Serene Vannoy wrote:
> BlueBrooke wrote:
>
>> You don't "reverse" diabetes. You control it.
>
> Tell that to Dr. Barnard:
>
> http://www.pcrm.org/health/diabetes/

When it comes to the so-called "Physicians" Committee for so-called
"Responsible" Medicine it's important to be extremely careful. They
think nothing of lying to promote their vegan and vegitarian eating
plans. Look up what they claimed about Dr Robert Atkins and the
circumstances around his death. It puts the rest of their material in
doubt. Dishonesty does that.

To the extent that his plan works it's a shame that the material is
associated with the committee. Some people tolerate low fat meat free
foods without hunger. For many such a diet triggers endless nagging
irresistable hunger. It's a good plan to try such a plan and see if you
can tolerate it. If you can continue it. If you can't go the low carb
route.

> Note that I said "reverse", not "cure", which is what I assume you're
> taking issue with. My partner's numbers are all non-diabetic now; his
> insulin doesn't react the way it did before; he is completely free of
> medication, and can eat what he wants because mostly, he eats his
> good-carb diet and gets lots of exercise. He may not be cured, but it's
> as good as it gets, if you ask me.

Reversability depends on amount of damage before going on one of the
workable plans. Is a cure no medication plus no symptoms, or is a cure
no medication plus no symptoms plus you can go back to eating the poison
that caused the symptoms in the first place? That depends entirely if
you accept that eating specific foods in the past triggered the illness
and if you're willing to call them poisons, versus calling the original
food normal.

If the problem is caught at the insulin resistance phase then carefully
controlled slow carb food, or carefully controlled low carb food can
both work to remove the cause of the insulin problems and the body can
heal to some extent. If the problem is caught later neither diet system
ends up sufficient.