Why This Website?

My grandfather was a Type 2 diabetic with all of the obesity, blindness, and amputations that go with it. He probably had much more, but I was too young to understand it.

My brother was a pre-diabetic who was about 40 pounds overweight.

One of my good friends in college was prediabetic too. He weighed in at a whopping 284 pounds. His dad died of Type 1 complications when

I had only gained about 30 pounds.

We all shared the same frustrations. Why does everything we do not only fail, but make things worse? Why do we become ‘prediabetic’ and what the heck is that anyway.

We figured that out.

My brother lost his 40. I lost my 30. My college friend lost 84 pounds in 5 months and is still losing.

Neither of them are prediabetic anymore and never will be again. There is zero chance that I will ever be.

That’s because all of us didn’t follow the commonly accepted advice. Just the opposite. No drugs, no procedures, no calorie counting or excessive exercise.

All we did was eliminate glucose.

That’s what this site is about.

My own weight loss journey ultimately led me to the topic of type 2 diabetes. It always does.

Searching some common questions that led me to a variety of different websites by diabetes organizations, government, and different hospitals.

As I read through them, I was surprised how inadequate the information was for such a huge problem.

Sites weren’t fully explaining things that seemed important, or there were inconsistencies in things that they said.

What was more concerning were the things they didn’t say. These are what are commonly called ‘fallacies of omission’.

This is when seemingly important information is simply left out, either completely, or glossed over quickly.

There are a number of reasons that could happen.

I assumed first that T2 diabetes is an incredibly chemically and biologically complex problem so naturally they skipped over some things to keep it simple.

Maybe they just don’t think any of it right so it’s not worth discussing.

I’m a lawyer by education and things just didn’t seem logical. To me it was beyond that. If something is missing in an argument, it tends to stand out.

But maybe they just want to avoid having to deal with alternative ideas that conflict with their beliefs. Or they may just want to redirect their visitors to their own information and solutions.

I don’t have the answer to that. It just seems to me that with a problem as staggering as Type 2 diabetes, they should be providing their visitors with as much information than they do.

And the thing is, type 2 diabetes isn’t complicated at all.

It’s chronically elevated blood glucose. That’s how it’s defined, that’s how it’s diagnosed, and that’s what’s treated.

Should be simple, but websites make it painfully and hopelessly complicated.

I just wanted to know where that glucose came from, why is it elevated, and how do I get rid of it?

It turns out maybe it’s easy, maybe it’s not. But at least you’ll have some options that are better than Always Diabetic.

My goal with this site is to try to answer that in a lighthearted, yet very serious way.

DISCLAIMER

Diabetes is a serious health problem with severe consequences for making wrong decisions. Never do anything without the recommendation and guidance of a qualified physician.

This site is intended only to provide you with some questions to ask and point you to some resources to learn more.

I am not a doctor nor a researcher or a scientist. None of what I say here should be taken as medical guidance or advice. It is based entirely on my own personal experience, research, and personal opinion. Some or all of it may very well be completely wrong.

My goal is to help you avoid being Always Diabetic, which to me seems to be the fate that the industry hopes that you are.