David Crosby uncovers the essence of diabetes management.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Singer David Crosby once asked by Rolling Stone in 2019 about what he had learned during his 40 years with diabetes. The founder of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young revealed the shocking fact that complex diets are bullshit.
Type 2 diabetes is when blood sugar levels are too high. This disease causes symptoms including excessive thirst and the urge to urinate.
In severe cases, diabetes can lead to death. Meanwhile, every week there are thousands of cases of stroke, heart attack, and heart failure caused by diabetes.
When asked how he managed to diagnose diabetes in himself, Crosby advocated a simple approach. He stresses the importance of lowering calories, which have been shown to help reduce symptoms diabetes which he had.
“I’ve had diabetes for about 40 years. I’m going to explain everything to you guys. Now, people are on complex diets and other nonsense,” Crosby said, quoted by Reuters. ExpressWednesday (22/6/2022).
Type 2 diabetes is usually caused by lifestyle factors such as a poor diet. This condition occurs when there is a problem with the insulin hormone produced in the pancreas. According to research, overeating can lead to something called insulin resistance.
“When a person overeats, the brain becomes unresponsive to important cues like insulin, which puts that person on the path to diabetes,” Dr Christoph Buettner, associate professor of medicine (endocrinology, diabetes and bone disease) told Science Daily.
While Crosby gives an analogy, when young the body is very active in various activities, so that even though you eat a lot, you burn all the calories. And now to form a new body with a diet, it will be difficult and require a lot of effort.
“So, we get old and we don’t burn as many calories as we used to, but still want to eat the same amount, which means we get fat. Simple. So, we have to reduce what we eat,” he said.
