Review

I was scrolling Instagram when I came across this reel on Instagram, where there was a shot of Tanmay Bhat talking about The Obesity Code and how that book had changed his life. This was one of those videos where a talking head appears after this original piece of content, and talks about their thing. A talking head appeared after this and said, “I have not read The Obesity Code, but I have read The Diabetes Code, because that was more relevant to me” and I thought, this book is more relevant to me as well.

The book is about Type 2 diabetes and reversing it naturally. In fact, in the first chapter of the book itself, Dr. Fung explains the causes, and ways to reverse it. In the rest of the book, he explains things in detail.

Type 1 diabetes happens because the body produces little to no insulin by itself. There is lack of insulin in the body which increases glucose in the blood.

Type 2 diabetes happens because the body is less sensitive to the insulin in the body. There is lots of insulin in the body, but since the body is not able to use it properly, there is lots of glucose in the blood.

The liver sits at the centre of the food-energy cycle. Insulin tells the body (liver) to convert glucose to fats. High insulin in the blood stream keeps giving the same signal to the liver to continue converting into fat.

When the liver builds up fat, it becomes resistant to insulin’s signals. In this state, the liver keeps releasing glucose in the blood, worsening high blood sugar. This is a vicious cycle, as high glucose means the liver produces more fat and so on.

Every cell in our body can use glucose for energy, but only the liver can digest fructose. Sugar (Sucrose) has equal parts glucose and fructose. The liver gets fatty when trying to break it down. Fatty liver causes fatty pancreas, which destroys beta cells and causes diabetes.

This is inherently reversible. Because the problem is this excess fat in the liver, if it is removed, mainly through low carb diets and fasting, Type 2 diabetes can be reversed.