Dr Fung's article [1] is a good complement to this one and explains how the market for insulin has been deliberately increased. As other commentators mentioned,

Dr Fung's article [1] is a good complement to this one and explains how the market for insulin has been deliberately increased. As other commentators mentioned, once you can have carbs with insulin, why bother changing and looking for an alternative? Dr Fung treats patients with fasting protocols, where compliance is harder, but costs lower. FTA I just learned that Dr Banting is famous for both insulin and the original (proto) Atkins diet. [1] https://medium.com/@drjasonfung/the-diabetes-payroll-291649d0e0d2 https://medium.com/@drjasonfung/the-diabetes-payroll-291649d...