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- The job used to be the patients'. Manually managing type 1 diabetes isn't a fun job. Try reading Think like a pancreas for the fun details.
Patient outcomes are significantly better with modern technology.
> You just don't care about them.
Yeah, okay.
- ^ This times 1000000. There is so much chicanery and malfeasance in the nutrition and fitness industry.
I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes a few years ago. I went to dietitian who prescribed a diet with 60% carbs (I believe its roughly the same as the ADA dietary guidelines). The standard treatment is medication, followed by more medication, then insulin shots.
Frustrated, I read everything I could get my hands on, and found two books that I'd highly recommend: 1) Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution, and 2) Think Like a Pancreas by Gary Scheiner. Dr. Bernstein is notable because he was diagnosed with T1 when it was a fatal condition. He survived, became an electrical engineer and ultimately went on to become an MD. He lobbied the AMA to allow patients to have blood glucose meters, when the AMA wanted them to be restricted to doctors offices.
I stopped listening to medical practitioners and starting experimenting with the foods I ate, using pairs testing with a glucose monitor. There is no question that a low carb diet is the way to go.
- Your grandad was following advice given before the 1980s when typically using only long lasting insulin (which was all that was available) and strict routines were the only way to survive and be healthy with T1D. You should read that DCCT citation I link in my post, it is a good read, about the impact of following the treatments of nearly 1,500 diabetics and their long term complications. DCCT lead to a lower HbA1c being the goal as it is the largest predictor of long term issues. There are many books like “think like a pancreas” and “sugar surfing” which explain and use the same methods I explain in the post. If you are interested. Also, I would love to meet a person who can write a multi page blog post in a panic. Like “help my car is on fire: a history of car fires”
