I posted a couple of months ago asking for prayers, my special needs son who is not obese was diagnosed type 1 diabetic. My second post about it was after blood testing the doctors were baffled he was not type 1, but type 2.
Happy to say he is off insulin now and numbers are staying low. He does take Metformin.
The point of this post is he has no reason to have type 2 diabetes. Except one, he has a complicated medical history and has some brain damage from it. During this time he had some anger issues. The doctors prescribed anti-depressant lexapro. We went along with it, was concerned with his anger.
We weened him off of this medication upon the news of type 2. From research into this drug I am convinced it caused his blood sugar issues. We will attempt to ween off metformin and see if he no longer has any issues after getting off lexapro.
Anti-depressants like lexapro are prescribed at extremely high levels in our society. Diabetes has increased along with it. This is just another example of big pharma and the cdc pushing treatments that are unnecessary and dangerous.
For background see this link
https://greatawakening.win/p/15IYCoKMxE/update--prayers-answered--thank-/
he didn't have a crazy amount of sugar, but would have a capri sun at lunch and choc milk at dinner. We cut both out, he now drinks fair life 1% milk for dinner, water and sugarless flavoring for lunch. Also got off syrup and breakfast cereals. Bought Magic Spoon cereal, he likes it, but it is $10 per smallish box.
That was part of it, but I believe the lexapro was the bigger culrpit.
I feel for you. Raising any child is an ordeal in current times. Suger by itself isn't terrible in moderation. No need to avoid it like the plague. Sugar is at least a natural substance. Avoid the chemicals in food. The synthetic dyes and colorants (they are even in medicine!) And the preservatives. Look for TBHQ or mixed tocopherols (for freshness) and avoid it. Get him as many probiotic and prebiotic foods you can. Studies have linked those to brain health as counter intuitive as it sounds.
he is pretty thin, his bmi, he is not fat at all. He doesn't get enough exercise, it is tough with cerebral pasly to do normal workouts. We walk the dog and he does have a special needs personal trainer, but that is usually only once a week. We need to go on more walks, especially as the weather in NC gets a little more bearable.
I second the question why 1%? Modern pasteurised milk isn't terribly healthy to begin with so processing it further to remove fat (which the brain needs) is probably not good. Also why brand-name junk food? Can't you feed him real food straight from the farm?
fair life has a nice label, way less carbs than standard milk, less hormones too. We do our best with what is in the grocery stores, trying to get more natural, but we are far from perfect. I don't think his diet had much to do with this episode though.
Removing fat from milk is a purely mechanical process as is homogenization. I fail to see how spinning a fluid in a centrifuge or forcing it through a screen with tiny holes will change the chemistry of the fluid.
What percentage of milk fat we need inthe milk in our diets is another question.
Pasteurization, on the other hand, involves flash heating the milk followed by rapid cooling. It is my belief that the benefits of pasteurization far outweigh the slight change in the taste of the milk that it causes. Unless, of course, you enjoy tuberculosis.
I am not ruling the meds out, not by any means. Big pharma never gets off the hook with me. I was asking about diet, because that could be causing more issues with the meds. It seems you are right on point with care and diet for your child. Have you tried Ketogenic diet? This has helped myself with diabetes, I was type 2. After a few weeks in Keto I never took a metformin again, and lost a ton of weight. Keto diet is more natural, and the brain responds better to esating fat as a primary food source. Rather than relying on fructose, and other sugars.
We have not tried keto, my brother has and it has helped him with weight as long as he stays on it.
I think it would be very hard on my son, with his mental condition. I dont think he would understand it If it were me I would try it, but I feel he would struggle with it.
We will see, going to try and ween off metformin soon. He may be ok with a moderate carb diet. I will say prior to his blood sugar issues he did eat too much carby snacks. I am sure that played into it as well.