Mother - refusing child insulin treatment for Type 1 Diabetes.

To start of this post I would like to thank Insulin nation they often have a large amount of interesting blog posts that keep us up to date with the latest stories, advances and advise. You will often see that I put a link in my posts to one of their stories that I believe is worth reading and that I wish to talk about further.

This post is shocking and down right abusive, it also makes us aware of how easily incorrect stories available on the internet can lead to people believing that there is natural cures for Type 1 Diabetes.

Here is the link to the article

Parent Refuses Insulin for Teen with Type 1

  http://goo.gl/A4r6a3

Lets be bold here and say the absolute truth that all of us reading this already know because with out this life saving invention none of us would be reading this article anyway:

There is only one treatment for Type 1 diabetes and that is daily insulin.

There is most certainly and at least not yet any way any other treatment.

 Treatment for type 1 diabetes is a lifelong commitment of monitoring blood sugar, taking insulin, maintaining a healthy weight, eating healthy foods and exercising regularly.  The aim is to maintain blood glucose within normal limits.  Tighter control of blood sugar levels can reduce the risk of diabetes-related health complications.

I decided to search the web to possibly see what these parents where seeing that could honestly make them believe there was any other treatment or even a cure for Type 1 Diabetes, I know the truth so it was a bit hard being suckered in to this:

This one sounded quite convincing - My first concern though was that it was on a website called Cancertutor so what makes these guys experts on Diabetes I really don't know. Their cure was the following :

First, use a special nutritional protocol to kill the microbes and parasites (e.g. pancreatic flukes) identified by the consultation.

Flukes are flatworm parasites not what I was told caused my diabetes.

Second, use electromedicine to re-energize the cells in the organs which were weakened by the microbes/parasites.

What is electromedicine ? could find lots of places selling certain devices but no down right definition something to do with sending electricity through your body. Bob Beck sells a Diabetes Zapper devise.

My Second thought is do us Type 1's identify that we are Type 1 early enough to re-energize our beta cells, my understanding was that the body saw the beta cells as bad guys and fought against them so they became useless (Talking like a 5 year old.) One of the problems we might encounter , if there was a way to replace Beta Cells in our bodies,is we might start the process again and reject these cells. This has actually been tested I quote from a more reliable source: "Over the past several years, doctors have attempted to cure diabetes by injecting patients with pancreatic islet cells—the cells of the pancreas that secrete insulin and other hormones. However, the requirement for steroid immunosuppressant therapy to prevent rejection of the cells increases the metabolic demand on insulin-producing cells and eventually they may exhaust their capacity to produce insulin."

So they are saying energize the cells even if that worked there is more chances than not that you will still fight these cells off in a vicious cycle.

 Lets look at it like a 5 year old again - The Beta Cells are like Anikin Skywalker a heroic Jedi Knight they then decide to cloak themselves in Black wear a mask and appear to have moved to the "Dark Side" So your body - "The Resistance" fights against them for the good of the body. Only to find out too late on the Beta Cells death bed  that they are actually "good"(Luke I am your Father) but the resistance does not believe them and they continue fighting. (I have had an over dose of Star wars lately, oh you can tell.)

This two-step process first gets rid of the “root cause” of the diabetes and then re-energizes the weakened cells so the immune system will again become fully functional.

I would not rush out and buy your Diabetes Zapper just yet.

Please use your common sense. There a hundreds of people claiming to have the cure or a better treatment. If you are too overwhelmed with the diagnosis and you common sense has taken a short vacation remember this.

THE ONLY TREATMENT FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES IS DAILY INSULIN TAKEN SUBCUTANEOUSLY (INTO THE FATTY LAYER BETWEEN THE SKIN AND MUSCLE)EITHER BY INJECTION OR INSULIN PUMP.

There are no tablets for Type 1 Diabetics, there is no herbal cure, and as we have seen Electromedicine can't help. (Tablets can help get better control,a herbal additive can help get better control,maybe even the Electromedicine has it's place but all are there just to help with control while taking a daily dose of INSULIN.

My best advice is go see an Endocrinologist do what he/she says and soon too you will be a believer that Insulin is the only way to go.

Thank you Dr. Frederick Banting your grand invention saved my life.

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Bye for now,

Kim