How to Become Diabetic in Six Hours

[sport]

Uploaded by DelgadoVideo on Aug 16, 2010
Nick Delgado demonstrates how to become diabetic in six hours. Using fatty foods to elevate triglycerides and desensitize the body to insulin, his glucose elevates rapidly. A diabetic has a serious condition and proper nutrition plays a major role, but often people do not understand how important it is. Diabetes is just the beginning though as the high glucose and triglycerides lowers oxygen and paves the way for, cancer, and a number of inflammatory diseases. Oil is much worse for you than you think, even extra virgin olive oil. Don't eat your way into diabetes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_42LfH8veEU&feature=player_embedded

[MysticTree]

I'll have a look at the vid later when I get home.

My grandfather was diabetic - he took insulin - and he lived until his mid 80's. He led a full life and although he had to regulate his diet, he did everything in life that he wanted to do.

Of course it is better to avoid diabetes - absolutely no question - but I would like to reassure those who might be reading this that have perhaps had a recent diagnosis that it needn't be the end of the world.

[Namaste Mama]

Your grandfather is the exception to the rule. I lost both of my grandparents to diabetes. My grandfather had both of his legs amputated before he died. My grandmother died of insulin overdose from a bad batch of insulin.

[snoops]

excellent video - thanks sport!

[Revvell]

That's powerful. Thanks Sport.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

Yep, lots of fat is bad stuff. l've heard some folks saying they can make someone diabetic in a couple of hours by loading them up with lots of fat.

[Stina]

I have access to a blood glucose monitoring machine and it is true! I can eat huge amounts of fruit and don't get high blood sugar unless I mix it with fat. I proved it to myself.

[sport]

And yet after fifteen months of low fat (5% most days and never over 9%) my triglycerides levels were still too high. Not off the scales high like it was when I ate high fat vegan but still above the normal range.

[Revvell]

Funny. Right after seeing this, someone on FB posted how good olive oil is for us. I posted the vid... she's still saying it's because the oil was taken alone ~ w/out food and, of course... people want to hear that. *shrugs* Is what it is!

[Revvell]

.... above the normal range. Who decided "normal"?

[sport]

Who decided "normal"?

Well I suppose that I am not normal in anything else so why conform when it comes to triglycerides.

[Revvell]

Well I suppose that I am not normal in anything else so why conform when it comes to triglycerides.

^5's ya!!!!

[MysticTree]

I am all for people being warned of the dangers of a poor diet. There is no doubt that late onset diabetes can be caused by poor dietary choices and poor fitness levels.

I don't like that video very much because it seems to put a much higher stress on the oil being bad for you rather than the highly processed junk food. Now maybe they are both as bad as each other but I doubt it. However if they are then a whole bunch of people are going to see the bad guy in that vid as being the oil and just go on eating the junk food.

Those already seriously interested in their health are probably not actively seeking to increase the fat levels in their diet. Would they drink a cup of olive oil? I doubt it - would anyone?

Lastly the title is misleading. He wasn't diabetic in 6 hours. He seriously altered his bloods in a negative way but it wasn't permanent at that time.

I have, over 40 years, seriously eaten a seriously (by that video's definition) bad diet. Because my grandfather and father were diabetics, I have always been aware of the risks and have had my bloods checked regularly and I've never been over the recommended upper levels - I'm mostly about mid range.

I am not saying that if I continued to eat that way I wouldn't become diabetic but it has already been a lot longer than 6 hours.

I don't find fear a motivating emotion. I would much rather live a short life without fear than spend the next 40 years in fabulous health but always looking over my shoulder for health issues.

I am happy I have found the raw food lifestyle. I am enjoying it and the health benefits I see but I am doing it to feel better in the here and now rather than to try to ensure that I hit the 100 years old mark.

[sport]

Would they drink a cup of olive oil? I doubt it - would anyone?
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I think that it was half a cup and I must say that some of the gourmet recipes call for that combined with other fats so people are taking a lot of fats.
Also his levels were very low to start.
I do not think that we have to take him literally.

[MysticTree]

I think that it was half a cup and I must say that some of the gourmet recipes call for that combined with other fats so people are taking a lot of fats.
Also his levels were very low to start.
I do not think that we have to take him literally.

I don't make the "gourmet" raw meals but I do have salad dressing and I do eat avos.

If we don't have to take him literally then what is the point of the video? Surely it debases the scientific value of the exercise if the title is misleading and there is a bias against oil as opposed to burgers and junk food.

[sport]

If we don't have to take him literally then what is the point of the video? Surely it debases the scientific value of the exercise if the title is misleading and there is a bias against oil as opposed to burgers and junk food.
I think that if all he does is get the message across that olive oil is not a healthy food (as many think) then it will have served it's purpose.

[MysticTree]

but he's going further than that. He's saying it is unhealthy.

[Revvell]

... and actually, I'd posted the vid on FB and someone asked how he showed olive oil was unhealthy. He really didn't. He failed to post what his cells looked like; or what the numbers were.

Are we all missing something here?

Not that I do much in the way of oils... just sayin'.....

[sport]

but he's going further than that. He's saying it is unhealthy.
I totally agree with him on that.

[MysticTree]

but no-one drinks olive oil like that.

Everything in moderation. Don't drink olive oil and stuff yourself with fatty, sugary processed food. He so played down all the burgers and processed food he also ate. He didn't "get diabetic" in 6 hours on olive oil alone and whilst it may unhealthy in and of itself, his so-called experiment didn't show that because he drank olive oil AND ate junk food over a period of time.

I would be much more interested to see him drinking olive oil and eating fruit and veg than what he did which was unscientific whilst trying to wear a cloak of science. I'm happy to believe olive oil is the devil incarnate if presented with proper science.

I don't drink olive oil. I eat about half a cup a week. I don't eat junk food. If this isn't enough then I want out of healthy living - I might as well eat rubbish and die earlier.

[sport]

I don't drink olive oil. I eat about half a cup a week. I don't eat junk food. If this isn't enough then I want out of healthy living -
That is my point. I do not think that consuming olive oil contributes to healthy living. Granted, it is better than junk food because of all the other nasties in that stuff but it is still not a health promoter and does you harm.

[MysticTree]

That is my point. I do not think that consuming olive oil contributes to healthy living. Granted, it is better than junk food because of all the other nasties in that stuff but it is still not a health promoter and does you harm.
I disagree that olive oil in moderation does you harm. Let's leave it at that.

[rpage]

Everything in moderation.

...that is truly the key. Unfortunately we live in a society were most people do not do much of anything in moderation. Hopefully that will change as society moves forward and enough people start to realize the crazy stuff we do to ourselves and each other with what we consume.

I don’t think people need to be extreme as much as they need to be consistent. Just my opinion though. I am of the mind that using a bit of olive oil is by far better than using a lot of animal fat.

I am on day 5 of my own self imposed 30 day raw challenge. I do feel so much better eating raw. Amazing.

[punpkin]

I'm going to have to do some research on this site on olive oil! I eat a salad dressings worth every day, sometimes twice a day, and didn't know there were any health impediments in doing this. Need to do some homework!

[dime]

I'm not believing some youtube video until I see a proper scientific study done, with more subjects in which it's all clear how was it performed, what are the measured results, and what can be concluded.

In the meantime I enjoy my nice salad with olive oil.

I eat fat quite a lot, almost 50% of my calories come from fat. According to this guy I'm supposed to be diabetic all the time. I have a thingie which measures blood sugar, and I've very rarely measured over 100.

[MysticTree]

I'm not believing some youtube video until I see a proper scientific study done, with more subjects in which it's all clear how was it performed, what are the measured results, and what can be concluded.

In the meantime I enjoy my nice salad with olive oil.

I eat fat quite a lot, almost 50% of my calories come from fat. According to this guy I'm supposed to be diabetic all the time. I have a thingie which measures blood sugar, and I've very rarely measured over 100.

I agree with you. It isn't at all scientific and like you, I should probably be diabetic most of the time and certainly prior to switching to raw I most certainly should have been insulin dependent by now.

In the UK we have a different unit of measurement because the magic number is about 7.

I don't know what my calorie intake from fat is as a %age. I am not eating a lot of avocados at the moment and very few nuts so the two ramekins of EVOO a week that I eat is about it I imagine. I do normally have avos as well though but I am trying to spend less at the moment.