That's the point Osidge - personally I think the word remission is being incorrectly applied when someone is no longer exhibiting a diabetic function. If you go into remission from, for example, non hogkins lymphoma it means the cancer is dormant - but your body still has lymphoma's - the cancer is still present just not active.
With diabetes what is it that remains when the body function returns to normal? It isn't like a virus it's a decsription of a state the body enters when organ function deteriorates. When function returns the state changes and the word diabetic is no longer a fit for the present function.
This is not remission any more than a wet towel that dries in the sun can still be considered wet because it has the potential to become wet at some point in the future.
I understand that some people find it helpful to adopt an identity level description for something they have to continue to pay attention to which in reality is their behaviour with respect to diet.
Clearly here we're talking about people who recover completely normal responses to any of their dietary choices not those who only maintain normal ranges in response to low carb.
I have an altered response to gucose. That is a fact. Many people do not have that altered response. So yes, it is remission from the diabetes, but the potential is still there, all the time. The body function doesnt return to normal, I influence my glucose to create the appearance of normality. But if i didnt influence my sugar levels I would be diabetic. That is the difference. I dont go back to being a person with a body which uses carbs normally. The potential never goes away.
To use the wet towel illustration - non diabetics (or potential diabetics) have a coating on their towel to stop them retaining water, they absorb the water, it sheers off, the towel remains dry.
My towel absorbs moisture and becomes wet. The more moisture is gets, the soggier it becomes. If i dry it out (non-diabetic levels) it still retains that ability to absorb the water as it hasnt got a special keep-dry coating. But if the word remission bothers you, maybe look at the medical definition of it:
re·mis·sion
(rē-mish'ŭn),
1. Abatement or lessening in severity of the symptoms of a disease.
2. The period during which such abatement occurs.
[L.
remissio, fr.
re-mitto, pp. -
missus, to send back, slacken, relax]
which is what is happening. The symptoms are reduced or removed, but the potential for them to recurr exists.