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I've been living Paleo for a month an a half. I'm now down to a healthy weight for my height after losing 22 lbs. I feel great and have much more energy. Most i
by awolf 16y ago
I've been living Paleo for a month an a half. I'm now down to a healthy weight for my height after losing 22 lbs. I feel great and have much more energy. Most importantly, as a type 1 diabetic with remaining beta cell function, I am no longer dependent on insulin.
- jared314 16y agoWhat did you use to determine the healthy weight for your height?
- tomjen3 16y agoAre you sure about that? Type 1 diabetes means you shouldn't be able to produce insulin at all.
- awolf 16y agoNot so. Type 1 diabetes is simply classified as a chronic lifelong condition in which your body does not produce enough insulin for normal bodily function. This condition comes about when a persons immune system attacks the pancreas' insulin producing beta cells. Type 1 diabetes is different than type 2 diabetes which is where a person's body produces enough insulin but the rest of the cells in the body become resistant to the insulin. In my case I think are/were aspects of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes at play. Type 1 because while I had an auto immune response that destroyed permanently most of my beta cells, I was left with partial insulin production. Type 2 because I have been slightly insulin resistant for the past 10 years and therefore not getting the mileage out of the insulin I was to produce naturally.