People with insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes should seek to cut calories and increase their level of physical activity rather than using insulin therapy, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has claimed.
Writing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Roger Unger said that intensive insulin therapy is not indicated for obese patients with type 2 diabetes.
This therapy, which provides high doses of insulin, increases the patients body fat, Unger who has more than 50 years of experience in diabetes research explained.
He advised patients to seek a more “rational” therapy that includes diet, exercise and lifestyle changes measures which reduce the bloods insulin level.
Unger linked the increase in type 2 diabetes currently seen in the U.S. to industrialized food production, as well as a more sedentary lifestyle.
A large body of previous research has questioned the nutritional value of the Western diet, as well as the high levels of fat and calories.
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