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-/
what's your childs diet like? Juice and sugars cause diabetes. I know a guy who drinks so much soda his body has basically shut off. He weight like 120 lbs at 5'8" he lost like 50 lbs in 6 months. The diabetes is ripping through him, but he cant quit the sugar drinks.
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.