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"Those dealing with type 1 diabetes treat it with insulin therapy, meal planning (carbohydrates need to be carefully balanced), regular exercise (because activity lowers the amount of sugar in the blood), and careful monitoring of overall health. This last because diabetes alters the body's immune system and decreases the body's ability to fight infection. Foot injuries in particular have to be watched, since diabetes causes damage to the blood vessels and nerves that can decrease a person's ability to sense trauma to or pressure on the foot." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"You have type 1 diabetes, and without insulin therapy, you will soon die. Type I diabetes usually starts in childhood or young adulthood. Your blood sugar (glucose) will escalate, but the glucose will not be able to enter the cells of most of your organs without insulin. Those cells will go to extremes in the attempt to utilize alternative energy sources, and you will be worse off as a result. If you are to survive with type 1 diabetes, you must inject yourself with insulin from the onset of your illness." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.) "If we exclude people on insulin therapy, or people who have had gastric surgery, hypoglycemia is very, very rare. It is a presenting feature of a pancreatic tumor that secretes insulin. It can occur four to five hours after a meal, but that is an extraordinarily rare event usually presaging full-blown diabetes. An enormous amount of our endocrine system is committed to making sure we don't suffer hypoglycemia, even if we nearly starve to death." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.) "The classic study contrasting diet, insulin therapy, and a first-generation oral hypoglycemic in the management of type 2 diabetes was published by the University Group Diabetes Program (ugdp) (1976). This was a study where the oral hypoglycemic was associated with more deaths than the alternatives. The vaunted uk Prospective Diabetes Study (ukpds) Group paper was published in Lancet (1998). Stratton et al. (2000) published the secondary analysis, observing a relationship between exposure to hyperglycemia and important clinical outcomes." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.) "The intensive group was further randomized to receive insulin therapy, a first-generation hypoglycemic agent, or a second-generation hypoglycemic agent. Patients were followed an average of ten years. The study closed in September 1997. These were not naive investigators. To the contrary, they were prepared to apply all that biostatistics could offer to challenges such as crossover, dropout, missing data, noncompliance, and treatment failure. Some of the findings are strikingly disconcerting: it is clear that the intensive therapies caused weight gain." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Even so, intensive insulin therapy did not prevent the occurrence of DR in all individuals and was often associated with increased bouts of hypoglycemia [245, 246]. Other risk factors for DR are duration of diabetes [248], hypertension [249], and elevated serum cholesterol or triglycerides [250-252]. Because DR is not 100% preventable or curable [253], there is still a need to continue to investigate possible preventive measures for its incidence and progression. Nutrition may also have a significant affect on DR, and its role has been relatively unexplored (summarized in Table 3)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"In 1933, the psychiatrist Manfred Sakel of Vienna famously induced hypoglycemia in patients via the injection of insulin, thereby putting his patients into an insulin coma. insulin therapy, as it was known, was considered state-of-the art treatment and written up in textbooks. One commentator wrote in 1939: "every self-respecting go-ahead hospital had its insulin unit."12 Not to mention the lobotomy, which was invented by the Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz on November 12, 1935, when he performed the first what he called a "leucotomy," or "white cut." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"For diabetics using insulin, the use of insulin therapy causes the loss of potassium. High potassium reduces the risk of heart disease, and lowers high blood pressure. A number of studies indicate that groups with relatively high dietary potassium intakes have lower blood pressures than comparable groups with relatively low potassium intakes.153 Data on more than 17,000 adults who participated in the Third National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES III) indicated that higher dietary potassium intakes were associated with significantly lower blood pressures." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Results from the Finnish Multicenter insulin therapy Study, in which 100 insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients were followed for 12 months, showed that good glycemic control started to deteriorate after 3 months and more so in the obese subjects, the latter being attributed to their greater insulin resistance. Glycemic control was best achieved in the nonobese subjects whether with insulin alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents. However, the combination therapy was associated with less weight gain [181]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Remember that for optimal management of plasma glucose, people with type 2 diabetes may require insulin therapy. Nutrition issues for people with gestational diabetes are discussed in Chapter 33 in this volume. Throughout the discussion of energy and nutrient intake, the focus is to achieve the goals of medical nutrition therapy of persons with diabetes." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Maternal glycemic criteria for insulin therapy in gestational diabetes. Diabetes Care 21, S91-S98. 62. Gabbe, S. G., and Graves, C. R. (2003). Management of diabetes mellitus complicating pregnancy. Obstet. Gynecol 102, 857-868. 63. Jones, M. W., and Stone, L. C. (1998). Management of the women with gestational diabetes mellitus. J. Perinat. Neonat. Nurs. 11, 13-24. 64. Jovanic, L. (2004). Achieving euglycaemia in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: Current options for screening, diagnosis and treatment. Drugs 64, 1401-1417. 65. Chamit, S., Denise, T., and Moore, T. (2004)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Mayfield JA, White RD. insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes: Rescue, augmentation and replacement of beta-cell function. Am Fam Physician 2004; 70:E489-500. Miyata T et al. Angiotensin II receptor antagonists and angio-tensin-converting enzyme inhibitors lower in vitro the formation of advanced glycation end products: Biochemical mechanisms. / Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13:2478-87. Nangaku M et al. Anti-hypertensive agents inhibit in vivo the formation of advanced glycation end producrs and improve renal damage in a type 2 diabetic nephropathy rat model. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003; 14:1212-22." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Conventional insulin therapy involves administering crystalline insulin, usually a mixture of rapid- and intermediate-acting insulin, once or twice daily. This method is being replaced by intensified insulin therapy where the insulin is given in increasingly sophisticated and complex regimens. Increasing evidence is demonstrating that intensified insulin therapy significantly reduces the development of the chronic complications of diabetes (discussed below)." - Michael T. Murray, ND, Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 (Get the book.)

"Conventional insulin therapy involves administering crystalline insulin (usually a mixture of rapid- and intermediate-acting insulin) once or twice daily. This method is being replaced by intensified insulin therapy, in which the insulin is given in increasingly sophisticated and complex regimens. Growing evidence is demonstrating that intensified insulin therapy significantly reduces the development of the chronic complications of diabetes (see Complications of Diabetes, later in this chapter)." - Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition (Get the book.)

"In one human study, 7 insulin-dependent diabetics were removed from insulin therapy and treated with biotin (16 mg per day) or a placebo for 1 week. Fasting blood-glucose levels rose significantly in patients given the placebo, but decreased significantly in those treated with biotin.10 In another study, serum biotin levels were significantly lower in 43 patients with non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes than in healthy individuals. Eighteen diabetics were given 9 mg of biotin per day for 1 month, along with an antibiotic that prevents biotin from being degraded by intestinal bacteria." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.)

"This method is being replaced by intensified insulin therapy where the insulin is given in increasingly sophisticated and complex regimens. Increasing evidence is demonstrating that intensified insulin therapy significantly reduces the development of the chronic complications of diabetes (discussed below).23 Intensified insulin therapy is designed to mimic as closely as possible the continuous variations in plasma insulin levels produced by a healthy pancreas." - Michael T. Murray, ND, Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 (Get the book.)

"Both medical journals and the lay press declared insulin therapy a wonder cure. I have witnessed the results of low blood sugar in my diabetic wife many times. On one occasion she was at the kitchen sink when she suddenly froze. She was trying to pour a glass of orange juice to counteract her dropping blood sugar but dropped the glass in her hands and lost awareness. Fortunately I was nearby and was able to cany her to the living room before she fell to the floor. In that condition she cannot speak or show any evidence that she is aware of the present circumstances." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.) "It has been suggested that at least 50-100 times as much attention and care had to be given insulin therapy patients compared with those not receiving insulin.33 By definition, putting patients into a coma was dangerous. Vital signs had to be closely monitored. If breathing became too shallow or the heartbeat too slow, they would have to be given glucose quickly or death might result. During the 1930s another shock treatment was developed which was much less time intensive. The treatment used metrazol, a synthetic form of camphor. Camphor is obtained from the camphor tree." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"A controlled trial found no beneficial effect of niacinamide supplementation (700 mg three times per day in addition to intensive insulin therapy) on pancreatic function and glucose tolerance in people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.209 Some,210 but not all,211 teports suggest that healthy children at high risk for type 1 diabetes (such as the healthy siblings of children with type 1 diabetes) may be protected from the disease by supplementing with niacinamide." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"However, another shock therapy, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is more likely to be in their knowledge base. Insulin therapy's convulsions were believed to be so effective in restoring good mental health that any means of inducing convulsions was likely to be explored. An Italian neuropathologist and psychiatrist, Ugo Cerletti, is generally credited with the development of electroconvulsive therapy.46 Cerletti and his assistant, Lucio Bini, experimented with dogs to determine the voltage needed to induce convulsions." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"Aventis Pharmaceuticals, in a press release for the new product Lantus, stated: Safety Information: Human insulin therapy may be associated with hypoglycemia, worsening of diabetic retinopathy [non-inflammatory disorders of the retina], lipodystrophy [changes in fat metabolism], skin reactions (such as injection site reaction, pruritus [itching], and rash) allergic reactions, sodium retention, and edema [swelling due to fluid accumulation]." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.) "Hypoglycemia (typically characterized by a blood-glucose level below 60 mg/dL) is the major adverse effect of insulin therapy. [It] is by far the most serious and common adverse reaction to the administration of insulin, and can results in substantial morbidity and even death. Insulin-induced hypoglycemia is experienced at some time by virtually all Type 1 diabetics and is reported (my emphasis) to account for about 3 to 7% of deaths in patients with Type 1 diabetes." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.) "Aventis, a much smaller insulin producer, indicated in a press release that human insulin therapy could be associated with lipodystrophy, other reactions (such as injection site reactions, pruritis, and rash), allergic reaction, sodium retention, and edema. Comparison of Insulins In summary, an application to include Semilente Insulin into the Model List of Essential Medicines (18.5) presented by Teuscher, Maurer, Hirst and Lorenz, offers a list of safety comparisons:28 1." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.) "In Clinical Diabetes (2001)12 he reported that at a meeting of over 100 endocrinologists, fewer than ten admitted they had recent formal training in insulin therapy. He also stated that a 2-year fellowship program for a young endocrinologist did not include the treatment of a single diabetic patient. These kinds of reports indicate diabetics are often providing initial "real world, hands-on" experience/training for the doctor. Diabetes is the most mismanaged disease in the medical community. Do you see that the "practice of medicine" is truly no misnomer?" - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.)

"Even if you require insulin therapy, don't give up on weight loss, a healthful diet, supplements, and exercise. These measures are every bit as important to your health as they are to the person who is prediabetic, and you are much less likely to develop the devastating complications of diabetes. Don't believe for a minute that "it's OK to cheat, I'll just increase my insulin." Any responsible doctor will tell you that you'll be digging your own grave, one cookie at a time." - Hyla Cass, M.D., Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Growing evidence is demonstrating that intensified insulin therapy significantly reduces the development of the chronic complications of diabetes (see Complications of Diabetes, later in this chapter).23 Intensified insulin therapy is designed to mimic as closely as possible the continuous variations in plasma insulin levels produced by a healthy pancreas. Intensified insulin therapy requires either multiple daily injections (three to five injections per day) or the use of an "insulin pump" to administer a continuous supply of insulin." - Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition (Get the book.) "This method is being replaced by intensified insulin therapy, in which the insulin is given in increasingly sophisticated and complex regimens. Growing evidence is demonstrating that intensified insulin therapy significantly reduces the development of the chronic complications of diabetes (see Complications of Diabetes, later in this chapter).23 Intensified insulin therapy is designed to mimic as closely as possible the continuous variations in plasma insulin levels produced by a healthy pancreas." - Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition (Get the book.)

"Experiments with dogs found that those which died during insulin coma or were put to death after several "insulin therapy" treatments experienced a shrinkage of nerve cells, microscopic hemorrhages and general destruction of brain tissue.29 Sakel himself acknowledged that the mechanism by which the patient was "helped" was brain damage. He fearlessly described his insulin shock treatment as "a fine microscopic surgery to eliminate the cells diseased beyond repair."30 (Note that the assumption that "the cells are diseased" persists." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"Although the idea of checking blood sugar six times or more daily and giving four or more injections may sound bothersome, once a diabetic learns the fine art of intensive insulin therapy, it brings freedom and a much more normal lifestyle than before. Insulin pumps still require frequent blood glucose monitoring, but basal and bolus injections are taken care of by the pump (which is under the complete command of the diabetic)." - Michael T. Murray, Beat Diabetes Naturally: The Best Foods, Herbs, Supplements, and Lifestyle Strategies to Optimize Your Diabetes Care (Get the book.)

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