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Re:Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation tech... by davidelettieri on Friday February 28, 2025 @03:20AM (#43203116)
Also impact of diet should not be underestimated https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5357144/

edit: at least on mices for now

Re:Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation tech... by aktau on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:17PM (#43208007)
I've experienced quasi-remission twice now. Both times when I got so sick from food in a foreign country that I couldn't eat for days (and had no appetite for it either). I lived on water. Afterwards, for 1-2 weeks, I did not require insulin (while eating a lot).

I used to think it was due to the pills they gave me there, or perhaps due to the bacteria (or virus?) causing some strange temporal abating of auto-immune response and regrowth of beta-cells. But seeing this is making me reconsider that (I was doubting the effect of the medicine since I took some home and took it in a healthy state but did not get the good effects).

Re:Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation tech... by dsaavy on Friday February 28, 2025 @02:30PM (#43209360)
I've been Type 1 for 20+ years and have measurable remissions based on blood tests. Low level functioning of pancreas again.

The thing that moved the needle for me was fasting + ultra running (which from my understanding implements a fasting-like response by the body in some ways).

Interesting that not eating for a while correlated with what seems like increased pancreatic activity...

Re:Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation tech... by davidelettieri on Friday February 28, 2025 @02:54PM (#43209611)
If you are interested, Valter Longo in a fairly recent and interesting podcast https://youtu.be/ZwdhdevxlRg?si=sDknOzmwx7Nk_wQR
Re:Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation tech... by JayDustheadz on Monday March 03, 2025 @12:57AM (#43238736)
How long did you fast for? Or did you do intermittent fasting?
Re:Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation tech... by dsaavy on Monday March 03, 2025 @03:10PM (#43246092)
A little of both. Intermittent fasting didn't seem to have an impact. Longer fasts (longest I've done is 3 days) definitely do, I seem to have better control for the days following it.
Re:Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation tech... by riebalas on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @01:13PM (#43258119)
But that doesn't look like remission, you still need insulin...? Better control after long fast is expected (using insulin). Have you done c-peptide or antibody tests?