Raising Smarter Children

Lettuce - A Cure For Type 1 Diabetes

 Researcher, Henry Daniell, Ph.D., a molecular biologist at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, may be well on the way to curing Type I diabetes in your child and the millions of others who have this dreadful disease.

The most amazing thing about Dr. Daniell’s research is that he’s working on perfecting the cure by injecting the human gene for insulin into the leaves of lettuce, grown in the lab. 

After that, leaves can be ground and put into capsules.

Here’s the best part - when the lettuce reaches the intestine, the plant cells meet bacteria and release the insulin. 

Basically, the immune response tells the body to produce its own insulin.

First tested on animals, after only 8 weeks they had normal blood sugar levels and produced insulin on their own. They didn’t even have to take the capsules after that.

Dr. Daniell says people with Type I Diabetes would only have to “take the pill for weeks, not months or years.  Once the immune system responds, they would essentially no longer have the disease.”

He went on to say there were no side effects in the mice and human trials will start next year.

As a parent, with relatives on the other side of the family overrun with Type II diabetes - this new research brought tears of hope to my eyes. 

Remember, every child is smart - and just think of what we can do to make every child healthy!

Warmly,

Pat Wyman and Erin Mavredakis, M.D.

Visit our website, HowToLearn.com for articles, tips and resources to help your child learn anything fast!

If you like this post and have family of friends with Type I Diabetes, please send them to this site to read more, comment on the post, and click the “share this” button below, which helps spread the word to the social media sites.  Thank you.