Hi Richard, I realise this thread is 2 years old now, but being new here I thought I might comment. My daughter (now 29) is a type 1. She was diagnosed at 12. We initially followed the 'recommendations' of the Diabetes Police - we decided on an all in policy for the family - we all ate the 'new diet.' My husband and I turned into 'Telly Tubbies' in 3 months. I started researching and found Dr Bernstein on the net - suddenly everything started to make sense. We began eating the Bernstein way - we lost weight and our daughter's A1c started dropping. She also didn't have the highs and lows that we had been experiencing before the new diet and of course her insulin needs plummeted. To cut a long story short within 6 months, I ended up having a stand up argument with the head of endocrinology at the Kid's Hospital (where our daughter 'reported for duty' every 3 months) as the endo screamed at me that my daughter "MUST" be having too many hypos for her A1c to be down so far and that I wasn't taking adequate care of her. We never went back. Daughter continued the low carb diet, her A1c, blood sugar, moods etc all stabilized and her diabetes took much less work to take care of. Now to the present, daughter is pregnant with her second baby-the first was delivered safely and fabulously well by a Obstetrician who specialises in 'high-risk' pregnancies. She (the OB) has never met a Type 1 with the blood sugar control that our daughter has. Now to be fair, the daughter uses a continuous blood sugar monitor during pregnancy. She continues the low carb diet. She eats moderate amounts of protein and fat and low carb veg. Her current A1c is 4.9 (this is in Australia - not sure if you have the same way of measuring that we do) if you are a non-diabetic, your A1c would be approx 4.7. Over the years we have experimented with supplements, exercise etc. What we have found is that a couple of supplements are advantageous for diabetics to reduce the insulin resistance - Alpha Lipoic Acid, Benfotiamine (this is more about reducing the damage caused by high blood sugars). Her insulin needs are still very low for a Type 1 - to the point that several doctors have wondered whether she still has some pancreatic function left. I think after all this time that there can't be. I thank everyone else who has commented on this thread in the past. There is some new reading material ahead for me at some of the links provided!
Something that came across my horizon just recently is the opinions and theories of Forrest Marready who has written a book and has a Youtube channel (called My incredible Opinion). If you are a pro-vaxxxer you won't like his stuff - I try to keep an open mind on everything. Basically his research is indicating that the nano particulate aluminium hydroxide adjuvants in shots are absorbed by the white blood cells - but they (the white blood cells) are not able to dispose of the aluminium like they would a virus or bacteria, so the Al remains in the White blood cells. When the body signals for help with an infection or similar, the white blood cells (containing the Al) flood to the site of the infection as they should do in a proper immune response, but unfortunately they now contain a toxic substance which is in all likelihood deposited in the infection site (in the case of diabetes - the pancreas). Aluminium is not a mineral needed by the body - the body sets up an immune reaction to the Al and creates the antibodies which end up destroying the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. yes, its just a theory at this stage - but I can tell you that two weeks before my daughter was diagnosed she had a bad stomach virus/upset. This is common prior to the diagnosis of Type 1. As I said, I try to keep an open mind about everything, but if all the previous is true, then detoxing the body of Al may have benefits - the human body is able to regenerate and heal itself in many miraculous ways. Anyway, I do hope that your diabetes is now well controlled and that at the very least you have been able to reduce your insulin use. Best wishes and blessings Leanne
