope cause you get screwed, the only thing you subsidise is stock prices
@98Zai
5 ай бұрын
@@VariantAEC So after researching this for 10 minutes, I learned that European Governments sets the prices of their medication, while the US allows pharmaceutical companies to decide theirs. This _could_ be called subsidizing, but it's _because_ you let the pharmaceutical companies set the price, not because you made an active choice to subsidize.
@98Zai
5 ай бұрын
@@VariantAEC Also, the subsidy we're discussing is medicine research in your own country. You're paying more for those jobs.
@DocFr4nk
5 ай бұрын
I quite like these new sets you've got
@benjamintan2733
5 ай бұрын
Hmm, I mean these informations are considered common knowledge already, such as eating healthy and exercising. Can't say I learned anything new.
@solveetcoagula1891
5 ай бұрын
Metformin bucks for me and so many people I know. Causes so much gastrointestinal issues and lingers after stopping.
@tomduke1297
5 ай бұрын
im pretty sure i had diabetes in my highly depressive decade with 50kg excess bodyweight. after changing my diet to low carb/keto my depression started to subside within a few weeks and over the next 2 years i got back to my optimal weight. not once was i tested for diabetes. i kinda want my decade back...
@lordplaza
5 ай бұрын
Loving the new set!
@saadkhalid5521
5 ай бұрын
the thing is, they are still risk factors. it qon't hurt to lose a couple pounds/kilos, excercise regukarky and eat as healthy as you possible can. emphasising a good lifestyle is essential to combating and preventing most diseases. you might stilll end up developing the disease but even then you can manage it.
@Antaios632
5 ай бұрын
Then you've got freaks like me - initially diagnosed with T2 diabetes at the age of 47, was on metformin and Trulicity, but they only helped for a couple years. I was on a strict keto diet and working out regularly that whole time (and was never overweight, not to mention obese), but my A1c kept creeping up. Turns out my pancreas was barely making any insulin & I was re-diagnosed as Type 1. I never tested positive for any antibodies, but they think it must be autoimmune anyway. And that's how I found out adults can get Type 1 diabetes.
@theninja4137
5 ай бұрын
I think there's other things that can damage beta cells - certain types of rat poison for example. I read somewhere that almost 10% of t1d don't have autoantibodies
@javiercastro8466
5 ай бұрын
Instead of pin pricks to get blood samples an active and preemptive effort could be accomplished by the use of automatic glucose monitors as an instant feedback of the body's glucose response. Unfortunately, manufacturers disqualify people from having them prescribed unless you are already have the full blown diabetic disease when it is too late. I have yet to get a good answer from the manufacturers.
@TiaSwitch-x6c
5 ай бұрын
I’ve been struggling to control my Type II diabetes since receiving chemotherapy for cancer 2 years ago. Thankfully, I’m now cancer-free but still struggling to get my diabetes back under control. I’m told that the steroids given during my chemo can affect how the pancreas produces insulin. My health care team says that my diet is very good and my exercise is within recommendations (not very enthusiastic about exercise but walk a lot). I am on Metformin and a couple of other medications. Any constructive thoughts?
@EWolf-b9o
5 ай бұрын
Have a look at the studies on keto as a treatment. It can help reverse diabetes. It isn't an easy fix, and take it steady at the start - a tapered start rather than just cutting out all carbs/sugars, otherwise glucose levels can drop too quickly. But it can help.
@Forty2de
5 ай бұрын
Can you tell me definitively which is more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, drinking sugar-free soda or soda with sugar? I've been drinking about 2 liters per day for the past 10 years with only 1 meal per day and little physical activity due to an anxiety disorder, and I wonder whether choosing soda with sugar was the right choice. I heard that the sweetness of sugar-free soda still causes a release of insulin even though there isn't much sugar in the bloodstream (especially when you only eat once a day) which can cause insulin resistance, so I'd like to believe that picking soda with sugar was the right choice. But there's so much conflicting info on the internet. Being now worried about diabetes I'm of course changing my diet but I'd still like to know which drink would've been worst.
@UberGastronomer
5 ай бұрын
You’ve been drinking 2 liters of sugary soda per day for the past 10 years? Are you trying to give yourself diabetes on purpose? Lol Diet soda with 0 sugar and 0 calories is infinitely healthier than full-sugar soda. “But what about insulin release?” Whoever thinks diet soda releases as much or more insulin as full sugar soda is a clown who needs to go read a physiology book.
@ItsArmAvi
5 ай бұрын
Another great video narration Reid!
@intelligentfemales1587
5 ай бұрын
*The one where we realized that capitalism is still king.
@bigmike9128
5 ай бұрын
I take metformin.
@thekaxmax
5 ай бұрын
Of course. But that not the only thing.
@tarmaque
5 ай бұрын
I take Metformin and Glipizide, but it was the Pioglitazone that really helped. My last A1C was 6.4 so I'm really happy.
@tcunero
5 ай бұрын
I would really love to know how exactly the cells become insulin resistant. Like does the protein fold funny so that it does not receive the insulin as well, what would cause that ect... Also how does changing diet/exercise actually effect the cells cause of the resistance. I hope more research will discover these things soon!
@IIVIIiLion
5 ай бұрын
The way it's been described to me and I don't know how scientifically accurate this is but your body will store glucose in your body as fat cells, over time if the majority of your body is fat cells (higher BMI) there's just no room to store the glucose, your pancreas will produce more and more insulin in an attempt to "cram the glucose" into your exceedingly packed cells, which will cause your cells to be even more resistant to future insulin, a vicious cycle until eventually your pancreas quits and stops producing insulin all together, a way to reverse this is to exercise and build muscle, when exerting the stored energy, your cells will be more receptive to insulin as they will need the glucose to replenish their stores and muscle is significantly more responsive to insulin versus fat cells because they need more energy to maintain. TLDR: a low energy sedentary lifestyle and the overeating of quick easy carbs that your body can easily break down into glucose. Also genetics in some cases.
@claudiajurgensen9544
5 ай бұрын
Glucose thats entered the cell, will bind to the transporter that transported the glucose into the cell. That will change the transporters form to not being able to transport glucose into the cell anymore. With high blood glucose the likelihood for cells to be saturated with glucose is high and the cells transporter is blocked as a result.
@brianrcVids
5 ай бұрын
It's a good question and sad this video doesn't lay it out. Cells become insulin resistant due to the accumulation of fat inside the cells. These fats interfere with insulin signaling preventing glucose from entering the cells. Look up Dr. Neal Barnard. He has several talks on this and how to fix it.
@RickinICT
5 ай бұрын
That stuff is known, it just wasn't covered in this video. I'm not sure why they think this video was "the" one to understand diabetes, it barely scratched the surface. It seemed like they were more interested in making social commentary than informing. Look up the channel "Nourished by Science". He has many fascinating, science-based videos on insulin resistance. I'd link you to it, but they removed another comment I made elsewhere inking someone else to it. I guess they don't really want anyone getting the science, just their editorial opinions.
@sarahbailey5825
5 ай бұрын
There are other ways the cells become resistant other than fat. Hormones, medications, and genetic mutations are other causes of insulin resistance. For example, during pregnancy the hormone progesterone increases insulin resistance. I had to take 4x my normal amount of insulin by the end of one pregnancy. I have also experienced uncontrollable high blood sugars while taking a steroid (it was for a life threatening allergic reaction). That med stimulated my body to make its own glucose. Insulin, with a healthy diet and exercise could only lower my glucose for an hour or 2 before raising it to the 200-300 range again! It took 2-3 months before I could get in a healthy glucose range. It was insanely frustrating and stressful! I went through 10x my normal insulin.
@meckerhesseausfrankfurt4019
5 ай бұрын
I think the section on "racial" disparities was a bit confusing. Saying "race is just a social construct" leaves it a bit open to interpretation. Depending on one's viewpoint (e.g. race as defined by a census form, questions of identy etc.), it can mean so many different things to different people. You could have pointed out more clearly what is meant by that, namely that from a strictly scientific, i.e. biological / medical viewpoint there is only one human race and the genetic differences between different human groups are too minute to be of any importance, especially when it comes to diabetes. Also mentioning "low income" / social inequalities as a risk factor without going into detail what current research believes why exactly it is might be a risk factor (e.g. reduced access to fresh produce, food insecurity / irregular eating patterns, elevated levels of stress hormones due to job insecurity etc.) seems unnecessarily superficial.
@JaroKotiranta
5 ай бұрын
Kinda fitting that the pre-roll ad was for McD...
@emyra_3293
5 ай бұрын
McDiabetes?
@cbpd89
5 ай бұрын
@emyra_3293 The McDiabetes is my favorite milkshake! 😜
@DragoNate
5 ай бұрын
@@emyra_3293 McDHeartAttack
@4203105
5 ай бұрын
Insulin is cheap as hell. Only place it's expensive is the US.
@macroholic6876
5 ай бұрын
I would love to see a video on how low carb/keto lifestyle affects diabetes and high blood pressure.
@HerbQuest
5 ай бұрын
My wife sent her diabetes into remission with the Keto lifestyle.
@kashiichan
5 ай бұрын
This video already has a comment about using specific diets.
@BM1982.V2
5 ай бұрын
Low carb/Keto is a way to manage diabetes but won't cure it. You'll get your blood sugar and A1C down but until you can actually consume carbs without spiking blood sugar an unhealthy amount you haven't cured the condition. People who instead go to a high carb but complex carbs, not simple carbs and lots of fibre while limiting saturated fats, actually cure the condition. They may notice an initial spike in blood sugars, but this goes down over time eating whole foods and eventually cures the condition to the point where not only do their A1C and blood sugar get under control but if they eat something bad like cake they still don't get an unhealthy blood sugar spike. Low carb has also shown in studies to result in a higher all cause mortality rate so even if you stay low carb your whole life and just manage diabetes instead of curing it you'll still end up with a shorter lifespan so it's better to just eat a healthy whole foods diet instead.
@Gengh13
5 ай бұрын
It just puts type 2 in remission, it's not that hard if your body has trouble processing carbohydrates just eat a diet that doesn't have them. And if you are type 1 you will need less insulin to control your blood glucose levels so you will have less side effects throughout your life.
@chinajennaalys14
5 ай бұрын
This video was insightful and full of a lot of information people can easily understand. I appreciate appropriate information regarding the types of food that are beneficial to those who have T2. I would have liked a tad more focus on intracellular mylio lipids and it's role in T2, however this informative and helpful video can help many who may be new to this.
@vocalsunleashed
5 ай бұрын
My mom had no problems with her blood sugar until she had a stroke in 2013. Since then she has needed medication for high blood sugar and can't eat too much sugar, so even though I haven't heard her say she has diabetes I assume she has diabetes type 2
@rbach2
5 ай бұрын
Such a funky room for a talk about Type II diabetes.... I like it.... it is weird though that the light in the room is not coming from the light in the room
@T4N7
5 ай бұрын
Since starting some new meds that need to be taken with food, I've noticed that even when taking it with supper, that my energy levels drop excessively fast the next day n I need to keep eating cuz it feels like im having a diabetic crash (at least from the descriptions I've heard of it from diabetics). But I've also experienced numbness in my hands for a couple of yrs now. I always assumed it was the result of nerve damage in my hands from a lifetime of injuries but I'm also poor n have eating disorders so I don't often eat healthy n tend to eat a lot of sugar. Now hearing that numbness is a symptom of diabetes it has me a lil worried. I'll need to discuss it with my doctor when I have the follow up appointment for my new meds. Thx for possibly saving my life.
@joanhoffman3702
5 ай бұрын
The ad right before this video was for candy at a local store. You have to wonder about the advertising algorithm. 🤨
@nickim6571
5 ай бұрын
If I followed the recommended diet--lots of carbs--I'd probably still be on insulin. Instead, I was able to stop using insulin after just six weeks on a low carb diet and now--6 years of low carb eating later--my A1C is 4.9, and my endocrinologist says I'm his favorite patient!
@brianrcVids
5 ай бұрын
The better way is low-fat whole food plant-based. It treats the cause (insulin resistance), not just the symptoms (high blood sugar). See the Mastering Diabetes program. They fix it the right way, so people can enjoy fruits again, while putting diabetes into remission for good.
@HerbQuest
5 ай бұрын
@@brianrcVids You should watch "Fat Fiction" and learn about who demonized fat and why.
@rgruenhaus
5 ай бұрын
Lifestyle changes requires money to change diet.
@daniels-mo9ol
5 ай бұрын
I mean this is somewhat true. The pandemic of diabetes and unhealthy life style is often a result of highly processed foods which is cheap and easily accessible. Instead of buying a PS5 or new phone, imagine if people could prioritize healthy living and maybe save money for an extra 2-4 months before getting inessential stuff.
@Cronama
5 ай бұрын
No. It doesn't cost anything to go for a walk, and instead of buying a bulk crate of 500 dorito chip bags from costco you could instead buy a ribeye whole, slice it yourself and have steaks for dinner every day for a week. Most people think in terms of quantity instead of quality.
@theyxaj
5 ай бұрын
@@Cronama It doesn't cost money to go for a walk, but it does cost time. If you're working 2 or 3 jobs to support your kids, there's no time to take a walk. The kids aren't going to eat steaks. And you don't have time or energy to prepare them. And I'd be surprised if whole ribeyes were SNAP eligible. It's not as simple as, "stop buying Doritos bro"
@telegramsam
5 ай бұрын
@@theyxaj Going for a walk also requires feeling safe enough where you live to do so.
@Gengh13
5 ай бұрын
Fasting is free, it worked for me.
@jalmuddd
5 ай бұрын
i just limit my carb intake
@thekaxmax
5 ай бұрын
Good for you. Doesn't work for everyone.
@Cronama
5 ай бұрын
@@thekaxmax Yes it does.
@RobC1999
5 ай бұрын
@@thekaxmaxworks for most t2 diabetics. Exercise helps too because it increases insulin sensitivity. Many times people don’t realize what has carbs in it and think we’re only talking about sugar.
@thekaxmax
5 ай бұрын
@@RobC1999 'I just' implies that's all that's required. I'm t2 and I need more than that.
@jalmuddd
5 ай бұрын
@@thekaxmax exercise does help… but by far the most powerful tool we have, is reducing carbs. Of course I don’t know your particular situation but for the vast majority of us, if we were to make a permanent lifestyle change (not simply a temporary diet change), our body would heal itself. There is a lot at stake here… and i suspect most would agree that a solution which relies on our bodies fixing things is better than a solution which depends on an expensive treatment…
@someguyontheinternet7165
5 ай бұрын
Wasn’t properly diagnosed, but realized I had many of the symptoms of pre diabetes. Started intermittent fasting and going to a proper clean keto diet. The first two days were rough but once the body gets used to running on fats, including your own, the food cravings disappear. I also felt way more energetic and clear headed. With the new found energy I started working out, decided to supplement creatine and omega 3 (not big on fish) and now even on total fasting days my energy is through the roof. The fat has been burning off insanely quick while simultaneously being able to put on some noticeable muscle mass. The best part is I’ve found that these changes feel long term sustainable and if anything should get easier once I approach my ideal weight. Looooove it. Also bizarrely, I noticed a HUGE change in my dreams while sleeping. It’s hard to articulate it, but it seemed like prior I rarely dreamt at all, but when I did they would be brief, colorless, soundless and so vague it was nearly abstract. Now my dreams are insanely vivid, with highly detailed scenes that flow together. It literally feels like I’ve unlocked a second level of consciousness.
@Grey0730
5 ай бұрын
Loving the new SciShow set
@katherinevallo2326
5 ай бұрын
Thank you. I have type 2 diabetes. It's like walking a tightrope. I had gestational diabetes with all my pregnancies.
@jenkcomedy
5 ай бұрын
"DIABETES!!! FIGHT IT!!!" - Chris Traeger
@descai10
5 ай бұрын
This video, like almost every other, massively underrates the role of obesity in diabetes. A BMI of 30 is associated with a 30x increase in risk of diabetes. You heard that right, not 30%, 30 *TIMES* the risk. A BMI of 35? That's a 90x risk. No joke.
@StarCrusher.
5 ай бұрын
Script was probably written by an obese person
@theyxaj
5 ай бұрын
BMI is a flawed metric. Perhaps that's why they didn't mention it. Also, 30 or 90 times a small amount is still a small amount. And what is a BMI of 30 increasing the risk compared to? BMI of 1? 10? 20?
@kashiichan
5 ай бұрын
BMI was designed to measure populations, not individuals.
@descai10
5 ай бұрын
@@kashiichan 90% of people with type 2 diabetes who successfully lose a large amount of weight experience complete remission in their diabetes.
@thehomeschoolinglibrarian
5 ай бұрын
My sister is in remission from type 2 diabetes and my brother in law her husband is pre diabetic. Sadly my brother in law's parents who live with them and both have type 2 diabetes don't really care and continue to eat like crap and think anything other then salt, pepper and onion powder is too much spice. I feel bad for my niece and nephew because they don't get exposed to different foods and my sister who enjoys cooking can't seem to stand up to her in laws and tell them to make their own meals.
@JKTCGMV13
5 ай бұрын
He really just said ethnicity is a social construct
@HerbQuest
5 ай бұрын
There's only one race; the human race.
@JKTCGMV13
5 ай бұрын
@@HerbQuest there’s a difference between race and ethnicity
@HerbQuest
5 ай бұрын
@@JKTCGMV13 There's only one ethnicity; the homo sapian?
@HerbQuest
5 ай бұрын
@@JKTCGMV13 I'm just upset that they didn't talk about stuff like Dr. Sarah Hallberg and the "Fat Fiction" documentary and kinda just alluded to the ketogentic remission protocol as a "fad diet" then proceeded to parrot the ADA rhetoric based on Ansel Keys' research that got debunked back in 2015 with Hallberg's Ted Talk's and public service advocacy efforts ... I strongly believe that anyone who talks about diabetes without mentioning Hallberg is a bit quacked out.
@samorsomething1
5 ай бұрын
the relaxed lean reid has while reading the script is so calming like im listening to a therapist
@schizescribe
5 ай бұрын
My only issue with this video is people need the TLDR of diabetes: hyperglycemia=high blood sugar=in emergency treat with insulin, not possible use water, protein fiber & exercise as able; hypoglycemia=low blood sugar, DO NOT USE INSULIN 💀, treat with sugar pills, juice, something high in simple carbs & be prepared to need a snack/meal to keep the blood sugar from going back down too low. Lastly, blood sugar is measured with a blood glucose (sugar) meter, which in the USA uses mg/dL measurements & generally should check when waking up, going to bed, before a meal, and 2 hours after each meal AND if a diabetic feels “off or weird” 👍 ❤
@lavender-hearts
5 ай бұрын
I don't get it. My weight was stable, if high, but my sugar was well-controlled without insulin. A few months ago, my A1C started skyrocketing from 6.4 to 7.4 despite zero change in diet/exercise, and even *losing* 10 pounds. My doctor switched my glipizide for jardiance, and I think my A1C just got higher from there. I don't know what's going on or what questions to ask my doctor No diet/exercise advice, *please*. I just wanna know what I should ask my doctor to get my A1C back under control
@SeptemberMeadows
5 ай бұрын
Died from type 2 diabetes... Mary Tyler Moore Larry King Penny Marshall Attrell Codes Wilford Brimley ...thousands more
@geoffseyon3264
5 ай бұрын
2:45: I think “Insulin Resistance” is spelled with an “a”, not an “e”. Thanks for the episode.
@northyland1157
Ай бұрын
I got off insulin by eating low carb / almost keto, and skipping breakfast. My A1C dropped to 4.9! No more meds, no more insulin shots. They say 80% of T2 diabetics can be reversed with a low carb / no sugar diet.
@Li.Siyuan
4 ай бұрын
This - and most US-based channels, seem to think that their audience is entirely North American in composition. Please start to understand, it's not! Giving blood sugar levels in percentages is completely meaningless for people in, for instance, the UK and, I think, in most, if not all, of continental Europe. Other countries use different measures and units, so please consider giving units that everybody can relate to. Also, referring to the CDC is something that, for many, has no relevance, so being a little more generic or at least, referring to the "the CDC in the US..." would make things clearer and more non-US friendly. Thank you.
@jodysales2362
5 ай бұрын
I am diabetic type 2. I'm 5'11 and wiegh 210 to 220lbs tops. I take care of my sugar levels now much closer. A1c stays 7. to 7.4. Id like it lower but its really hard. I've lost part of my foot and have charcot foot in the other. I've never really been obese I'm a bit over wieght. I think and believe its related to my availability of the right foods. I'm financially challenged if you will. But if you are told you are pre-diabetic please take it seriously before your way of life is changed for ever like mine was. And if you were I wish you the best of luck qnd a long life.
@timcox1682
2 ай бұрын
Diabetes is symbology for “not enough sweetness of life, afraid to truly live.” Also… When a soul is destined to be in the body & out of it, it’s called the grounded & ungrounded phenomenon & that affects energy levels, so when a soul is destined to be more out of body, can feel very faint, floaty, light, even what science calls vertigo & other type symptoms. So when people drink, take drugs, or are ready to sleep & getting tired is ungrounded symptom examples. Grounded then is obviously being in destined emotions, trauma, just knowing you are fully in body having a real experience, that kind of sensing/feeling & awareness of in your body & more surrounds too. Yes science & medical don’t understand this truth about Grounded/ungrounded of each soul when it’s destined in each person’s life in their body.
@The_Mister_E
10 күн бұрын
God I hope a cure comes along... Living with diabetes is living without one of life's most primal joys, good food.
@MissingTiramisu
5 ай бұрын
Have you looked at diabetes from Desert Storm soldiers. I believe there are many soldiers who are affected with type I diabetes that is not well understood. I would like to hear about that. My low weight husband came home from the war with type I diabetes with no other persons in his family having it. Many others did too.
@theanyktos
5 ай бұрын
I really like the new sets and backdrops
@jerry9635
5 ай бұрын
My Mom, Dad, Grandfather and Grandmother died from diabetes. I am 62 and my A1C is 5.4 because I do resistance training and avoid sugars and simple carbs like they are the killers that they are. Take personal responsibility for your body and it will pay off.
@DavesChaoticBrain
5 ай бұрын
150 minutes of exercise a week!???? Just end me now. :-(
@thekaxmax
5 ай бұрын
You should be doing half an hour a day anyway.
@theninja4137
5 ай бұрын
That's less than half an hour a day. You can probably get most of that without ever conciously "exercising" - lunchtime walks, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, lifting stuff around while gardening or doing household tasks, .... Even standing instead of sitting raises your heart rate a bit, and can improve your fitness. Microdose your exercise throughout the day!
@sonjablue9850
5 ай бұрын
I was mis-diagnosed with "pre-diabetes" for 18 years even though tests didn't match it. They insisted I was going to go full blown diabetic....any time! They diagnosed me this because they didn't know what was wrong, didn't listen to me or believe me, and because I was fat. Turns out I have autoimmune diseases and multiple digestive issues. So....I am VERY against the dx of "pre-diabetes" especially now knowing that there is no real set criteria for it.....which is how they were able to label me with that even though it was not my issue at all! I never once had any symptoms of diabetes! But doctors just saw a fat chick....assumed I was lying....and labeled me anyways and were stumped when I had no change with diabetes meds. I wonder now if taking those meds when I didn't need it caused me more issues that I deal with now.
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