Tag Archives: Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes: The Gut Connection.

By Robb Wolf | November 9, 2009

Well, hysteria from Old Theresa and Eddie not withstanding, it looks like the mechanism for leaky gut and the autoimmune response gets clearer by the day. Pedro sent me this paper which describes the association pretty clearly. It has a few gems which we will get to in  a moment. The study involved the analysis [...]

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Type 1 Diabetes: Update And PROGRESS!!

By Robb Wolf | October 19, 2009

Just got this update from Joanne aka “MomOFType1″:
Robb –
Just checking in to let you know our little girl is still going strong! We visited with the new endo on Friday. He reviewed her last few weeks of blood sugar readings from her glucose meter on his computer (very cool how he jacked it in with [...]

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Type 1 Diabetes: More Info

By Robb Wolf | October 14, 2009

Amy Kubal shot me an interesting link talking about the dramatic increase in type 1 diabetes. It’s both scary and sad. The increase is going to be dramatic, the fix is completely in our control. Avoiding grain and dairy exposure in our kids would virtually eradicate this disease. these bozo’s are hand wringing about a [...]

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More Type 1 Diabetes

By Robb Wolf | October 9, 2009

Here is an interesting comment. One of two things is at work here:
1-As she notes, this may be a  bounce back period in which the pancreas is not completely destroyed and is still working in spurts.
or
2-They have removed the environmental irritants that CAUSED the Type 1 in the first place (gluten, grains) and her [...]

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Paleo vs. Type 1 Diabetes

By Robb Wolf | September 17, 2008

I received the following email today, pretty cool stuff:
Robb,
I emailed you about a month or so ago.  I just want to give you an update on my situation:  I’ve lost about 15-20lbs.  I’ve taken no insulin for 5 weeks and I’m type 1 Diabetic!.  Because of my strict paleo diet(gluten and dairy free) my a1c is [...]

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