Management

Posts relating specifically to ways to successfully self manage diabetes.

Normal Blood Sugar Goals And Why

I want to have non-diabetic normal blood sugar levels.

Why? Because we know that diabetes related complications occur at higher levels of blood sugar. High blood sugar is toxic to every cell in the body. Toxic levels of blood sugar harm all of our cells and therefore our organs. This toxicity causes retinopathy, neuropathy, organ failure, amputations, etc etc.

Why in the hell would I want diabetic blood sugar levels?

Saturated Fats & Cholesterol are Required

The truth is dietary saturated fats and dietary cholesterol are required for optimum health. Translation:  Our bodies need, indeed require dietary cholesterol for optimum health. Our livers produce cholesterol, it’s that important Real fats, including saturated fats give our body the energy it needs to thrive   The medical industry including doctors, nutritionists and diabetes educators …

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A Streak Ends! … say it ain’t so Joe!

Nope…  my streak ending is not on the same level as …. Cal Ripken’s 2,632 consecutive games played nor Byron Nelson’s 11 consecutive PGA tour wins… Background For breakfast yesterday, I ate nothing as I normally do, those in the primal/paleo community generally call this intermittent fasting, click here for more info on intermittent fasting. For …

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