Reversing diabetes means making tough choices

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Apr 06, 2005 17:15 PDT

Reversing diabetes means making tough choices in foods,

nutrition and exercise

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In parts 1 and 2 of this article series, we talked about how dietary

sugars (white flour, corn syrup, table sugar, etc.) alter blood sugar

levels and how the body tries to regulate blood sugar through glycogen

storage, insulin secretion and body fat creation.

 

In this third and final part, we're exploring the causes of adult-onset

diabetes and how people can both prevent and even reverse diabetes by

applying fundamental knowledge of how

the human body deals with dietary sugars and refined carbohydrates.

 

 

 

This process of storing sugar as glycogen or converting it to body fat

is " initiated " by a hormone produced by the pancreas. This hormone, of

course, is called insulin.

 

If you consume refined carbohydrates on a regular basis, your pancreas

will become overstressed. It's just like if

you run your car 24 hours a day and keep revving the engine --

eventually something's going to wear out and break.

 

This is what happens with the pancreas, and people who have adult onset

diabetes often have

an " overstressed " pancreas. You could call it a worn-out pancreas,

although technically that's not an accurate metaphor.

 

The other problem is that type 2 diabetics have decreased insulin

sensitivity in the cells of their body. That means that even though

insulin is being produced and circulating through the bloodstream, the

cells in the body aren't responding to it.

 

That's why reduced insulin " sensitivity " is a physiological marker that

indicates a person is about to become diabetic. If your insulin

sensitivity is reduced, you are on

the track to diabetes. In the medical community this is called

pre-diabetes.

 

And once again, it is *not* a " genetic disorder " -- it is

something that is directly " caused " by the *foods* you choose to consume

and the level of *physical activity* you choose to pursue.

 

If you are pre-diabetic, that means you have reduced insulin sensitivity

 

but haven't yet been diagnosed with full-blown adult onset type 2

diabetes.

 

In most cases, you can directly reverse this condition and

return to a healthy metabolic state by making new choices in your foods

and physical exercise.

 

Remember, diabetes is a disease that is quite easy to reverse if you

catch it early enough. And if you're

pre-diabetic, you have an opportunity to reverse the situation right

now.

 

Reversing it means making some tough choices in your life. It means,

first of all, getting out and engaging in physical exercise on a regular

basis. That's 45 minutes a day of walking, or something more strenuous

if you can handle it. If you can't walk 45 minutes a day, walk 30

minutes a day. If you can't walk 30 minutes a day, walk 5 minutes a day.

 

 

 

If you can't walk 5 minutes a day, just get up out of your chair 3 times

 

-- do *something* to increase your exercise stamina, and work towards

walking 45 minutes a day. Everybody can do something.

 

Sitting around doing nothing is no excuse, and it will directly lead you

into full-blown diabetes. (Diabetics are really good at making excuses.

I know, I used

to be pre-diabetic. I would find every reason in the world to avoid

physical exercise.)

 

The second thing people can do is give up all foods that promote

diabetes. This means foods that contain ingredients like refined white

sugar,

sucrose, corn syrup,

high-fructose corn syrup,

dextrose,

white flour,

enriched flours,

and so on.

 

So that means getting rid of all ice cream, cakes, cookies, sweets,

desserts, candy bars, etc.

 

These foods are " causing " your diabetes.

 

Now, you won't " hear " this from the American Diabetes Association,

because that organization is, to put it bluntly,

actually " thriving " on the skyrocketing trend of diabetes in the United

States.

 

I've never found the ADA to actually give beneficial nutritional

" advice " that would help people reverse diabetes.

 

Remember, they are " funded " in large part by pharmaceutical companies

who would actually " lose customers " if people reversed their diabetic

conditions.

 

It's not a conspiracy: it's just plain old " corporate greed " .

 

If you want to reverse diabetes, and you want to know the truth about

it, keep reading articles like this one, because I'm going to give it to

you straight.

 

I'm telling you that you've got a make a list of all the

foods and food ingredients to avoid for the rest of your life.

 

And then you must commit to avoiding those foods.

 

No exceptions.

 

By the way, another side effect of all of this " sugar consumption " is,

of course, rampant weight gain.

 

If you're suffering from obesity (or a very high level of body fat),

chances are you got that way by consuming

" refined carbohydrates " .

 

This is why the Atkins diet has been so successful for people who are

willing to stick with it.

 

I'm not a huge supporter of the low carb lifestyle as " practiced " by

most Americans, although I do support the avoidance of all " processed

carbohydrates " as

recommended by the Atkins program and other low carb dieting systems

such as the Hamptons Diet.

 

Consuming " refined carbs " and added sugars will put weight on your body

faster than any other nutritional strategy. The way to " take it off " is

to avoid these foods for the rest of your life.

 

By the way, if you're going to eat low carb foods, be sure to check out

my book called Low-Carb Diet Warning, at TruthPublishing.com, because

there's a safe way to eat low carb, and then there's a very unhealthy

way to eat low carb, and sadly,

most Americans who are pursuing low carb diets are eating the " unhealthy

way " .

 

Here's another interesting point in all of this -- when your body " adds

fat " during this process of converting blood sugar to body fat, it has a

blueprint of where to put that fat.

 

For most women, the fat goes on the buttocks and the hips, potentially

on the breasts, and eventually under the arms. For men, most of the that

weight goes right to the belly, the gut, and only later will it move up

to the chest area, the bottom of the

neck, and maybe the buttocks and legs as well. The point is, your body

has a blueprint of where it is going to store fat, and that blueprint is

" unique " to you. You cannot change this blueprint.

 

Some people foolishly believe that if they do a bunch of sit-ups, they

are going to somehow remove body fat from their abdomen. That's not true

at all.

 

Your body decides where to put it on and where to take it off.

 

 

Other people, who are just as foolish, think that if they go get

liposuction, they're going to remove all the body fat from their thighs

or their stomach or some other area where it's not cosmetically

appealing.

 

But what happens is now they're missing those fat cells that have been

ripped out of their torso through liposuction, but they keep on eating

the way they've been eating that made them fat in the first place.

 

They keep on eating all those sweets and ice creams and sugars and other

refined carbohydrates.

 

So what happens?

 

Well, the body has to put the fat somewhere, so now all of a sudden, the

body is putting this fat in strange places where the fat cells still

exist.

 

A woman might end up with massive " deposits of fat " hanging off of her

arms, or the back of her legs and thighs might balloon in size even

though her midsection is now

apparently much thinner because she doesn't have fat cells there.

 

Liposuction is one of those surgeries that looks good at first, but if

you don't change your lifestyle, you're going to look like some sort of

" Frankenstein monster " in the long run.

 

You're going to have to change your diet sooner or later if you want to

look normal again, and if you'd just make the decision to change your

diet earlier, you wouldn't need

the liposuction surgery in the first place.

 

So, in my book, liposuction is absolutely useless.

 

In fact, it's worse than useless -- it's a

dangerous procedure that scars your body and that disrupts the normal

" fat storage system " your body was designed for.

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JoAnn Guest

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