Are there any alternative methods for diabetes treatment, such as acupuncture?
Dr. Young: Unfortunately there is no cure for Type I diabetes. While we are all frustrated by this, I do not think it should lead us to seek unproven and untested therapies elsewhere. Traditional medicine is quite scientific in its approach to new therapies. These are tested in a controlled situation and monitored by other scientists. Why are some people with diabetes unable to tolerate heat and humidity? Dr. Young: If your diabetes is not well controlled, this can lead to dehydration and make heat and humidity much less tolerable. In addition, if you have had long-standing diabetes, your autonomic nervous system can be affected, and this can interfere with your body’s ability to regulate its temperature, thereby leaving you much less able to keep cool in hot weather. Is it true that a low protein diet has beneficial qualities? Dr. Young: In the past few years, evidence has been accumulating that high protein diets may be harmful to the kidney. While long-term tests of this hypothesis
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