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Re:Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of... by jadell on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:15PM (#23586883)
The response is to an article about low carb diets sending diabetes patients into "remission". It's hard not to make the connection.
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Re:Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of... by NotHereNotThere on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:40PM (#23587105)
Well.. I don't actually think the article claims a 'cure' either.

If I get cancer, have treatment for it and am now in remission, who would think these doctors 'cured' cancer? Everyone would understand _my specific instance_ of cancer is reduced to being not a concern anymore.

Being in remission just means a greatly reduced or almost inexistent dependency on insulin.

I'm not saying the conclusions of the article are correct either (low sample size, short period of time), but it's a far cry from claiming 'LCHF cures T1D'

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