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When Does Insulin Need to be Added?
Diabetes occurs when your body can’t properly manage blood sugar, or glucose, which is the main fuel for your cells. This happens because the pancreas either doesn’t make enough of the hormone insulin, or the body can’t use the insulin it produces effectively. Insulin’s job is to act like a key, unlocking your cells so...
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Creating Comics to Support People With Type 2 Diabetes
Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Pictures can often share ideas, meaning, and feelings that words sometimes cannot express. Over the past four months, I have had the pleasure of working with patient partners and researchers to create a comic book showing the experience of someone starting a Type 2 diabetes remission program....
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Type 2 Diabetes Remission: A Real Possibility
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a serious condition, but did you know that for some people, it’s possible to temporarily reverse it? This isn’t just wishful thinking; it’s a real concept called type 2 diabetes remission. T2D remission means that a person’s blood sugar levels have returned to normal without needing diabetes medication. With the...
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Metabolic Surgery as a Tool for Diabetes Remission: What the Studies Show
Although the exact cause is not known, type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity. For people who are very obese or unable to lose weight, bariatric surgery for obesity, often called metabolic surgery, can achieve weight loss and may improve diabetes control and sometimes put it into remission. This means that blood sugar levels will...
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Can We Truly Prevent or Just Delay Both Type 2 and Type 1 Diabetes?
Type 2 Diabetes: Since 2001, more than 20 well-done, large, randomized and controlled trials have shown that a variety of inexpensive approaches can reduce the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes in middle-aged and older individuals with prediabetes. Therapies that have been proven effective include modest weight loss (approximately 5% of body weight), modest physical...
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Type 2 Diabetes: The Chicken or the Egg of Pancreatic Dysfunction and Insulin Resistance?
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a complicated health problem that affects how your body uses sugar. It usually involves two main problems: Insufficient insulin production: The pancreas, an organ in your body, might not make enough insulin for your body’s needs. Inside the pancreas are small groups of cells called pancreatic islets. These islets contain...