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One Response to “Re: type 1 diabetics off insulin”

1. John Smith Says:
   February 22nd, 2007 at 4:50 pm

   This treatment regimen goes back to the time before insulin. At that
   time, type 1 diabetics HAD NO CHOICE but to make extreme dietary
   changes. The problems are 1)the extreme reduction of calories has the
   effect of partially starving a person to death, and 2) the body
   rapidly deteriorates due to the effects of not having insulin to keep
   blood sugar levels stable.

   While this CAN be done for type 1 diabetics, the quality of life
   suffers dramatically.

   For type 2 diabetics, a critical part of getting off insulin is to
   improve health and fitness. This means grabbing your significant other
   and going for walks or to the zoo or other activity that requires
   walking to HAVE FUN. The next step is modifying your diet to get out
   of poor eating habits. In accomplishing this, one recommendation is to
   
   shop at the grocery store by keeping to the outside aisles (the
   butcher shop, produce aisles and breads — but exclude the pastries).
   If you need to enter the middle of the store, know what you need, go
   in, grab it and get out. Treat the interior aisles as if the minotaur
   is inside.

   Good Luck,

   > No, but I met 1 and heard of a few other Type I (juvenile) diabetics
   who got
   > off insulin by maintaining a RAW foods diet; others by taking
   digestive
   > enzymes (www.drwong.us/ArchivedTreatingDiabetes.htm) [on empty
   stomach].
   > "Raw for 30: Reversing Diabetes Naturally"–movie by raw foodist
   Gabriel
   > Cousens, M.D. "got type 1s and 2s off insulin"; www.treeoflife.nu
   > Gerson.org diet (mostly raw vegetables and fresh juices) reportedly
   allows a
   > small portion of type 1 diabetics to get off insulin.
   >

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