We are again at this time of year, when everyone seems a bit more aware about diabetes and there are plenty good intentions.
The truth is that many people are honestly and sincerely devoting their time and motivation to make life more bearable for those with diabetes.
I take my hat off to those people. To whom I don’t take my hat off is to the companies or organizations that are apparently promoting (with words and advertising campaigns) the cure of diabetes, but in reality make it impossible for a cure to go public. That strikes me as the worst hypocrisy.
But anyway, I didn’t want to talk about that, but what awaits me in this next “diabetic year”.
It’s funny that just today, the World Diabetes Day I got in touch with a German doctor who claims to have patented a treatment to cure type 1 diabetes.
I have not read much about it yet, but I read the information on his website about the experiments made which resulted in 8 out of 10 people with type 1 diabetes definitively stopped needing insulin after 9 -12 months of treatment.
In this case, this isn’t a treatment with alternative medicines, like the majority of diabetes treatments mentioned on this website, but it’s an allopathic physician using a mixture of 3 medicines that ensures that the individual’s own cells stop attacking his own pancreatic cells, giving the body a chance to rebuild their beta cells if they had ceased to produce them or to continue producing them in case it was still producing beta cells.
I will research more on this, but Prof. Dr. von Arnim, the discoverer of such treatment has told me through his website that he’s doing the necessary to open his praxis in Germany and begin treating patients with his method in 3 to 6 months.
Of course, there are already people trying to discredit him, as in all cases where a doctor or scientist claims that he has discovered the cure for a chronic disease.
But there are other doctors and scientists who are supporting and recognizing his work.
I will tell you more as soon as I get more details.
As you can see, it was the most appropiate day to receive this news and start this year with a lot of motivation!
How is your year 2011-2012 with diabetes going to be? ¿Optimistic or pessimistic? Do you have something to fight for or you prefer to settle with what you have? Let me know with a comment below.
As a follow up to my recent blog post “The 30 Day Diabetes Cure Review” I wanted to give some extra insight into what can you expect from this book and from this diet/plan.
Therefore, I asked someone in the sales team of this book if I could use some of the information revealed in the book in my blog. They agreed, so here you have and overview of what to expect from Dr. Ripich’s diabetes cure plan (I write it literally as it appears in the book.)
I hope this encourage you, as it did with me, to give it a try. There’s a lot to win and nothing to lose.
The 30-Day Diabetes Cure Structure:
PHASE ONE: Blood Sugar “Boot Camp”
“This is the strictest stage of the plan. During the first 10 days, you‘re going to go “cold turkey” off all the diabetes-causing foods, beverages, and bad habits that have been making you sick and threatening your life.
For the next 10 days you won’t be consuming any sodas, sugary beverages, fruit juice, candy, or refined carbohydrates (including breakfast cereals, chips, cookies, ice cream, and energy bars). You’ll also abstain from bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, whole grains, and baked goods. No beer, wine, or alcohol of any kind. You won’t even eat any fruit. And you’ll eat no restaurant meals of any kind.
Before you freak out, know that you will be eating three regular meals a day, plus two healthy snacks (whether you feel like having them or not!). I want to reassure you that you’ll never feel hungry during this initial period — or ever on The 30-Day Diabetes Cure.
You’ll be enjoying a satisfying variety of delicious and filling foods; from meat, fish, and poultry to dairy, eggs, veggies, and cheese. Plus, your withdrawal from the diabetes-causing foods will be gradual over the next 10 days and you’ll be able to reintroduce many foods (though not all of them) in Phase Two.
During Phase One, you’ll also re-learn an essential skill, one you were born with: how to distinguish between true hunger and mere appetite, the latter being a psychological desire for certain tastes.
If the cold-turkey approach to quitting certain foods seems harsh, let me explain why my patients and I have found this to be the quickest, most effective way to halt the progression of diabetes and start reversing it:
Cutting back just doesn’t work. Study after study shows that gradual withdrawal from cigarette smoking, alcohol dependency, and other drug addictions just doesn’t work. The same is true for food addictions — and that’s basically what people with diabetes and blood sugar irregularities have developed over the course of their lives. “Cutting back” is like giving a hungry wild cheetah a can of cat food. This only aggravates the animal’s hunger, driving it to kill and eat anything it encounters. Your eating habits, along with the particular tastes, appetites, and desires you’ve developed over a lifetime of consuming food, are not unlike this ravenous animal, and they aren’t swiftly changed by gradual withdrawal.
Imagine asking a heroin addict to limit himself to just one injection every 24 hours. Or allowing an alcoholic just one drink a day. Try telling a lifelong smoker she can have just one cigarette every 24 hours. It’s impossible to succeed this way because consuming smaller amounts of any troubling substance simply feeds the desire for more of it.
Think about eating just one potato chip. Remember the advertising campaign “Bet you can’t eat just one”? I absolutely don’t want to set you up for failure — a sure thing with any slow withdrawal method — because it can lead to feelings of guilt, low self-esteem, and “justification” for quitting the program entirely.
In the long run, it takes far more willpower to limit your consumption of these disease-causing foods every day than to simply say “absolutely no” to them.
Your body needs time to recondition. We human beings are creatures of habit. And the older we get, the stronger these habits become — sometimes taking on a life of their own. If you’re accustomed to curling up on the couch and munching an after-dinner snack while watching TV, your mind and body will come to expect this night after night. Many of our urges and habits are triggered by our subconscious and we generally obey them without question.
Saying no to the list of diabetes-causing foods for the next 10 days will break one of your enduring habituated patterns. It will also weaken your dependency on (and sometimes even an addiction to) certain strong flavors, whether it’s sweet, salty, greasy, gooey, or alcoholic. While it may be challenging for the first few days, these bad patterns will diminish relatively quickly. With determination and commitment during these initial days, you’ll find yourself in charge of your subconscious habits and urges, instead of the other way around. And like many of my patients who have worked with this plan, you’ll discover this gives you tremendous confidence to keep moving forward.
Most importantly, Phase One will change you internally. That’s because every night, during the eight hours you sleep, your body’s biochemistry becomes a clean slate, returning to what we call “baseline.” It’s as though every morning you’re given a new chance. Your goal in Phase One will be to maintain this baseline state by keeping taboo foods out of your system.
You’ll break the vicious “carbohydrate craving” cycle. Eating bad carbs creates the desire for more, and by eating more, you continue the cycle over and over, like an endless feedback loop. This isn’t just a psychological phenomenon. It’s actually very physical. You see, when you eat a food that quickly breaks down into glucose — as all simple carbohydrates do — your pancreas triggers an insulin spike to quickly remove the sugar from your bloodstream. So, first you get a jolt of energy from simple carbs, but this is followed by an equally strong valley of fatigue … and hunger all over again as your bloodstream and brain chemicals actually crave more carbohydrates.
Your blood sugar will normalize. Cutting out these bad carbs during Phase One will relax the near-constant demand you’ve been placing on your pancreas. This means its insulin-producing beta cells can take a much-deserved vacation from being overworked. Quitting simple carbs will also re-sensitize your cells to insulin so they’ll need less of it — even if you have Type 1 and take insulin injections. If you have Type 2, this re-sensitization will start to reverse the insulin resistance in your cells. And that means your doctor can lower your dose of medication.
You’ll lose weight without trying. Before Phase One, when you fed your body all that glucose in the form of simple carbs, your body couldn’t use it all. Anything extra was turned into fat and stored on your belly and hips. Eliminating bad carbs from your diet will not only halt the fat-storage process, but can reverse it. Without a constant supply of glucose-producing foods, your fat cells will be forced to release their contents back into the bloodstream, where they’re reconverted into fuel for energy. That’s why, by the end of Phase One, many people on The 30-Day Diabetes Cure experience a loss of between two and six pounds. And that’s without dieting.
You’ll be surprised how quickly these 10 days move along. And while the first few days may seem challenging, once you get beyond them the rest of The 30-Day Diabetes Cure is relatively easy. As your food cravings drop away, everything gets a lot easier.
During these first few days, if the going gets tough I urge you to return to this chapter and re-read the description and benefits of Phase One. It will remind you of the importance of these first 10 days and firm up your resolve.
PHASE TWO: Inside the Bubble
Phase two is a bit like being a newborn in an incubator, where you’re relatively safe from temptations and distractions that can undermine your progress.
Once you’re able to eliminate your cravings for bad carbs and other diabetes-provoking foods, you’ll gradually reintroduce many of the foods you’ve come to enjoy — but in healthier versions. You’ll be able to eat bread and baked goods … pasta … pizza … potatoes … rice … fruit … dessert … and even alcohol in moderation. But no restaurant food just yet.
The goal of Phase Two is to re-educate your taste buds so you actually enjoy and desire meals and foods that heal your diabetes. With our menu selections, this shouldn’t even be a challenge. All meals are based on the flavorful, brilliantly-colored Mediterranean Diet, perhaps the healthiest way of eating on earth. The emphasis in on plenty of fresh produce, including the most luscious vegetables; tummy-filling whole grains, beans, and legumes; succulent fish and healthy meats; flavorful olive oil and monounsaturated fats; heavenly nuts and fruit; and moderate amounts of fresh eggs and dairy foods.
Phase Two will also introduce you to the specific vitamins and supplements that have been shown to be especially helpful for people with blood sugar problems.
Finally, because uncontrolled stress is particularly bad for people with diabetes, you’ll discover how to de-stress your nervous system and de-activate the hormones cortisol and adrenaline, which actually push your blood sugar to dangerously high levels.
You’ll also notice an acceleration in your weight-loss. By the end of Phase Two, most people lose between eight and 15 pounds — again, without even thinking about dieting or losing weight loss. If you’re like my other patients who’ve employed this plan, you’ll begin to notice that your clothes fit better. In fact, at this point many people are able to slip into outfits they haven’t been able to wear for years.
But more importantly, your weight loss is confirmation that you’re well on your way to reversing Type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. In addition to losing weight, people who have Type 1 should be able to significantly reduce their insulin dosage (with their doctor’s permission, of course).
PHASE THREE: Ready for the Outside World
After 20 days on The 30-Day Diabetes Cure, you’ll be ready for the real test: The outside world and its relentless enticements to eat and drink as you once did. After spending almost three weeks inside a “bubble” of protection while you learned to replace the foods and beverages that harmed your body with those that can help and heal it, you’ll be well prepared to snub the seductions.
During Phase Three, you’ll learn how to conquer the biggest temptations a person with blood sugar irregularities must face. You’ll discover proven strategies for surviving dinner parties, restaurants, travel, gas stations, airports, the food court at the mall — and even fast-food menus. Remember those two daily snacks? They’re an integral part of moving into Phase Three.
Think of this as your “advanced training.” You’ll gain valuable insights into the subtle ways some people sabotage their progress so you can avoid these pitfalls altogether. You’ll learn how to identify where to find friendly support for your new mission. You’ll read about special nutritional supplements that can help elevate you to the next level of natural glucose management — and possibly even support and repair your damaged beta cells. And you’ll see how easy it can be to add more lean muscle to your physique, which will help your body utilize insulin much more efficiently.
Meet the New “You!”
In just 30 short days, you’re going to transform your mind, your body, and your biochemistry. You’ll go from being sick, feeling tired all the time, and relying on multiple medications … to being a “younger,” stronger, leaner, healthier, and more energetic human being. How will you change? Let me count the ways …
- Right off the bat, starting with Day One, this program begins to reverse your cells’ insulin resistance, the root cause of Type 2 diabetes.
- You’ll discover a wide variety of delicious foods and non-strenuous physical activities that actually increase your cells’ sensitivity to insulin.
- Your pancreas won’t be flogged into producing as much insulin — and this alone will protect the health and longevity of your beta cells, as well as your entire body.
- This improvement naturally leads to weight loss as your cells begin to empty out their stored fat, using it for energy.
- Less sugary glucose in your arteries means they won’t be so inflamed (the number-one way heart disease develops). And by consuming more antioxidant-rich foods and supplements, you’ll begin to heal the damage that past inflammation has caused. Result? In addition to healing your diabetes and insulin resistance, you’ll also be reversing the process of heart disease … Alzheimer’s … and quite possibly cancer at the same time.
- Less fat in your bloodstream will make your blood platelets less sticky, which can dramatically improve your circulation. At this point, more oxygen-rich blood and nutrients are reaching the tiny capillaries in your eyes, your brain, and your extremities. All of this greatly reduces the underlying problems that lead to the most horrific complications of diabetes — vision loss, dementia, and Alzheimer’s, plus the horrible amputations that are so common when insulin and glucose are out-of-control.
- Better circulation and nutrition also means more energy gets delivered to all parts of your body. As a result, you’ll feel better … have more energy … and find you’re more lighthearted because the “happiness neurotransmitters” in your brain will be getting fed.
Bingo! In a relatively short time, your metabolism will be acting “normal” again, just as long as you don’t go back to the crazy foods and lifestyle that triggered your disease in the first place. It’s actually that simple and straightforward.
And It Really Works!
Day by day — —in a simple, systematic way –— you’ll remove the diabetes-causing substances and habits that threaten your life and happiness. And, one by one, you’ll replace them the life-affirming foods and behaviors that can repair, regenerate, and revitalize your entire being from head to toe.
By the end of my program, you may not be completely free of diabetes — but you will be well on your way and absolutely grounded in the Diabetes Healing Lifestyle that can conquer Type 2 and reverse insulin resistance, while normalizing your blood sugar and hormone balance.
Those of you with Type 1 should find your need for supplemental insulin significantly reduced as your body becomes better able to utilize insulin. Best of all, your risk of nasty diabetic complications will be dramatically reduced.
What If You Slip Up?
I’ve planned for that, too. We’re only human, after all, and sometimes we fall back into old habits. If this happens to you, you’ll quickly recognize you’re in trouble by the junky stuff you’re eating again … by the tired, half-sick way you feel … and by the pounds and inches creeping back on your body.
Should the slip occur, just go back to Phase One and start with the first day. It will be easier this time, because you’ve already followed my plan once. Stay there as long as you like, but at least until you get things back under control.
Keep in close touch with your doctor. If you fall off the wagon for a lengthy period, you may need help with medications temporarily until you can regain your balance.
But keep in mind that you will never, ever be able to return to the lifestyle that upset your blood chemistry in the first place and damaged the beta cells in your pancreas as a result. The 30-Day Diabetes Cure is not a magic bullet that allows you to go back to a life of junk food, sodas, and rich desserts. That path will always lead to diabetes and other serious health complications.
More than anything, The 30-Day Diabetes Cure is a lifestyle, not a temporary fix. As they say at Alcoholics Anonymous: “It works if you work it.” So work it, friends. I have every confidence you can.
Make Your Doctor Your Partner in This
I strongly urge you to seek your doctor’s help and support in implementing this program — especially if you’re on any medication. Never discontinue any medicines without your doctor’s approval. If you’re self-administering insulin, your blood sugar reading will be your best guide as to the dose you need. But always advise your physician of your progress.
Many doctors are skeptical of the power of natural healing, nutrition, and lifestyle modifications, so be sure to explain everything you’re attempting on The 30-Day Diabetes Cure to your physician. Your success could open his or her mind and perhaps even trigger a significant change in the way your doctor treats diabetes as a result. (Wouldn’t that be nice?)
Occasionally, you’ll encounter a physician whose beliefs are so rigid that he/she refuses to entertain any unconventional therapies. If this describes your doctor, you may want to reconsider whether this clinician is right for you.
Always remember: Your doctor works for you — not the other way around. If your physician isn’t supportive and cooperative, find one who is. Modern medicine is changing rapidly, so it shouldn’t be difficult to locate a physician or health practitioner who is willing to incorporate new ideas, as long as they aren’t dangerous (or nutty).
In fact, the reverse is often true. Many doctors are excited when their patients make a commitment to getting well using steps like the ones in my plan. The truth is, physicians just don’t see that many patients who want to try. Imagine how depressing it is to try to save the lives of patients who won’t lift a finger to save themselves. In many cases, doctors have to fight just to get a patient to take his or her medications. No wonder they get so discouraged.
You’ll Be a Hero to Everyone around You
But you’re not that kind of patient. You’re going to be a “diabetes warrior.” You’re going to fight for your health as if you’re life depends on it (because it does!). You’re going to turn your condition around, starting tomorrow on Day 1 of The 30-Day Diabetes Cure. You’re going to inspire your doctor and your friends by your example. You’re going to be the poster child for self-healing. Are you smiling at the prospect?
You’re also going to declare your independence from the greedy corporations that run the food, insurance, and advertising industries, as well as our corrupt medical system. And in doing so, you’re going to help change the world.
You’ve already read in Chapter One about the numerous studies that prove the effectiveness and superiority of simple lifestyle modifications over drug therapy. As I’ve said before, the deck is stacked against you. Everyone will be pushing diabetes drugs on you, including TV ads, the ADA, your local pharmacy, and, most likely, your doctor.
Corporations — especially drug companies and food manufacturers — are counting on Americans to take the lazy way out. They don’t believe we’re strong enough to take real responsibility for ourselves. They’ve watched us go soft in just two generations, and they don’t believe we’ve got the grit to resist their junky foods, insipid television programs, heavy-handed politics, and their sneaky undermining of democracy and our individual freedoms. This is your opportunity to prove them wrong.
This Is Also Your Chance to Take Back Your Power
Diabetes isn’t a contagious virus you catch. It isn’t a genetic aberration (except in the case of Type 1, and new research is beginning to cast doubt on this theory). And it isn’t some unpredictable accident, like a car crash or falling off a ladder.
Rather, 95% of all diabetes is something we give to ourselves. It doesn’t begin in your blood or pancreas. Diabetes begins in your mind. And that’s also where the real cure resides.
There is no doctor, drug, or treatment that has more power over this disease than you do. Saving your life requires changing your life. It means taking the next step up the stairway of evolved thinking and discovering a smarter, stronger, happier, and healthier you. It’s like the line in the Bob Dylan song: “Them not busy being born are busy dying.”
You’re never too old to get better. So let’s get started…”
Here you can get more infos and watch videos and testimonials about The 30 Day Diabetes Cure Book
On my last post, I wrote my personal review of Dr. Ripich’s “The 30 Day Diabetes Cure” book.
Now, I forgot to mention some things that I think may be of interest for you as well.
Besides the great content and information shared in the book, you also get a CD for free with 7 Special Reports PDFs with further related information:
- Dangers of diabetes drugs: What they are not telling you about today’s bestselling diabetes medications
- Deadly diabetes lies: How you are being misled about the world’s #1 health crisis
- Dodging complications: The test and remedies you need to avoid the deadly complications of diabetes
- Healing your pancreas: “TLC” for the most important organ in a diabetic patient’s body
- Mistakes doctors make: How and why current treatments are ineffective and dangerous
- Diabetes healing with yoga
- Diabetes healing recipies: “Meals that heal” including the top diabetes healing superfoods
I must confess that I haven’t read them all, since I wanted to start with the book and digg deep into it. There’s so much helpful information that I couldn’t make the time to read all these extra reports.
But I’m looking forward to having some time to go through them and learning even more how diabetes is affecting me and what can I do improve and or reverse my diabetes.
Update July 4, 2011: I added a new post about how Dr. Ripich’s diabetes cure plan works (extracted from the book, with permission of course)
After some years of research, trying and writing about all possible treatments to cure diabetes, I recently stumbled upon a magnific source of information for all of us, searching hopelessly for guidance and/or a therapy to heal our diabetes, be it type 1 or type 2.
The book is called “The 30 day diabetes cure” (The drug-free solution to America’s #1 health crisis), by Dr. Stefan Ripich, ND, CNP.
In this post I’m going to review said book, explain what I like about it and what I don’t, and hope that this will help you decide whether you too want to give it a try or not.
First of all, I don’t know anything about you, but I do care a lot about my health and the potential consequences of my diabetes.
For many years (soon it will be 13 years since I was diagnosed with diabetes type 1) I’ve purposely tried to say to myself that I’m not going to suffer all those horrible complications associated with diabetes, and therefore didn’t want to read about the “dark-side” of diabetes.
I’ve tried to eat healthy with few carbohydrates and a minimum of sugars, exercise regularly and keep a possitive attitude.
Although that’s already more than what 90% of the people with diabetes do, after having read Dr. Ripich’s book I realized that this was not enough, at least in some aspects.
“The 30 Day Diabetes Cure” helped me accept that diabetes can be a terrible disease if not properly controlled, leading to a possible loss of mobility, eyesight, independence and 10-20 years of your life. And that’s one of the things I’m gratefull for, thanks to this book, I’m more motivated than ever to fight for my health and my life.
What I like most about the treatment to cure diabetes exposed in this book is that it’s a step by step guide, one day at a time, with great practical tips and written in a language that anyone can understand.
With this “diet” or “way of living” you don’t go from 0 to 100 overnight, but you are accompanied by professional medical guidance (allopathist, naturopath and nutrition specialist) step by step, gradually making the necessary changes in your life in order to control and reverse diabetes.
Although I’m aware that this treatment mainly addresses people with type 2 diabetes, I was encouraged by the testimonial of a type 1 diabetic who could reduce his insulin dose by 80% following the advice given in the book. Each chapter has a case study or testimonial showing the before-and-after numbers concerning A1C, weight, triglicerides, blood pressure and medicines taken and eliminated.
For people with type 2 diabetes, this sentence from the book speaks for itself: “I have never had a type 2 diabetes patient who hasn’t gotten completely off their medications and returned to a normal, healthy, drug-free life.”
Encouraging, isn’t it?
I really like the holistic approach, connecting the right food, exercise, emotions, natural vitamins, relaxation, sleep, elimination of toxins, avoidance of stress… That’s what most of the treatments lack, just considering one approach.
And, there are lots of scientific studies behind his approach mentioned in the book.
Now let’s turn to the two things I’m a bit skeptic about: on the back cover of the book it says “…It’s virtually a FREE solution…” Although lots of the things recommended are so cheap that you could consider it almost a free therapy, there are also some natural vitamins/suplements recommended, and we know that those aren’t cheap.
But I have to agree, that compared with the costs of drugs, medical insurance and hospital visits when diabetes complications arise, it really is a cheaper and safer option.
The second thing I don’t really agree with is the claim that “This is the best and only viable alternative you have to surrendering your life to diabetes.” My years of research on healing diabetes treatments made me clear that there are many approaches in different cultures and through different means to cure diabetes, some of them easier to follow than others and some very difficult to follow. But it’s true, that this the most comprehensive, hollistic, well-structured treatment that has come to my hands, and which is not as restrictive as other “diets”.
Since I’m really taken by The 30 Day Diabetes Cure, I wanted to finish this review with another aspect that I like about this book: it doesn’t make you believe this is a magic bullet, where you take a natural pill and your diabetes is reversed. On the contrary, Dr. Ripich is very open in this regard and states that it will take commitment, determination and persistence.
I highly recommend this book to any person suffering diabetes (specially if you have type 2 diabetes you’ll see faster positive results). Do yourself a favor and don’t wait too long for science to discover and market the next new transplant solution or drug for diabetes. You can do something for your health NOW.
And if you are backed up with a 100% positive results achieved by The 30 Day Diabetes Cure, you don’t have anything to loose, but a LOT to win: your life and health!
If you are more a visual person who prefers to see and listen to the doctor instead of reading what he has to say in a book, you can pay a little bit more and get access to “The 30 Day Diabetes Cure Video Coaching Program“, where Dr. Ripich guide you via video on every step of the process.
In future posts I’ll write about my experiences following this plan. Until then, you can take a look at Dr. Ripich’s site and consider buying the book for yourself or a loved one: www.30daydiabetescure.com
Update July 4, 2011: I just published a new post with a detailed overview of how “The 30 Day Diabetes Cure” plan works.
Please, don’t forget to comment here how you are doing following this book’s plan. We may all learn from you and get motivated.
In my nearly 13 years with type 1 diabetes I’ve tried many things, diets, therapies … without total success (which does not mean they couldn’t work for others.) I am convinced that each of us is different and what works for you may not work for another and vice versa.
But my recent researches are leading me toward something that seems to be common to all, as it is on the biological basis of our body as a human species.
I mean the glyconutrients.
Many scientists believe that research on glyconutrients is the greatest advance in health and nutrition.
Science, the world’s most popular magazine for researchers and scientists, dedicated one of his runs entirely on educating the medical and scientific community about Glyconutrients, Glycobiology and glycoscience (March 23, 2001 issue: Carbohydrates and Glycobiology)
It also demonstrates the importance of the fact that 4 out of the last 9 Nobel laureates in medicine have been associated with cell communication and its importance to our health. As we shall see, the main function of glyconutrients is enabling and improving cellular communication.
MIT Research Institute cited the 10 new technologies that will change the world, being the first in the list glyconutrients, that is, the study of sugars.
What are glyconutrients?
They are the most important discovery in the last 100 years for your immune system. Some scientists go even further by proclaiming that it is the most important discovery in the history of medicine: the secret to a long and healthy life.
The Glyconutrients are vegetal carbohydrates (monosaccharides). There are over 200 carbohydrates or sugars but only 8 are essential for the functioning of the body.
The main function of these special carbohydrates is not to be used by the body to generate energy (as is normal in carbohydrates), but for other uses way more specialized and important.
These 8 saccharides are: D-Glucose, D-galactose, D-Mannose, L-Fucose, N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylneuraminic acid and Xylose.
Scientists believe that the main role of glyconutrients in the human body is to create glycoproteins for cellular communication. Every cell in all body systems (immune system cells, cells of the digestive system, nervous system cells …) need to communicate constantly to do its job.
The problem is that without good cellular communication, we can’t be healthy. In other words, to be healthy, we need optimal cellular communication.
Worst of all, in my opinion, is that we can’t (or it is hard) get these 8 carbohydrates from food the way Nature (or God, as you wish to put it) put them at our disposal.
Scientists say that the typical modern diet is highly deficient in 6 of 8 saccharides that the body needs to create glycoproteins.
Fresh fruits and vegetables we buy today have few glyconutrients (or any nutritional value at all) because they are usually grown in nutrient-deficient soil, collected from the tree before natural ripening, are irrigated with pesticides, are stored for days, weeks or months, cooked, frozen, processed, pasteurized, genetically modified … Cooking and processing food eliminates further glyconutrients.
For example, tomato, after going through the whole process from planting to our table, has just 2.39% of their original nutrient content (here’s a little hint for us to start eating more ecological vegetables and fruits from our area).
Glyconutrients and Degenerative Diseases
While our food has been declining nutrients, a number of diseases such as autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic degenerative diseases have increased at an alarming rate even at young ages.
There is more and more evidence that these diseases are caused by a single deficiency in the diet: glyconutrients. Among the nutrients that are missing from our diet, are also antioxidants, which help control free radicals and support our body to deal with toxins.
The scientific evidence makes clear that if your body suffers from an autoimmune system disorder or a degenerative condition, can benefit greatly from the 8 essential glyconutrients. They help the body to exercise his incredible ability to heal, repair, regenerate, regulate and protect itself by giving the raw material is already preprogrammed for use.
Some scientific studies were carried out to test the effect of adding glyconutrients to the diet (with supplements), and tests showed significant improvements in health.
Role of Glyconutrients
Glyconutrients are not focused on a single body system or organ, but on improving the health of the entire body. Therefore, do not look at the glyconutrients as a cure or solution for a given health problem (that’s what drugs from the pharmacy do, if anything). They are rather the essential nutrient that the body needs for optimal general health.
No matter how good (or bad) allopathic medicine could be, it has no answer or solution to the alarming increase of autoimmune diseases, cancers and degenerative diseases in western societies. Time will tell whether glyconutrients will soon be part of standard medical care for these diseases or if the pharmaceutical industry is also going to want to delay as much as possible their use in health centers and hospitals. In any case, it would be a paradigm shift, as it would treat the root of the problems instead of symptoms, and unfortunately I do not see the medical community ready for this yet.
The responsibility for our health is only ours.
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I liked it so much that I registered as a distributor of the product, since I have the opportunity to help many people through this website.
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I hope all of you had a good end of year 2010 and that 2011 has started with all the energy, motivation and courage that you desire and deserve to improve your health or any other area of your lives.
As I said in my previous article “World Without Diabetes Day” my new year resolution is to try some treatments or foods to help my body to regenerate and stay healthy.
I decided to start by PXP Forte because I think in my case it can help a lot to my body to regenerate organs affected by diabetes and thereby reduce the need for external insulin.
A few days ago I ordered the product and I have it at home and have been using it for the last 3 days. It is early to see changes, so if you’re interested stay tuned because I will publish any change that I notice with PXP as well as further product information and its effects on health.
If PXP Forte works as they say, I plan on becoming a distributor for this product through this website, and that could help many people to improve their health. Anyone interested in testing the PXP now, can contact me via email from the contact page.
How about you? What is your New Year resolution regarding your health?
It is November 14 again, known by many as World Diabetes Day. On this day, we try to join forces to inform the population about diabetes prevention and education.
On one hand, I feel strongly about prevention, that is, educating people (particularly at risk for diabetes, but also in general) and taking actions like those carried out today may help somehow.
On the other hand, what about the millions of people who already have diabetes? If you take a look at the statistics, it is entirely right to draw conclusions as: if medicine is supposed to advance (or so they say), then why are more people with diabetes? Perhaps medicine is moving in the wrong direction? Could it be that some companies/agencies are not interested in curing diabetes?
And why those studying and researching alternative treatments for diabetes that are getting positive results are not allowed more space and freedom?
Anyways, as you have seen in the title of this article, I only changed one word, one preposition, to the official name. But, wouldn’t it be nice to celebrate a day like this?: World Without Diabetes Day 2010.
This year I intend to try some treatments/foods that are supposed to greatly help to improve health by lowering the dose of insulin needed, helping my body to regenerate itself:
- PXP Forte
- Yacon
- Cayenne (chili compressed-natural cayenne)
- Alpiste (Canary grass or birdseed) (I hear some laughing because this superfood is known as parakeets food, but perhaps this seed grows in the wild with a label that says: “bird food”?. Perhaps we are deprived of one of the most powerful seeds on the planet just for that ridiculous assumption)
And what are you going to do this year to improve your diabetes or even eradicate it (remember, the reins of our lives are only in our hands)?
This time I would like to clarify something I’ve been receiving comments about.
Attached is my answer to some of the people in this regard:
“I’m not telling anyone to follow me in what I am doing to cure my diabetes. I’m just looking for the best methodology to give my body what it needs to recover, and I’m publicizing it through this website. Whatever I do, I do it because I research a lot about this subject (from many points of view, including the allopathic) and have found reliable sources of information that make sense to me. But that does not mean that it makes sense to others. And if this website has an effect on other people, I hope it is the effect of being more critical about traditional medicine and investigating in all possible directions to find an alternative to the one offered by the mainstream health care system.
I hope that no one starts following the diet/therapies that I post here without previously researching and being convinced that it is the right course for him/her. And, of course, keeping strict control of sugar levels to test whether it works or not.”
I say this because I’m not a doctor (neither allopathic nor naturopathic) and I can’t tell people which diet they should be on, for the simple reason that each of us is different and what works for one does not work for another, and vice versa. I hope all of you are increasingly aware of your bodies and how they react to different foods/drugs/activities that you investigate (in books, online, interviewing experts, or anywhere else) which methodology, diet or therapy would be the best way to improve your health and even cure your diabetes, as appropriate.
For your own health!
Hello again.
Those of you who have been following this blog for a while may wonder where I’ve been over the past months, since I haven’t written again about how the healing of my type 1 diabetes is going.
The truth is that it’s been a few tough weeks, because I had to make a very hard decision. But as they say, better to make a decision (even a wrong one) than no decision at all.
After a week drinking only vegetable juice, one day came when I could no longer even stand the smell of juice. My body reacted negatively to just the idea of drinking another glass of juice. I decided to listen to my body and went back to eating salads. Only this time nothing but salads. Another week went by and I was feeling increasingly weak, so it was time to make the tough decision.
I could go on, and maybe heal, but I didn’t know how long it would take. In addition, once healed I would have to eat like this for many years (if not forever) and the truth is that you no longer have a social life, is very hard to go on a trip, and my wife and son were also paying the consequences.
So, I decided not to keep such a strict diet and gradually returned to eating a little bit of everything. I keep having the same things for breakfast (freshly ground oat muesli with some fruit and nuts) and a 50% raw lunch and dinner in the form of salads. The rest is cooked.
In no time I got my strength back as well as the weight I lost, I enjoy food and social life again.
Does this mean that I gave up trying to cure diabetes? Absolutely not! I still believe that diabetes can be cured and that I will heal; only at this point I still don’t know how. I will keep my mind open and will continue my research to find the best way to heal. Also, I proved to myself, after 8 months eating raw-vegan that I have the willpower to reach any goal I set.
It doesn’t mean either that Dr. Schnitzer’s diet doesn’t work. It’s just that perhaps not for me, or that it may take too long to work. Surely it would help someone else to cure his/her type 1 or type 2 diabetes, especially if they haven’t been injecting insulin for too long. It’s something I would recommend to anyone who has been recently diagnosed with diabetes or has been on insulin only for a few weeks/months.
My philosophy is that not everything is for EVERYONE. That is, a diet or therapy can work for some people, but make others worse.
So from now on, instead of writing about my healing therapy in a diary-like style, I’ll be writing in my blog any news that may bring us hope of a cure for diabetes, experiences, thoughts …
Today I want to catch up and write about the most current events that I have experienced on the subject of the healing of my diabetes. Two weeks ago I decided to make a “juice fasting” for my body to focus even more on the task of cleaning, removing, regenerating and healing. The idea is that so the body can use all the energy saved for digestion to heal and purify.
I started with a lot of energy, bought tons of vegetables to make juice and started to make combinations of vegetables. At first it is hard to get used to it, especially in the morning, to have vegetable juice for breakfast. The following days my body seemed to tolerate it better and it needed less insulin. Even some days I didn’t need fast acting insulin with my meals (or rather, drinks).
But after a week, my body started giving me signs of not fitting so well to that. Just thinking of the juice, and my stomach churned a bit. Since I decided to listen more to my body and its signals (something I had not done before in my life), I thought that it wasn’t the best for me and I stopped drinking juices.
You can’t imagine how much I crave, and how tasty a simple salad sounds after a week without chewing anything! I started gradually to reintroduce solid foods (salad, seeds, nuts). But I thought that if my body was able to tolerate a liter of vegetable juice without insulin, it also should be able to do it with salads. So that day I decided not to go back to fast acting insulin at meals. Wow! What a decision!
To further support my body, I stopped taking the foods that I know increase my blood sugar levels as carrots, apples and fruits in general. The result: I haven’t injected fast acting insulin at each meal for a week! I only need 8 units of slow acting insulin at night (4 units less than before I started with the juices). And my sugar levels are great! Here and then it goes up to 150-170, but I already had that (even higher) when using insulin. So I prefer to have those values and not using insulin.
My next goal is to continue gradually lowering slow acting insulin until completely taking the insulin out of my life and achieve my dream and goal of CURING MY DIABETES.
Here I am again after one more day drinking just vegetable juices in order to cure my diabetes. First of all, thanks a lot for the comments I am receiving supporting or encouraging my will to get rid of the diabetes. I am learning from those comments as well and trying to “take it easy“. This third day was one of those where I had to apply that suggestion.
Since the day before I had my blood sugar levels quite low (specially when I woke up), with no fast-acting insulin during the day, I decided to put 4 units less of slow-acting insulin for the night (that is, instead of 8 units, 4 units). Although when I woke up the glucose level was ok, afterwards it kept increasing until dinner time (150), having put 2 units of fast-acting insulin for lunch and 1 for dinner again.
I don’t complain about that 150. I think is great for a diabetic with such a low insulin intake, but I recognize that having to inject insulin again for the meals didn’t feel so good. As I said before, I’m trying to learn and be more patient with my body. Therefore I increased again the slow-acting insulin for the night up to 7 units (since that seems to be the determining factor for the glucose levels to increase).
Today, Day 4, my glucose levels were fine, even low. Since the last two juices were difficult for me to drink (maybe my body needed a rest), today I haven’t had anything else since the breakfast juice. Only water and tee. I am trying to listen more to my body and take care of its needs, which is hard for me since eating was my passion and had lost connection with my body, not recognizing its needs. My problem is that I should not lose more weight!
Wow! What amazing results did I get on my second day with the juice feasting!! My blood sugar levels kept dropping down and I was able to eliminate the fast-acting insulin intake on each meal (juice). That’s right, zero units of insulin and my blood sugar level was ok, between 65 and 95. I am thrilled and motivated! Now I have to lower the slow-acting insulin at night as well.
As I mentioned on my post two days ago, I am giving a try to this juice feasting concept to help my body heal itself the type 1 diabetes I’ve had for almost 10 years now.
After the first day juicing, I got more experienced and was able to prepare more tasting juices. Now, I even enjoy them. And I take one liter three times a day, so I am not feeling hungry.
Let’s see what other news do I have for sharing next time, soon.
Beating type 1 diabetes is a tough thing (specially after almost 10 years taking shots of insulin), but not impossible. As I already said in different points of this blog, I am healing diabetes myself through natural means, specially foods. After 7 months eating a 100% vegan raw food diet I’ve been able to reduce the insulin intake 60-70%. These last months my blood sugar has stabilized with 2 or 3 units of insulin per meal and 11 units at night.
Not happy enough with that, since my goal is to be healed before June 20th 2008, yesterday I began a Juice Feasting period. That means that all that I take during the day are about 4 litres of vegetable juices. The difference between Juice Fasting and Juice Feasting is that with the second one, the body still gets the calories and nutrients needed to keep a normal energy level, so that you don’t feel weaker and weaker. Since this way the body doesn’t need so much work to digest the food, it can use almost all its energy to cleanse and heal itself.
Before getting started I spent some time getting information about how to do it. The main source I used is the Juice Feasting website, where you can find lots of information about it and other resources. The guys running this site are Katrina & David Rainoshek. David, together with Dr. Gabriel Cousens, has recently published a book called “There is a cure for diabetes” and has been coaching people at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center on juice feasting and how to heal diseases, even diabetes through it. You can get the book clicking on the image below.
My first day with juices has been great! Well, it is kind of difficult for me to get used to it but seeing the results helps a lot to keep doing it. My blood sugar is dropping and dropping and therefore I am reducing even more the amount of insulin that I still take. Now I am just injecting 1 unit of fast acting insulin per meal and 10 units of slow acting insulin at bedtime (that means, I dropped 1 or 2 units of the fast insulin and 1 of the slow insulin).
Now I just need to find the way of preparing good tasting juices, je je. With more experience and patience I am sure I will make it.
I will keep you informed about my development.
Four months have passed since I started the treatment that is helping me cure my diabetes and the results are quite positive.
The insulin that I inject has stabilized at 2 units of rapid-acting insulin per meal and lately I’ve gotten off one unit of long-acting insulin at night, injecting now just 11 units. That is, during the day the need for insulin has decreased by 75%. The blood sugar has stabilized (no strong peaks or downs), except in periods when I have a cold, allergies or a stomach ache that raises blood sugar and insulin requirements as well. It’s interesting to see how the body responds when we are sick. But those of you having had diabetes for many years already know that.
I’m proud to have remained faithful to this diet for four months, since it is a quite radical change to what we’re used to concerning eating. Especially it’s difficult to live in a society where everybody eats differently as what yo do, so going out to restaurants with friends must be sacrificed (unless you don’t care and take your tupper-ware with your raw food while you watch your friends eat things so attractive to the eye and the nose) But it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to do, and I do so four months. Because when I’m cured, the diet will expand and will be no longer so strict.
And if my body works correctly again, I will occasionally make an exception. Although I am convinced that eating well is best to cure and prevent disease, I’m realizing that it is also important to occasionally enjoy some extra and tasty food (though not so low quality and harmful.) If not, we risk to live a life of imbalance between desires and beliefs, making the meal a dogma or fanaticism.
But as I said, I think to cure diseases such as diabetes this diet is very appropriate and I’ll stick with it, because I already have almost half the time that the doctor who developed this diet considered as necessary for healing (between 9 and 12 months).
I can’t wait to see the progress of the next four months. Of course, I’ll keep you informed.
Today I want to talk about another ally I’m using to cure my diabetes. Although brewer’s yeast (like other plants, herbs …) do not cure diabetes by itself, I consider it an important aid and support.
Brewer yeast
It’s usually eaten in powder (I take it this way in salads and I love it!) alone, juices, yogurt, tablets or capsules. Described by Abderhalden as vegetable insulin, ie it stimulates the functioning of the pancreas.
Studies have shown health benefits in cases of diabetes (regulates blood sugar levels and increases insulin activity) and high cholesterol, and with any known side effects (though some are allergic to it). As the chromium content can enhance the effect of insulin and other drugs to reduce sugar, it can cause hypoglycemia, that’s why it’s recommended that diabetics take them under medical supervision. This is probably a good approach for those who have recently got diabetes or they are not well controlled.
My opinion is that if you’ve already got years with diabetes and have it more or less controlled, you are expert enough to decide to start taking brewer’s yeast and check in your sugar readings how your body is reacting, making appropriate adjustments of insulin if you need less (or more). If I didn’t do it this way, I could spend my life in the health center visiting my doctor, giving complete control over my life and my health. And that’s not what I want and therefore I don’t do it.
Brewer’s yeast can also help prevent the development of diabetes in individuals prone to it or with a family member with diabetes.
It’s also relatively easy to get (some supermarkets already sell it) and is not expensive.
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