[Blennos]

My husband has type 2 diabetes. He was taking THREE kinds of pills to lower blood sugar, plus a pill for blood pressure. Then he went to a specialist in Kansas City and they gave him a strict diet. 20 grams of carbs a day max. So he can have all the chicken, steak, spinach, zucchini, asparagus, etc that he wants. Pretty much no rice, flour, candy, cake, sugar, pie, wheat, pasta, etc. His blood sugar dropped to normal in 24 hours WITHOUT the pills to lower the blood sugar. I can see that it could be a digestive problem. I am going to look into this. Like his body isn’t digesting things right. he is 57, active, and VERY thin.

Have you ever considered that your husband might have celiac disease or so-called gluten enteropathy? The estimate is 1% of the population has this. It is associated with diabetes. Stopping wheat and all gluten-containing products can reverse this.

It causes mal-absorption in the intestines. Check his vitamin D level. Just a thought.

[buffyt]

Our cat died of celiac disease. He has already added vit. D to his daily routine. He has already cut out all wheat and thus all gluten. Our friend has celiac disease and he cut out all wheat/gluten/bread/beer. he feels a lot better!

[muawiyah]

Yes, it's approximately 1% of the total American population. At the same time it affects 1.3% of the white population, and virtually none of the black or asian population.

Even if you don't have it, if you have the genetic structure for it intestinal surgery could trigger it.

[goodnesswins]

Just out of curiousity....why check the Vitamin D level when we’re talking about diabetes/celiac.