Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 My husband, Rick, is significantly overweight. He has had Type II Diabetes which has been well-controlled by diet until a while ago. He is now having a difficult time maintaining an acceptable blood sugar level. Results of a recent hemoglobin test showed that his sugar level is on the average of two- to three-hundred. I realize that I can only do so much (i.e. provide a healthy selection of foods available at home), and that he is choosing to put his health at risk by his lifestyle choices (to eat improperly when away from home and to remain overweight), but would appreciate any advice on supplements or foods that may be helpful. Our doctor plans to prescribe an oral hypoglycemic for him; however, in the past he has used it as a tool to enable him to maintain his sugar level while cheating a bit on his diet. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 Let me check with the dietitian and DON at work and I will get back to you. We have a number of residents that have this problem. ______________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 > > Richard M. Gray, Ph.D. and Florence Tomasulo Gray > I realize that I can only do so much (i.e. provide a > healthy selection of foods available at home), and that he > is choosing to put his health at risk by his lifestyle > choices (to eat improperly when away from home and to > remain overweight), but would appreciate any advice on > supplements or foods that may be helpful. Our doctor plans > to prescribe an oral hypoglycemic for him; however, in the > past he has used it as a tool to enable him to maintain his > sugar level while cheating a bit on his diet. Some supplements to look into include: cinnamon, fenugreek, d-chiro inositol (which you can get through (through soy lecithin granules), Gymnema Sylvestre ( " Gymnema appears to increase the effectiveness of insulin rather than causing the body to produce more although the precise mechanism by which this occurs remains unknown. " ), CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid), magnesium, and biologically active GTF Chromium (200 mcg, taken alone, once a day is what the Drs. Heller (CAD) recommend). http://www.mothernature.com/ency/Herb/Gymnema.asp Two good sites on insulin resistance and natural recommendations: http://www.noaw.com/Insulin%20Resistance/insulin.htm http://www.healthwell.com/hnbreakthroughs/sep97/insulinresistance.cfm Also check into Peter D'Adamo's Eat Right for Your Type (ER4YT) based on blood type. Avoid diet sodas, etc. Use stevia as a sweetener. Lower carbohydrate intake (check out Drs. Heller books - Carbohydrate Addicts Diet). And exercise (of course)... Best wishes, MichelleH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 First of course , any Doctor or Healer will tell you, that doubling up on the good stuff will not neutralize the bad stuff. Each bad meal or snack accelerates the AGEING process big time. He's gotta stay away from starches and sugars. Eat a pickle instead of french fries, and egg noodles instead of pasta, whole grain instead of refined, etc. Having said that, here is an interesting observation. In most cases of type II the body has a shortage of the trace minerals vanadium and chromium. Whether this is causal, or the result of, or pure coincidence, has not been determined. Best source is colloidal minerals [liquid trace minerals] 10 to 20 drops daily. That's DROPS, not dribbles or squirts. Use in replacement of salt in sauces or soups. Speculation is that the " bent out of shape " insulin molecule of Type II is short of these 2 trace elements. rusty Richard M. Gray, Ph.D. and Florence Tomasulo Gray <rmgray Wednesday, February 07, 2001 3:51 PM Type II Diabetes >My husband, Rick, is significantly overweight. He has had Type II Diabetes which has been well-controlled by diet until a while ago. > >He is now having a difficult time maintaining an acceptable blood sugar level. Results of a recent hemoglobin test showed that his sugar level is on the average of two- to three-hundred. > >I realize that I can only do so much (i.e. provide a healthy selection of foods available at home), and that he is choosing to put his health at risk by his lifestyle choices (to eat improperly when away from home and to remain overweight), but would appreciate any advice on supplements or foods that may be helpful. Our doctor plans to prescribe an oral hypoglycemic for him; however, in the past he has used it as a tool to enable him to maintain his sugar level while cheating a bit on his diet. > >Any suggestions? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 Florie, I'm diabetic too, but I have to take shots for it. I am also severly overweight. One thing I do know is that you can watch his diet at home but you can't make him eat what he should while away from home. That has to come from him. I was the same way as he is before I had this last scare. I would regulate my insulin when I ate something I shouldn't have eaten. Also kept telling myself I just couldn't lose the weight. Well, now I have to lose the weight or die. Its that simple and I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet. I love my children and grandchildren to much. Also just had a great granddaughter added to that. I want to see them grow. I now have lost 28 lbs. and my diabetes is down to around 130. When I first started a few years ago it was in the 400 to 500's. Up until 2 months ago I was taking 45 units of insulin twice a day. Now I'm taking 25 units twice a day. It can be done but you have to want it to. I do hope I've helped in some small way, Florie. You have always bee! n there for me. Tell Rick for me to shape up. Its his life he's playing with and you love him to much to lose him. Love and hope to you both, Ellie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2001 Report Share Posted February 9, 2001 At 11:56 8/2/1, you wrote:>My husband, Rick, is significantly overweight. He has had Type II Diabetes which has been well-controlled by diet until a while ago. Hi Florie Lots of suggestions. As you will have noticed from the posts already made I think you will find the most significant shift through the web has been an awareness of the importance of the high protein/low carb diet. This news is seeping through the web past the very political, very lucrative for food manufacturers, high carb /low fat diet . Try http://www.atkinscenter.com/diet101.asp snips.............. The Major Benefits of the Diet, In Short quotes Diets high in sugar and refined carbohydrates like bread, pasta, cereal, and other mainly 'low-fat' processed foods increase your body's production of insulin. When insulin is at high levels in the body, the food you eat can get readily converted into body fat, in the form of triglycerides (to top it off, high triglyceride levels in the body are one of the greatest risk factors for heart disease). Even worse, high carbohydrate meals tend to leave you less satisfied than those that contain adequate fat levels; so you eat more and get hungrier sooner. If you find this hard to believe, think about how much pasta you can eat at lunch and then how hungry you are running to the vending machine for another 'carbo-fix' in the mid-afternoon. If the pasta you ate was really giving your body what it needed, you would stay full until dinner time. So the typical low-protein, low-fat meal leaves you eating more and hungry sooner. So what should you do? Get off the insulin generating roller coaster of the low-fat diet and start cutting down on your carbohydrate consumption, especially the worst offenders: sugar, white flour and other refined carbohydrate-based products. What can you expect from this? Three wonderful results: You'll start to burn fat for energy: Since carbohydrates are the body's primary energy source, you'll rarely use your secondaryenergy source, you own body fat, for energy unless you restrict carbohydrate consumption This offers a lifetime of body fat burning, which is the goal of most people trying to lose weight. You won't feel hungry in between meals: .snips............ Your overall health will improve and you'll feel better: Many of the toxins you take into your body are stored in your fat cells. By getting your body to burn stored fat, you allow it to clean itself out.snips ......................... http://www.atkinscenter.com/faq/search.asp?type=condition For a type II diabetic, the diet is a Godsend. In fact, it is usually " curative " , allowing for normal blood sugar without medication. For type I, it usually helps to at least cut down on the insulin requirements, but this can only be done if managed by a doctor extremely familiar with treating type I with this diet. " ******* Lots of other links if anyone is interested. Cheers Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2001 Report Share Posted February 10, 2001 Thanks so much to Liz and other listmembers who have shared so much excellent information. Rick and I both appreciate it. F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2001 Report Share Posted February 12, 2001 > As you will have noticed from the posts already made I think you will find > the most significant shift through the web has been an awareness of the > importance of the high protein/low carb diet High protein / low carb diets are very effective for weight loss, but it is VERY important that your kidneys are healthy if you try this method. Be sure to drink lots of water to help with this (purified with lemon) as this will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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