Medical Disclaimer: If you are on diabetes medication, insulin, or oral hypoglycemics, please do not attempt to come off medication without medical supervision, for the raw food approach or any other approach. If you are not on any diabetic medication, oral hypoglycemics, or insulin, then we invite you to safely explore the raw food option on your own.
A raw food program (with supplements) is most effective with diabetes type 2 but is also very effective at increasing quality of life and reducing insulin levels for diabetes type 1. A number of people with Celiac Disease MAY be misdiagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Raw Food for Life and the 21 day cycle at the core of the program outlined in the movie Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days is also a powerful modality for hyperglycemia and pre-diabetes as well as improving quality of life for those in need of rejuvenation and healing.
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That said, most good doctors are excited when a patient comes up with a plan or idea how to improve their life, without putting their life at risk.
Tell your doctor that you want his help to prove if this really works! Ask your doctor if he would more closely monitor your condition while you make these changes and adjust your medications accordingly. Most doctors will gladly do this. Some really good doctors will even help you reduce your medication to minimum levels to see the effects of your progress more clearly.
Here is a tip... If you don't like your doctor's response to your plan, feel free to seek a second opinion (that's what they are for!), and if need be, to switch to another doctor who will cooperate with your plan to improve your health, by monitoring your change in conditions.
Do not expect a doctor to just blindly say things like it is ok to stop insulin or other diabetic medications, no doctor will do that. The goal is to reduce your medications with the approval of your doctor. Hopefully this reduction will end up at zero medications like it did for me! After all, does anyone really like giving themselves a shot? Or taking pills with some nasty side effects?