Posts relating specifically to ways to successfully self manage diabetes.
I have not posted a Food Journal Summary in awhile… so here is an update on the execution of my low carb food pyramid. Instead of ranting against the American Diabetes Association or their Minions … a brief repose from ADA basing…. *ha* :) I log every thing I eat into the fitday.com food journal, …
This is just a teaser…. a snippet of an email from an ADA Minion. The ADA (American Diabetes Ass) promotes a meal plan that is LOADED with carbs. IF YOU doubt that the ADA MEAL PLAN is a high carbohydrate meal plan… please review my post HERE. I am a diabetic and since my diagnosis, …
I am an easy going guy… I usually do not let things get to me. HOWEVER, since being diagnosed with Diabetes and seeing what a low carb food pyramid can do … I really get angry when someone promotes a high carb meal plan as being the preferred diabetic diet. I REALLY get fired up …
The exercise and blood sugar lesson is, to know your body. Know your body’s blood sugar reaction to various exercise intensities.
Now that you know ‘why’ low carb works, its up to you.
You continue to feed the foods that fuel your sickness and disease or …
You can begin to fuel the healing of your body. The choice is up to you.
More and more studies show the positive health benefits of a low carb paleo diet. There is no excuse for a Medical Industry professional not to know the benefits.
I urge you to stop saying, “I can’t” … and start saying ” I DO!”.
I DO CHOOSE to live.
I DO choose to THRIVE.
I do choose to live successfully with diabetes!
This experiment has given me a very positive feeling about the future. I’m a Type 2 diabetic and if my pancreas begins to fail, I know that I can go “Zero Carb” to remain off of insulin and drugs for as long as possible.
First things first…. I experiment with my meal plan ALMOST all the time. When I am not experimenting, I eat according to this page, CLICK HERE. I’ve been experimenting off and on since I discharged from the hospital with Diabetes (mostly on). THE good news for me … my experimentation has made a dramatic improvement …
A revealing look into the USDA nutrition information from 1974 compared to 2004. Will it provide guidance as to what has caused the obesity and diabetes epidemic? Which ingredients and macronutrients have increased over the last 34 years? Has the population been generally following the nutritional guidelines? From the United States’ own governmental nutrition …
We have all seen ads for “Diabetic Friendly” products. More times than not… they are not for DIABETICS and they are NOT Friendly to anyone…least of all DIABETICS. To be fair, neither Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF) nor the manufacturer promoted this as “diabetic friendly’. To be blunt, I see this as yet another deception. I …
Diabetes is a booming business! Actually sickness and the ‘medical industry’ is a booming industry. Diabetes at epidemic levels Growing sickness and disease fuels medical industry growth I want people to realize that the Medical Industry, Big Food and Big Pharma not only profit from the increase in poor health and disease all across …
In my first post on INSANITY (click here if you missed it) we discussed what insanity is… Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.Albert Einstein, (attributed) US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955) To apply this to Nutritional terms… for the past 40 yrs, “authorities” have been pushing a low …
Quote of the DAY (QOD): You simply don’t need to eat carbohydrates to exercise. — Kurt G. Harris MD Post Topic: Keeping a Food Journal Update: This post originally ran in April 2010, my overnight fasting blood sugars had been inexplicably higher than normal. Creeping into the lower 100’s … then low 120’s and then …
Quote of the DAY (QOD): It also begs the question of why cardiologist keep thinking that the cholesterol fed rat (or the equally poisoned Syrian hamster) has anything to do with human arteriosclerosis. – Petro Dobromylskyj Learn From My Mistakes I have Diabetes but I have never been officially “typed”, the last word from my …
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You can choose to THRIVE … or choose to live a life of downward health, leading to more pain and suffering. It’s up to you.
SO there you have it. two tales of two type 2’s. One successfully managing diabetes, one suffered and died a painful death. Which one are you?
Accomplishing truly normal blood sugars is infinitely more difficult if you follow the high carb, grain-based meal plan promoted by the American Diabetes Association and the Medical Industry.
It’s a win/win! Everyone wins! …except diabetics.
Wake up and send a message to the Medical Industry and Big Food. Say NO to the ADA and their meal plan…. say YES to my ‘diabetes warrior diet’.