Re: What You Should Know about Diabetes
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 4 Jul 2002 08:41:22 EDT
Renee - how do you go from stage 4 (high sugar levels and high insulin
levels) to Stage 5 - Full blown diabetes - (high sugar levels and LOW insulin
levels). How does your insulin switch from high to low like that? Thanks
for the descriptions, though, good to know (and explain).
Randi
In a message dated 7/4/2002 2:23:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
rcordrey@earthlink.net writes:
> Subj:Re: What You Should Know about Diabetes
> Date:7/4/2002 2:23:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:rcordrey@earthlink.net">rcordrey@earthlink.net</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pcos@obgyn.net">pcos@obgyn.net</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:pcos@mail.medispecialty.com">pcos@mail.medispecialty.com</A>
> Sent from the Internet
>
> This was from the Atkins newsletter that came out today. It was
> interesting
> in light of our recent conversation.
>
> ********
> In order for you to understand how important the GTT is, first let me chart
> the path to full-blown
> diabetes. The first stage is insulin resistance, also known as Syndrome X,
> which is often accompanied
> by elevated triglycerides and blood pressure. The second stage of
> pre-diabetes
> is insulin resistance
> with high insulin levels; the third stage is insulin resistance and high
> insulin levels, plus
> abnormalities in the blood sugar. Stage four signals Type II diabetes: high
> blood sugar with high insulin
> levels. Stage five is Type II diabetes with high blood-sugar levels and low
> insulin levels.
>
> --
> --------------
> Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
> ---
> Dwell in Possibility.
> --Emily Dickenson
>
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