"Goomba38" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> SIL was pre-diabetic, but hers was odd. Only had high BG first thing in
>> the morning and after breakfast. Seemed no matter what she ate, it
>> spiked her. The rest of the day she could eat whatever she wanted and her
>> BG remained normal.
>>
>> She lost over half of her body weight and now her BG remains normal all
>> the time. But, she has to watch every bite she eats. She tends to put
>> on weight easily I think.
>
> There are wide variations in the behavior of type II diabetes. Some folks
> make insulin fine yet their body isn't receptive to it and others aren't
> making enough. The fatter one is, the fewer insulin receptors you have on
> the cells. Lose some weight and that improves. People respond differently
> to the meds and diets. There are too many variables to take into
> consideration here on RFC alone.
> This is why "one size does not fit all" is important to remember here.

I have that big thick, very expensive book from Joslin that is written for
Drs. In there it says there are over 300 variations of diabetes, yet we are
mostly lumped together as type 1 or 2.