What it means, is that as it becomes increasingly obvious and apparent that what is happening has a direct relationship between diet and health, especially those for those conditions that are present at birth, more people are taking direct responsibility for the health and well being of themselves and their progeny. Hence, the dramatic increase in ASD and like issues, occurs at the same time that those who choose to avoid such ailments in their offspring, choose to go organic. I spent a lot of years learning about using raw numbers to run various process industry manufacturing projects. There was a plant that had the oddest6 series of process failures, some of us were certain that it was a raw materials issue, amazingly enough, a plant chem engineer who responsibility such things were, managed to draw the conclusion that every time a man access door, almost 300 feet from the nearest process access point and an additional 100 feet from the nearest process equipment, was opened, that the entire process would crash..... we put a recorder on the door..... turned out that the process would become very unstable, people would have to come through the door to investigate and react, and the process would then go down..... yes, he was absolutely right..... The door opened, and within 5 minutes the process would go down..... Turned out it was a process issue at the raw materials supplier that was the root of the problem..... Y'all know that you can make a graph that shows that the increase in opiod overdoses in the US is directly related to the increase in the sales of artificial sweeteners in Canada, and that there is a direct relationship to the declining number of asbestos related illnesses and the cancellation of "Seinfeld"?

Allison, I am not caring for a diabetic cat right now. A couple of years ago, my heaviest cat, Noddy, was erroneously diagnosed with diabetes and prescribed insulin. I gave him insulin for a few days (maybe as long as a week - I can't remember the exact time frame anymore) until he experienced two hypoglycemic episodes in two days. The first was quite severe. He was nearly comatose by the time I caught it, and it had only been about 15 mins since his insulin injection. Up until that point, I had not been testing his glucose at home, though I did have the necessary equipment and had read up on the procedure. I was still trying to work up my nerve to actually start doing the ear pricks when Noddy had the first hypo episode. It was during that episode when he was barely conscious that I did the first ear prick (actually more like six pricks because I couldn't hit the tiny vein properly while simultaneously trying to snap him out of hypo with Karo Syrup). His BG didn't even register on the meter, it was so low, but it rose quickly with the Karo. After Noddy went hypo again the next day, I stopped insulin and started testing him every day. His BG never rose out of normal range, so I never restarted insulin. He's been fine ever since. I'm particularly sensitive to the hypo issue because of my experience with Noddy and because my housemate at that time was also diabetic and had experienced several hypoglycemic episodes. I know how dangerous they can be. So please do learn how to do at-home BG testing on your cat and buy the necessary equipment. And ALWAYS know exactly where your Karo is. Laurie

Here is a site, that seems worth looking into.... (I wish that there was just a "diabetic site" here, where your could share recipes, help, etc. But DH has lost 40# and has a count of 98!! Here is a link that might be useful: My Meals.com

Thanks everyone for all the encouragement. Last night I stopped to talk to the vet and he was not in. He is supposed to call me today to answer some of my questions. I decided to get the dry food just to get moving in the right direction and not delay his diet change. I fed all 3 last night and this morning the dry kibble. They are not happy with me and I could tell the were confused because we always have cans in the morning...and we have a little ritual. Today I spent a good bit if time time researching foods and I want to propose to him using EVO. The have no grains. I would like to do partial wet and partial dry. ( the dry is very high in protein and half the carbs of Purina "prescription"- which is what he had - not Hills like I was expecting) I really don't see how the food he gave me will significantly alter his sugars in 2 weeks. Purina DM first 5 ingredients: Poultry by-product meal, soy protein isolate, corn gluten meal, soy flour, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), guaranteed analysis Crude Protein (Min) 51.00% Crude Fat (Min) 15.00% Crude Fiber (Max) 3.00% Moisture (Max) 12.00% Vitamin A (Min) 18,000 IU/kg Vitamin E (Min) 100 IU/kg Carbohydrate* (Max) 18.00% EVO first 5: Turkey, Chicken Meal, Chicken, Herring Meal, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, a Natural Source of Vitamin E) Crude Protein (Min) 50.00% Crude Fat (Min) 22.00% Crude Fiber (Max) 2.00% Moisture (Max) 10.00% Carbohydrates NFE (Max) 7.00% Linoleic Acid (an Omega-6 Fatty Acid) (Min) 4.00% Magnesium (Max) 0.10% Vitamin E (Min) 300.0 IU/kg Taurine (Min) 0.20% Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) (Min) 500.0 mg/kg Omega-3 Fatty Acids (Min) 0.40% DHA + EPA (Min) 0.10% Total Microorganisms (Min) 90.0 CFU/lb Wellness brand is very close to the same as EVO I am very confused about exactly what I should do....King is really not himself. I wish I could snap my fingers and make it all go away! All of my cats are litter mates, 9 years old...so i guess I am setting myself up for multiple problems. I just had Lucky in about 8 weeks ago for urinary infection. Suzieque...I do not want to stay on a dry food diet...I cant see anyway for that to be good long term Goldedger thanks for the links...I am learning a lot! I think I am going to get some fresh meat tonight at the store...I wish the vet woudl call already!