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I think he's marvellous! I can't remember how I stumbled across him, but it would've been about a year ago and since then I've leaned more & more towards his ideas of controlling D. The more I learn, the more he makes sense.

I'm reading his book at the moment - and I'd suggest it to anyone and everyone. If you're even slightly curious, google him and check out his info.

His life story is inspirational. Long story short: Diabetic with all sorts of complications, trying to be a 'good' diabetic but finding it really hard with the info and advice available, found his own brilliant ideas of how to do things - a lot of his ideas are accepted as normal nowadays but were kinda crazy back then (things like diabetics having their own meter... it was crazy back when he started but now it's an important tool we couldn't go without!). No one would listen to his ideas so he went off and became a doctor. Now has best-selling books, thousands (if not millions) of people who have clicked with his style of D control. He's reversed most of his complications, has an a1c better than some non-diabetics, and shocked doctors by not being dead yet.

I think he's onto it. I suspect everything he's taught people will eventually be the known way to control diabetes (tho maybe not so strict, simply because a lot of people couldn't stick to it).

It all comes down to the fact that carbohydrates are what diabetics have trouble with. Having less of them means less insulin, less of the roller-coaster effect, tighter control, better heath and less chance of complications... To me it just seems perfectly sensible and obvious, though I completely understand how he could seem a little extreme to some people especially if you've been told you need some ridiculous amount of carbs every day.