Adult onset Diabetes, Type II diabetes, patients have normally elevated insulin levels, but standard treatment is to give massive doses of exogenous insulin. Dr . Neal Bernard has performed university grade studies and concluded that type II diabetes is nothing more than excess fats in the diet blocking the mitochondria of the cell. (http://nealbarnard.org). Have you ever seen a skinny Type II diabetic? i spent about an hour and a half at the local hospital listening to a guru in diabetes from the U of Miami explain how he would treat a newly diagnosed diabetic. in his protocol, he would use 3-4 types of insulin and in 3 yrs could have the patient with a normal hgbA1c. Dr. Bernard says that on a restricted diet, the patient can have normal fasting sugars in one month. indeed a 56yo friend of mine called from upstate NY and said he had been diagnosed with a 300 blood sugar. i told him of dr. bernards findings and he called one month later and said he had a normal blood sugar. Great!, But 3 yrs later he visited us and was easily 100 pounds over weight and on phenformin. he cooked for us an evening meal. he made aluminum foil boats and cooked every thing in olive oil. But i digress. the American Diabetes Association (ADA) diet is bizarre. each meal consists of protein, starch(sugar) and enough fat to block the mitochondria, further complicating the patients attempts to correct himself. i spoke after the lecture with the diabetes teaching nurse. her required record keeping was unbelievably complex. what size dog do you walk? how fast do you walk? i asked her if her patients did this. she said yes. i consider diabetics to be among the least reliable patients. But i digress.
the answer to type II diabetes seems clear. cut out the oils and fats and be done with diabetes. respectfully, norman sudduth md.