mike_organon

Taubes shows those simple rules don't work (so many people have difficulty loosing weight) because the causality is backwards.

Why do you think "mysteriously" is part of the definition of auto-immune? If we don't know what causes a particular auto-immune response doesn't make it not auto-immune.

But "auto-immune disorder" does describe whats happening. What most doctors can't say is what causes that: so they can't say more than "dumb luck".

One explanation I've heard is leaky gut caused by grain sensitivity, followed by dairy proteins leaking out, causing the immune response, which then mistakes the pancreas which has similar looking proteins. I don't know how much evidence there is for that.

I need this. Maybe I wasn't precise about "glucose regulation", but obviously it doesn't happen if you don't have insulin.

I would agree that eating can't cure it, but it can help. Eating the standard USDA/ADA diet is loaded with carbs. Reducing carbs, and increasing (healthy, grass fed) fat and protein makes the glucose easier to manage. My average BG reduced by 30%, with fewer lows, and it's easier to do.

It's a disorder of glucose regulation, so minimizing carbs and maximizing fat (because protein also leads to glucose), can help a lot. Eat more animals and vegetables, less grains.

I agree. I went Paleo 2 years ago and it made blood sugar much easier to manage.

Both of your answers ask for more government control. Consider the government is a huge concentration of power, so many will want to corrupt it. Our goal should be to reduce the power of government, thereby reducing corruption.

It's complex and there are a lot of characters to follow, but many of them are developed very well - which is rare on TV and wonderful to see.

Yes, that's better than a lynch mob with no rule of law.

The difference is using large amounts of other peoples' money.