I have insulin resistance and I’m scared of getting diabetes. Should I just stop eating?
Posted on Jun 30, 2009 under insulin resistance test | 7 CommentsI’m 16 yrs old, 5’0" & 110 lbs, I’ve never been overweight in my life but i just had some blood tests done and my insulin levels are really high :’(
my insulin is 31 (normal range 5-13)
i have a major sweet tooth. i remember days where i just had ice cream for breakfast, a candy bar for lunch and milk & cookies for dinner.
i’m really scared.. i dont want to get diabetes!! i dont want to go blind!! i dont want my arms and legs to fall off!! i’ve only been eating 2 meals a day for the last week and only protein and fat (fish, chicken, eggs, avocado, protein shakes, etc).
That’s not good. The no-carb thing is just going to make you sick. And eventually you won’t be able to take it anymore and you’ll eat too many carbs.
Diabetes isn’t just about sugar, it’s about fat too. What you need to do, is add fruits, vegetables and whole grains to your diet. Avoid processed stuff. And eat 6 times per day, but just a little each time.
You know what I learned yesterday? Someone said that eating meat will cause the body to release insulin… I looked it up and found it was true. Your meats and other protein should be in small portions too.
Exercise is extremely important. Just as important as diet. Don’t kill yourself, just start going on walks. Make sure you bring candy or juice, something you can take if your blood sugar goes low, but that you’re not going to be tempted to snack on otherwise.
And I noticed that your name is "depressed" … did you know that all this will help you be less depressed? Blood sugar fluctuations will mess with your head. Really.
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June 30th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Wow, your freaked out.
Just eat veggies and meat and you’ll be fine.
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June 30th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
OMG! don’t STOP eating! you need to eat healthy and exercise. its hard at first to get used to but after a while you get used to it. eat lots of fruit and vegetables (i would recommend going vego!!) but be a fish eating vego! lol. please don’t stop eating! have three meals a day and try to stop eating fatty foods. EXERCISE!
also, if you don’t like excersising in front of people then get a treadmill.
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June 30th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
well don’t just stop eating, just eat differently, eating processed food can be a major problem so just eat well rounded meals and cook more
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June 30th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Hi,
I live in the United States, where the normal range is 85 to 120, with the ideal being 100. You probably live in another country, where 6 or 7 is ideal, and and a blood sugar level of 13 is REALLY high. 31 is dangerous.
You probably already have diabetes, it just has not been diagnosed yet. However you are probably not insulin resistant at this time.
Once you start to take insulin, and then the body becomes used to that insulin, and then the body stops using that insulin, then that is considered insulin resistance, when the body does not use artificial insulin properly to control blood sugar levels.
If you have a reading of 31, you are probably in a diabetic haze, that is you are not understanding what is going on around you, because the sugar levels are so high that you can not understand what is being told to you. Much like a drunk does not remember what happened while really drunk, being really high on blood sugars can cause you to not understand what is going on.
I hope that your mom or dad have been taking notes, and you can read them later on. They need to pay close attention to what the doctors are saying, and you need to take control of your life, or else.
What happened to my aunt when she became insulin resistant? Not to worry you, but she had diabetes for about the last 15 years of her life, and did not control her diet as well as she could have. She continued to eat fatty foods, and not watch how much sugars she ate. She ended up losing feeling in her toes, then getting one amputated, and then going onto dialysis once her kidneys failed, then died from all the toxins in her body.
But you can avoid all of that. I suggest that you first start to only eat the foods that are required to make enough blood sugars to feed you for the next 4 – 6 hours. Then after you have used up those calories, then eat another 300 – 400, for the next 6-8 hours.
Make vegetables your friend.
Read this book, Dr. Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes.
Give up soft drinks, – yes especially diet ones. Give up artificial sugars. The real stuff is actually less acidic, and probably less toxic.
Give up cheese, and reduce meats with each meal. Reduce animal fats, this includes milk. Cheese is fairly acidic, and the fats will change to more acids in your stomach.
There are over 35,000,000 people dealing with diabetes in the United States. Once you learn how to control the problem, it really becomes less and less of a problem, and then something that you deal with on a daily basis, but it is not that difficult. You might spend about 2 hours a week testing your blood sugar – about 4 times per day, and making decisions about what to eat, and how much insulin or other medications that you will need.
No big deal.
Eating foods that are low on the glycemic index makes it much easier and safer to be a diabetic. This includes split pea soup. Sweet potato without adding sugar, but add a little cinnamon to make your body absorb the sugars from the foods more slowly.
By the way, your arms and legs don’t just fall off. First you have poor circulation in them, then lose sensation in them, then you might catch something like gangrene, and then they might be amputated.
Animal fats can cause high blood pressure, and lower circulation to the arms. Avocados are not animal fats, so Dr. Barnard suggests that you eat one a day – give or take a few.
Good Luck!
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June 30th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Provided you take care of yourself, you won’t go blind, or get neuropathy or lose your limbs. That kind of stuff only happens to people who let their sugar go out of control for a very long time. Hell, if you take care of yourself (if you had diabetes) you will live happier, healthier, and longer than someone who isn’t and doesn’t take good care of themselves.
But yeah, you might want to stop eating like a pig with the sweets. A little isn’t bad for you, you just have to have everything in moderation. You can have some sweets and carbs, in fact you need them. You just have to pay attention to how much you’re eating.
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June 30th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
That’s not good. The no-carb thing is just going to make you sick. And eventually you won’t be able to take it anymore and you’ll eat too many carbs.
Diabetes isn’t just about sugar, it’s about fat too. What you need to do, is add fruits, vegetables and whole grains to your diet. Avoid processed stuff. And eat 6 times per day, but just a little each time.
You know what I learned yesterday? Someone said that eating meat will cause the body to release insulin… I looked it up and found it was true. Your meats and other protein should be in small portions too.
Exercise is extremely important. Just as important as diet. Don’t kill yourself, just start going on walks. Make sure you bring candy or juice, something you can take if your blood sugar goes low, but that you’re not going to be tempted to snack on otherwise.
And I noticed that your name is "depressed" … did you know that all this will help you be less depressed? Blood sugar fluctuations will mess with your head. Really.
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June 30th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Ask your doctor to put you on a good workout schedule & you’ll be fine! Anyway, Diabetes is nothing to be afraid of! I’ve been living with it for 31 years now! Good luck & don’t stress over it. Stress also raises blood sugar levels.
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