Today's Issue: Bush's remarks after the 12/14 Cabinet Meeting
After the December 14 Cabinet meeting, President Bush remarks that "steroids have sullied the game" of baseball. He urges those in the public spotlight to stop violating their bodies. Bravo Bush! This message hits home when it comes to the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. An article in Diabetes Health Magazine addresses the conflict many people face when deciding if insulin is right for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. What are your thoughts?
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You already know this Allie, that MANY people with IRD(aka Type 2 Diabetes) do not or are unwilling to make the necessary Lifestyle changes that will correct a faulty nutritional pattern, lack of exercise and positive thinking that will enable them NOT to be on any Insulin.
In addition, I have just seen a video on a Medical Website that is "promoting" the use of Insulin for IRD(Type 2 Diabetes). After-all, isn't it just so much easier to take a shot of Insulin with a sharp needle that you will not feel than to stop eating all those carbs and continue to sit on your overweight buttocks while watching TV? LOL
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I guess I must not be the normal Type 2. I have lost 37 lbs since my diagnosis and have gone from a 1 mile walk to 5 miles a day. I am still FAT but have a plan in place to loose what I need to. I just had my ENDO appointment and my A1C is now 5.3, never prescribed insulin. I am LOW carbing on the Dr. Richard Bernstein's diet. Your comments upset me. I am 61 and fighting very hard to get to a point that I may be just diet exercise and an oral med.
I see more abuse of diet from Type 1's because they know that all they have to do is 'shot' a little extra.
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Another point that is seldom referenced is "aspartame" . . . you know, that sugar-free additive that allows people (both diabetics and non-diabetics) to enjoy "sweets" without the consequences? Except--there ARE consequences. I do not have the links at hand, but have read scientific studies that not only define the carcinogenic effects of aspartame, but that explain how aspartame increases HUNGER. How diabolical is this chemical/promotion/marketing to a vulnerable population: the substance that is offered because of its "sugar-free" benefits (of special interest to diabetics and obese non-diabetics) increases hunger, thereby offsetting any true BENEFIT.
If you look into this issue, you should take special note of who brought you this "wonderful" product, why, and how it was framed so the masses would embrace its use.
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Hi Russell Scott, BetterCell & AnyOne else,
Yes BetterCell's comment, whilst funny, is completely out-of-order. All jokes are negative. Both type 2 Diabetics & pregnant Women are prescribed GM insulin for, substantially the same, entirely QUESTIONABLE reason ... ie lowering plasma blood glucose [PBG].
Russell You say: "I am 61 and fighting very hard to get to a point that I may be just diet exercise and an oral med."
WHY?
WHY would You ever want to do more than urinate excess glucose out of your bloodstream with the assistance of drinking plenty of clean water. Brain-washing happens to Everyone and that includes BetterCell and Nick Gracey [with an education including some 27 years of diabetes related research]. BUT ... You can see better from time-to-time and can make changes when You seek a better understanding. Forcing excess PBG out of your blood and into your body tissues ... rather than urinating it ... is COMPLETELY out-of-order.
PLEASE Russell ... very important PLEASE identify [or have any Professor, Scientist, Doctor or diabetes Nurse/CDE or diabetes clinic identify] ANY Peer-reviewed scientific reference, with an UNdrugTREATED control [ie comparing a 'type 2' Diabetic Group entirely UNdrugTREATED for 'glucose-lowering'], that has ever been produced, that has ever evidenced that type 2 Diabetics are less healthy UNdrugTREATED for 'glucose-lowering'?
ZERO
What if there is ZERO reference [ie comparing a 'type 2' Diabetic Group entirely UNdrugTREATED for 'glucose-lowering'] anywhere, before or since 1972, that provides Peer-reviewed evidence that being ANYdrugTREATED, for 'glucose-lowering', is better than UNdrugTREATED, for all type 2 Diabetics?
Please AnyOne identify just 1 such reference [ie comparing a 'type 2' Diabetic Group entirely UNdrugTREATED for 'glucose-lowering'].
In the continued absence of any such reference how reasonable is it (?) to suppose that every type 2 Diabetic 'complication' arises as a result of the treatment of the 'insulin resistance' that was actually keeping type 2 Diabetics stronger & healthier than the average Person ... in the first place.
There is ZERO requirement for any carbohydrate by Human Beings.
UNdrugTREATED type 2 Diabetics can handle plenty of carbohydrate ... They need to drink more WATER because they 'handle' excess carbohydrate simply by urinating excess glucose [water-soluble] just like People urinate excess water-soluble vitamins.
UNdrugTREATED type 2 Diabetics and other healthy People should test daily with ChemStrips and pause from eating, and drink just water, until their urine is glucose free. The less carbohydrate eaten ... the less time between meals.
That is how to CURE type 2 diabetes.
Eating less OFTEN is profoundly more healthy than eating less.
Please read this & the associated comments to better understand ...
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In respect of ALL the opinions included within this comment ... please AnyOne ... ALSO ask your current Specialist for advice including the provision of supporting Peer reviewed references evidencing their understanding of this important matter.
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…Warm thanks; Nick Gracey, BSc(Hons) Medical Biochemistry, Birmingham University, UK, WATerian c/o www.LoveDiabetes.com @ WED.19.DEC.2007 @ 15:33hrs (C) "I-eat-less-OFTEN-I-fast-more-OFTEN".
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Nicholas......Respectfully, humor allows me to be witness to so many people that are diagnosed w/IRD(aka Type 2 Diabetes) and T1DM who walk in the street smoking a cigarette in their right hand, while their left hand holds a smoothie or Frapaccino, or milkshake or (lol) Diet coke and and extended abdomen resulting from a high consumption of food intake "hangs over their waists."
I am sure that you have been witness to this as much as I have creating a Government outcry/education on "Prevention of Diabetes" (referring of-course to IRD aka Type 2 Diabetes).
The realty of all this is that while providing more CDE and other Healthcare Providers to address the "Problem," nothing has been accomplished other than more Pharmaceuticals on the Marketplace for the treatment of Insulin Resistant Disease.
My frustration is over this in terms of "Humanity" as well as in terms of NOTHING being done for those of us with T1DM, other than more new books that Allie can bring to our attention. LOL
I do have a lot of respect for you Russell Scott because of what you are doing to improve your Life in spite of the difficulties and do not mean you any harm.
As far as people with T1DM are concerned, we are as different in our philosophies as anyone else. There are some of us who (yes) are more destructive to our bodies and others who are completely obsessive/compulsive regarding everything Diabetes. However, the management of our Illlness is different than those w/IRD. For us, all carbohydrates must be "accounted for" with an injection of Insulin to counter the effect of the rise in Glucose.
I admire who you are Russell and respect you for your actions.
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The 'self-care' song CURE for ALL Diabetics ...
"I-eat-less-OFTEN-I-fast-more-OFTEN"
Posted by Linda von Wartburg on 19 December 2007
>www.DiabetesHealth.com/read/2007/12/19/5575.html
Linda von Wartburg says...
"A recent study about the interplay between diabetes self-care and depression surveyed 879 patients with type 2 ... Only 14.2 percent claimed to be free of depressive symptoms.
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Hi Linda ...
Depending upon the severity of a Person getting a blood glucose "number down" too quickly ... since JAN.1966 [and before] it has been proven that relative-HYPOglycemia can result in the following neuro-psychiatric symptoms as the body is distressed into 'corrective' methods of preventing nerve/brain tissue from switching-off ...
Depression, Insomnia, Anxiety, Irritability, Crying Spells, Phobias, Lack of Concentration, Forgetfulness or Confusion, Unsocial or Antisocial Behavior, Restlessness, Psychosis, Suicidal Behavior; Exhaustion or Fatigue, Sweating, Tachycardia, Anorexia, Chronic Indigestion or Bloating, Cold Hands or Feet, Joint Pains, Obesity, Abdominal Spasm; Headache, Dizziness, Tremor [inward or external], Muscle Pains & Backache, Numbness, Blurred Vision, Muscular Twitching or Cramps, Staggering, Fainting or Blackouts and also Convulsions.
> 0166 'Relative-HYPOglycemia As A Cause Of Neuropsychiatric Illness' @ Journal Of The National Medical Association @ Harry M Salzer MD @ January 1966 @ Vol 58 @ Number 1 @ Table 1 @ Figure 2.
Following the significance of Harry Salzer's 1966 reference ... Debra Fadool's 2000 reference may well prove to be one of the MOST influential pieces of research ever done, so far, in the field of depression / dementia / Alzheimer's / 'diabetes' [aka above average plasma blood glucose].
"...Our data suggest that there is a clear differential between the levels of insulin in the plasma and that found in the... " brain/nerve tissue.
>0400 tinyurl.com/2j7p3t [dfadool@neuro.fsu.edu]
EAT-LESS-OFTEN ... MAKE MORE
BRAIN NERVE INSULIN [BNI]
Why do You think that Fadool found that the brain may selectively increase manufacture of more brain/nerve insulin [BNI] at times when pancreatic beta-cell insulin [PBI] manufacture is simultaneously reduced ?
And would an increase in peripheral tissue 'Glucose Insulin Resistance' [GIR aka inflammation] help or hinder that adaption?
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EAT TOO OFTEN TURN-OFF
BRAIN NERVE INSULIN [BNI]
If the BNI production multiplication factor of increased brain/nerve insulin ... by 72 hours of just drinking water ... can be 15 x 'times' BNI greater [Fadool's discovery] ...
... What do You speculate BNI production may be with a snack/meal at 1 / 3 / 6 / 12 / 24 / 48 & 96 hours ?
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MEALS TURN-OFF
BRAIN NERVE INSULIN [BNI]
What is the probable significance [in relation to the consequences of meal frequency] of the Fadool's other discovery that BNI "levels are low after a meal" as regards the increased EFFICIENCY of glucose fuel availability to brain/nerve tissue of depression / dementia / Alzheimer's [aka type 3 Diabetic] Patients / 'mood-swinging Diabetics' ... who eat less OFTEN ?
And under what circumstances would an adaptive increase in brain/nerve tissue 'Glucose Insulin Resistance' [GIR aka inflammation] be expected and for what reason ?
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REMEMBER THE ONLY REAL EVIDENCE
IS THAT ABOVE AVERAGE 'BLOOD GLUCOSE'
IS HEALTHIER THAN any ARTIFICIAL LOWERING
UNdrugTREATED type 2 Diabetics and other healthy People should test daily with ChemStrips and pause from eating, and drink just water, until their urine is glucose free. The less carbohydrate eaten ... the less time between meals.
That is how to CURE type 2 diabetes and prevent all 'newly diagnosed' type 1 & type 2 diabetes.
In respect of ALL the opinions included within this comment ... please AnyOne ... ALSO ask your current Specialist for advice including the provision of supporting Peer reviewed references evidencing their understanding of this important matter.
>1207 tinyurl.com/2vp4e9 [DrBernarr@aol.com]
…Warm thanks; Nick Gracey, BSc(Hons) Medical Biochemistry, Birmingham University, UK, WATerian c/o www.LoveDiabetes.com @ THU.20.DEC.2007 @ 23:57hrs (C) "I-eat-less-OFTEN-I-fast-more-OFTEN".
Eating less OFTEN is profoundly more healthy than eating less...
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>1207 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-peptide
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>0166 'Relative-HYPOglycemia As A Cause Of Neuropsychiatric Illness' @ Journal Of The National Medical Association @ Harry M Salzer MD @ January 1966 @ Vol 58 @ Number 1 @ Table 1
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