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.
Thank you. I'd really appreciate the depth. I've had it for about 30 years, and am still looking to kick it.
Also curious if you've seen the work of Dr. Denise Faustman (Faustmanlab.org) whose published works in 2020 laid out a good case of how it's a metabolic shift correlated to specific versions of TB vaccines. She's a contrarian doctor who has been ostracized by the JDF (juvenile diabetes foundation) after having reversed it successfully ... with another vaccine. According to her it seems to be a lack of exposure to the TB bacteria at a certain developmental stage, for which the reaction to weak TB vaccines don't compensate for enough. Her papers are very straightforward. Obviously a different approach, and stonewalled by the FDA, but it has also been demonstrated.
In the meantime I'll get some DE. Thanks.