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originally posted by: PeterMcFly
a reply to: InFriNiTee
I know this is an old thread but just found some reading that may be of interest to you: Bringing Light to the Dark Side of Insulin
Regards
should have been fixed for many years by now.
originally posted by: InFriNiTee
There was another study by a Dr. Michael Salter in the Toronto Hospital For Sick Children that cured diabetes in mice in 2006. It involved injecting capsacin (the concentrated "hot" part of peppers) directly into the pancreas. What happened in that study is that he theorized that the reaction caused by the capsacin would counteract the inflammation that was already occuring in the pancreas by causing production of a substance he called Substance-P. He said that substance-p is a pain signal that would counteract the inflammation signals that were already occuring in the pancreas' of both type 1 and type 2 diabetics. The only problem with the study is that in type 1 diabetic mice, the diabetes would return in 4 months.
I have even thought of the medical procedure that would allow Dr. Salter's work to be tested on humans. It would require an endoscope injector with lighting for gastointestinal procedures that has a needle long enough to poke through the stomach and into the pancreas, and then for the capsacin to be injected. The needle would have to be large enough for the capsacin to get through, yet small enough that the stomach could heal after the procedure. I am sure that it would be painful, but it would be worth it to lots of people like me. The only problem with that is that is that you have to be a "qualified professional" in order to get access to all of the required equipment.
The only other thing I know of is pancreas transplants that require deadly immune suppressor drugs.
Is there way to get it cured? I KNOW there has got to be a way. I have searched for years, and Dr. Salter's method is the best thing I have come up with. The only problem with that is that it would be highly illegal, because it is not approved by the FDA, NIH, NHS, etc. Any ideas are welcome!
originally posted by: Son of Will
I understand that type-1s are unable to produce insulin in the first place, but the posters recommending a healthy vegan diet with no processed food are probably on to something. A very-low-fat diet allows your cells to get glucose with less insulin, which I imagine is great for either type. And the massive amounts of vitamins and minerals will optimize every other physiological aspect of your body.
Type-2 can be totally reversed with that approach. So it seems that for type-1s, it is probably the best approach too, although of course it won't stop the need for insulin. But it might improve standard of living, and require less insulin for the same effect.
Interview with longterm type-1 vegan
I'm no doctor, so obviously don't make any changes without expert advice. Best of luck.
originally posted by: dollukka
I believe Halle Berry has MODY diabetes, its one of the subcategory and it is due mutation. She has not been cured from type 1.
In diabetes research there has been very common to seek "cure" in methods how to protect beta cells from being attacked but hardly no research what triggers tcells to attack. In marketing view protecting cells and continuing somekind of medical use is more benefical than curing the disease all together.
They should find the reason why immune system thinks that beta cells are the enemy and how to turn that trigger off. As you mentioned it is proven that pancreas do produce insulin producing beta cells all the time but is being attacked by Tcells.
It is not pancreas which is sick, its the immune system which is.
originally posted by: ladyinwaiting
Sweetie, if there was a cure for Type I diabetes, someone would get very rich, very fast.
I wish there was. It's such a pain in the butt to have. My BFF has it. : (
The answer seems to be always the same Dairy Dairy Dairy.
originally posted by: PeterMcFly
a reply to: anonentity
The answer seems to be always the same Dairy Dairy Dairy.
I often hear these theories about dairy product being not good at all for human. However my studies in anthropology have taught me that human have evolved during a long time and adapted to use of dairy products. A much longer time of adaptation than the relatively recent "adaptation" to carb diet. For a long time, and there are some tribes left as of today, human have been herdsman. Take the Maasai people for example, they seem of very good health.