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Thread: can having high blood sugar make you gain weight?

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05-07-2008, 10:38 AM

Jan B

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I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Aug 2007

Location: North Texas

Posts: 1,812

The more you weigh, I think the more insulin you would typically need. From what I know, keeping high numbers can cause dehydration, dying muscles, and more bad stuff -- so you would lose weight being high. The extreme of being high for weight loss is called "diabulimia". Sadly, some teens and others have learned that eating a lot of sweets and going to bed high, for example, can cause weight loss.

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