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In just six weeks, the sugar levels were better controlled and the need for insulin came down to—ZEro. and even without the insulin, on his next blood test, after eight weeks on the changed diet, the hba1C was 6.8.

For the last two years, he’s been off insulin; his diabetes is controlled by dietary change alone. he is now a happy man, insulin-free and his diabetes is under control.

The Dramatic Case of the Man with Vitiligo;

Mr V., thirty-six, came in four years ago. he was really obese, at 109 kg (height was five feet nine). his bMI was 35 kg/m2 and waist measurement came in at over 47 inches. he came for weight loss but clearly had other health issues. he had abnormal liver function tests (sGpT, sGoT and VGTp were all elevated) and had low vitamin d and vitamin b12. Ferritin levels were too high (a sign of inflammation). uric acid too was on the high side.

Presenting Symptoms;

Most significantly, he was all ‘white’, or de-pigmented, a condition called vitiligo or leucoderma, since he was eight years old.
When we tested him for wheat sensitivity, his celiac marker was negative but the anti-gliadin antibody was positive (this indicated a non-celiac wheat sensitivity or NCWs). he lost weight, though quite slowly. But the dramatic change was elsewhere. The wheat sensitivity results take time, but even without them, when he first came in, I put him on a low carbohydrate diet because both his parents were diabetic. We gave him a low glycaemic index flour which, by default, did not contain wheat. by the time of his third check- up, he was getting brown spots on his arms. In four months, he had full brown patches on his face and was re-pigmenting rapidly. I mentioned to him my observation about wheat leading to his vitiligo and that it does have a genetic basis. he then informed me that his son, at age four, was also showing the same skin issue. But his face was looking patchy and spotty, and his wife did not like this.


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