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Keto and type 2 diabetes.

If you think of type 2 diabetes as carbohydrate intolerance, the natural dietary response

should be to restrict the offending dietary component.

And when this occurs, when diabetic patients restrict carbs,

their symptoms improve, often to a greater degree than diabetic patients on other diets.

Keto restricts more carbs than even other low-carb diets, so on the face of things,

keto seems great for diabetes. But let's take a closer look.

What are some common features of type 2 diabetes?

Insulin resistance.

Your cells don't respond as strongly to insulin,

and you need more to produce the desired effect.

Hyperinsulinemia.

Your insulin levels are always elevated. This inhibits you from releasing

fatty acids from your body to be burned for energy. Hyperglycemia. Because you're not very good

at using insulin to remove glucose from the blood, you often have high blood sugar, especially

after eating. In fact, post-pranthial blood glucose is the most common

way to diagnose type 2 diabetes. And excess body fat, gaining weight often leads to type 2 diabetes.

So how does keto affect these symptoms? Regarding insulin resistance, it depends. Keto can actually induce physiological

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