10 Foods to Avoid If You Have Diabetes or Want to Prevent It

Understanding Insulin Resistance

• 💡 Insulin resistance can develop 15-20 years before pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes, and is a precursor to these conditions.
• ⚠️ Mainstream explanations for insulin resistance often cite obesity, inflammation, inactivity, genetics, hormones, or excess calories, but overlook a major factor.
• 🧠 Chronic sugar consumption spikes blood sugar and insulin, leading to insulin receptor blockage over time.

The Role of Seed Oils

• ⚠️ Highly refined and oxidized seed oils are a significant contributor to insulin resistance, damaging cell membranes and mitochondria.
• 🔬 Unlike unoxidized unsaturated fatty acids, rancid and oxidized seed oils contain aldehydes, toxic byproducts that cause irreversible damage to insulin receptors and mitochondria.
• 📈 The average person consumes 25%-30% of their calories from seed oils, which are often refined at high temperatures, creating these harmful byproducts.
• 🍳 Restaurants frequently reuse frying oils for weeks, increasing the concentration of aldehydes and byproducts in the food.

The Impact on Blood Sugar and Insulin

• 📉 High insulin levels can persist for years with normal blood sugar, overworking the pancreas.
• 💥 Overworked beta cells in the pancreas eventually stop producing insulin, leading to uncontrolled blood sugar levels.
• 🩸 A normal blood sugar level is around 80, equivalent to one teaspoon of sugar in the entire blood volume, yet the average person consumes 81-131 teaspoons of sugar daily.

Top 10 Foods to Avoid for Diabetes Prevention

• 🍟 Fast food fries and fried chicken: Combine reused oil with animal fats from grain-fed animals and starch.
• ♨️ Deep-fried restaurant foods: Often cooked in unstable seed oils that are reused extensively.
• 🥨 Chips, crisps, and corn chips: A combination of starch, seed oils, and potentially glyphosate.
• 🍩 Doughnuts and pastries: A trifecta of sugar, starch, and seed oil, often deep-fried.
• 🥤 Sweetened drinks: High fructose corn syrup can quickly lead to insulin resistance in the liver.
• 🍗 Frozen breaded foods: Contain seed oils, starch, and added protein.
• 🥗 Commercial salad dressing and mayo: Typically made with seed oils, with few exceptions.
• 🍜 Instant noodles: Contain seed oils, starch, flavorings, and MSG.
• 🍪 Granola, protein bars, and cookies: Loaded with seed oils, sugar, and starch.
• 🍿 Microwave popcorn: Combines vegetable oils, starch, and chemicals, heated together.

Detoxifying Aldehydes

• 🥩 Consuming grass-fed red meat provides carnosine, which helps detoxify aldehydes.
• 🥦 Incorporating sulfur-rich vegetables like onions, garlic, and broccoli aids in detoxification.
• 🍵 Polyphenols found in green tea, dark chocolate, and pomegranate also support aldehyde detoxification.