Remission without insulin therapy on gluten-free diet in a 6-year old boy with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Remission without insulin therapy on gluten-free diet in a 6-year old
boy with type 1 diabetes mellitus:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22729336

Abstract

"A 5-year and 10-month old boy was diagnosed with classical type 1
diabetes mellitus (T1DM) without celiac disease. He started on a
gluten-free diet after 2-3 week without need of insulin treatment. At
the initiation of gluten-free diet, HbA1c was 7.8% and was stabilised
at 5.8%-6.0% without insulin therapy. Fasting blood glucose was
maintained at 4.0-5.0 mmol/l. At 16 months after diagnosis the fasting
blood glucose was 4.1 mmol/l and after 20 months he is still without
daily insulin therapy. There was no alteration in glutamic acid
decarboxylase positivity. The gluten-free diet was safe and without
side effects. The authors propose that the gluten-free diet has
prolonged remission in this patient with T1DM and that further trials
are indicated."

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