Just curious, food/FD question

[Stacy & Asia]

So these protocols require a switch in food to something low carb or non kibble. It seems to be a huge boost to "right the ship". I'm making the assumption most of these cats are Type II? I'm very confused as to how to know which type they are, by the way, but I'm going off what I know of people and cats could be different. If it were Type I, wouldn't that have been a thing for awhile and not just randomly show up at age 21 (my case)? Anyway, assuming it's type II and they can make some insulin on their own rather than their pancreas just cannot, has anyone seen a remission in a cat that didn't have a diet change? Asia has been on low carb raw food for many years, so whatever has gone wonky with her, I doubt it's food related.

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

There can be a number of reasons that diabetes develops -- it may be genetic, it could be steroid induced, being overweight could be a factor, etc. Certainly, in steroid induced cases, diet may be keeping numbers up but kibble didn't cause FD. Also, I would keep in mind that there are lots and lots of kitties out there who are not on a low carb diet and are kibble addicts and they don't develop FD.

 

[Stacy & Asia]

There can be a number of reasons that diabetes develops -- it may be genetic, it could be steroid induced, being overweight could be a factor, etc. Certainly, in steroid induced cases, diet may be keeping numbers up but kibble didn't cause FD. Also, I would keep in mind that there are lots and lots of kitties out there who are not on a low carb diet and are kibble addicts and they don't develop FD.

I'm trying to figure out my case and manage my expectations, like is remission even heard of when all of those causes/contributing factors outside of genetics are ruled out? My long time vet before we moved felt strongly it was a genetic component. Asia has never had steroids or been overweight. And oh the irony of life, there are tons of healthy kibble eaters out there, no doubt. Like my human kids, one eats very health and always has, the other is pretty much a highly processed carbitarian...guess who almost never gets sick? Not the one you would assume!

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

You also need to remember just because someone is genetically predisposed to an illness, it doesn't mean that you develop that illness. There are dominant and recessive genes. There may be factors that cause a gene to express itself.

There's no way that I know of to predict which kitties will go into remission. The sooner you get your cat into better numbers, the greater the chance your cat will achieve remission.