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Partners Executive Director Dr. David
Weed and Southcoast
Health Registered Dietitian Amanda Raposo presented another session in the series on "How to Lose Weight Without Going Hungry"
as part of the Greater
Fall River Fitness Challenge. The series is offered to Challenge
participants who are attempting to lose weight in the Challenge through
exercise, though research is clear that exercise is not a good for
long-term weight loss. Low
carbohydrate, high fat diets, on the other hand, have repeatedly
been demonstrated to lead to significant weight loss, especially
when compared to low-fat, calorie-restricted approaches. In this session, Dr. Weed
and Ms. Raposo talk about the development of Type 1 and Type 2
diabetes and how both lowering
carbohydrates and fasting can lead to the resolution of diabetes,
often without medication. Click here for
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(Top row)
Dr. Weed introduces the session by showing a
short video that summarizes how diabetes results from constant high
blood sugar levels that lead to insulin resistance. (Row two) Dr.
Weed explains how high levels of blood sugar damage
the retina, kidneys and peripheral nerves and some of the factors
that are associated with the development of the disease. (Rows three and
four) Dr. Weed and Southcoast
Health Registered Dietitian Amanda Raposo explain why bariatric
surgery often resolves diabetes, though the same effect can result
from low-carbohydrate diets and fasting. (Bottom row) Dr. Weed explains
how
Jason Fund, MD, uses fasting to resolve diabetes even in people who
are on a lot of medication and have very high level of of blood sugar,
before people look over a number of articles on the subject.
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video of the presentation.