If you can Thomas, please keep us posted on your next A1c's because I am so curious about this after being so strict on what I eat, and not brave enough to try a few other foods. Even on my strict Keto, I still can't get my HbA1c down below 6.0, and that's 2 years worth of A1c's.
Here's where I'm reminded of BIG Pharma and how much money they'd be out if we found a cure (atleast remissions) in diabetes without the Metformin
There are a number of "diabetic tests", several of which are seldom used, sometimes measuring the way glucose attaches to protein which is what causes many of the problems associated with diabetes. There is something called "glycosylated or glycated albumin" which is similar to the A1c but measures a shorter interval (2 weeks I think, but don't hold me to that). The GA is considered a bit more accurate than the HA1c, but has been seldom used in my experience. I don't want to make this too complicated as little would be gained, but you can search for the terms yourself if you are interested. Unfortunately for you, all the good glucose tests involve blood collection in some way.
@Denise Happyfeet you could try taking alpha lipoic acid to help with the A1c. It is claimed to reduce the attachment of glucose to protein, which is what the A1c measures. You can find it in local stores or on Amazon. You could start with 600 mg twice a day and go up to 1200 twice a day if you get no improvement. It works for many to lower both the A1c and the glucose levels in many people.
I have some of that I think. I'll read about it again as it was recommended for some other issues I can't remember now but may still have, Thank you Don PS I think PubMed might have some info on ALA too yes I still have it but I wish I'd gotten capsules ;( Oops, too small but it's Source Naturals. Hope that's a good one
Yeah, we’ve been having a really hard time with it. One big reason is he developed epilepsy about 6 years ago. Phenobarbital took care of it but he was on a tight regimen, every 12 hours, plus or minus 15 minutes. So for 6 years, we lived our lives around Bryer’s pill time. He could be anywhere in the house and all I would have to do is say, “Bryer, it’s pill time.” He would immediately saunter down to the front room and jump up on the bed. He knew he was going to get a pill but he also knew he was going to get at least 5 minutes of full body massage and a chicken treat. We did that, twice a day for 6 year, like clockwork. Needless to say we have this weird hole in our daily lives. Touching was always on his terms but he was always around, didn’t sleep much. We miss him terribly. I think this picture kind of sums him up.
Oh he had those ears with the extra tip on them! I can still cry so easy over the loss of my first (very own from puppie) little dog Toney. Had her 15 years and very fortunate on her health.
I'ce been drinking this Diabetic Boost now and then and it seems to lower my sugar. For those who can drink wine, it really works good too.
This book on reversing diabetes naturally , by Dr. Neal Barnard, is usually about $15, and is on sale right now for $1.99 on Amazon. Be sure to check if it is still on sale before purchasing, since these sales usually only last 1-2 days and then back to full price. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075DNLCGB?tag=bg-u00-20
Since this seems to be the most active thread about diabetes, I'll post this here. I received an email from Steve Kirsch regarding a potential diabetes treatment. Spoiler: Kirsch Background Info If You Don't Know Who He Is Wiki says: He has started several companies and was one of two people who independently invented the first version of the optical mouse. Kirsch has been both a philanthropic supporter of medical research, and a promoter of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. He is an MIT grad. We can each decide how "misinformation" is defined regarding Covid-19 and the vax. Kirsch founded a group called Vaccine Safety Research Foundation (VSRF) and blogs under its name, mostly Vax and Covid stuff. Peter McCullough (the cardiologist) is on the board of VSRF. The VSRF blog is how most people know of Kirsch. He also has a family foundation that focuses on (and funds) medical research. So here's the info I received regarding diabetes. Kirsch clams that Ron Evans at the Salk Institute has created "artificial islet" cells that can eradicate type I and type II diabetes permanently with one injection. Purportedly, the “artificial islet” cell can be injected into the body in a one time operation to supplement/replace the beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin in response to an increase in blood sugar. They know how to “cloak it” so the body doesn’t reject it. They don’t inject it into the pancreas because that’s too risky, but the islet cells can be injected in other organs. Again, this has [purportedly] been tested in animals and it works, and [purportedly] Evan’s work was approved for an NIH grant, but the money was never paid out due to lack of funding from Congress. (Insert Big Pharma conspiracy theory here.) Here is a Feb 2022 article about the technology (link). The link is an AMiner grab of a paid subscriber article from Nature Biotechnology. Spoiler: Info About AMiner AMiner searches and performs data mining operations against academic publications on the Internet, using social network analysis to identify connections between researchers, conferences, and publications. AMiner is discussed on Wiki and is owned by Tsinghua University in Haidian, Beijing. The site did not set off any Malwarebytes alarms. I wondered if anyone has heard of this, or if it is just more theoretical mRNA background noise. And I wanted to put it on the radar screen of anyone who may be interested in case there's validity to it.
I have never heard of it, but the cloaking technology used with mRNA technology is what caused many of the problems encountered from the Covid vaccine. At least it would provide support for diabetes 1 patients (if the body didn't develop antibodies against the new islet cells, which is what causes real type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetics still have islet cells but the body has developed a tolerance for the insulin produced (insulin resistance) so it doesn't respond to insulin normally.
I still believe that there may very well be "cures" out there for many diseases . Heart, cancers, diabetes etc. But these are all [not only] diseases but industries as well. If they are cured, even placed in deep remission, just imagine the amount of jobs that would be lost. Not to mention the amount of money lost due to a reduction in investments and such. .......... jmo