Since then, the nation’s toll from diabetes has increased sharply, surpassing 100,000 deaths in each of the last two years and representing a new record-high level, according to a Reuters analysis of provisional death data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Diabetes-related deaths surged 17% in 2020 and 15% in 2021 compared to the prepandemic level in 2019. That excluded deaths directly attributed to COVID-19. The CDC concurred with the Reuters analysis and said additional deaths from 2021 are still being tallied.
Many people have been talking about the “COVID 15,” referring to gaining 15 pounds during quarantine. But did people really gain weight? This question intrigued researchers. So they examined patient data from electronic health records. Specifically, they looked at 15 million patients’ weight changes the year prior to the start of the pandemic, and then weight change for one year over the course of the pandemic. As it turns out, 39% of patients gained weight during the pandemic, with weight gain defined as above the normal fluctuation of 2.5 pounds. Approximately 27% gained less than 12.5 pounds and about 10% gained more than 12.5 pounds, with 2% gaining over 27.5 pounds.
But…
Some people respond to stress by not eating. These people ignore their hunger cues, and so some lose weight during times of stress. As it turns out, the electronic health record analysis revealed that 35% of patients lost weight during the first year of the pandemic. Few people were complaining about losing weight, so we heard less about it. The reasons for this are likely multifaceted. It is possible that people were sitting more and moving less. Thus, they lost muscle mass and gained fat (fat weighs less than muscle).
Simple of opinion of mine between the role of stress and access to healthier choices some people did better. I am one of them. Others were in much worse positions.
I have lost 55 lbs so far. Once diabetic always diabetic, but I need no care for diabetes at this point. The reason to stay on a minor dose of metformin to heal my arteries of a bit of plaque.
Some of the latest drugs for type 2 diabetes are necessary because of how different people respond in treatment. That said my BIL an endocrinologist would strictly limit who uses the newer drugs because of bad side effects from all of those drugs. Being able to rely solely on metformin a drug with no major side effects is the best option by far and it is a generic drug. Metformin takes monitoring in the first weeks because 1 out of 30k people do have a serious reaction where they can die.
Some people respond to stress by not eating. These people ignore their hunger cues, and so some lose weight during times of stress. As it turns out, the electronic health record analysis revealed that 35% of patients lost weight during the first year of the pandemic. Few people were complaining about losing weight, so we heard less about it. The reasons for this are likely multifaceted. It is possible that people were sitting more and moving less. Thus, they lost muscle mass and gained fat (fat weighs less than muscle).
Many also focused on exercising more since it was one of the few things they could control during a pandemic. The increase in home gyms and the rise of Peleton stock are signs of this.
I have lost 55 lbs so far. Once diabetic always diabetic, but I need no care for diabetes at this point. The reason to stay on a minor dose of metformin to heal my arteries of a bit of plaque.
This is not entirely correct.
Type I diabetes is currently not curable. Type II is absolutely curable. The cure is quite simple and difficult.
Quit eating anything sweet. Includes artificial sweeteners.
Quit eating refined foods. No bread of any type.
Quit drinking alcohol.
Quit eating all the time. No food after some point in the evening and no food until 14 hours later.
Simple, but difficult.
If you want to accelerate the healing, add in a 72 hour fast and a 120 hour fast once a month.
Once a diabetic always a diabetic. My diabetes is in remission. That does not mean I am no longer a diabetic.
I do not know the changes that take place. I am not a doctor. But some changes have taken place, ie my insulin resistance can become problematic again in a heart beat.
Some of what you listed I was doing anyway, for instance no alcohol.
The rest of it was older dieting advice. Most people following strict restrictions fail.
I used the Noom app. One of my doctors told me 50% of the people in his practices using the app have succeed like I did. The 50% the app did not help.
The reason the app works for most of us is the day to day interaction. Just showing up once a week or so for a meeting or whatever, or even weighting yourself less than once per day, is a recipe for very bad feelings when things are not going right. As I am saying the daily feedback is very gentle allowing people to fall into compliance.
The only way anything works in medicine at all for the patient is compliance.
If most people wont comply…it wont work…not often anyway…
I have thought about getting Noom. I hit a plateau about 40 pounds above my boot camp weight. (40 years ago) I was in pretty good shape as I was doing High Intensity training in Sioux City but none since I moved.
Cheers
Qazulight ( Recommend you read the Obesity Code. Dr. Fung explains the hormone cycle pretty well, understanding this cycle is key to understanding type II Diabetes )
Isn’t that stock now back down to the IPO level or slightly below? I think I heard on CNBC that they are looking to be bought out by a big company with lots of capital to keep the business going.