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How does weight loss help control Type 2 diabetes?

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How does weight loss help control Type 2 diabetes?

Weight loss helps to release adequate insulin from the pancreas which helps in utilising sugar and not storing it as fat.

Last updated on 12 Dec 2024

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What are the risks of using insulin to lose weight?

Insulin causes decrease in blood sugar leading to loss of consciousness and sometimes convulsions too, when used for reasons other than treating Diabetes where sugar levels are high to start with.

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What are the earliest ways to detect insulin resistance?

Doctors use the fasting plasma glucose (FPG) test or the A1C test to diagnose prediabetes. Less often, doctors use the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), which is more expensive and not as easy to give. The A1C test reflects your average blood glucose over the past 3 months.

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Is burning fat about calorie deficits or low insulin levels?

Burning fat is a combination of both calorie deficit, and insulin sensitivity.

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Is it harder to lose weight if your blood sugar is high?

Losing weight with insulin resistance is more difficult because your body converts blood sugar into fat instead of energy

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How much weight can you lose with reverse type 2 diabetes?

One can lose upto 10 kgs to reverse type 2 diabetes.

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