12/27/2022 0 Comments Diabetic newsletters![]() ![]() For type-1.5 diabetes I do prescribe long-acting insulin (Lantus) for these three reasons:ġ) To decrease the rate of weight loss or to cause weight gain.Ģ) To relieve symptoms of diabetes, such as excessive thirst and urination.ģ) To help relieve the worries of the patient over their high sugar numbers. This is the same diet that slows cancer growth, cleans out the arteries, loosens swollen painful joints, and moves bowels.įor type-2 diabetes I do not prescribe any diabetic medications. The most effective and permanent way to cure obesity and type-2 diabetes is to adopt a low-fat, starch-based (McDougall) diet. Also because of this failure to improve their diets, many post-surgery patients regain their lost weight and their diabetes returns. Short-term results demonstrate that approximately 80% of people (after weight loss) have been " cured." However, these formerly obese people still suffer from poor health because they continue to eat the rich Western diet. Hypoglycemia causes disorientation, falls, and accidents.īariatric surgery is becoming a "treatment of choice" for people with obesity and type-2 diabetes. Too low a fasting blood sugar is below 150 mg/dL (8.3 IU) while on medication. Others may find physical and psychological comfort by administrating additional short-acting insulin with meals. Many people do well with one long-acting shot of insulin (like Lantus) in the evening. Appropriate adjustments are made thereafter. Upon starting a healthy (McDougall) diet, the overall daily insulin dosage should be reduced by about 30% to help prevent hypoglycemia. ![]() People with type-1 diabetes must stay on insulin, but the administration of medication should be as unobtrusive as possible. Diet prevents complications of kidney failure, heart disease, stroke, blindness, and premature death for type-1, type-1.5, type-2, and non-diabetic, patients. Diet is also my fundamental treatment (including insulin) for type-1 diabetes. Using the proper diet, cure rates for type-2 diabetes approach 100% (with associated weight loss). After all this expense, trouble, and turmoil there is only a 0.4% HgBA1c improvement in control by CGM over standard (glucose-finger-stick) monitoring.ĭiet is my fundamental treatment for diabetes. Rather than a pleasant chat about the grandchildren over dinner, the conversation focuses on blood sugars, which are read as often as every five minutes, and insulin doses that follow. Monitors and pumps actually destroy the quality of peoples' lives not just of individual patient but of friends and family. No health benefits have ever been demonstrated from attempts to meticulously control blood sugars by using this technology. To add to the misery, the patient still must perform fingertip blood checks two to four times a day to keep the monitor calibrated. Often patients wear an additional device, called an insulin pump (costing more than $5,000) that responds to these signals and medicates the patient with offsetting doses of insulin. ![]() The sensors, which attach to the monitor, are only good for three to seven days, but they are expensive, too: $35 to $100 apiece. The CGM monitors themselves cost from $1,000 to $1,400. Monitors worn by the patient continuously check blood sugars (Continuous Glucose Monitoring or CMG) as often as every five minutes. One harmful consequence of this primary ambition has been the development of high-tech devices. The treatment goal for diabetes is making numbers look better. "State of the Art" in Medicine: Meters and Pumps ![]()
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