Alternative Health – Is a Very Low Fat Eating Plan OK When You Have Type 2 Diabetes?
To answer the question about very low fat eating plans, you have to ask other questions. For example: • what will be your source of essential fats during the time you are not eating the required amount of fat? • if the fat content of the diet is low, what will replace it? Will it be protein or carbohydrates? Your body requires fat for a lot of different functions. The nerves in your body that leave your brain and extend all the way down to your fingers and toes are lined with a certain type of fat called myelin. Your brain itself is full of fat. In fact, some experts are really blunt about this and they say we are all fatheads! There are at least a dozen different types of fat that can be found in our body and each one has a different function. One of the most popular fats is omega 3: We now know that without this fat our body tends to have more inflammation, (inflammation is considered to be a key mechanism leading to type 2 diabetes), than it should. This can mean: • slower wound hea
