Can diabetes be controlled by diet?

Answer 1

Type 2 diabetes can be controlled by diet and exercise. You must get your weight down to a healthy level to do this.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

A type 1 diabetic is on insulin because the pancreas does not produce insulin anymore. The pancreas still works producing other necessary hormones, just not insulin. However a type 2 diabetic may be able to control by diet alone, sometimes they will need oral meds, or possibly insulin. However once diabetic always diabetic. And not all type 2's will go on pills or insulin, it just depends on the control you have.

Answer 5

It depends on the severity and type of Diabetes. Diabetes I can never be controlled by diet alone because the pancreas does not work at all and most likely will never function again. Whereas, Diabetes II can be controlled by diet if your symptoms are light enough that your doctor would recommend not taking medication.

Answer 6

It depends. Many type 1 diabetics produce none of their own insulin at all, so they need insulin to live. But some type 2s can get along with just diet and exercise (exercise is also very important).

There are oral meds (pills) that can really help type 2s, but I think many, perhaps most, type 2s could control their blood glucose with diet and exercise alone. I take metformin, which helps considerably, but I still have to be careful what I eat, and to get some exercise several times a week.

Answer 7

Yes type 2 diabetes can be controlled by diet alone. High blood sugars, over 100 are damaging to your limited number of beta cells you were born with in your pancreas, which you must have to produce insulin. So, the simple solution to controlling your blood sugars is to decrease your carbohydrate intake and increase your fat intake. Prior to changing my diet my A1c averaged about 6.0. I have been on a high fat, low carbohydrate diet now for 21 months. My average A1c is about 5.2 I continue to take the same 2 500mg metformin in the am and 1 500mg metformin in the pm. When I started my new diet I also stopped taking my cholesterol medication Crestor because of the pain it was causing me in my joints. I met with Dr Richard Bernstein who is 82 years old (probably the only type 1 diabetic in America who has been on insulin for over 70 years) and diagnosed as a Type 1 diabetic at age 12. He has been on insulin ever since. He recommended I eat 35 grams of carbohydrates per day and about 150 grams of protein. He said I could eat as much fat as I wanted. I have been pretty good at following his recommendation. I lost some weight however that wasn t a goal of mine. I wouldn t do this to lose weight. I love carbohydrates so it is a tough diet for me. I only do it for the incredible health benefits I have received and continue to receive. I am never hungry on this diet but I always want candy bars, hot fudge sundaes, potatoes, bread etc. All my fasting lipids tests cholesterol etc are now in normal ranges. I am 67 and exercise about 3 days per week. On a daily basis I eat about 3000+ calories.

Answer 8

Type 2 diabetics in the early part of their disease can usually control their disease with diet and exercise. Eventually it will come to the point of needing medication to help your body to utilize the glucose. But there are many people who have controlled it with diet and exercise for years.

Answer 9

Many people who are diagnosed with "bordeline type II" or "adult-onset diabetes" are able to control their blood sugars with diet alone. Some of these people are only "temporary" diabetics as well -- once they get their weight and exercise balance under control they may eradiacte the problem altogether.

Type I, or juvenile onset, diabetes cannot be controlled by diet alone.

Answer 10

usually if you are a new diabetic,you can be controlled by diet. As you continue with the diabetes,you will probably graduate to pills,then eventually to insulin. Diet is still very important even with pills and insulin.