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<blockquote data-quote="duranie" data-source="post: 317322" data-attributes="member: 9816"><p>BigBenn</p><p></p><p>You still have diabetes, you have just managed to get the symptoms under control through diet and exercise - well done you, but you are factually incorrect in saying you no longer have the disease...if you stopped the diet your high bloody sugars would return.</p><p></p><p>You do not progress from type 2 to type 1 - as many have said. Type 2 is essentially a disease of insulin resistance, many type 2s take insulin either to boost the levels which their own body is producing to overcome the resistance in cells, OR because they have had type 2 for a long time and their pancreas has become exhausted and ceased insulin production. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed by their own body attacking these cells - thei usually happens over a relatively short space of time. Insulin is the ONLY way that type 1s stay alive.</p><p></p><p>Your diet, if you'll forgive me for saying, looks rather prescriptive, there's no harm in alcohol in moderation - and coffee mate...no benefit over milk - I would actually suggest full fat milk or cream is better than skimmed milk as it has lower carb levels, which are what cause the blood sugar levels to rise in a diabetic, anyway, your breakfast of 4 weetabix is enough to sink a ship.....</p><p></p><p>I'm so happy that you've informed people that they should continue taking prescribed medication, very kind of you that was..</p><p></p><p>Oh by the way, I'm not writing this "just" as a type 1 diabetic - but also as a diabetic nurse....</p><p></p><p>SO, please stop trying to convince people that you can "cure" diabetes, you CAN'T!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="duranie, post: 317322, member: 9816"] BigBenn You still have diabetes, you have just managed to get the symptoms under control through diet and exercise - well done you, but you are factually incorrect in saying you no longer have the disease...if you stopped the diet your high bloody sugars would return. You do not progress from type 2 to type 1 - as many have said. Type 2 is essentially a disease of insulin resistance, many type 2s take insulin either to boost the levels which their own body is producing to overcome the resistance in cells, OR because they have had type 2 for a long time and their pancreas has become exhausted and ceased insulin production. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed by their own body attacking these cells - thei usually happens over a relatively short space of time. Insulin is the ONLY way that type 1s stay alive. Your diet, if you'll forgive me for saying, looks rather prescriptive, there's no harm in alcohol in moderation - and coffee mate...no benefit over milk - I would actually suggest full fat milk or cream is better than skimmed milk as it has lower carb levels, which are what cause the blood sugar levels to rise in a diabetic, anyway, your breakfast of 4 weetabix is enough to sink a ship..... I'm so happy that you've informed people that they should continue taking prescribed medication, very kind of you that was.. Oh by the way, I'm not writing this "just" as a type 1 diabetic - but also as a diabetic nurse.... SO, please stop trying to convince people that you can "cure" diabetes, you CAN'T!!! [/QUOTE]
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