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How depressing.

The "Type 3" thing really takes the biscuit!
 
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Thanks for the link Sue, well worth watching.
Attention grabbing headline, eh?
I think this guy seems to understand the fundamentals far more clearly than most. The idea that simply increasing medication untill your blood sugars approach normal levels is a sensible approach really doesn't address the problem, merely treats the symptoms.

fergus
 
Thanks for that, Sue.

He highlighted an important point about insulin levels. A healthy blood sugar level won't necessarily mean a healthy insulin level.
 
Wow!, so there was something in all that Vit D stuff a few months ago. I followed the links and there does seem to be plenty of evidence behind this idea. Not to mention the fact that we are all being told we're "progressive"
 
It sounds counter intuitive at first, doesn't it? I'd have died a pretty horrible death in 1981 without the benefit of insulin, so I literally owe my life to it.
That said, excessive amounts of insulin are associated with all manner of harmful effects, from the obvious ones such as weight gain and metabolic syndrome, to the less well known such as atrerial damage, some cancers and perhaps Alzheimer's too. Keeping insulin levels in the right range is hugely important for long term health.

fergus
 
I found this article "Alzheimer's 'is brain diabetes'" on the BBC website a month or so back, this is a link to it http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7866022.stm

No medication or medical procedure is without risk. Medicine is not the precise science we'd like it to be. A lot of the time the medics are making a "best guess" based on available evidence and weighing up the risks of a specific action. Most of the time they do far more help than harm, which is good news for us, phew!

Type 1s would die without insulin. I'd say the toss-up between dying or developing Alzheimer's a quite a few years down the line is a risk worth taking.

However, I like the neurological approach to medication, in my experience neurologists are more aware than most other doctors of the impact of medication (of any kind) on brain and nerve function. A neurologist told me that they tend to take the minimum dose of a medication, halve it and start from there. Increasing until you get the results you need or establish it isn't working as a treatment seems a pretty good way to work for me, so long as you have time :? Obviously this approach may not be appropriate in a medical emergency. I'm always wary of large doses and "multi-pharmacy", it gets very confusing because you can't tell what is going on and side effects get mistaken for symptoms.
 
The right insulin level for you is what your doctor /nurse has discussed with you.It is the one that keeps your blood sugars at their proper level.The video is also talking about our own,naturally produced insulin.Being a type one you only have the insulin that you pump.
 
Have just re- viewed the clip, Am ok with it until he mentions that Vit D levels can reverse T1, Did anyone else pick up on the small point ??
As a lo carb T2 , I am managing my condition quite tightly, So when someone so emininent in the field says something like this i stop and think !!

Perhaps i missed something, maybe someone more enlightend could explain.

In advance
Dave P
 
Hello Dave,

He suggests that autoimmune type 1 could be "virtually eliminated". I think he was referring
to the effect of vitamin D on pregnant mothers and their children. It was about prevention
rather than reversal, I'm afraid.

Regards,
timo.
 
Timo 2 ............... the aswer says it all " you think" therefore its not clear. For just one minute i would love to think that there was a really simple answer but this bad old world is too devious for that :D

Dave P
 
Dave
If there were a simple answer, even the medical establishment would have found it by now.
Cynically yours
Hana
 
You have to bear in mind that he's an American, Dave; therefore, his mouth works a little faster than his brain. I'm certain he's referring to vitamin D's immunomodulatory effects in preventing
autoimmune type one. He says it can be done with just sun, so he obviously ain't flogging D3
:D

All the stuff he says about treating a dysfunctional carbohydrate metabolism by restricting carbohydrate is just pure quackery. Best ignore that bit. :mrgreen:
 
its not fair you just cant trust anybody ... MPs ..Doctors.... im not playing... mummie the nastie man said !!! :( :( :( :( :( :(

Im now going to grow up into a dissfunctional adult so there!!.... OOPS I already did that bit.
Dave P
 
IMO timo2 is on the button.

The 'doctor' is American and that pretty much clears up any concerns or confusion for me.
There is always something worth listening to so that you are pulled in for the 'sale'. :shock:

Speak to any 'ordinary' income person living in the US with Type 1 diabetes :cry: and you should then count yourself as extremely lucky that you live in the UK. :D .

Their healthcare system and subsequent lifespan does the talking.
 
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