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I speak from the point of view of a T1..some of these preceeding posts almost hint that if I really wanted to, I wouldn't need any shots !! What rot !!
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Eevee, I don't think anyone here is suggesting anything of the sort. If you read what I posted above you'll see that in no way am I suggesting that everyone should try to get off of insulin:
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Insulin is wonderful! It helps many people control their blood sugars who otherwise would not be able to and thus die at a far younger age.
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There IS a huge difference in the treatment approach between an type 1 and a type 2 diabetic, whether that type 1 is adult onset or not but many of us here are speaking from the perspective of a type 2, who even Dr. Bernstein maintains the majority of should not need insulin to control their blood sugars (note here he does not maintain that ALL type 2s can get off insulin, only that it's possible for the majority). The need for insulin in a type 1 diabetic, however, is an
absolute necessity. If it were beneficial for a type 2 to remain on insulin when they can control their blood sugars with diet alone or diet and oral antihyperglycemics I don't think that Dr. Bernstein would be trying and encouraging them to try to get off it.
Do I think that needing insulin to control your blood sugars is a horrible failure and the end of the world?
No! But if a type 2 can control their blood sugars without it, I honestly believe (and it seems Dr. Bernstein agrees with me) that their bodies are better off for it and that they should attempt to do so. It saddens me to see such a cavalier attitude towards insulin among many type 2 diabetics because they see it as a free license to eat whatever they please and cover it with insulin injections and this is a notion that has been further encouraged by publications from the ADA. This is the "freedom" that many type 2s refer to when it comes to the freedom that insulin useage affords them which is quite different from the freedom that insulin useage affords a type 1.
Once again, if you need insulin injections to control your blood sugar even with a carb controlled diet by all means use it! However, if someone is considering insulin injections as a means by which they can eat more carbs (ie desserts, sugar, etc...), I very much discourage that idea because it is not doing their body any favors.