Taylor.IFTreatmentType2Diabetes by LaShuntaye Taylor

Quote 1

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 22:14:55 UTC

"Median retention rate across all studies was 92%, with a median (range) retention rate of 95% (78%–100%) among studies with <12 weeks duration and 89% (64%–100%) among studies ≥12 weeks"(Termannsen et al).

Quote 2

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 22:36:41 UTC

"This randomized clinical study found that, for patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, a 16‑week intervention with 5:2 MR could improve glycemic control and weight loss while also improving blood pressure, triglyceride levels, and HDL‑C levels"(Guo et al).

Quote 3

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 22:38:23 UTC

“Time-restricted eating, also known as intermittent fasting, can help people with Type 2 diabetes lose weight and control their blood sugar levels, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open from researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago“ (Stone).

Quote 4

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 22:41:33 UTC

“The substantial impact of T2D on patients drives a significant burden for health care systems. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) estimated that the direct medical costs of diabetes in the United States were $237 billion in 2017, representing a 26% increase from 2012”(Blonde et al).

Quote 5

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 22:45:04 UTC

“Educating patients on the benefits of fasting in the management of T2D may aid in the remission of the disease and curtail the use of pharmacological interventions” (Furmli et al.)

Quote 6

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 22:48:14 UTC

"Some work on people with diabetes has found that intermittent fasting may increase insulin sensitivity and also reduce insulin levels in the blood. This is a big deal. “Essentially, fasting is doing what we prescribe diabetes medications to do, which is to improve insulin sensitivity" (Heid).

Quote 7

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 22:49:50 UTC

“We estimate health resource use among the population with diabetes in excess of the resource use that would be expected in the absence of diabetes”(Parker et al.).

Quote 8

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 22:55:14 UTC

“Medications help manage the symptoms of diabetes, but they cannot prevent the progression of the disease”(Furmli et al.).

Connection

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 23:24:47 UTC

These two quotes compliment each other by with quote 4 acting as evidence of the significant burden place on the healthcare system by providing the shocking cost of treating/managing diabetic patience, while quote 7 helps to further emphasis the burden of type 2 diabetes by implying that we would use considerable less resources and reduce the burden if significant amount of resources were allocated to diabetes.

Connection

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 23:35:00 UTC

The connection between these two quotes as it relates to writing my position paper is actually the contrast. Quote 6 is acting as evidence that intermittent fasting works to improve the root cause of type 2 diabetes which is insulin resistance and high glucose, the exact actions of prescribe medications, but without it. Quote 8 helps to drive home a point that medication isn't necessary to treat IF and that IF is potentially a better treatment options as medication only manage the symptoms and does not treat the cause of the disease.

Connection

lashuntaye1 — 2025-06-08 23:39:56 UTC

Both quotes speaks to the results of intermittent fasting and acts as evidence that IF has proven results as an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes