Yes, the NIH is a scam. Sorry for your condition. Indeed you are in a pickle because your type 2 is a chromium and vanadium deficiency— but unfortunately the disrepair of your gut is going to prevent nutrition from getting to your pancreas.
Here ya go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Oz7TmmvwE
Mine is due to the NO FIBER DIET high CARB DIET, you add in Diverticulosis, and Hypothyroid that eliminates a lot of food. Hulls, seeds, high fiber are No’s. REGLAN is the med, 1 pill broke me out in HIVES.