RE: Overcoming diabetes

March 20, 2009

Hi, Sharron, and also Mary,

I am very happy to share my journey out of diabetes with anyone

who is interested. I started to reply earlier and my computer went

bonkers, it may have gone out half written! I will start again.

My blood sugar level was constantly creeping higher and the

doctor kept increasing the dosage and adding meds and it was still close to 200

and sometimes higher. I decided I didn’t like the way things were

going, and if it is true that diet causes diabetes, diet can also cure

it. And I found it did that for me! I did a lot of research on the

internet & read some books & a lot of testimonials that encouraged me.

I cut out potatoes, rice, pasta, tortillas, sugar, bread, cakes,

pies, processed and packaged foods, etc. I began to make a whey protein

drink (from powder) in the morning, and then started adding the greens powder

to it. Now I juice the veggies instead. I eat lots of fruits and

vegetables and salads and nuts and seeds and sprouts. Mostly raw, occasionally cooked

to please my husband. Organic whenever possible. I eat a

slice or two of Ezekiel bread (low glycemic, made of sprouts instead of flour)

maybe once a day, sometimes less. I limit high carb bananas,

oranges, grapes; also starchy corn, peas. I drink lots of water (either

distilled or reverse osmosis). No tap water. Fluoride and chlorine

are especially bad for diabetics. No sodas, nor diet sodas, nor fruit

juices (the whole fruit is better for you). No artificial

sweeteners. Sometimes I use xylitol and often use stevia, but I have

gotten accustomed to needing less sweetening. I do like some fish,

poultry, steak, but try to avoid the commercially grown meat with hormone,

antibiotic & pesticide contamination. Diabetics do need protein.

I take a lot of vitamins, minerals, fish oil, flax seed oil.

Over a period of a few months my blood sugar went down and I

began cutting down on my medications. Then I realized I was using the

metformin pills as a crutch—if I had a piece of birthday cake at work I

would take a metformin. So I decided to go cold turkey—I had to

be good! And I found I could keep my blood sugar most of the time below

100 without medications. I even stopped my other medications after

reading a book on what medications really do to you, and have tried to

substitute natural means. Of course, on that “diet” I lost a

lot of weight—about 45 pounds in 6 months. Then my weight plateaued

because I got a little careless. It’s hard to turn down food at

work and potlucks at church & your husband wants to go get an ice cream

cone. I have learned to make some intelligent substitutions and ask for

them when eating out, but the less you eat out the better, because restaurants

use so much processed food and premade mixes which contain chemicals, etc.

If I “cheat” too often, I fall back into the carbohydrate

addiction. But when I stay away from carbs like I should, the temptation

is much less.

Due to the weight loss and diet change, I have become so

energetic, and I feel much better than I did before I was diagnosed

with diabetes (about 6 years ago). I used to be a couch potato when I

got home from work. My excuse was I wanted to watch the news, but I

really didn’t have the energy to do much and sort of made myself keep

going. However, I rarely watch the news now. Something in me just

can’t be still, I want to do things in the yard or around the house.

I had to get all new clothes (not as many as I used to have), and I need to

lose another 50 lbs. I no longer find things in the women’s

or plus sizes, I’m now in the upper misses’ sizes. What a

good feeling to pass up the plus sizes!!!!! And I lost my double chin.

Exercise is very important for diabetics.

Most of mine is walking. Ideally half an hour a day, or a couple miles. I

don’t always get that much. I have a cheap rebounder (mini

trampoline) I got on closeout from Wal-Mart. Have some lighter

weights I sometimes lift. I don’t huff and puff like I used to,

have much more endurance.

When I went to the doctor for my checkup (last July) I told the

assistant that I wasn’t taking any of my medications, just vitamins and

diet. I didn’t know how my doctor would react. He tactfully

didn’t “chew me out.” He just ordered the lab work, and

when the results came back he said, “Just keep on doing what you’re

doing, you are doing great!”

I check my blood sugar every few days and it is never higher

than “borderline,” but when I am as good as I should be, it

is normal. It’s just hard to eat differently from everyone else

around you all the time. Sometimes people ask what I do, and when I tell

them, they say, “Oh, I could never do something like that!” Well,

it’s their loss, my gain! You need to spend time researching

and getting knowledge to be able to combat negative reactions of others and to

see the importance of making the effort to change your life—then start

changing things step by step. It is difficult to do all at

once. IT IS A PERMANENT CHANGE. If you go back you will slip back

into diabetes. But I feel so GREAT, why would I want to go back?!

I have rattled on, but there is so much to say. If anyone

would like to email me directly, you may. I surely don’t know it

all, I really know so little. But I am willing to share about my journey.

My email is rhoward123

I wish the best of health to all of you—and I know some of

you are really going through tough health struggles, yet are so willing to help

all of us with your information.

I enjoy this friendly group very much.

Ruth

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Of Sharron Albaugh

Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:12 PM

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Re: Re: Tony pantalleresco site

Ruth: How did you overcome the type 2 diabetes? Both my

husband and I have it and have tried so many modalities with limited success.

Thanks,

Sharron

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Maria Stathopoulos <mary1kon wrote:

i'l

allready make my calcium and i add 2 tablespoons of molasses for taste, well is

fantastic.

Good

on you Ruth for wining the war on diabetes, let people know how you did it and

help them out, you are now the best person to tell them, because they going to

believe you as you know how.

Hugs

Mary

March 21, 2009

Wow Ruth.

That's fantastic, i'm proud of you and your achivment, keep up the good work and thank you for sharing your diet routine work with us, i have many friends with diabetes that say to me to leave them be because, diet does not work with them, now i'm sure they never apply themselfs or even tried to get on top of their problem.

Hugs Mary

-

Ruth Howard

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Friday, March 20, 2009 3:08 PM

RE: Re: Overcoming diabetes

Hi, Sharron, and also Mary,

I am very happy to share my journey out of diabetes with anyone who is interested. I started to reply earlier and my computer went bonkers, it may have gone out half written! I will start again.

My blood sugar level was constantly creeping higher and the doctor kept increasing the dosage and adding meds and it was still close to 200 and sometimes higher. I decided I didn’t like the way things were going, and if it is true that diet causes diabetes, diet can also cure it. And I found it did that for me! I did a lot of research on the internet & read some books & a lot of testimonials that encouraged me.

I cut out potatoes, rice, pasta, tortillas, sugar, bread, cakes, pies, processed and packaged foods, etc. I began to make a whey protein drink (from powder) in the morning, and then started adding the greens powder to it. Now I juice the veggies instead. I eat lots of fruits and vegetables and salads and nuts and seeds and sprouts. Mostly raw, occasionally cooked to please my husband. Organic whenever possible. I eat a slice or two of Ezekiel bread (low glycemic, made of sprouts instead of flour) maybe once a day, sometimes less. I limit high carb bananas, oranges, grapes; also starchy corn, peas. I drink lots of water (either distilled or reverse osmosis). No tap water. Fluoride and chlorine are especially bad for diabetics. No sodas, nor diet sodas, nor fruit juices (the whole fruit is better for you). No artificial sweeteners. Sometimes I use xylitol and often use stevia, but I have gotten accustomed to needing less sweetening. I do like some fish, poultry, steak, but try to avoid the commercially grown meat with hormone, antibiotic & pesticide contamination. Diabetics do need protein. I take a lot of vitamins, minerals, fish oil, flax seed oil.

Over a period of a few months my blood sugar went down and I began cutting down on my medications. Then I realized I was using the metformin pills as a crutch—if I had a piece of birthday cake at work I would take a metformin. So I decided to go cold turkey—I had to be good! And I found I could keep my blood sugar most of the time below 100 without medications. I even stopped my other medications after reading a book on what medications really do to you, and have tried to substitute natural means. Of course, on that “diet” I lost a lot of weight—about 45 pounds in 6 months. Then my weight plateaued because I got a little careless. It’s hard to turn down food at work and potlucks at church & your husband wants to go get an ice cream cone. I have learned to make some intelligent substitutions and ask for them when eating out, but the less you eat out the better, because restaurants use so much processed food and premade mixes which contain chemicals, etc. If I “cheat” too often, I fall back into the carbohydrate addiction. But when I stay away from carbs like I should, the temptation is much less.

Due to the weight loss and diet change, I have become so energetic, and I feel much better than I did before I was diagnosed with diabetes (about 6 years ago). I used to be a couch potato when I got home from work. My excuse was I wanted to watch the news, but I really didn’t have the energy to do much and sort of made myself keep going. However, I rarely watch the news now. Something in me just can’t be still, I want to do things in the yard or around the house. I had to get all new clothes (not as many as I used to have), and I need to lose another 50 lbs. I no longer find things in the women’s or plus sizes, I’m now in the upper misses’ sizes. What a good feeling to pass up the plus sizes!!!!! And I lost my double chin.

Exercise is very important for diabetics. Most of mine is walking. Ideally half an hour a day, or a couple miles. I don’t always get that much. I have a cheap rebounder (mini trampoline) I got on closeout from Wal-Mart. Have some lighter weights I sometimes lift. I don’t huff and puff like I used to, have much more endurance.

When I went to the doctor for my checkup (last July) I told the assistant that I wasn’t taking any of my medications, just vitamins and diet. I didn’t know how my doctor would react. He tactfully didn’t “chew me out.” He just ordered the lab work, and when the results came back he said, “Just keep on doing what you’re doing, you are doing great!”

I check my blood sugar every few days and it is never higher than “borderline,” but when I am as good as I should be, it is normal. It’s just hard to eat differently from everyone else around you all the time. Sometimes people ask what I do, and when I tell them, they say, “Oh, I could never do something like that!” Well, it’s their loss, my gain! You need to spend time researching and getting knowledge to be able to combat negative reactions of others and to see the importance of making the effort to change your life—then start changing things step by step. It is difficult to do all at once. IT IS A PERMANENT CHANGE. If you go back you will slip back into diabetes. But I feel so GREAT, why would I want to go back?!

I have rattled on, but there is so much to say. If anyone would like to email me directly, you may. I surely don’t know it all, I really know so little. But I am willing to share about my journey. My email is rhoward123 (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net

I wish the best of health to all of you—and I know some of you are really going through tough health struggles, yet are so willing to help all of us with your information.

I enjoy this friendly group very much.

Ruth

oleander soup oleander soup On Behalf Of Sharron AlbaughThursday, March 19, 2009 12:12 PMoleander soup Subject: Re: Re: Tony pantalleresco site

Ruth: How did you overcome the type 2 diabetes? Both my husband and I have it and have tried so many modalities with limited success.

Thanks,

Sharron

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Maria Stathopoulos <mary1kon (AT) optusnet (DOT) com.au> wrote:

i'l allready make my calcium and i add 2 tablespoons of molasses for taste, well is fantastic.

Good on you Ruth for wining the war on diabetes, let people know how you did it and help them out, you are now the best person to tell them, because they going to believe you as you know how.

Hugs Mary