• kameecoding@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Thats not how this started and you know it

    To sustain a unending cycle of glucose addiction and raise insulin levels to ultimately support the processed food industry and big pharma to sell subscription medication to address our metabolic syndrome…

    This is a far cry from “there are some studies that shows ketogenic/ ultra low carb diets to be an effective way of controlling some illnessess such as diabetes”

    • jetA
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      7 months ago

      You have labeled me as a member of the “cult” for that statement.

      The meme in question is what is the function of carbohydrates.

      Carbohydrates increase glucose levels in the blood stream. Increased glucose levels induce a insulin reaction to lower the blood glucose to the desired range (70-100 mg/dL). Snacking/Eating throughout the day means there is a constantly elevated blood glucose environment, and the body is constantly producing insulin throughout the day as a response.

      constantly elevated insulin levels are the basis of metabolic syndrome where the body has trouble self regulating. Over years this dysregulation results in medical conditions that are treated symptomatically but not the root cause.

      i.e. A patient with high blood pressure is told to take blood pressure medicine, a patient with diabetes told to take insulin/metformin/ozimpeic… all without the core problem really being addressed, a diet that causes elevated insulin levels.

      So yes, my response to the meme was condensed, but every step is supported by the medical literature I have read. Why does that make me a cult member?