My personal activities, successfully self managing my diabetes.
Wow! … what a YEAR! 2012 vs 2011 saw a whopping 400 % increase in blog traffic! The main goal of this blog is to share the primal or paleo lifestyle with more and more people. Because I was diagnosed with diabetes, I do talk about self treating my diabetes often… but this way […]
The fight continues!!!! Indeed!!! Aahhhgggghhhh!!!! (that’s a primal scream by the way) :) The North Carolina Trial Court dismissed my lawsuit against the North Carolina Board of Dietetics and Nutrition because it ruled that I was not ‘injured’ by the government’s action. The law firm that is representing me (Institute for Justice)
The FIGHT CONTINUES!!! Read More »
To the average person I often seem ‘crazy’. When the world is turned upside down, there is no virtue in ‘normal’. In a crazy world: Sanity, reason and a love for nature can appear to be… crazy. Eating only ‘real foods’ and refusing to eat foods that are toxic to me… is called ‘crazy’. Standing
It’s a Crazy World Man Read More »
My first post since May … my apologies for the long delay. Much has happened since May. I won’t go into the investigation and my lawsuit against the state of NC in this post … I’ll try to write an update on that topic soon. What this post IS about … an update on ‘Steve’.
This experiment is one of my favorites. I’m testing to see if I am still insulin resistant. I tested my insulin resistance with an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) using two different scenarios.
Insulin Resistance Glucose Tolerance Test Read More »
After following a ‘low carb paleo’ meal plan and lifestyle for a couple of years, I decided to perform a Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). I’d been following a paleo or primal lifestyle and I wanted to test to see how my body would respond. Why? Ultimately to see if I was still diabetic, at
Date with the Devil II… Testing Glucose Tolerance Read More »
Diabetes & Exercise, what you need to know. Exercise is an important tool in your diabetes toolkit, you should know how to use it.
Diabetes & Exercise Read More »
I received a letter from the North Carolina Board of Dietetics and Nutritionists stating that I am in ‘substantial compliance’ with NC Law. The letter was dated April 9, 2012 and I received it April 20, 2012. If this is new to you, click here for the investigation post. In January, the state board opened
I Received a Letter from the NC Board of Nutrition and Dietitians Read More »
When diabetics follow a high carb, grain-based diet they face the harmful and dangerous diabetes ‘roller coaster’, with soaring highs…and crashing lows. The medical industry diets can not TOUCH THIS!
ADA Can’t touch this. Read More »
I always eat a very low carb paleo meal plan but I wanted to go strict paleo “all the way”. To do so I eliminated as many of the potentially inflammatory agents, namely nightshades , dairy and eggs.
Strict Low Carb Paleo Read More »
This is NOT an April Fool’s post… it is NOT. If you eat and move as I do… I will all but guarantee it will add years to your life and add life to your years. I am doing another experiment. You can see previous posts on it here “Intro” “Week One” for all
Half Way, 30 Day, Very Low Carb, Strict Paleo – Update Read More »
Yeah… I know, the title was meant to be intriguing. The title is accurate … I am primal and I did lose some blood. :) I love to ‘push the envelope’ … I love to do things that most can not do or that people do not expect ‘diabetics’ to do. I love to prove
Primal Blood was spilled… quit… HELL NO! Read More »
In short, the experiment is to see if adhering to a strict very ‘low carb paleo’ meal plan for 30 days would affect my insulin sensitivity. In other words, can low carb paleo cure diabetes?
Very Low Carb Paleo Experiment – Week One Read More »
There is a nagging question that needs to be answered…. and I am going to take care of this once and for all. First… some background I am not going to bore you with my story (click here for the short version, click here for the long version). In short, I successfully “self treat” my
Nagging Question … a new challenge Read More »
With so much pain and suffering world wide … why do so many continue to listen to the American Diabetes Association and their world wide partners? I DO NOT!!! And I thrive.
Perils of of Diabetes and Barefoot Read More »
As part of the update I wanted to let you know, I have three very important dates in my ‘primal life‘. 2/15/2009 – Diabetes Diagnosis, in the hospital after an ambulance ride 2/18/2009 – Day of Hospital Discharge 8/1/2009 – The day I went ‘fully primal’ after reading Mark Sisson’s website MarksDailyApple.com, specifically this post, “Definitive
Steve Update 2-21-2012 Read More »
The key to living a long and fruitful life, diabetes complication free, is learning to manage diabetes properly. You properly manage diabetes by obtaining and maintaining truly normal blood sugars.
How to Manage Diabetes Read More »
Three years ago today I received news that would alter my ‘life path’, a diabetes diagnosis. Life changing events can come in many forms… some events are the equivalent of being hit in the head with a ‘2 x 4’ … some are more subtle. The diabetes diagnosis was definitely a ‘2 x 4’ moment. I’ll
Happy 3 Year Diabetes Anniversary… woo HOO! Read More »
I have not posted a blog post this MONTH!!! What is UP with that??? No matter what you may be thinking… it’s NOT a direct result of the “Investigation“. The investigation is a distraction no doubt… but it has in NO WAY quieted my tongue… or tempered my language. If you have
Primal Steve Update! 2-12-12 Read More »
I have MUCH TO SAY about the investigation… unfortunately I have not had time to put all my thoughts together into something that resembles a ‘cohesive’ post. I know what you are thinking… “Steve! That never stopped you before!!” ;) If you are unaware of this site’s investigation… “Click Here” but in brief, my ‘diabetic
Brief Update on the Site Investigation, Jimmy Moore, etc Read More »