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Hello everyone, this is my first post in this forum so I hope I can get the help I really need. My mum has type 2 diabetes and is on medication and, I think, my dad has pre diabetes too but I’m not too sure. I’m a 21 year old guy who is been training and going to gym for over 3 years and for the past two years I have been eating a lot less than my TDEE but I also ate a lot carbs but I never went below 18% body fat and this is really frustrating me but I actually know a lot of people that went to gym and in 6/12 months dropped their body fat percentage to about 10/12% so I went to get my blood tests done and my doctor said that I don’t have pre diabetes or diabetes but thank to Dr. Google and Dr. YouTube, I’m 100% sure I have insulin resistance because both my parents only have fat around the midsection and very skinny arms, legs and necks, with no fat at all in those places and exactly the same happened with me and I also found out that a normal diabetes test doesn’t say if you are insulin resistant or not. Even if I lose weight overall, the midsection doesn’t decrease unless I eat very low carbs but with the same calorie deficit, which I did for about 3 weeks and the fat from the midsection started melting away but I had to give it up because it made me feel very weak and depressed plus I do a very physical job and I need to be strong which is something that a diet high in carbs and sugar gives me but having high body fat percentages is giving major depression because I really hate the way I look. People, please help me, is there a medication I can take to decrease the insulin resistance? I’m willing to start a low carb diet again and take medication that lowers insulin resistance at the same time and slowly increase the amount of carbs I eat, until I hit the point where I don’t get into the fat gaining mode so that I can still lose fat around the midsection, reach low body fat percentages, have some carbs and be able to go to work.
Thank you for taking the time to read the post.
Sam.
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jx41870 suhan22215
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Hi Sam!
I think it's great that you're looking into all this before it becomes a problem!
Though there's no very easy answers, but I'll offer up a few things, conventional and unconventional.
First on the diet. Apparently you've already learned to count carbs - and that's half the battle! You don't necessarily have to go super-low carb ("ketogenic"
, hold that in reserve if nothing else works. But eat a moderate number of carbs, avoid the bad stuff like white sugar and white rice and fried foods, and keep the carbs per meal in the 60-80 range, for starters. That might help right there. Just avoiding the 100, 200, even 300 carb meals, lets your body lower the thermostat.
Now, you might also want to get a blood glucose meter, even though the doctors aren't worried (yet). Just to verify where your blood glucose is. It doesn't sound like it's a problem (yet), but a little more info never hurts. Good to test pre-meal, one hour post-meal, and two hours post-meal. Just now and then, just so see what's what.
Finally the "unconventional". There were a lot of radio ads recently where I am in Los Angeles recruiting volunteers for a study, at several major local universities, about avocados! Hope they're available where you are! If so, they want to test to see if eating one avocado per day (and they're supposed to be wonderfully healthy in spite of some fats, they're good fats!) specifically helps cut belly fat! You can consult further with Doctor Google to see if you want to believe that or not. But I've been eating maybe not quite that many, more like two full-sized avocados per week - and it seems to be helping. Maybe. And about the insulin resistance, have I got a deal for you: cinnamon! Consult with Doctor Google on that one, too, but about half a teaspoon, twice a day, sprinkle on fruit or mix with oatmeal or however you might like it, might specifically help with insulin resistance! I'm only saying this publicly because I tripped across it quite accidentally, having been diagnosed type2 six months ago, and I was basically shocked to find it helps my BG numbers 10-20 points. Doctor Google suggests this is due to improving insulin resistance. OK by me. And as the good doctor will tell you, if you're going to eat that much cinnamon (can probably get in capsules, if you prefer), get "Ceylon" cinnamon specifically, costs a little more but there's good reason.
MtViewCatherine suhan22215
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There is not a pill for insulin resistance that I know of. You might look into causes of insulin resistance and chronic pancreatitis. You may find some answers that make sense for you.
kelly71703 suhan22215
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As far as i have read your already doing the right thing in terms of exercise.
You mention that your parents are diabetic? Do either have a glucose monitor?
It would be easy to tell if you are diabetic if you could measure your blood sugars.