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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melgar" data-source="post: 2715437" data-attributes="member: 520626"><p>I’m jumping in to this discussion as I read your ’brittle diabetes’ comment [USER=584565]@leamason[/USER]. I was diagnosed with labile or brittle diabetes. Mine was provisionally diagnosed due to coeliac. although my pancreas does seem a bit iffy. I don’t absorb nutrients properly. It all comes down to your small intestines. Your pancreatic enzymes have direct actress to your small intestines via ducts. So if there is some issue with your pancreas then , to me, it seems logical that it will have an affect on your digestive processes, in particular the metabolization of food.  Brittle diabetes is dangerous, and it mainly affects Type 1 diabetics. My AM fasting blood sugars can be around 4 mmol/ls one day and 9 mmol/ls the next. I was suffering frequent bouts of low sugar events, around the high 1’s. I can bounce to 14mmol/ls. Since going 100% gluten free these low sugar events have significantly improved. Just my experience, but it seems to me that issues with your lower intestines can trigger an unusual response by your pancreas. I’m not an expert, but my humble opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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