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<blockquote data-quote="Wayward Blood" data-source="post: 2291229" data-attributes="member: 520440"><p>Hi Amy,</p><p></p><p>Something to keep in mind is that a normal glucose level is actually 4.8. If you're newly diagnosed, your pancreas is still producing insulin. As Mark said, high blood sugar levels are toxic to insulin producing cells and will speed up their destruction, leading to the need to inject more insulin. This hasn't been studied a huge amount, but Dr Richard Bernstein believes that the body's autoimmune response rarely destroys all of the body's insulin producing ability; instead, it's the resulting high blood sugars that get rid of the rest.</p><p></p><p>He advocates a low carbohydrate diet to manage type 1 (and 2) diabetes. He's been managing his own diabetes in this way since his 30s (and is now in his 80s). Troy Stapleton, a doctor in Australia, also manages his type 1 diabetes with a low carbohydrate diet. I think he was diagnosed in adulthood around 2012. He quickly switched to the low carbohydrate way of eating, and in a lot of his videos he's mentioned that he only needed to take long-acting insulin to maintain normal blood sugar levels. I'm not sure if this has changed at this point, but at the very least he has managed to maintain his honeymoon phase for a number of years.</p><p></p><p>With this in mind, it's obviously very important to avoid hypos; if you're interested in the possibility of a low carbohydrate diet, some research will be required to do this safely. This video is a good starting point if you'd like to know more: [MEDIA=youtube]TR8rc_AF6XU[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>All the best, and I hope things get more straightforward for you soon. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wayward Blood, post: 2291229, member: 520440"] Hi Amy, Something to keep in mind is that a normal glucose level is actually 4.8. If you're newly diagnosed, your pancreas is still producing insulin. As Mark said, high blood sugar levels are toxic to insulin producing cells and will speed up their destruction, leading to the need to inject more insulin. This hasn't been studied a huge amount, but Dr Richard Bernstein believes that the body's autoimmune response rarely destroys all of the body's insulin producing ability; instead, it's the resulting high blood sugars that get rid of the rest. He advocates a low carbohydrate diet to manage type 1 (and 2) diabetes. He's been managing his own diabetes in this way since his 30s (and is now in his 80s). Troy Stapleton, a doctor in Australia, also manages his type 1 diabetes with a low carbohydrate diet. I think he was diagnosed in adulthood around 2012. He quickly switched to the low carbohydrate way of eating, and in a lot of his videos he's mentioned that he only needed to take long-acting insulin to maintain normal blood sugar levels. I'm not sure if this has changed at this point, but at the very least he has managed to maintain his honeymoon phase for a number of years. With this in mind, it's obviously very important to avoid hypos; if you're interested in the possibility of a low carbohydrate diet, some research will be required to do this safely. This video is a good starting point if you'd like to know more: [MEDIA=youtube]TR8rc_AF6XU[/MEDIA] All the best, and I hope things get more straightforward for you soon. :) [/QUOTE]
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