Reply #22: That won't work for Type 1 [View All]

[Avalon Sparks]

Type 1 diabetics generally cannot make insulin anymore. The beta cells in the pancreas are 'burned out' and can't make insulin. Diet and exercise and cinnamon isn't much help.

Eating low carb and exercise (especially weight lifting) can in most cases help those with type II diabetes. They are still making insulin (unless their beta cells burn out too). The bigger problem with most type II's is insulin resistance - meaning their bodies are resistant to the insulin they do make. Diabetes is progressive, but for Type II's the process may be slowed down a great deal with lifestyle changes. It's not really reversible because once your blood sugars get high enough to be in the abnormal range, there's already been years of damage to the overworked beta cells.