Tell us, how long have you been diabetic?
Anecdotally, I have maintained a HbA1c below 5 for more than 20 years using small variations on the ketogenic diet described above. I need just 6 units of Humalog (short-acting) and 16 units of Lantus (long-acting) per day. It makes diabetes very, very easy to manage.
If anyone reading this is tired of struggling with diabetes, please consider adopting a ketogenic diet.
Consult with a physician!
Even if keto "isn't for everybody" (and KetoType1 should have put a disclaimer), I'd certainly much rather take advice from someone with skin in the game.
I've posted a pretty good link below from a respected source if you don't believe what I wrote and whether or not I have diabetes type 1 is not relevant.
I personally have friends who manage Type 1 & 2 diabetes with little-to-no insulin on Keto, and I'd hate to see people being turned away from at least researching a lifestyle that could significantly benefit them because a well-respected member of the community said it was "dangerous" (and often, deferring to doctors can be not helpful for reasons mentioned above - I wish people would at least research for themselves).
Telling people to research a lifestyle is completely different than providing ready made recipes paired with unqualified statements based on a sample of '1'.
At the same time, I do encourage people to take charge of their own health, and to make calculated and appropriate risks. My primary concern was people only reading your name, the word "dangerous", and being put off from further research about keto in general because of that. Some physicians used to recommend rice- and grain-heavy diets for diabetes, so some healthy skepticism (EDIT: in the "trust, but verify" sense) is warranted, even towards one's doctor.
That's fair, but for all you know OP is making stuff up, has been misdiagnosed and 50 other things that could be true that would make their well intentioned unqualified advice utterly irrelevant and dangerous to boot.
Just like you shouldn't take legal advice from ACs on the internet you shouldn't take medical advice from them either, especially when they're novelty accounts promoting diets that have been used to 'cure' everything from cancer to epilepsy, Alzheimers and TBC. Extreme skepticism is warranted there. As for your doctor: assuming they're a diabetes specialist: you should put your faith in them, and if you don't trust them then you should go find yourself another doctor, not start taking randos advice.
Obviously it isn't a one size fits all approach, and the above poster could have been a bit more diplomatic, but IMHO it is worth discussing treatments that have been demonstrated to work.
This is an overstatement, to put it mildly, at best you can say that it works for you and for those for whom it also worked after they have put it to the test. But it does not work for everybody and you shouldn't make unqualified statements like that.
Here is a much better (and much better qualified) picture:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/keto-diet-diabetes-type...
One important thing to point out is that you can't reverse T1D with keto, like some people are able to with T2D. It can greatly reduce your insulin requirements, but not to zero. Your pancreas will not return to normal function.
It's actually pretty easy to get used to a keto diet. Initially you might crave a lot of food items that you were used to eating, but eventually you stop missing them. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything when I'm having some aged cheese and roasted nuts as a snack (which replaced eating cookies or chips for me). It is a little bit more expensive though.
As for drinks, eliminating fruit juices and opting for the 'light' or 'zero' variant as a drop-in replacement if you want something sweet is pretty easy.
You should get most of your calories from olive oil and nuts.
Protein intake should be just as much as you need. Excess protein causes blood glucose instability.
Carbohydrate intake should be as low as possible.
Here is a sketch of a ketogenic diet that works long-term:
The salad is by far the largest meal of the day should include wide variety of vegetables. Leafy greens, broccoli, brussels sprouts, zucchini, tomato, etc. Add walnuts.Get a lot of salt. Take a multivitamin and fish oil capsules.
Once a week, eat a burger with no bun. Cheese and meat. This should be eaten after hard exercise (e.g., a hike). You might eat other cheat foods (e.g., seafood, steak) but avoid carbohydrates.