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What can be done to bring about a reversal of diabetes? Type 1 and 1.5 (LADA) are auto immune diseases which destroy the insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas. There is no reversing this. A new study suggest that using a certain TB vaccine might restore these cells. Type 2 Diabetes is metabolic. It is not caused by being obese. Obesity is a symptom of the metabolic disfunction that is occurring. If obesity was the cause then I imagine every obese person would be a type 2 diabetic but they are not. And there are T2D who were and are not obese. That is a wrong headed simplistic thinking. It is possible for some T2D to bring the disease into remission. That is not a cure. A cure would entail changing the underlying process that causes the syndrome of things. Many T2D before they become obese experience episodes of hypoglycemia. But low blood glucose is the opposite of diabetes right? In a sense it is, however it is a sign that the person does not metabolize glucose correctly.

Why are carbohydrates the cause of diabetes? Diabetics are carbohydrate intolerant. Carbs cause the biggest spike in blood sugar and people who develop diabetes (2) have little to no control over their insulin sensitivity in the face of carbs. In Has carbohydrate-restriction been forgotten as a treatment for diabetes mellitus? Westman and Vernon explain that before the invention of insulin, metformin and all the other anti-diabetes drugs, carbohydrate restriction was the treatment of choice for diabetics. “The dietary recommendation for diabetes in a prominent internal medicine textbook from 1923 was 75% fat, 17% protein, 6% alcohol and only 2% carbohydrate. The recommended total daily energy intake was 1,795 Calories per day. After the discovery of insulin and oral hypoglycemic medications, experts gradually changed the dietary recommendations to include more carbohydrate intake because most experts reasoned that the medications could be used to keep the glucose in control.” T

Why do diabetics need their legs amputated? Are there any alternative methods that can prevent amputation? Diabetic people who require amputation(s) have such poor blood circulation in their extremities that their limbs are slowly dying and can become sources of generalized blood infections, which are deadly. The high blood glucose of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus is very damaging to arteries throughout the body. Our bodies need a certain range of blood glucose to function well; one of the many things that happen when blood glucose is consistently too high is arterial damage. When our arteries don’t work well, not only does that body part not get enough oxygenated nutrient-rich blood, it also can’t effectively move the deoxygenated, waste-rich blood out. The whole blood circuit is compromised and the tissues in that area become damaged. Diabetic people can have very poor circulation to their extremities. They may get sores very easily, which don’t heal quickly or well because