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Originally Posted by shabbie  i agree with your quote gretchen, however that article only applies to a healthy body doesnt it? when a body is continually put through stress either emotional/psychological or dietry then the body finds it cannot keep up and finally internal organs become acidic. having said that, actually its the fluid that surrounds the organs that makes us sick when it is too acidic.
today i have reduced my basal insulin another 10%, so now i am taking 40% less insulin than i was one week ago before i started this diet. bizarre? yes, but it is completely true. i shall continue to do what i do, you no doubt will continue to do what you feel works for you, and that is how it should be  |
right on to your last comment...but i'd just like to add that you're not likely changing the pH of your body by the diet you're on regardless of diabetes.
were you very low carb prior to this diet? could it be, as Subby suggests, that your basal requirement pre-diet was covering some of your dietary needs?
i'm not trying to shoot this alkaline diet down for insulin requirement issues, but I do know that scientifically it's extremely difficult to change a body's pH through diet alone, whether or not the body is healthy. the diet is clearly lowering your basal requirements but does that in turn mean it's changing the pH of your body too? i can buy the diet/basal insulin relationship, but w/out blood results showing the body's pH pre and post diet, i can't be convinced that you've changed the pH of your body and thus your insulin requirements have changed. or have i missed the point entirely?
