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Originally Posted by Subby  When you have unchecked diabetes (whatever the type) your blood glucose may reach a high point where you start to produce ketones. This can cause fast weight loss in a dangerous and unhealthy way. It is not far off diabetic ketoacidosis. |
A untreated type II, at least, will lose weight way before reaching a ketoacidosis state. Body fat and protein will be used as "fuel' since injested carbs can not be utilized or only to a small extent.
It is a paradox, that weight loss is both a symptom and a remedy for type IIs, but that's because "weight los" is an inexact term.
True type IIs (those with "metabolic syndrome") would be helped greatly if they could lose their characteristic, internal (to the abdominal wall) mid-boby fat. But this is the hardest fat for them to lose.
