Early onset diabetes mellitus

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Early onset diabetes mellitus

By Alan Tillotson

http://www.henriettesherbal.com/articles/juvediab.html

 

 

> Has anyone got any ideas about early onset diabetes mellitus?

 

I am a juvenile diabetic, insulin dependant, and have been so since

age 10. I'm now 46. I have managed to avoid all complications so

far, with perfect retinas, normal heart, liver and kidney function

etc. I got involved with healing to try to find a way out of the

bleak future I read about when I was 11 in a book I got from the

library, which told me that I would most probably develop any number

of serious problems. So far zilch. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

It is very interesting that before I had any formal training in

natural medicine, my body figured out several things (because it

made me feel good), such as the addition of lots of blueberries and

raspberries and carrots to my diet was good, as well as onion and

garlic.

 

This was in the early 70's. I've learned a lot over the years. here

is just some that comes quickly to mind-not totally coherent, its

late at night:

 

Juvenile diabetics can learn to sense their own sugar levels by

developing body awareness. This makes it much less likely to eat

when sugar levels exceed 200, thus driving them up to the 300's and

creating lots of ketones, or to allow low blood sugars, with the

negative effect of eating too much too fast and having an upswing.

Juvenile diabetics which are called " brittle " are just nutrient

deficient or very nervous/tight. I have maintained a high nutrient

diet, especially easily assimilable minerals, for decades, and blood

sugar swings have been minimal. This includes multi-minerals

supplements and/or herbs like dandelion, turmeric, nettles, parsley,

seaweeds.

Juvenile diabetics need to constantly move their bodies. Hard work

is excellent medicine.

Juvenile diabetics tend to be vata natured (Ayurvedic term for

nervous personality), and so their diet needs more good quality oils

and fats than adult onset diabetics, to maintain healthy membranes.

The Ayurvedic combination of triphala (three fruits, famous

ayurvedic formula) plus shilajatu (ayurvedic mineral substance),

taken long term, prevents deterioration.

Some sort of Yoga or T'ai chi or meditation practice is essential to

develop the ability to get really relaxed (I mean like super, super

relaxed), which really helps maintain solid health, stable blood

sugars. Advanced pranayama or qi kung exercises, in which qi is made

to move or flow with strong diaphramatic control, improves the

general circulation a lot.

Aspartame sometimes raises blood sugar in diabetics worse than pure

cane sugar. God know why.

San qi (Chinese herb) can arrrest hemorrhage in diabetic retinopathy

better than anything. 1-2 grams of concentrated powder TID, even

useful long term.

Blood thinning therapy (moving blood in Chinese terms) is essential.

This includes herbs like salvia, red peony, carthamus, cnidium,

bilberry, turmeric, bromelain. Keeps the tiny vessels happy,

especially when combined with the minerals.

I advocate not worrying about money for those damn expensive test

strips, and just investing. Juvenile diabetics tend to have periods

where their blood sugars become unstable, often for days or weeks.

During these times it is essential to check the sugar every few

hours, and take extra regular insulin if necessary, drink more

water, and change to a lower volume high protein and fat, low

carbohydrate and sugar-free diet for a short while, to even out

sugar delivery to the system. When sugars are stable, change to a

more high vegetable carbohydrate and raw vegetable diet to even

things out. This alternation needs to be clearly understood.

Juvenile diabetics need more vitamin E. They do not seem to benefit

from chromium as much as adult onset types.

That's it. I'm going to bed.

 

Alan Tillotson

Chrysalis Natural Medicine Clinic

Wilmington, DE