The Chicken or the Egg

By Gretchen Becker, Health Guide Sunday, July 22, 2007

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Type 2 diabetes starts because you gain weight, the weight gain causes insulin resistance (IR), and the IR causes the diabetes, right? Wrong, according to researchers at the Harvard and Yale medical schools. Gerald Shulman and colleagues found that IR in the muscles causes dietary ...

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7/23/07 9:00pm

Gretchen, I could not tell how your synopsis of Type 2 diabetes differed greatly from the expert. I think the baffle 'em approach is powerful sometimes. I read your book after I had some labs come back abnormally high post-partum and adhere to some of the dietary restrictions you listed. I have found "The Diabetes Solution" by Richard Bernstein to be the most helpful text for me.

Gretchen Becker, Health Guide

7/23/07 9:41pm

I'm not sure what you're asking, or if you're asking something or simply commenting.

If you have a question, please clarify. Thanks.

Nicky

4/20/08 8:53am

Gretchen,

Do you have a book update planned? It feels to me that research has really moved along in the last few years, and there's areas in your book - like the chicken-and-egg question above - where current understanding has overturned things completely.

Nicky.

Gretchen Becker, Health Guide

4/20/08 9:25am

I just did an update last year, so I don't think it's time for another one yet. But thanks for asking. I agree with you about research proceeding so fast.

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