I, too, have found an alternative path. When I was recently diagnosed with diabetes, I was floored at the amount of "wrong" foods allowed on the diabetic diet. The meds (Metformin and Januvia) brought the blood sugar numbers down, but they were still higher than normal.
I went back on the South Beach Diet (developed by a cardiologist) and got significantly lower blood sugar numbers on it WITHOUT the diabetic medicines than I did with the "diabetic diet" and the diabetic medicines. I'm not quite back in the normal range yet, but I'm close.
I've now discovered that one ounce of coconut oil a day may improve the numbers even more, so I will be adding it to the diet and seeing what happens. See https://earthchanges.ning.com/xn/detail/6126809:Topic:394527.
What I think the deal is with the establishment medical treatment for diabetes is that it lets you eat the traditional Western diet, in smaller portions, spread throughout the day and uses the meds to keep one's blood sugar levels within reason. But by simply changing your diet to eating "right" carbs and "right" fats, in addition to lean proteins and low-starch vegetables and low-glycemic-index fruits (which is the basis of the South Beach Diet), it does a better job, without the medications.
For those with diabetes (type 2), this is definitely something to investigate for yourself, with the help of a holistic doctor because diabetes is nothing with which to screw. If you are successfully able to get off meds and control your diabetes by diet alone, then ensure your preps have appropriate foods in your food storage.
As for type 1, I am under the impression the pancreas just doesn't make enough insulin (or at all), which would not be remedied with diet alone. This is something you have to talk to your doctor about.
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Wow, that's the exact opposite of my experience. I had tons of energy and felt great. Did you exercise (just a 15-20 min. walk every day)? Phase 1 only lasts two weeks, did you make it to Phase 2?
I did read that homeopathy can help diabetes.
I might be wrong, but I recall that even type 1 diabetes can be made better or reversed with homeopathy treatment to strenghten the pancreas and the endocrine system. I've been on the south beach diet several times after I had my daughter. I could barely function on stage 1 of the south beach diet (similar to atkins) just not enough energy. Yes I did get some poundage off with the low carb diets however the phase 1 is the hardest on my body and left me in a brain fog (on phase 1).