I've met a few other people who have attempted removing grains completely for their diabetes, and it has amazing results. Greatly decreased bolus insulin as well as steadily decreasing basal dosing. I came across this blog entry today:
http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2013/04/type-1-diabetes-cured/
I agree with a lot of your dietary advice Ram. Reducing carbs to near-zero is far healthier and is a great excuse to eat bacon, bacon and more bacon.
ReplyDeleteHowever, your statement that you have cured your Type 1 Diabetes is, well, completely wrong.
You even state that you have 'Reduced' your insulin needs, but not eliminated them entirely. That isn't curing yourself.
And the Wheatbelly blog you link to - wow! That's medically ludicrous! They're spreading hazardous misinformation that could make poorly-informed people very sick. Holy heck...
It's like proposing broccoli as a cure for asthma - how many people might suddenly stop taking necessary medication because of that statement? Especially if it gets reblogged by someone else?
Think that's ridiculous? Google "Recharge your cell phone in the microwave" and get back to me.
Thanks for posting! I don't like to throw around words like "cure" they're largely irrelevant: check out this posting:
ReplyDeletehttp://type1nomore.blogspot.com/2013/07/cutting-finding-cure-out-of-vocabulary.html
Perhaps soon I'll post some about how Traditional Chinese Medicine conceives of the medicinal properties of different foods.
It's legitimate to wonder who will try taking random advice off the web. It is important that people remember that one has to try to see if any self- educated suggestions works, BUT we need to be honest with ourselves at the result and make appropriate evaluations.