I'm afraid it is not a myth. Diabetes can not be cured.

You may control symptoms and complications through diet and exercise, but you will not be cured. To test this; just eat a pan of brownies and watch your BG shoot up. This does not happen if you don't have diabetes.

I am not trying t rain on your parade, as eating properly and exercising is critical to managing this disease and it sounds like you are doing great. But too many websites claim diabetes can be cured or reversed and I'm afraid that is simply not true.

I do and don't disagree, and thanks for all the kudos!! I feel I can kick the meds(did it before) and will always be glucose sensitive, but a true diabetic? My dr told me it is reversible if caught early enough, and I am commit to this way of eating for life. I know I will always have sensitivities though. My motivation? I watched my mom die from this horrible disease. I refuse to go that way.

First and foremost, congratulations on your success!

Maybe we are differing on semantics, but not substance in this thread. Are the terms "Cured, but sugar sensitive", and "Well managed diabetic" actually referring to the same thing?

I was diagnosed as diabetic at the end of April this year. To me, being diabetic means that something isn't working right in my "insulin process". I found this website when trying to understand what that means: http://www.betacell.org/content/articleview/article_id/1/page/1/glossary/0/

I manage my blood sugar levels, and therefore the more observable symptoms through weight loss, diet, exercise, and oral medications. Some of these efforts can gain me a short-term buffer to fluctuating glucose levels. None of these, however, address the specific deficiency I have in my insulin process in the long term.

In fact, after reading "You Did NOT Eat Your Way to Diabetes!" on bloodsugar101.com, I recognize that diabetes can be any number of problems in the insulin process. I have received no genetic testing, or elaborate blood chemistry work-ups to identify what the malfunctioning step in that wonderfully complex chain of events is. I'm not even sure those test are common, or even exist for each potential issue. I don't even know if researchers have identified every potential issue. How can it have gotten "fixed" when no one knows exactly what is wrong? And finally I can't say it's been fixed, when nobody even knows what to test to verify the problem has gone away.

If we can agree that "Cured, but sugar sensitive", and "Well managed diabetic" both mean that we all have an unaddressed issue with the insulin process that will need lifelong diligence and good health habits, than there is no actual disagreement. They are effectively the same.

But again, kudos!

Thank you

My stance on this is I have also lost faith in "Traditional" Modern Medicine, especially the diet advice. The "40 carbs per meal and 15 per snacks" is so wrong for alot of us. I keep my carbs around 22 (more or less sometimes) per day, and it has really brought my blood sugar down and regulated it. I eat good, healthy and tasty food, and I have lots of energy. The number on the meter keeps me going, no food tastes as good as a great low reading to me. But I don't trust the diet advice of medical nutritionists or the ADA for that matter. I feel they are tryng to keep up on meds, but that is my personal feeling.