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The constant insulin releases required by eating processed grains and sugars likely contributes to the onset of insulin resistance. Each meal provokes a spike in insulin that over decades exhausts the pancreas ability to address.
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And yet nobody preaches cutting out meat (protein produces an insulin response almost as high as sugar). Quite the opposite, people increase their protein consumption on a lot of diets, especially protein shakes. If it was all about insulin, this approach wouldn't work.
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I can't speak to t1, but from what I've read t2 can be highly responsive to significant dietary changes.
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Yes, namely reducing calories and getting rid of visceral fat (a major risk factor for T2D). I had the classic symptoms of early stage T2D, was overweight, poor insulin sensitivity, got the shakes when drinking soft drinks, etc. I started intermittent fasting, but still eating McD on pretty much every non-fasting day. The weight came off, the T2D symptoms went away.
Insulin is not the problem in most cases. Its the obesity. Treat that, and the insulin response improves.