Recent Content by trefall

This thread is long-term I hope. Question - Those who are TYPE 1 only - Did your doctor put you on pills before insulin? I recall my doctor put me on pills for a week and said it wasn't dropping the way he wanted and put me on insulin the following week. I've always felt that had they stressed...

Robin (and others), I suggested the 'shock to the system' theory 25 years ago and a professor at a well-respected medical school laughed at me. :D My theory developed from family experience. An uncle went into the city, from his farm, for his annual check-up (for life insurance I believe)...

NMR, As I mentioned, I don't think Vitamin D, of any type, will cure Type 1. The theory that does seem to give at least some possible causation is that adequate Vitamin D can prevent it. At least in the Americas I have seen, over the last 20 years, the majority of kids staying inside in their...

Ya, I watched this one too and it is interesting for possible prevention but I don't think it gets us any closer to curing once the disease has progressed.

I had some free time so I did some searching for more comparative info. I found these (just in case someone is interested and bored) http://healthintelligence.drupalgardens.com/content/prevalence-diabetes-world-2013 = On this site some neighboring countries that have very similar diets have...

Thanks for all the replies. Stefano - Very Interesting! I found another map but I'm not sure about the quality. It's from 2010. The darker the color the higher incidence. I'm figuring there has to be a pattern but can't figure out what it is...

Thanks for the replies. I've read bits and pieces here and there but there are so many conflicting studies a person really can't be sure what to believe anymore.

I just joined to get opinions from European Type 1s. I'm curious if anyone has read or better yet studied the diets of the countries at the top of the list...