Originally posted by humySurely if it is a widely used drug currently existing statistics would tell us whether it is effective?
The drug verapamil has been found to completely reverse type 1 diabetes in animal models and now there is going to be a trial to see if it has the same effect on humans:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-human-clinical-trial-drug-shown.html
-lets hope this works. If it does, that would just leave finding a cure for type 2 diabetes.
Originally posted by twhiteheadbut it isn't currently used for diabetes but rather is used to treat high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat and migraine headaches and mostly on none diabetics and wasn't previously suspected to help diabetics with their diabetes. So I presume no statistics have been collected specifically on the effects on the diabetes of diabetics but rather the statistics collected are about its effects on blood pressure etc.
Surely if it is a widely used drug currently existing statistics would tell us whether it is effective?
Originally posted by FabianFnasThe main cause of diabetes is excess sugar consumption although it is more complicated than that for there are other causes. It would obviously be good to have some kind of global campaign to greatly reduce sugar consumption which would not only reduce diabetes but obesity.
Wouldn't it be better that get rid of the reason for diabetes? The way of life?
We have more diabetes in the world than ever. Where did it go wrong? What have we to do to correctify it.
(But of course, a cure would be good, in the mean time.)
Originally posted by FabianFnasThe cause of type 1 diabetes is, according to Wikipedia, unknown. There is certainly a genetic component. There is nothing on the Wikipedia page that suggests a known lifestyle that causes it.
Wouldn't it be better that get rid of the reason for diabetes? The way of life?
We have more diabetes in the world than ever. Where did it go wrong? What have we to do to correctify it.
(But of course, a cure would be good, in the mean time.)
Originally posted by twhiteheadI think it is safe to say that it has something to do with our modern life.
The cause of type 1 diabetes is, according to Wikipedia, unknown. There is certainly a genetic component. There is nothing on the Wikipedia page that suggests a known lifestyle that causes it.
I have lost a sibling and a cousin to type 1 diabetes.
There is also a history of type 2 diabetes in my family, again with no known lifestyle cause.
Originally posted by FabianFnasI think it is also due to the body attacking its own insulin producing cells so there is an autoimmune component as well.
I think it is safe to say that it has something to do with our modern life.
The frequence of diabetes is far higher now compared to how high the rate was in the old days. And it is much higher in our countries than in cultures that doesn't share our way of life.
Originally posted by FabianFnasDo you have any statistics on that?
I think it is safe to say that it has something to do with our modern life.
The frequence of diabetes is far higher now compared to how high the rate was in the old days. And it is much higher in our countries than in cultures that doesn't share our way of life.
Originally posted by sonhouseyes, that is the cause for type 1 diabetes ( but not type 2 ) .
I think it is also due to the body attacking its own insulin producing cells so there is an autoimmune component as well.
Originally posted by humyJust Google "allergies farm" and you will get quite a lot of results including:
-anyone: does anyone have a link for the above bit of evidence? I tried my best googling it but got absolutely nowhere.
Originally posted by twhiteheadYou mean like a link to a convincing statistics? No, I haven't. Other than I saw it on BBC programme or read it in nature, or read an article that in turn had that ref you ask for.
Do you have any statistics on that?