> Low carb diets can help type 1 diabetics, but it's not a cure
Likely, as in most cases, the real picture is much more complex. It could be the case that LCHF diets can cure some percentage of individuals, can help some percentage and can be detrimental perhaps even fatal to some percentage. All of these could easily be simultaneously true.
Indeed, in case 1 it seems to have possibly "cured" the patient, though he could have also easily been a false positive or there could have been any number of other confounding factors. I quote from the study:
"He was able to stop insulin completely 15 days later (after diagnosis), and has not used insulin since March 2015." and "In the 4 years since his diagnosis, he has had no diabetes-related complications".
Here is patient #2's summary:
"He stopped insulin therapy at the beginning of the diet and has not used insulin since, except for one infectious episode." and " At 1 year after the diagnosis, he had no diabetes-related complications".
Also of note, both of these patients had started exercising 1-2 h a week, and 2 and 2-3 times a week respectively, before the diagnosis.
1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S12623...