I have been a type II diabetic for around ten years.
I have been on Metformin off and on for years. At one point my doctor had me up to 2000 mg per day. Early on the Metformin seemed to work, but as the years have gone by I realized it does nothing for me. If I stay on a strict diet I can keep the blood sugar down somewhat but not into what the medical industry says is an acceptable level.
I have my A1C tested on a fairly regular basis and with a controlled diet I am usually around a 7. On a daily basis my blood sugar can fluctuate between high 130s all the way up to 190 when I’ve been bad. One day of going nuts skyrockets the fasting blood sugar the next morning.
About four weeks ago I started on the carnivore diet, and even with that I was still popping a fasting blood sugar in the 140 to 160 range on many days.
I started researching on nitrogen oxide’s affects on the body, and during that research came upon a video about iodine and its affects on the body. I decided to start taking iodine to see what it would do. Mind you I was not looking for something to combat the diabetes.
However, within about three days the fasting blood sugar was going down. At about one week I couldn’t explain why that was happening because I wasn’t necessarily sticking to my carnivore diet strictly, and I would usually see a large spike when I had been bad. Those large spikes were not happening.
I sat down and started contemplating what had changed. The only thing that changed was that I had started taking four drops of iodine daily. I have come to the conclusion that my insulin resistant diabetes is the result of an iodine deficiency. I still try to watch my diet, but I have had about three days that I knew I had gone overboard, and yet the highest fasting blood sugar I have popped is 130. For me that is a nothing burger. I am also off the worthless Metformin.
I have since learned that because of the depletion of iodine in our soils 80 to 85 percent of the US is iodine deficient. If you are Type II Diabetic due to insulin resistance iodine would be worth a try in my opinion. You have nothing to lose by giving it a shot. The iodine I am taking is one of the Lugol's 2% solution brands. I have read the Nascent Iodine is a better option, and I have some coming but have not tried the ionized version yet.
I hope this can help some of those in the community. If you give this a try and works or doesn't work for you let us know.
I totally agree. As you no doubt discovered in your dig, iodine was added to salt because there was very little iodine in the American diet. Adding iodine to salt solved all sorts of health problems. Now with people avoiding salt, it make sense that we would start to see those health problems returning.
I was borderline diabetic with mild hypertension, but the real driving force for my change was ulcerative colitis (UC). When I was researching alternative treatments to get it under control, I learned that lots of people had discovered that increasing their salt intake and reducing their vegetable intake made a massive improvement in their over health. It worked for me too. Now my UC is under control and my blood work comes back fine so my doctor doesn't nag me about my diet anymore.
When I was researching, someone pointed out that the hospital gives you way more saline than we're supposed to have based on dietary guidelines without regard for diabetes, high blood pressure, pregnancy, or any other health conditions. This being the case, I think the fear mongering about salt is nefarious in nature and the drop in iodine may be a part of the underlying health issues that we're seeing across the country.
Iodized salt is not enough iodine to be effective against an iodine deficiency, but you are right about the fear mongering on salt.
Before the 1970's iodine was added to most of the baked breads in this country. During the 1970's they changed over to bromide. Bromide is counter productive to good health.
In my opinion they already knew that bromide was bad and that iodine was good, and the switch was intentional. That move alone probably increased the Type II diabetes in this country.
https://borntobeboomers.com/the-truth-about-bread-bromines-iodine-deficiency-and-your-thyroid/
I had a re-occuring problem with A-fib. The heart doctor put me on amiodarone for a while. Guess what is in amiodarone? Iodine!
Thanks for the new info fren. I'm glad we're both doing better.
Vegetables should be good for us too, but like mass-produced meat, they are criminally deficient in the nutrients they used to have, while high in toxins like Roundup's glyphosate.
Don't get me wrong, they're good for most people and should be good for me too. My health problems make me unable to digest them the way I should be able to. I'm convinced that those of us with UC and other health issues are victims of the unnatural crap that's in our environment. Kind of like the canaries in the coal mine.
Oh my bro believe me I know. Many have been so poisoned by what should have been good for us that their digestive systems are permanently hosed. We've added you to our prayers, 3rdkey. If you don't mind, please add my young relative with lupus, her kidneys are failing and she's been in and out of the hospital, so much pain. TIA