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Hi all, just wondering who’s in remission on here and how long they have been for? Has anyone achieved it for more than 5 years?
In Australia it is not called that according to my GP and a CDE from Diabetes Queensland, I am classed as T2 - Under excellent control.I have no idea how remission is defined.
That’s the way I see it. But I can see why the term remission might be appropriate.In Australia it is not called that according to my GP and a CDE from Diabetes Queensland, I am classed as T2 - Under excellent control.
That is why I have not changed the text Type 2 (in remission!) under my avatar.
A alcoholic is never in remission but recovering, so the same for T2's perhaps as in "in recovery".Interestingly the lead GP for diabetes at my local “sister surgery” says that there is no such thing as remission as the condition is dietary controlled.
3 years 7 months sub 42 HbA1c's (highest was 36 mmol/m)Hi all, just wondering who’s in remission on here and how long they have been for? Has anyone achieved it for more than 5 years?
...yet I was always told it was totally wrong to eat that way...
I define remission by asking; "would any blood test currently diagnose diabetes or other metabolic dysfunction, and are you taking diabetes medications?" If the answer to both questions is no, then remission/reversal/cure is achieved. To me it's that simple. The diet is irrelevant. We don't label people as diabetics because they're eating a diet that prevents them from getting diabetes. We just say that they do not have diabetes. I had a runny nose once but that doesn't mean I now have a cold for the rest of my life.
Impaired glucose tolerance is another matter, but that in itself is not deleterious to health so long as you don't eat glucose. And since there is no need to eat glucose...
They are in remission due to severe carbohydrate restriction.
Can they pass the 75g glucose load test from a fasted state?
They are in remission due to severe carbohydrate restriction.
Can they pass the 75g glucose load test from a fasted state?
What human (or animal) would purposefully put 15 teaspoons of sugar equivalent into their body. Should we pretend that this is normal, or should we redefine normal as the 22 teaspoons of sugar for the day (excluding carb sugars) in the "normal" Western diets.They are in remission due to severe carbohydrate restriction.
Can they pass the 75g glucose load test from a fasted state?