Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

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by Sonny Berry

Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

Abstract

100% of Type 1 diabetics and 30% of Type 2 diabetics require daily insulin injections. Treatment focuses on managing blood sugar levels, diet and lifestyle to prevent complications. The author outlines a novel dual diagnosis treatment to (1) reduce the number of daily insulin shots and (2) reprogram the host defense to reverse the autoreactive response in the body’s adaptive immune system.

1.????Introduction

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine. Type 1 typically appears in adolescence but there is growing incidence in adults. Presently there is no cure for Type 1 diabetes. Insulin is made by your pancreas, a vital organ with two important roles – helping the body digest food and making hormones that control blood sugar levels.?People with Type 1 diabetes must inject insulin four to five times per day.?

Present treatment focuses on managing blood sugar levels with insulin, diet and lifestyle to prevent complications. Western medicines allopathic diagnose and prescribe drugs approach hasn’t cured a disease since polio.?As a result, Type 1 diabetics′ quality of life is greatly diminished for a lifetime.?

2.????Autoimmunity

Type 1 diabetes is an organ-specific autoimmune disease caused by the autoimmune response against pancreatic β cells.?At the onset of the autoimmune disease the adaptive immune system becomes over stimulated and begins to attack itself.

T cells protect against pathogens and are strongly activated by certain bacteria. Certain pathogens have developed escape mechanisms against killer T cells. Microbial super agents manipulate T cells causing a cytokine storm that disrupts the body's host defense. The adaptive immune response becomes over active to a point where the adaptive immune system over rides the innate immune system and the body begins to attack itself. Once killer T cells destroy 80% of beta cells the beta cells can no longer produce insulin.?

3.????A Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

Looking beyond traditional modalities, the author provides a new dual treatment aimed at a cure or significant improvement of Type 1 diabetes by addressing the two root causes – (A) metabolizing carbohydrates and (B) autoimmunity.

A.????Altered metabolism of glucose?

The greater the volume of carbohydrates in a diabetic′s diet the greater the insulin needed to metabolize glucose to control blood sugar levels. The American Diabetes Association Diet Guidelines recommend a balanced diet of healthy foods while avoiding sugary drinks and highly processed foods, i.e. the standard Western Diet.?This is okay for management but not for an improvement.

The author recommends a diet consisting of 60–70% healthy fats, particularly Omega 3 and 9 polyunsaturated fats, 30–40% healthy proteins and low or no (0–10%) carbohydrates.??

Example:

65% Healthy fats – Avocados, butter, ghee, nuts, cheese, seeds, olive oil, coconut oil, MCT oil, flaxseed oil

30% Protein – Meat, oily fish like sardines and mackerel, tuna, salmon, whole eggs

?5% Carbs – leafy green vegetables like kale, spinach and broccoli, olives, almonds, pecans, macadamia, chia seeds, walnuts.?High water content vegetables like lettuce, celery.

Avoid: Gluten, processed foods, soft drinks including diet sodas, fruit juices, beans and lentils, grains, rice, pasta, alcohol.

Limit: Saturated fats

Drink: Three liters of purified water per day minimum

So how does your body get energy? Ketogenesis takes fatty acids from stored?fat?and dietary?fat?and?converts?them into?ketones. By converting fats to ketones your body will provide you energy without the need of glucose, fueling cells in your brain and muscles.?Hence, the less glucose you ingest, the less insulin your body needs to metabolize glucose and control blood sugar levels.

This diet is keto–friendly but much more restrictive with emphasis on healthy fats and leaf greens and no alcohol. The result will be less need for insulin injections over time with the goal of reducing your insulin intake by 50%.

B.????Reversing autoimmune disease

The objective is to restore the innate immune system as the primary host defense. By activating the patient’s innate immune response, over time the innate immune system will restore the adaptive immune system, away from its present hyperactive state, to its normal role as secondary host defense.?

Immunomodulators are?molecules that act on the pathways that regulate the immune system’s activity in a therapeutically, safe manner without prescription drugs. Fatty acids are an example of immunomodulators in the food you eat.?In the U.S. there is a substantial over consumption of Omega 6 fatty acids.?The imbalance causes inflammation.?Omega 3′s and 9′s are anti– inflammatory.

Along with a healthy diet rich in Omega 3′s and 9′s the author recommends beta glucans.?Not the beta glucans in oats that helps to lower cholesterol, specifically long chain β-1,3/1,6 glucans found in medicinal mushroom extracts and Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast.

Examples of β-1,3/1,6 glucan immunomodulators: S. cerevisiae yeast, reishi mushrooms, chaga mushrooms, cordyceps mushrooms, turkey tail mushrooms.

Note simply eating mushrooms is not sufficient or buying mediocre extracts to modulate the immune system.?The extract should contain at least 30% β-1,3/1,6 glucans.?These are specialty strains the author regards as medical grade immunomodulators.?

Example of a potent Immunomodulator blend:

250mg daily Reishi mushroom extract 30% beta glucans

250mg daily Turkey Tail mushroom extract 30% beta glucans

250mg daily Chaga mushroom extract 30% beta glucans

250mg daily S. cerevisiae yeast extract 30% beta glucans

4.????Conclusion

The purpose is to increase the quality of life of Type 1 Diabetic patients.?Simply managing a chronic disease that can only get worse is not acceptable.

Why not better??With the goal of reducing the incidence of insulin shots by 50% by diet alone is feasible.?How??Drastically reduce carb intake, taking the pressure off your pancreas by ingesting less carbohydrates to metabolize.?Healthy fats can be converted to energy.

The ultimate goal is to reverse Type 1 diabetes.?That can only be done by repairing the host defense, specifically the adaptive immune system. A daily regime of immunomodulators can boost the body s innate immune system which will in turn restore the adaptive immune system from its hyperactive state.?

5.????Disclaimer

The author has no financial conflict of interests, product sales biases or physician/industry relationships.

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