upright & seeking nutrition

I was asked recently whether alpha-lipoic-acid might help neuropathy in the feet. The research showed that it did but that the improvement is temporary, about 3 – 7 months. Since neuropathy is common in diabetes and diabetes is a model of an inability to burn glucose for nutrient support, I supposed that neuropathy in non-diabetics is a model of ineffective metabolism that burns mostly fatty acids because it can no longer use glucose at a fast enough rate to prevent nerve impairment, even without a diabetic diagnosis. Because diabetics are more vulnerable to cancer than non-diabetics it seems clear to me that not supplying the metabolism with glucose by not eating dense carbs, eating polyunsaturated fats, forcing the body into burning fatty acids is dangerous even though the cultural messaging is exactly the opposite, especially in the medical community. It is risky the same way radon in the basement or arsenic in well water is: everyone seems to think its harmless while the dama