Hey you guys, as a reference tool and good old chuckle, try and check out William Leith's book "The Hungry Years: Confessions of a Food Addict" Its really funny, he meets Atkins and talks a lot about the history of dieting and how carbs have affected us as a race. xx
Martha,
I think that the implications of this study go beyond preventing future cases of type 1 diabetes (which, in and of itself would be wonderful). I believe that it will also push research further toward addressing the underlying autoimmune response that CAUSES the disease, rather than attempting to address its defining symptom (i.e., by replacing lost islet cells). I have found it irksome that there is so much focus on islet cell transplants, which essentially put new cells in a diabetic body . A body that will have to suffer the ravaging affects of immunosuppressants and/or eventually lose those new islets to yet another attack from activated white blood cells.
However, when I see the article you've posted here, coupled with everything I've read about what Denise Faustman has been able to achieve in her studies with mice at Mass General-- not only stopping the autoimmune attack in the pancreas, but retraining the body so that it will not regroup and attack islet cells again, thus setting the stage for beta cell regeneration,-- I cannot help but feel optimistic that a real CURE for our children will be found.
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