http://www.endocrinemetabolic.com/about/jjp.html
Dr. Joe Prendergast was a senior advisor to a start-up company I was with. He is an endocrinologist in Palo Alto, CA. He has been a pioneer in diabetes treatment, to include being persecuted by the medical community in California for teaching his patients to self monitor blood and then self inject insulin back in the 1960's.
He often has his patients take 50,000 UI (yes, 50k) of Vitamin D per day for 90 days. The chief objection to this is the worry of Vitamin D poisoning. Dr Joe cites studies that most people need to take this level before the body reaches saturation and is the necessary saturation uptake period that is well before toxicity levels.
If you visit his website, you can find a wealth of information there, as well as his weekly web program.
I was not a patient of his, but I believe some disclosure is warranted. I had been on prednisone for a long period of time and put on enough weight that I was worried about developing diabetes. His recommendation of an l-arginine supplement and the vitamin D suggestion helped my blood pressure and seemed to change my metabolism to allow me to loose weight like never before.
I was successful, but please check with your doctor before following anecdotal advice like mine.
If you body doesn’t produce enough insulin, isn’t that type I diabetes?
Insulin resistance I thought was type II, where your body produces plenty of insulin, but the receptors just don’t pay attention...
Put me on the list please.