Having lived with type 2 diabetes for over 10 years your video is really good and I do hope a lot of people listen and take all the action they can to avoid a major problem you create for yourself Ken Shaw
Fundamentals of a balanced Diet: 1) STOP comfort food. 2) STOP eating food which taste good to your tongue. 3) Intake food in 6 hrs intervals, STOP with half empty stomach. 4) Test your sugar levels regularly. 5) Listen to your doctor. 6) Excerise regularly, try to fit in your old cloths. 7) Stay alone, and learn to manage a household without assistance. 8) Cook 2wice a week; and eat refrigerated food! The idea is looking at the same food may lesson carb cravings.
So, another great video very pleasantly presented. For the otherwise healthy, managing sugars must start with breaking the chains of consumerism which is a form of slavery. Sugar other than what is found in nature is being used by manufacturers to compete for our “business” by letting the tongue be the judge of how good what we ate was. Sugar other than what is found in nature is no different than the bate we use to change a living fish into dinner. Fish is not smart enough to avoid the bate, but we are smart enough to evaluate the food we are going to eat. French fries is the way to get us to eat extra sugar that exists in ketchup; we are conditioned to use the potato as a sugar-delivery tool. First thing we need to do is to become aware of what we eat and understand that not everything we are sold as food is actually food, and if it isn’t food then we need to be careful about it. Then we need to understand a little more about the human body and how it works at least to a level we all try to understand our cars and how they generally work and not to the level that a mechanic must know although it would be great if we knew our bodies to those levels. Liver regulates blood sugar supply mostly for the sake of the brain, and it ensures a minimum amount is always available. Among other things, the pancreas has a responsibility of watching for the blood sugar not to exceed what is required by the body to “operate” either on the couch or in the gym and everywhere in between. Excess sugars will first be stored as glycogen primarily inside muscle cells as ready reserves of energy, the rest of excess sugars will get turned into fat. And when this system breaks down due to overuse, then the system goes out of balance and various issues such as obesity and eventually T2 diabetes will begin. Eat clean natural foods, give fiber very high priority, don’t drink fruit juices, think of your body as a car: if you fill it up with gas then drive it, and if you don’t drive it then stop filling it with gas because the fuel tank will overflow. We are designed to work hard to get our food and not to pull onto drive through and pick up artificial food and sodas and ketchup - heck, a decade or so ago we at least had to roll the window down to get that food, now it is electric, and now we have “food” brought to us through our phones.
Is fruit ok? Is potatoes? I hear insulin resistance and that's a step away from t2d .. my insulin fasting is 130pmol and a1c 5.7 but pancreas is over worked .. what can you suggest
@@joanneclark8256 I suggest asking those questions from Dr. Robin herself or your own primary care physician. What I can tell you is that you must first become mindful of what you eat. Sugars outside of foods that are whole should be avoided at all costs unless you are an athlete who needs sugar to be able to perform a heavy workout. Then you need to learn about different types of sugar and the importance of fiber, and if you are not an athlete then use fruits with fiber or vegetables that offer fiber. I have heard that one meal a day diet can reset insulin’s resistance. You might want to check into it.
What about too much fat that creates a barrier around our cells preventing the insuline from unlocking the cell and allowing glucose into the cell? Genuinely curious
Excess visceral and subcutaneous fat definitely worsens things but on the flip side excessive insulin can further perpetuate the fat build up. It’s a bidirectional issue!
Having lived with type 2 diabetes for over 10 years your video is really good and I do hope a lot of people listen and take all the action they can to avoid a major problem you create for yourself
Ken Shaw
Thanks for sharing Ken❤️
Agreed 💯
Great video again, clear cut straight to the point explanations based on science.
Thank you 😊
Nicely explained in simplied and lucid manner.
Thank you so much for saying that! I really appreciate it :)
I love this video, you did an amazing job thankyou so much!!
Thank you so much for the kind words ❤️
Fundamentals of a balanced Diet:
1) STOP comfort food.
2) STOP eating food which taste good to your tongue.
3) Intake food in 6 hrs intervals, STOP with half empty stomach.
4) Test your sugar levels regularly.
5) Listen to your doctor.
6) Excerise regularly, try to fit in your old cloths.
7) Stay alone, and learn to manage a household without assistance.
8) Cook 2wice a week; and eat refrigerated food! The idea is looking at the same food may lesson carb cravings.
Those are some excellent pieces of advice Fazlur ❤️ I appreciate the helpful input
Excellent
Thank you!
Thanks for the great info Dr Lewis!
Thank you!!
So, another great video very pleasantly presented. For the otherwise healthy, managing sugars must start with breaking the chains of consumerism which is a form of slavery. Sugar other than what is found in nature is being used by manufacturers to compete for our “business” by letting the tongue be the judge of how good what we ate was. Sugar other than what is found in nature is no different than the bate we use to change a living fish into dinner. Fish is not smart enough to avoid the bate, but we are smart enough to evaluate the food we are going to eat. French fries is the way to get us to eat extra sugar that exists in ketchup; we are conditioned to use the potato as a sugar-delivery tool. First thing we need to do is to become aware of what we eat and understand that not everything we are sold as food is actually food, and if it isn’t food then we need to be careful about it. Then we need to understand a little more about the human body and how it works at least to a level we all try to understand our cars and how they generally work and not to the level that a mechanic must know although it would be great if we knew our bodies to those levels. Liver regulates blood sugar supply mostly for the sake of the brain, and it ensures a minimum amount is always available. Among other things, the pancreas has a responsibility of watching for the blood sugar not to exceed what is required by the body to “operate” either on the couch or in the gym and everywhere in between. Excess sugars will first be stored as glycogen primarily inside muscle cells as ready reserves of energy, the rest of excess sugars will get turned into fat. And when this system breaks down due to overuse, then the system goes out of balance and various issues such as obesity and eventually T2 diabetes will begin. Eat clean natural foods, give fiber very high priority, don’t drink fruit juices, think of your body as a car: if you fill it up with gas then drive it, and if you don’t drive it then stop filling it with gas because the fuel tank will overflow. We are designed to work hard to get our food and not to pull onto drive through and pick up artificial food and sodas and ketchup - heck, a decade or so ago we at least had to roll the window down to get that food, now it is electric, and now we have “food” brought to us through our phones.
Is fruit ok? Is potatoes?
I hear insulin resistance and that's a step away from t2d .. my insulin fasting is 130pmol and a1c 5.7 but pancreas is over worked .. what can you suggest
@@joanneclark8256 I suggest asking those questions from Dr. Robin herself or your own primary care physician. What I can tell you is that you must first become mindful of what you eat. Sugars outside of foods that are whole should be avoided at all costs unless you are an athlete who needs sugar to be able to perform a heavy workout. Then you need to learn about different types of sugar and the importance of fiber, and if you are not an athlete then use fruits with fiber or vegetables that offer fiber.
I have heard that one meal a day diet can reset insulin’s resistance. You might want to check into it.
More great information. 🥰 Thanks Dr Robin!
Thanks Meghan! I’m so glad you enjoyed ❤️
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What about too much fat that creates a barrier around our cells preventing the insuline from unlocking the cell and allowing glucose into the cell? Genuinely curious
Excess visceral and subcutaneous fat definitely worsens things but on the flip side excessive insulin can further perpetuate the fat build up. It’s a bidirectional issue!
@@dr.robinlewis thank you
Topic of interest blood pressure. How would deal with quite low blood pressure that can make you faint
That’s a great idea! I will definitely make a video on that!
Do we have to have carbs?
It’s not essential no
Im 250 pound women how much protein??? Help
Depends on your goals but you want aim for around 113g/ day.