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<blockquote data-quote="canuck1950" data-source="post: 207724" data-attributes="member: 33787"><p>It's a matter of degree and it depends mainly on how severe is your insulin resistance and how much beta cell capacity you have. For type 1 diabetics, there is no capacity to produce insulin so their tolerance is quite low and they will always have to use exogenous insulin. For type 2 diabetics, even if they are currently using insulin, yes, it is possible for some of them to get off insulin by getting their carbs below their personal threshold depending on how much beta cell capacity they have preserved. For others, however, the loss of beta cells is past that point and they, too, will still require insulin. In either case, the amount of insulin required goes up in proportion to the amount of carbohydrate consumed. Less exogenous insulin is better than more so efforts to reduce the carbohydrates will still be a good idea in order to minimize the requirement for insulin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="canuck1950, post: 207724, member: 33787"] It's a matter of degree and it depends mainly on how severe is your insulin resistance and how much beta cell capacity you have. For type 1 diabetics, there is no capacity to produce insulin so their tolerance is quite low and they will always have to use exogenous insulin. For type 2 diabetics, even if they are currently using insulin, yes, it is possible for some of them to get off insulin by getting their carbs below their personal threshold depending on how much beta cell capacity they have preserved. For others, however, the loss of beta cells is past that point and they, too, will still require insulin. In either case, the amount of insulin required goes up in proportion to the amount of carbohydrate consumed. Less exogenous insulin is better than more so efforts to reduce the carbohydrates will still be a good idea in order to minimize the requirement for insulin. [/QUOTE]
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