Guest guest Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 63 y/o type 2 diabetic, of jewish descent 10 year diagnosis, taking metformin and diabeta blood sugars uncontrolled, doctors prescribing insulin after less than one week on a restricted carb diet, called me up blood sugars normal, feels great Caldecott, Dip. Cl.H, RH(AHG) Ayurvedic practitioner, Medical Herbalist 203 - 1750 East 10th Ave Vancouver, BC V5N 5K4 CANADA web: http//:www.toddcaldecott.com email: todd tel: (1)778.896.8894 fax: (1)866.703.2792 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 > 63 y/o type 2 diabetic, of jewish descent 10 year diagnosis, taking metformin and diabeta blood sugars uncontrolled, doctors prescribing insulin after less than one week on a restricted carb diet, called me up blood sugars normal, feels great< Any diet that restricts rapidly digesting carbohydrates can be used to resinsitize Insulin receptor sites. A very popular diet is the one advocated by Dr Joseph Mercola which is a no grain diet - that diet is essentially meat, eggs, fish, and vegetables (excluding rapidly digesting starchy vegetables like potato)- this type of diet will very quickly stabalize Insulin functions - and is excellent for meat eaters. But such diets are in no way the only way to resolve Insulin resistance - most people in the world who have resolved their Insulin Resistance through diet have followed a mixed diet of animal and vegetable proteins along with complex carbohydrates from whole grains and vegetables - this is the mainstream diet advocated in western countries and Japan for type 2 diabetes- in China this type of diet is considered an essential component in healing type 2 diabetes - this diet and it's vegetarian version (which replaces the animal foods with beans and legumes)has been used by large number of people to resolve IR. The essential elements of a diet to resolve Insulin Resistance are to cut out all high glycemic foods (above 50 on the glycemic scale) one does not need to refer to glycemic tables to achieve this simply cut out all sugar, honey, white flour products and all refined grains, rapidly digesting vegetables and fruits and their juices - increase fiber in the diet (eating whole grains naturally does this)- cut out all refined oils in the diet and keep oil consumption at a lower level, avoid chiles. One other point to consider and that is that there are studies showing that milk and it's products contribute to type 2 diabetes - so if one would like to experiment with this try leaving off milk and it's products for a week or two and see if it helps to stabalize blood sugar - there is a certain logic to this since milk is kapha forming and is Ama forming in a large percentage of people - do not overeat this is big stress on the pancreas - eat reguarly never allow yourself to get hungry - five small meals a day are best - try to keep sugar levels as steady as possible - this is the secret. It has been claimed here that one can not follow such a diet in western contries because it does not suit their ancesteral habits - this is simply not true since this diet is the diet most used to resolve Insulin problems. I have seen many cases resolved with this type of diet in both it's meat containing form and in the vegetarian form. There are many famous clinics around the world that use high complex carbohydrate diet to resolve IR - many have been following these regimes for decades - like many clinics and hospitals in India - I mentioned the late Dr Karup before - the Bircher-Benner Clinic in Europe - I remember one Naturopath Dr Ramakrishna who had a well regarded clinic in Juhu, Bombay - I myself went to Jindal Nagar, Bangalore to the Institute of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences and was told that they have excellent results with type 2 diabetes - as is well known all of the leading Ayurvedic hospitals in India follow strict vegetarian diet to resolve sugar problems - many of those institutions even use white rice - this is also true in Japan and China. I would not reccomend white rice since I think that the high fiber in whole grains is very helpful in these cases since whole grains digest at a slower rate than refined grains. The key to that issue - if one is using white rice then be sure to take some protein and fat with the rice everytime you eat it - best eat whole grains. For those who take kanni as the evening meal please leave it off until the blood sugar has been stabalized for three months. Sugar metabolism problems are easily solved using both meat diets and vegetarian diets - dozens of studies and experience confirm this. It must be remembered that both the meat diet and the vegetarian diet must be followed absolutely correctly otherwise they do not work - especially in the beginning where any rapidly digesting carbohydrate food will negate the effects of the diet - herbs are helpful during this phase. Dr Vinod Kumar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 > Any diet that restricts rapidly digesting carbohydrates can be used to > resinsitize Insulin receptor sites. A very popular diet is the one > advocated by Dr Joseph Mercola which is a no grain diet - that diet is > essentially meat, eggs, fish, and vegetables (excluding rapidly > digesting starchy vegetables like potato)- this type of diet will very > quickly stabalize Insulin functions - and is excellent for meat > eaters. But such diets are in no way the only way to resolve Insulin > resistance - most people in the world who have resolved their Insulin > Resistance through diet have followed a mixed diet of animal and > vegetable proteins along with complex carbohydrates from whole grains > and vegetables - this is the mainstream diet advocated in western > countries and Japan for type 2 diabetes- in China this type of diet is > considered an essential component in healing type 2 diabetes - this > diet and it's vegetarian version (which replaces the animal foods with > beans and legumes)has been used by large number of people to > resolve IR. that's funny, because this is exactly the kind of diet that is recommended and yet the rates of diabetes continues to climb upwards it also forms a good portion of my patient base that have tried this approach but find that it DOES NOT WORK i am very skeptical, because as part of my training, we were all taught to emphasize the high carb, whole grain vegetarian diet for obesity, CVD and diabetes however, after trying to implement this diet for several years in my practice, i cannot recall a single case where people achieved any significant improvement, without the person adopting a very rigorous exercise regimen, and then even then, they continued to have 5-10 lbs of truncal weight that they could not lose it took a lot of soul-searching, investigation and a reassessment of the predominant bias for me to finally arrive at an effective solution trust me, it would be a lot easier for me to tow the party line on this, but i cannot do this with good conscience perhaps it is easier for me because i do not follow a spiritual path that dictates my diet - i understand your conundrum, but it shouldn't blind us to the evolutionary realities of the human diet living in a non-indian climate with people whose ancestry evolved with a non-vegetarian diet, a low carb approach is demonstrably the most effective method to reduce obesity, as well as the risk and indicators of IR, CVD and diabetes > > The essential elements of a diet to resolve Insulin Resistance are to > cut out all high glycemic foods (above 50 on the glycemic scale) one > does not need to refer to glycemic tables to achieve this simply cut > out all sugar, honey, white flour products and all refined grains, > rapidly digesting vegetables and fruits and their juices - increase > fiber in the diet (eating whole grains naturally does this)- cut out > all refined oils in the diet and keep oil consumption at a lower > level, avoid chiles. people will often complain about the restrictiveness the low carb approach, but i find that those who do find that their sugar cravings drop off dramatically after the first couple weeks - the link here with ecological disturbances such as candida that modulates appetite and craving also plays a factor however, those who follow a peasant-style vegetarian diet rarely do it effectively, as we can see very clearly in 99% of the ayurvedic doctors i have met who are all prediabetic - they know better but they cannot resist this is because even a whole grain high carb diet will still cause the blood sugar to follow a roller-coaster pattern, and hypoglycemia still seems to be at play for many, esp. if their prakriti revolves around vata which brings us to: > five small meals a day > are best - try to keep sugar levels as steady as possible - this is > the secret. which is a method to medicate hypoglycemia - just measure the blood sugar throughout the day and graph it out all this achieves is a chronically elevated blood sugar state, which precipitates insulin resistance except athletes who expend a lot of calories, people rarely achieve their weight loss target with this method, and as they age inevitably fall into the IR pattern and display the tell-tale signs of truncal- abdominal obesity it also goes against everything i understand about proper digestion from an ayurvedic perspective, which is to allow the stomach to clear itself regularly eating 5 small meals a day ensures that the stomach always has food in it, and this is not conducive to good digestion, as per ayurveda somebody correct me if i am wrong and tell me the shloka that says we must eat 5 times a day for health everything that has ever been said in any authentic health tradition from ayurveda, chinese medicine, unani, etc says we need to eat LESS often, not MORE often if people eat the way i recommend, they need only eat twice a day maybe with a small snack like an apple at most this way you can be productive without to worry about eating all day long to medicate your blood sugar irregularities, while achieving your weight loss goals, and reducing your risk of diabetes, cancer and CVD Caldecott, Dip. Cl.H, RH(AHG) Ayurvedic practitioner, Medical Herbalist 203 - 1750 East 10th Ave Vancouver, BC V5N 5K4 CANADA web: http//:www.toddcaldecott.com email: todd tel: (1)778.896.8894 fax: (1)866.703.2792 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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