I found this sub after being treated deplorably by the “owner” of r/type2 diabetes . I was telling my story of being diagnosed with type2 as well as hypertension and obesity. With the help of IDM I’m no longer on any meds, my weight is close to normal (I need to lose about 10 or15# per dexascan) and my BP is normal. The highest a1c off meds was 5.1. For some reason there were a couple people on r/type2diabetes that went ballistic on me. Why are people so invested in wanting to stay diabetic. I was told that nobody knows what causes type2 (huh) and that it can’t be reversed and I was a “kook” who was spreading misinformation. One person said they were enraged by me–very hyperbolic even if they disagree. Somebody sent me a link about a pro athlete who developed type2 as “proof” that lifestyle choices are not the cause. No explanation would satisfy them. So what do you suggest? I feel other more open funded people could benefit from the info but I feel beaten down by the others who don’t believe or want to believe that proper dietary management is the key. Should I continue to engage with a person who makes his own rules for what can be discussed. By the way, the science cited was 9 years old and recommended insulin and sulfonamides as treatment for type2.
You put your diabetes into remission; that’s great! Who cares that some person on the internet wants to argue with you about it? No matter how much they tell you you’re wrong, that doesn’t make your A1C any different.
There’s a lot of conflicting information about diabetes treatment, and there appear to be multiple effective methods that are good to reverse diabetes that seem diametrically opposed to one another.
It always worries me to hear people give out or get advice that I know to be bad when it comes to diabetes, and I assume that the people on the other subreddit were feeling the same worry; we don’t want people getting bad advice and using that advice to make decisions that harm themselves, so we get aggressive.
I hope you keep your diabetes in remission for the rest of your life. Seriously, that’s a hell of an accomplishment!
I’d love to know more about your treatment and the practical experience you have had. I am currently reading an implementing Dr Fung’s ideas. It is always good to hear from folks who have lived experience.
It’s great that you have reversed your diabetes. Nice job! It’s an awesome achievement and has added years to your life, I’m sure.
I’m really curious to ask you (or anyone else who has done this long term) a question. I can see how the changes required to reverse diabetes (according to Dr Fung) will take away all the symptoms and improve health. I can see that they need to be long term changes, not like a diet that you start and stop (because the prior conditions will return if you return to your prior diet). My question is - once you reach this state of reversed diabetes, does your blood sugar response return to normal, that is, can you return to a state where a large glucose load (occasionally, obviously) will not raise blood sugars beyond that which would be seen in a person who was never diabetic?
I ask because a diet low in foods that cause an insulin response would give a nice number on the HbA1c test, which is an average marker for blood sugar. I wondered if insulin response eventually returns to a point where one would pass a glucose tolerance test, which is a large glucose load with blood sugar measured at intervals afterwards. I feel this could be where some might make a distinction between a ‘cure’ and ‘remission’, where they might see the ‘cure’ as being able to scarf a piece of cake with no dramatic spike in blood sugar and ‘remission’ as having good blood sugar control while sticking to low insulin response foods.