A friend of mine told me about a friend of hers who had a cat that used to have diabetes - until she left him with the Vet. Her friend was overprotective of her little cat since it was diagnosed with diabetes. The cat was put on insulin injections. She also upgraded the entire posse of cats to low-carb cat food. Routinely she took her cat to the vet to have the blood sugar levels checked ($75 a pop!) So far, so good - the story is mundane until her friend left for a vacation and boarded the cat at the Vet's for the week.
All week her friend was worried about the welfare of her cat - even though she was safely under the watchful eye of the vet. As it turns out, upon her return from vacation - the vet notified her that her cat no longer has diabetes. She was sent home with instructions to continue feeding the cats low carbohydrate food, and to discontinue the insulin injections.
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine says, "Some diabetic cats may lose the need for insulin, months or years after diagnosis. If diabetes has resulted from obesity, it is likely to improve a great deal-or even completely resolve-once the cat's weight is under control. If obesity or some other disorder is not a factor, the diabetes probably will not go away; however, it can be successfully managed."
So here's my question: are animals so different from human beings? Why isn't the equation so simple in curing Type 2? Simple is a grave understatement - but understanding the cause of elevated blood sugar could be the great escape from diabetes. It's more than just switching a diet to low-carb cat food, isn't it? Meow.
1. It is all very simple Allie.
People are not willing to change their self-destructive Lifestyle(over-eating, lack of exercise, eating 0 nutritional Foods, smoking, hanging out with other self-destructive people and more.........
So, because of all the above mentioned Type 2 Diabetes will remain.
A person does not have to go to formal conferences where everyone id wearing white lab coats and shaking their heads as if this is an unsolvable problem. The problem is "freedom of choice" to remain self-destructive.
Why then should so much $$ be spent on persuading those w/Type 2 Diabetes that they should not partake of these negative behaviors when it does not work!!
Channel the $$ instead to those who are more motivated and responsible.
As far as animals w/Diabetes are concerned, they have no choice as far as what they prefer to eat. The caretaker is the one responsible for hopefully feeding them low carbohydrate foods.
Posted at 5:10PM on Sep 6th 2007 by BetterCell