Re: Diabetes prevention efforts will save on healthcare costs

From: Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD (andrew_at_heartmdphd.com)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 02:17:12 -0500

elgoog wrote:
>
> Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD wrote:
> > elgoog wrote:
> > >
> > > Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD wrote:
> > > > You will have to wait. Sorry.
> > >
> > > Then, you should also wait to make any claim about your diet other
> than
> > > weight loss.
> >
> > Two points to be made here:
> >
> > (1) The 2PD-OMER Approach is not a diet. It is an effective solution
> to
> > the problem of overeating which is the cause of obesity. This
> > effectiveness has been demonstrated in more than 625,550 people for a
> > period of more than 5 years. None have regained the weight they have
> > lost using the 2PD-OMER Approach.
>
> I don't contest the weight loss, though you refuse to provide the most
> minimal proof of the study.

It is not the right time to provide the "proof."

> > (2) Weight loss from eating less has been shown to "cure" metabolic
> > syndrome and type 2 diabetes. And indeed, this is what we are
> > witnessing in the folks who are using the 2PD-OMER Approach.
>
> What percentage are you claiming to cure through weight loss?

Comparable to what other investigators have observed.
 
> It would require substantial proofs to overthrow the existing and
> overwhelming scientific evidence that treating metabolic syndrome and
> effectively treating (or preventing) type 2 diabetes requires diet,
> exercise and maintaining healthy blood pressure as well as
> cholesterol.**

The truth of what I have written does not "overthrow" what is known
about the effect of weight loss on either ameliorating or "curing" T2DM.
 
> Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2
> diabetes, either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells
> ignore the insulin.

In truth, insulin resistance is prerequisite for the diagnosis of T2DM.

> Insulin is necessary for the body to be able to use
> sugar.

You probably mean glucose.

> Sugar is the basic fuel for the cells in the body, and insulin
> takes the sugar from the blood into the cells.

You probably mean glucose.
 
> Not all people with type 2 are overweight. You don't even have to be
> overweight to get type 2 diabetes.

You do have to be heavier than "optimal" or "ideal."

 
At His service,

Andrew 

--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
**
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