I thought it was excess sugar that caused the nerve damage and retinopathy, not excess insulin?
I’ve often thought an Atkins-type diet would suit type I diabetics best but the medical establishment doesn’t like that for anyone.
The problem with treating adolescents with type I diabetes is that you cannot always control their diets and at least monitoring at home is like an early warning system.
It may be perfectly true that an Atkins like diet would control the diabetes without monitoring, but what parent would want to take the chance that their kid would not give in to temptation and go off the diet?
Of course, the article doesn’t mention how expensive the devices are.
It is high BG cause thsoe problems not insulin.