Diabetes Typ-2: Ernährung als Waffe gegen die Zuckerkrankheit

It's great that you're back with us today. We'll continue with the big topic of food as medicine. Today, I'll talk a bit about diabetes, at least about the basis of diabetes. I think there's a bit of it that most of you don't know yet. By the way, you can find a lot about food as medicine in my book, which I wrote together with Prof. Klaus Leitzmann. It's called Klartext Ernährung. If you want to get into this topic, I can just tell you that everything is written down there. It's actually my main work that I've been working on so far. Otherwise, I'm happy about your thumbs up and if you subscribe to my channel. But let's finally get into the topic of diabetes mellitus. It's a disease of metabolism, with increased blood sugar levels, if you measure it in blood, because there's either a deficiency of the hormone insulin or the insulin effect is reduced. This is called insulin resistance. There are 10 million Germans, more or less, because many of them don't even know that they suffer from it. So maybe a lot more. More than 90% of them have type 2 diabetes. This is also the so-called age sugar or age diabetes. And about 10% are diabetic type 1. This is an autoimmune disease. But with this age diabetes as a term for type 2, I'm honestly not happy anymore, because it just doesn't make sense anymore. Because more and more often young adults, teenagers or children are affected by the so-called age sugar. Age alone is not decisive at all, but the lifestyle plays a very decisive role in type 2 diabetes. And of course, especially the diet. Diabetes and, of course, the pre-existing insulin resistance are, among other things, due to high sugar intolerance. At present, the average per person per year is 36 kilograms of household sugar. It's crazy, isn't it? In addition, the fast-resorbable carbohydrates play a role, but also the fats and animal proteins, because they are absorbed in large quantities. Fast carbohydrates are actually the biggest problem in the form of household sugar, which is then split into glucose, i.e. glucose, and fructose, i.e. fructose, and quickly gets into the bloodstream. Glucose needs the hormone insulin as a key to open up the cell, to get into the cell and to be able to convert it into energy. With the absorption of glucose, the pancreas becomes active, because it is responsible for the production of insulin. But also larger amounts of glucose are not a problem at first. If you would take more fast-resorbable carbohydrates, and you would do a lot of sports, for example, it would be fine again. But if you eat like this for years, with a constant overload of glucose, the pancreas produces less and less insulin at some point. So if the glucose, in German the grape sugar, and it has nothing to do with fructose, I have already made a video about it, so that you can finally keep these two terms apart, is not completely consumed by your energy, then what nobody wants happens. The body converts this excess sugar into fat, which is actually only intended for emergencies. And we no longer have so many emergencies, thank God. First, the subcutaneous fat cells are filled. Then the remaining fat cells around the inner organs. The belly fat then also increases. And now the muscle cells also absorb fat. The other half of the sugar, i.e. the fructose, is the other half of the household sugar. So the fructose, by the way, does not need insulin to get into the cells. It also provides sufficient energy in emergencies, even if there is only the minimum amount of glucose-forming sugar in the blood. For such emergency situations, the stored sugar, the so-called glycogen, which, by a corresponding metabolism of fructose is formed in the liver. Part of the glycogen is stored in the liver, but the majority is stored in the muscles. So not only the liver can fat, but also the muscles. A fructose surplus, i.e. too much fructose, is converted into triglycerides, which are called neutral fats in German. They are also deposited in the liver. Depending on the amount, at an earlier or later stage, they contribute to the formation of a fatty liver. The over 50-year-olds have almost 50% non-alcoholic fatty liver. And that's exactly the reason, just to let you know. That's why carbohydrates should not be consumed in the form of sugar, white flour products, soft drinks, but in the form of whole-grain products, such as cereals, nuts and vegetables, to about 50-60% of the daily energy intake. Because that's the easiest way to gain energy and also the easiest for the body. And therefore also the healthiest. But of course only if it is full-fledged carbohydrates, because then it is of course completely different with the metabolism of sugar. Now it comes, it is less known that fats can also contribute to an old age diabetes or to a type 2 diabetes. On the one hand, fats in the muscle cells disturb the body's own communication, so that insulin is no longer recognized as a key. And in addition, fats also practically block the keyhole. And glucose cannot be transported to the cells with the associated insulin. Even if there is enough insulin. If the keyhole is blocked, then it just doesn't work anymore. Yes, and not only fats from food are responsible for this, especially saturated fatty acids, but also the deposited fats in the body. On the other hand, saturated fatty acids, just so you know, are converted into problematic belly fat. And belly fat is the dangerous fat, because there are so many substances that lead to inflammation. And inflammation is also the precursor of other dangerous metabolic diseases and civilization diseases. Then there is the fact that fats that somehow get into the cells actually occupy the space in the cells, so that the whole glucose cannot be absorbed with a functioning insulin key. And can be converted into energy. And this is how insulin resistance begins. Namely the precursor of diabetes, which is often not noticed for years. Well, also the protein consisting of amino acids, by the way, also plays a role in insulin resistance. Because as after the absorption of sugar, and that may be something new for you, insulin also increases with the supply of protein. In addition, overweight people often lack physical movement. And that's not just an addition, but it's an enhancement of the whole problem. Especially with type 2 diabetes, physical movement and sport lead to a significant improvement and reduces the need for insulin. Yes, so now you know how diabetes is created. And under the video you will find additional special nutrition recommendations and literature also on this topic, type 2 diabetes, and why a full plant-based diet can of course be a key to not getting diabetes, type 2. And of course to get rid of it again. Because most of what I said is of course also made up. And if it's made up, you can do a lot about it. Yes, I'm happy when you share this video. There are a lot of people who are diabetic. And now they find out that they can do something about it themselves. And you know what you're doing so you don't get a first. But if you have one, then please take a look at all the recommendations. Thank you for today. If you want to see more of my videos, then you can do that here. And otherwise, stay healthy and be happy. See you next time. Bye.