Once a child has been diagnosed with diabetes, is it irreversible or can the family help? If a child has Type 1 diabetes, that is juvenile diabetes and that is not what we are talking about here. If they have that, that means their pancreas isn’t working, therefore they are not producing insulin. They have to give themselves injections the rest of their life or they have to be put on a pump that gives them the injections. Type 2 diabetes is what we are talking about, the number six killer of Americans. If you are overweight and you have an elevated blood sugar because your insulin cannot deal with all the carbohydrates and sugar that you have in your body, then you can control it. Basically, you can cure it by losing the weight. To give you one example, I had a young patient who was sent to me by an endocrinologist years ago. The endocrinologist had him on oral medication and told him that he was going to have to go on injections if he didn’t lose the weight. He came to me, but did not lose any weight for two and a half months. He went back to the endocrinologist, who said, "Okay, it’s time for insulin." The patient said to him, "Give me another chance." He came back to me, and lost 45 pounds. Not only did he not need the insulin, but he didn’t need his oral medication anymore. The bottom line is that with Type 2 adult diabetes, you can cure it