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Reply: Diabetes and Mood Disorders

If I were you I would discuss with your doctor the medications you may be taking first. Many...

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Reply: Diabetes and severe shaking

The best advice is to see your doctor and eliminate your body! If He or she can find nothing...

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Reply: DON'T EAT OATMEAL

Jason, why in the world did you eat so many carbs just before bedtime. Had you eaten this...

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Reply: fat and diabetes

Seeing all the comments on here about disliking a vegan diet makes me want to post an...

Posted by pdank

Seeing all the comments on here about disliking a vegan diet makes me want to post an answer. I am also a type 2 diabetic (since 1994) and until I started a serious lifestyle change in my way of eating last year I had real trouble keeping my A1c even near 7.0 and my weight fluctuates from a high of 240lb 4 years ago to a196 lb a year ago. I was on meds for cholesterol, High PB/P, triglycerides, max dose of metformin and the max dose of Lantus.
I heard about a lifestyle of eating that had cured many people of diabetes and after reading about this lifestyle dedicated my time to learning and implementing this lifestyle. (you might call it a diet but we in this lifestyle don't call it that as diets have been proven NOT to work). A lifestyle change is different, where you learn to eat right and enjoy it so you do not want unhealthy foods. It is close to vegan, but we do eat one serving of meat @ day. No dairy, no PROCESSED foods. Everything is cooked or consumed from scratch. We use almond milk instead of dairy, coconut oil for cooking and almond butter and seeds to supplement our fats. These fats have been proven to be very beneficial to a diabetic's health. The lifestyle I am referring to you can Google and read about. It is called the Alkaline/Acid lifestyle or diet. If you really want to get this monkey off your back you will do something about it.

After one year, I am off all meds for Cholesterol, triglycerides, B/P, and off all diabetic medicines. I weigh in at 155 lbs (my high school weight) and feel like a new person. The only change I made was to eat healthy foods that this lifestyle recommends.

This article does not seem to condone any fats as good, but, there are good fats found in nuts, seeds, some oils etc. I keep my carbs at 50%, my fats at 30% and protein at 20% and now have no problem controlling my blood sugars if I continue to eat right. My last A1c was 6.2. Several others of my friends on Facebook have either started this lifestyle or been on it for a while and have had great success with their health! You do not have to buy the product some of these people sell, just eat right.

It was not easy, but, even my doctor is interested in how I have taken control and that modern medicine has been unable to provide tthis kind of results.
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Reply: diabetic meds

. Let me answer your question, it is possible but why would you want to do this? Diabetes is...

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Reply: diabetic meds

Excellent response DaveD. One year ago I was on the max dose of both Lantus and meformin and...

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