Managing Type 2 Diabetes | Dr Neal Barnard
The Proof with Simon Hill
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Type 2 Diabetes - Is There a Cause?
Diabetes is caused by the buildup of microscopic fat particles inside muscle cells and liver cells. Fat stops insulin from being able to take sugar out of the blood and put it into the cell. Because you're insulin resistant, your cells are all full of fat. The sugar can't get in. So people said, ah, the soda was the problem. That's not where it started. It started with the buildup of fat. And if you just stop drinking soda, your diabetes is not going to go away because the cause of it is the buildup offat particles. If your diet has no animal products in it, then there's zero animal fat. AndIf I keep vegetable oils low,
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