Diabetes is a severe disease which cannot be cured but can be strictly controlled for life. It is a chronic condition in which the body isn't able to convert foods into energy.

Diabete Types

1. Type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent) is also called juvenile diabetes, characterized by:
   • abnormal glucose-tolerance and little or no insulin in blood
   • the cells of the pancreas are destroyed, possibly by the immune system only
   • genetical or environmental factors (genetics is essential because diabetes might run in the family)
2. Type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent) is adult-onset diabetes, characterized by abnormal glucose-tolerance and higher than normal insulin in blood. In these cases, the body can't use its own insulin. This type is pretty often associated to obesity. It is the most common form of diabetes.

Atkins weight loss lifestyle showed positive and encouraging results to type 2-Diabetes.
The basic rules are:

• healthy eating habits for life (low-carb diet)
• regular exercise
• and insulin (if necessary)

So far there is still insufficient evidence that a low carb diet is the safest way to improve diabetes. However, a few conclusions have been revealed as certain: Atkins diet (also a controlled carbohydrate diet) is able to:

1. help control glucose level on type 2 diabetes subjects
2. improve insulin sensitivity in the obese. Insulin regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells.

Whether in the case of the first form or the second, extreme hunger or constant eating are among other symptoms.

How are the type-2 diabetes and Atkins philosophy linked? In fact, Dr. Atkins diet revolution contains information about what he called ABSCP: an individualized approach risk factors for diabetes (weight control and cardiovascular disease, too).

Without exception, type-2 diabetes form is preceded by a metabolic syndrome, a kind of disorder announcing the future insulin resistance. Here is the critical point where a low-carbohydrate diet might be useful. Cutting down the carbs from daily menus, a pacient is able to improve his condition and keep away type-2 diabetes occurance.

A 2004 study in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition pointed out an improved insulin sensitivity and reduced body mass in overweight on obese female subjects.

Moreover, supporters of Atkins dietary approach plead for this low-carb diet in order to control insulin resistance and to improve the type-2 condition. Such is the case of people invoked on diabetics-dedicated sites.

They say that patients with huge body mass index (almost three times the normal one) and type-2 diabetics, dieting with Atkins, have found their lab values being as normal as anybody else's. Not to mention the significant weight-loss after the Atkins diet. While Atkins low carb diet was undertaken, blood sugar medications was dropped out.

These small studies are encouraging, but it is still early to say that this works for sure and large studies should be initiated.