Drugs can be fantastic. They save lives no doubt. I’ve written probably over 100,000 prescriptions for drugs.

But for many of the drugs we use in diabetes, we don’t have long-term data on mortality and other medical complications from drug use. Just because a drug has been shown to lower blood sugar or hemoglobin A1c doesn’t mean it’s necessarily a good idea to take it for years or decades (insulin for type 1 diabetes is an exception). For example, the very first thiazolidinedione in the U.S. market – Rezulin – was taken off the market because it was causing too much liver failure.

If a safe and simple diet modification will help control blood sugars, why not do it?

-Steve

I’m hopeful that 10 years from now, low carb will be suggested instead of ridiculed.

-Steve

I was diagnosed with T2 about 4 years ago and prescribed 3 meds for T2, cholesterol and bp which over time caused all sorts of cumulative unpleasant side effects and after researching all I could about both the side effects and T2, came across info on low carb and dove in. I cut out all bread and pasta and even my much loved potatoes over a year ago. Yes, at first I experienced some constipation but that dissipated and now is not a problem at all. I found the “wake you up in the middle of the night” leg cramps disappeared completely after tapering off and quitting the cholesterol and bp meds and upping my magnesium and potassium intake. End result, I am now off all meds with the dr’s approval. My last A1C was 5.5 and my bp very good, even after a 5 day stint in the hospital for an appendectomy (with a less than low carb friendly menu).

Feeling so much healthier and a bit thinner (although weight loss was not my objective), taking a few supplements is a very small price to pay for the benefits, in my opinion.

-Steve

Yes, the current rates of overweight and obesity and diabetes are fueling, partially, a resurgence of low-carb eating.

-Steve