Hi Andrea;
I was thinking in tems of someone who has had type 1 since childhood, and,
over time, because of an intake of too many carbs and sugars which triggers
a greater need for more and more insulin, eventually develops type 2 (or
basically insulin resistence). I don't know if this would happen though -
just a thought.
Very, very interesting regarding precursor cells - to re-post Philips
material:
" ...islets also could grow from remaining precursor cells in the diabetic
mice and resume insulin secretion once the autoimmune process had been
halted. Such regrowth from the animal's own cells was slightly slower than
regeneration from donor cells - taking about 120 days - but the eventual
regeneration of islets was just as complete. The result suggests that, given
time, regrowth of islets can occur in animals who have immune system
re-education to eradicate their diabetes but do not receive the donor islet
cell precursors. "
It gives one hope....
BTW, I sent the URLs that someone else posted regarding the Dr Bernstein
diet to this acquaintance of mine and asked her to forward it to her
brother.
Marilyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea Hughett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: Type 1 Diabetes
> --- Marilyn Harris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if one can have both type 1 and 2 at the
>> same time - in other words
>> your islet cells no longer work or have been
>> detroyed (so you take insulin
>> injections) and your body cells are resistant to the
>> insulin (because of
>> poor blood sugar management practices and diet)?
>
> Not really, because if your islet cells have been
> destroyed by high blood sugar levels over time, it is
> still considered Type 2 although insulin is now
> required. But yes, there could still be a
> considerable amount of insulin resistance requiring
> higher levels of injected insulin. And yes, cutting
> back on the amount of sugar you put into the system
> would reduce the amoung of insulin required.
>
> The high carbohydrate diet recommended for diabetics
> is based on the standard anti-fat anti-protein diet
> gurus. Diabetics are prone to heart disease, fat
> causes heart disease, cut out the fat. Diabetics tend
> to get kidney disease, protein causes kidney disease,
> limit the protein. All carbohydrates do is raise the
> blood glucose, and we have drugs to bring it back
> down, so let's throw in plenty of carbs. And beside,
> you aren't going to get diabetics (or anyone else) to
> give up their bread, pasta, and cake, so we might as
> well figure out how to deal with the consequences.
>
> I guess there are two ways to balance the food intake
> and the insulin. One, you eat what you eat and adjust
> the insulin. Two, you inject a given amount of insulin
> and follow a strict diet in terms of carbs at each
> meal. So yes, if you follow a low carb diet it is
> possible to cut way back on the amount of insulin
> required, as as long as you can ignore the prophets of
> doom who keep telling you how bad for you protein and
> fat are.
>
> Some people with Type 1, where the islets are
> destroyed (nowadays most researchers believe this is
> an autoimmune process) actually still produce some
> insulin, but not enough. In that case, it is possible
> that on a low carb diet the insulin would be
> sufficient.
>
> Andrea
>
>
>
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