Anything new about diabetics and natural healing?

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I thought I would ask as I am a type 2 diabetic.

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From Henry Bieler's book, " Food is your best medicine " page 169:

" In treating adult diabetics I have been able to control sugar in the

urine by diet alone....I place the patient on a cleaner diet. The most

valuable regime for the diabetic is a vegetable diet - cooked,

non-starchy vegetables and vegetable soups. My aim is to aid the

depleted pancreas, whose chief chemical element is a

potassium-compound. So the potassium rich vegetables are of special

value. If the potassium level can be built up, this not only rebuilds

the pancreas but neutralizes a great deal of the acidity which is

always in the background in diabetes.

 

The best way to handle a diabetic case, I have found, is to take him

off insulin and to put him to bed. If the patient will not accept this

and the rather rigorous diet, then I am powerless to help. The diet

consists of lightly cooked non-starchy vegetables, like celery,

parsley, zucchini and string beans, liquified in a blender and used as

a soup. The patient remains on this until the urine becomes sugar-free

by test. He stays in bed to conserve his energy in order to give the

liver and the pancreas every possible chance to do their work

unmolested from the acids of exertion. It may take from one day to

four days or more to get the patient sugar-free.

 

He is allowed then to resume his normal activities while following a

fairly careful diet; he is watched to see how long it takes to develop

sugar again. When this happens, he is once again " fasted " in bed on

the vegetable soup. Generally then it takes half the length of time to

get him sugar-free. What I work for is an ideal diet for his

particular case which will maintain him sugar-free and still give him

enough energy to do a certain amount of work. "

 

More information on diabetes from another book:

 

" The biggest culprit seems to be polyunsaturated oil. Studies have

shown that when polyunsaturated fats from the diet are incorporated

into cellular structure, the cell's ability to bind with insulin

decreases, thus lowering their ability to get glucose. In other words,

the cell membrane which allows glucose to enter into the cell degrade

when too much polyunsaturated oil is consumed in the diet. Insulin is

then unable to get to cells. Polyunsaturated oils are easily oxidized

and damaged by free radicals. Fats of all types, including

polyunsaturated fats in the cell membrane can adversely affect the

cell's function, including its ability to allow hormones, glucose, and

other substances to flow in and out of the cell. Therefore, a diet

high in refined polyunsaturated vegetable oils promotes diabetes. Most

oils used to cook animals' dry and canned foods are polyunsaturated

vegetable oils.

 

The only fat that diabetics can eat without fear is coconut oil. Not

only does it not contribute to diabetes, but it helps regulate blood

sugar, thus lessening the effects of the disease. Research has shown

that coconut oil improve insulin secretion and utilization of blood

glucose. Coconut oil added to a diet enhances insulin action and

improves binding affinity compared to other oils.

 

One of the consequences of diabetes is a lack of energy. This is due

to the inability of cells to get needed glucose. Without the glucose

to power cellular activity, metabolism slows down and the entire body

becomes tired. Coconut oil raises metabolic rate causing the body to

burn up more calories and thus it also promotes weight loss. "

 

As for supplements, here's what I would suggest:

 

Plant-based enzymes - http://tinyurl.com/ey8l - are great to support

the pancreas. If a person eats cooked foods, then the pancreas has to

work so hard producing more and more enzymes to digest the cooked

foods. By taking food based enzymes with cooked foods, a person can

reduce the nutritional stress on the pancreas. Also, do enzyme therapy

with these enzymes, taking 2 enzymes every hour on an empty stomach

with the hope that such enzymes can replenish the enzyme-depleted

pancreas. Make sure your enzymes are microblended with a whole food

(like blue green algae), because enzymes will not work without

minerals, and the algae supplies the minerals for the enzymes.

 

Wild-grown organic blue green algae - http://tinyurl.com/g1iz - is

also fabulous for balancing blood sugar because it is very high in

organic minerals. With diabetes there is a tendency to be deficient in

vandium and chromium which are important in regulating blood sugar.

This blue green algae is abundant with minerals, and specifically

vandium and chromium.

 

The use of CoEnzymeQ10 - http://tinyurl.com/f1f7 - is also highly

recommended for diabetes. The amount of Q10 that is recommended is 120

mg to 300 mg a day. Research findings found that Q10 improve insulin

sensitivity and hyperglycemia. Also Q10 prevents excessive free

radical oxidative stress. CoQ10 should be emulsified in organic,

cold-pressed flaxseed oil, one of the richest sources of omega-3

essential fatty acids, and it makes the CoQ10 significantly better

absorbed by the body.

 

Carol