We have discovered a method of preventing all of the complications of diabetes mellitus. The conventional treatment approaches have failed miserably. The explanations of the origin of the diabetes epidemic that are suggested by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and other authorities fail to explain all observations.

Our clinical experience has demonstrated that the Illa Protocol corrects these errors. The Illa Protocol offers better control and safety to those patients with early or advanced disease. Patients ultimately take less medication and many patients who have been recently diagnosed can be placed in remission (off of medication entirely) within a year. The rules of this protocol are so logical that we have been able to write a computer software program that will guide the treating physician to optimal management of any patient with diabetes.

What's Wrong with Current Treatment?

Current treatment protocols (“Treat to Goal” and “Tight Control”) are aggressive to the point of being non-physiologic . This means that these approaches do not respect the body’s homeostatic mechanisms and often precipitate hypoglycemia and the inevitable release of counter-regulatory hormones (glucagon, growth hormone, and catecholamines). The vicious cycle of low sugars followed by high spiking sugars is very damaging to the cells of the body.

The Illa Protocol

With the Illa Protocol, changes to the body’s environment are made gradually and the body’s response is carefully monitored. This is especially important since the use of TZD agents (glitazones), which are an important part of the Illa protocol, permit the pancreas to regenerate new insulin-making cells (beta cells). The cornerstone of evaluating what the medication needs of the patient might be is the “effective beta-cell mass” which corresponds to the amount of endogenous (patient-produced) insulin the patient can generate with each meal. Because patients on the Illa Protocol experience beta-cell regeneration, they, in effect, are new patients with every visit; because the pancreas is changing in the direction of a healthier state. Thus, they need to have their medication requirements (type and strength) re-evaluated based on the new and evolving state. This gradual process resembles that of an airplane landing under the constant guidance of a control tower, ever adjusting its flaps to achieve a smooth, safe landing.