Just want to know how you are doing.

Sorry to hear of the gastroparesis problems but glad you are dealing with it better now.  I've been helping my friend manage her diabetes better and am so glad she is doing much better now.

Maybe I'm not completely up on the real def of the 1.5 thing.  I thought it was for adults who develop type 1 outside the typical ages that type 1 is usually diagnosed (like up to the 20s).  I, myself, had about a year without much meds and being somewhat controlled before my sugar went up into the 200s no matter what I was given orally and it came right back down in the normal range after insulin was started.  Last c peptide I had was some years ago and all it said was that it was less than .5  But I apparently take about 1/2 the insulin of what most type 1s take, about 20 units a day so I'm not sure what's up with that.

I have heard of that book you mentioned and agree that this thing seems to be more than coincidence about the rise in autoimmune disease and pollution.  

I've "dabbled" in raw food and have observed I need less insulin when eating mainly raw.  I really love Jenny Cornbleet's book, "Raw Eating for 1 or 2".  Very simple and tasty recipes but I wish they had nutritional analysis.  I just calculate them out myself.  I'm a dietitian.  I finally tried her zucchini pasta and nut meatballs with raw pasta sauce and it was superb.  Just odd that it wasn't a hot temperature. The nut pates are to die for, I could eat them everyday.  She makes sandwiches out of them using large romaine leaves and the raw veggie soups are pretty low carb.  Good recipes for nut "granolas"  You might want to check it out.

BTW, I'm no longer completely vegetarian but it's my preference to eat that way.

Welcome to the Vegetarian Group LeeAnne.   I don't notice much activity here but sometimes there is.

I see you are LADA too.  I was dx in 2004 at age 42 (well, dx with type 2 initially and finally dx correctly in 2006).  I'm wondering about environmental influences in the development of LADA.  I do have a strong history of type 2 on my mom's side but no type 1 on either side to my knowledge.  I lived in Brick, NJ from ages 10-18 and during the summers when in college.  My best friend there was also dx with LADA in her mid 30s.  I just think that is too much of a coincidence that both of us developed it.   Type 2 history in her family too but no type 1 I believe.