Type 1 vs Type 2 Diabetes

My wife is a type 1 diabetic. Type 1 diabetes is a disorder not caused by diet or by any particular moral failing you might imagine, and people with it are the primary target of a device like this.Your ignorance is insulting to millions of people who suffer due to diabetes. Please educate yourself rather than spouting nonsense.

You mean diabetes type 2.It's tiring to keep getting suggestions of how to change diet when my body absolutely needs insulin from an external source. Further, while people may be able to reverse type 2, they still need insulin until they actually get there. So research into insulin delivery is relevant to all diabetics.Also there are many ways of reducing carbohydrate intake. The diet you write about is just one of many ways to do that. Why single it out?

I'm type 2.Just to clarify, I'm not selling notions of curing type 1 diabetes through diet. If you're type 1 you will need insulin. Even type 2 may require insulin.The point I'm trying to make is that in both diseases (type 1 and 2) control of blood sugar is key to reducing mortality. Reducing carb intake will result in lower blood sugar rises which will require less insulin to counter. Less insulin means less chance of hypoglycemic events. By minimizing these control inputs you can balanc

Can anyone shed some light on why this can only help type 2 and not type 1 diabetics?

He never mentioned it being a cure to T1D..

Can't speak to the claims in this comment around type 2 diabetes, but worth noting this article and pill is specifically for type 1 diabetes, which is in no way related to weight or metabolism, but rather an autoimmune disease.

Just saw this, may be relevant:https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/20/diabetes-defeated-by-diet-ne...

No that can help with Type 2 diabetes only Not Type 1, or 1.5 ( A/k/a Flatbush Diabetes). The rest of the posters are talking about Type 1 or t1d, which is currently an incurable reaction to a yet unidentified pathogen . Your body attacks and destroies the pancreases ability to create insulin. The current method of management of T1D take synthetic insulin, insulin extracted from pigs , or genetically engineered insulin , check your blood sugar. Limit what you eat to limit how much in

Type II diabetes is a diet-related illness. If you cure the illness with diet, then switch back to what you were eating before - of course, diabetes will come back. These dietary changes need to be seen as new habits, not temporary changes.

Maybe they just want to save them from diabetes