asktheholisticdoctor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Since you have no clinical experience, you have not seen patient after patient eat more protein and fat and NOT gain weight...it's the carbs, silly!. Follow a physician's advice....Why? Where did they get their nutritional education? Where did they learn about holistic therapies? Some have, but most still use the passe advice of drugs and low fat diets. Shame on you guys for perpetuating the condition and sentencing your patients to a lifetime of diabetes and eventual heart disease.

asktheholisticdoctor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You have so many misconceptions...where to begin? Simple and complex carbs both break down into the same glucose, only difference is complex does that more slowly. As a med student, I understand your confusion about patients not wanting basal insulin or other meds given to them. It fries your brain because you are steeped in the old mindset of drugs being the answer. The folks reading this are looking to get away from drugs, not use more. Re-read your textbooks...the brain dies without insulin.

purplehazygurl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Your advice helped alot, exactly what I'm looking for.

asktheholisticdoctor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Perhaps you should switch Med schools as you have wrong info. When the brain is deprived of insulin, it dies. Insulin has a major role in the brain. Increasing fat and protein does not on it's own...cause weight gain, especially when carbs are low. Please get back to us when your education is complete and you have a few years of treating patients from a more natural, holistic perspective. Your prejudice against DC's shows ignorance and is why doc's like me have a career as folks search the web.

civiczum (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

beneficial, if done properly. A diabetic who increases protein and fat in their diet must make sure that they exercise to avoid gaining excessive weight. Excessive weight gain will lead to insulin resistance, and that is a bad thing. Realize that intake of fat and protein need to be done in a manner to promote a healthy body weight and proper blood chemistry (cholesterol, etc.). Follow your PHYSICIAN'S advice regarding diet, not that of a DC on youtube.

civiczum (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

For the record, I am a Type 1 diabetic, as well as a medical student. Diabetics NEED to decrease/eliminate their intake of Simple carbohydrates, as contained in soda and candy. Complex carbs, though they eventually are metabolized to simple sugars, are easily handled by a basal insulin, such as the glargine suspension. It is also important to realize that the brain runs ONLY off of glucose, and doesn't need insulin to enter the cells. Increasing fat and protein in one's diet can be ...

miniheli (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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asktheholisticdoctor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Type 1 Diabetes is an insulin and diet issue. It has nothing to do with ionized/alkalinized water.

asktheholisticdoctor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Best explanation would be to Google that.

miniheli (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

How about kangen water. Ive heard many good things with diabetes and kangen water. Btw im a type 1 diabetic.