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High insulin (not sugar) a cause of my neuropathy?
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Thank you! That paper on Metabolic Syndrome was particularly interesting.
“Up until this last decade, it was generally believed that the underlying cause of neuropathy was hyperglycemia, irrespective of the type of diabetes (1 or 2). The more plausible and current hypothesis is that the MetS (metabolic syndrome) underlies the onset and progression of neuropathy and that obesity and its consequences are the driving factors leading to nerve injury.”
My BMI is 26.6 and need to get it down to 24-25. Fasting (no eating after 3-4pm) has worked great for me in the past, need to do that again.
Not clear if carb control helps or not, but that rather, weight loss, exercise, etc, is key. I should probably do both.
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I was wondering why none of my primary care doctors had even mentioned metabolic syndrome all the years they kept bugging me about lowering my A1C and telling me I was prediabetic. I was introduced to the low carb and intermittent fasting after reading a health blog by Lee Aase and learning about Dr. Jason Fung's work - https://www.social-media-university-global.org/2020/02/an-unfortunately-named-book/. Lowering my carbs plus the intermittent fasting helped me lose weight and maintain the weight loss which I had struggled with most of my adult life.