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Ellen Davis, Keith Runyan-The Ketogenic Diet For Type 1 Diabetes-Gutsy Badger Publ. (2017) by kottakitta is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Before the invention of insulin, type 1 diabetic (T1D) patients were advised to avoid sugar and starch (carbohydrate) and to eat a very low carb, ketogenic diet to control blood sugar. In contrast, modern advice is to eat carbohydrates and treat the resulting high blood sugar with large doses of insulin. This “eat carb and take more insulin” method increases the cost of diabetic care and does nothing to protect the patient from symptoms and complications. Worse, it exposes T1D patients to the re

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