at that symposium, contrary to my na?ve image of the world beating a path to my door because of my better mousetrap, my talk was met with indifference by the physicians there. (the few patients present, however, surrounded me afterward and bombarded me with questions.) self-monitoring to help control blood sugars was a curiosity, nothing more.

i struggled for opportunities to present my discoveries, but for the most part, there were no takers in the u.s. and a very few overseas. i tried to get medical journals ugg boots sale to publish my findings, but the use of an "electrical device" to guide the treatment of diabetes was repeatedly ridiculedv. after a while, i realized that the only way i would get published would be with an md after cheap uggs my name.

in 1982, at age 48, i received my md. a year later, i began my private practice. because i was a type 1 diabetic and had developed my protocols on that model, i thought i was mainly going to be treating type 1 diabetics. it turned out, however, that there were many more type 2s who needed my help.

at that time, there were about 6 million known diabetics in the u.s. i then had every reason to assume that because my first bookvi was already in print, my guidelines for treatment and prevention would be widely adopted. i may have been overly optimistic, but there was good reason for such hope. evidence had accumulated that normal blood sugars not only reversed complications, but also prevented insulin-producing beta cells from burning out.

the current excuse that normal blood sugars cause severe hypoglycemia is borne of the common practice of treating diabetes with large amounts of carbohydrate covered by industrial doses of insulin or sulfonylureasvii,viii. the justification ugg classic cardy for this practice is the now disproved mythix that low carbohydrate/high protein diets cause dyslipidemia and nephropathy.