受挫于传统降糖药物之后，托马森.史密斯开始回顾科学文献，他发现一篇文献报道上面说，饮食毒素会造成细胞膜功能的损伤，这些毒素包括跨膜脂肪酸还有精炼后的糖。在这些毒素的作用下，细胞吸收营养发生障碍，同时血糖上升。随时间发展，这种效应会导致血糖和尿糖水平上升。听起来像进展中的流行病，是吧？
　　这种由于饮食不当所造成的细胞膜损伤是可以修复的。按这种说法，糖尿病可以通过禁食加工过的油与脂肪而得到治愈，但这种方案的实施需要补充高含量的奥格玛-3脂肪酸。这种方案之所以能够使血糖趋于正常水平是因为：饮食中获得的脂肪与油脂可以持续地修护细胞膜。

　　传统降糖药与饮食治疗之间有着不可逾越的鸿沟。传统降糖药方的观点认为，2型糖尿病的病因未知——医生们在开传统降糖药的同时，并没有考虑或准备如何回答“2型糖尿病如何发病”这样的问题，他们只是对症开药。如果治疗可以简化如饮食的程度，那么糖尿病的威胁就没这么大了。

　　托马斯提出的观点很有吸引力，在此希望有更多的人能够提供更多的支持性或反驳性的证据，去开启糖尿病之门。

Should you seek a dietician over a doctor?

Thomas Smith began reviewing scientific literature after conventional medicine failed him in controlling diabetes. Smith found research that shows dietary toxins impair cell membrane function. These toxins include trans fatty acids and refined sugars. Cells begin to have trouble absorbing nutrients, and the blood sugar rises. Over time, this results in chronic elevated blood and urine sugar levels. Sounds like a growing epidemic, doesn't it?

This damage to cell membranes, caused by a poor diet, can be repaired. The diabetic syndrome can be cured by eliminating all processed fats and oils. The protocol calls for supplementing high-dose Omega-3 fatty acids. This protocol normalizes blood sugars because the body is continuously repairing cell membranes by using the fats and oils available in the diet. One caution: the speed of recovery is related to the length of the illness. Some Type 2 diabetics may require up to one year for dramatic reductions in blood sugar.

A gaping hole exists between conventional medicine and diet. Conventional medicine claims that the cause of Type 2 diabetes is unknown. Medical doctors, as practitioners of conventional medicine, are not trained to explain how it happened. They treat symptoms with medicine. The business of medicine is medicine. The business of diabetes would be devasted if the cure was as simple as diet. The explanation Thomas Smith provides in his empirical studies is fascinating and I encourage anybody with competing or supporting evidence to open the debate.