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> How much is either hyper- or hypoglycemia related to cd and the
>resulting gf diet?
 
Count yourself lucky that your developing Type II diabetes was revealed
by your better carbohydrate absorption via the healing intestine.  5% of
celiacs are Type IIs, just as in the general population.
 
Type II is a dangerous disease because of the idiosyncratic way it can
present, either (earlier) as hyperglycemia, as the body overproduces
insulin to make up for the "insulin resistance" that prevents glucose and
other nutrients from being used, or later as hyperglycemia when the body's
ability to produce insulin has been exhausted. In the latter case there's
usually irreversible damage somewhere in the body. It's estimated that
only 50% of Type IIs are ever diagnosed. Type II is a partially reversible
(totally for some) condition: weight loss and exercise dramatically
decrease the insulin resistance and may avoid the need for pills and / or
injected insulin.
 
Yes, another life style change, especially without the fat in the diet,
but think positive: lots of variety still left --produce is gluten free,
for example.
 
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