If type 1 could be cured by diet, we’d all be cured. Snake oil.
LOL!
Maybe her child had this? http://www.monogenicdiabetes.org/
Michele,
I think it is more likely that what melissa suggested, either celiac disease or a different wheat allergy, that manifested itself with a weird blood sugars after consuming gluten, possibly the pancreas working incorrectly. This lady said wheat bread one day and gluen free bread the next day. The wheat one day caused higher glucose than the same carbs for a gluten free product the next. That means she didn’t have a chance to recover from a “cleansing” before she saw a change in the reaction. She is claiming the lifestyle change cured her daugher. The lifestyle hadn’t been really chaned yet.
Quinoa, which she sites didn’t raise the daughter’s glucose, raises my blood sugar just like rice does. If her daughter was truely diabetic, with the same number of carbs and fiber, peaches should raise your glucose the same as wheat bread. I think she is mistaken and her daughter was misdiagnosed. If she understood the disease, she would know that. It is just sad that she is making this claim and has a website called “live without type 1”.
Thanks for your perspective. I think you are right. This must be a misdiagnosis. Even the banana and hemp seed should raise blood sugar.
It is a little insulting like any of us wouldn’t “give up” type 1 if we could…
Wow I had never heard of this, but the MODY form of monogenic diabetes fits. These kids wean off insulin and just take oral type 2 meds, so in this family’s case the low carb diet would probably be enought to keep blood sugars down for a while?
Thanks that was very interesting, to learn about something new. There is so much more to this diabetes crap than I ever dreamed
Maybe the daughter had type 2 and they misdiagnosed it because she was a kid? The child losing weight would stop most of the effects of diabetes. Also eating low carb would make the D seem to disappear- but that’s IF she was misdiagnosed as type 1 when she was really type 2
I know - it’s so complex! 
It seems like this might have been what the little girl had, based on the descriptions on the website/blog.
But really, what irritates me about this site is that she is marketing it toward all type one diabetics. The case this woman is describing is very unique and likely wasn’t type one diabetes at all, so given that it is kind of dangerous for her to be promoting this as a ‘cure’ for type one. A lot of people could get really sick from trying this.
I think this is a clear case of misdiagnosis, and yet another case of someone being “cured” of something they never actually had to begin with - anyone who has searched for more information about thyroid disease can attest to the sheer number of scams going on out there, by people who self-diagnosed their thyroid conditions and then later “cured” themselves with natural remedies. It’s easy enough to cure yourself of something you never had…
I don’t doubt that her daughter had elevated BG… but without her posting antibody results or some other evidence to support her claim, we can only assume that it was either some sort of transient cause (such as related to steroids) or it was some other form of D, but not Type 1. I would strongly suspect MODY if she did in fact have diabetes at all.
There’s someone on another (non-D) forum I go to who claims she has “Mild Type 1” diabetes, despite having had testing done that shows she has NO antibodies… and she doesn’t use insulin or any other medications, and easily keeps her BG in control. I don’t know if hers is just a case of denial and NOT wanting to be labeled as a T2, but it pisses me off because I think it leads people to assume that perhaps all T1’s can get away without insulin if they just “tried hard enough”. I can try all I want, but without adequate insulin I’ll go into DKA… and pretty quickly at that.
The #1 reason she claims to be a “Mild Type 1” is because some test she had done a few years ago showed her insulin production to be on the lower side. Mind you, not outside of the lab range, just on the lower end. That’s it… and she decided her diagnosis, even though it’s wrong. I think she has mentioned a couple of times her doctor referred to her as having 1.5, but IMO that’s a different condition, and it CANNOT be equated to “mild type 1”.
Bananas, Flax Seeds, Quinoa, other gluten-free foods, etc, all raise my BG just like any other carbohydrate source would… it’s not like they truly posses magic anti-carb qualities.
6 months and she was cured? Working in a hospital I am very aware that there are infections that can cause large rises in BG. Appearing as diabetes. Some infections can also mimic the antibodies. (Pancreatitis is the biggest) Only to find out within a few months they were wrong about diabetes. Also a honey-moon period can explain normal readings at 6 months after diagnosis for the real D.
I just hope they continue to follow up with this little girls doctor frequently. And if they did cure it, I hope researches can study this and publish a reliable cure for all.
file this under “hallie berry miracle”
oooo i wish something did have magic anti-carb qualities, does jello count? lol
There you go!!!
I could feel mine rising just reading her diet. Flaxseeds whole are basically indigestible, but grains are grains.
I’m also weary of people telling me to eat more fiber to control BG. Yep, that fiber just sucks up the extra glucose like a mop.
I’m pretty sure science is convinced it has nothing to do with what you eat too 
I realize that this post is a year old but I just came across it and had to reply. I completely get why you guys wouldn’t want to believe this, since Maddy’s dx I’ve been bombarded with idiots and their natural cures. Kim is the real deal. I’ve met her, spent a ton of time with her and she is a friend. Her daughter does not take insulin, she still does tests on occasion for the safety of her daughter even though she no longer has diabetes according to her Endo. There are VERY serious repercussions to claiming to have a cure, the government will come after you for making those types of claims which is why Kim’s blog is worded carefully.
Her daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, I’ve seen her medical records. If she were to eat a piece of candy or a cupcake her blood sugar would go into abnormal range but then it quickly (within 30m-1h) normalizes again on its own. It is not a misdiagnosis, she was NEVER overweight and she is not starved by any means. They never stopped administering insulin until her Endo advised it. This was a method of healthy eating that Kim tried so that she could help her daughter in every possible way, they began this “food therapy” while on insulin, soon after insulin was not needed and had to be stopped.
Kylie eats exceptionally well and no differently than a child with celiac disease or severe allergies so to insinuate that this is child abuse is absurd and hurtful. When life altering things happen to the people we love we all fight in different ways, this is just the way that works for Kim. To judge someone who has given up her life to cure her daughter is mind blowing to me.
I’ve put my daughter on the same food plan and her insulin needs reduced dramatically from 6-8u per day to 1u. Its not as simple as changing diet and it is not one size fits all which is why there is no “diet” for her to distribute. Its about understanding your own body, food allergies and checking for toxins, missing nutrients, etc. Its a long process. But so is diabetes. There are tons of other families doing this as well with success because of Kim.
I’m just asking you guys to be open to what Moms of CWD and people living with the disease have to say even if its not conventional. I would love to talk to any of you about this if you have questions or want to discuss the real issues that we should be paying attention to which is finding the cause of this disease. Conventionally or unconventionally shouldn’t matter.
In addition it has now been proven that the pancreas can regenerate on its own and begin to produce insulin again. Your body is doing this now but the auto-immune response that happens in your body is killing them off before they can work. So the question is (and is different for each individual) what is triggering the auto immune response in YOUR body (a certain food, a toxin/heavy metal, bacteria) find it, remove it and see what happens?? I know that I’m about to get ripped apart for what I’ve said here because people don’t like to speak about cure/treatments that don’t involve the medical industries but I’ve tried what they have to offer, they are not looking for the cause and in turn how will they ever find a cure? I will continue to look at ALL options for my daughter until we get it right, I hope you can all open your hearts and minds to that. -Jessica
www.maddyshope.com
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Load of bull. No one has been cured of type 1 diabetes due to a diet change. Either her child was incorrectly diagnosed, or this woman is selling igloos to Eskimos.
Maybe the word cured shouldn’t be used in this discussion. Kim had her daughter tested for food sensitivities and through removing these “trigger” foods and the use of vitamins, supplements and herbs has developed a way for HER daughter to live without highs and lows, insulin injections/pumps, etc. If she were to go and binge on giant piece of cake filled with flour and refined sugar would her blood sugar shoot up, most likely, yes. But how is that any different than saying a child with a peanut allergy would see a tragic effect from eating a bowl of peanuts? It may not be the cure we all want that will enable us the freedom to eat whatever we like but it is a way to live free of the inconveniences and dangers of diabetes. For what its worth I’m a real Mom with a 2 1/2 year old child dx’d at 12 months old, I take this VERY seriously and I can tell you its not bull but its also not a medical cure, a quick fix or easy to do by any means.
trying to keep an open mind here but I’m seeing recipes on your site w/ pasta, veggies and honey. can’t iamgine that’s a good meal for a T1. also where has pancreas regeneration been proven?