Does a high blood sugar level or a low one cause weight loss?

[Deja Q]

A fat burning book I know of claims "low", but a book on diabetes claims the opposite.

:wtf:

[KitchenWitch]

1. Depends upon if you are insulin resistant or not.

[hyphenate]

2. High blood sugar

and diabetes would make you lose weight. In some ways, the Atkins Diet does the same thing, without the diabetes part, though.

[begin_within]

3. Low blood sugar is dangerous - if the brain does not receive a steady

supply of glucose, serious complications such as coma and seizure can occur.

[UTUSN]

4. This has confused me a long time

They say a symtom of diabetes is weight LOSS, yet being OVERWEIGHT appears to be a (cause?).

[WolverineDG]

5. It's a dramatic weight loss in a short period of time

not just weight loss itself that's an indicator of diabetes.

dg