Finally Say Bye Bye to My Diabetes

I’m Sheryl Wann and I’ve been diagnosed with incurable diabetes. But I am an optimistic person and believe that I will be able to regain full health in the future. While there are those that are hereditary liable to get diabetes, I believe I do not fall into that category.

I liked to research the available treatment options for diabetes. A recent bit of research highlighted some very mind blowing information that I wasn’t previously aware of.

A great number of people are unfortunate to be diagnosed with diabetes every year and I wasn’t aware of how common it is.

Initially, I was completely clueless about diabetes, but after completing some extensive research I am now much more knowledgeable. Because I don’t have a medical background, a lot of this information was difficult to understand.

However, in truth, it wasn’t so different comprehending the available information after letting it sink in.

The liver has a natural function of being able to produce a hormone known as insulin-like growth factor (IGF). It plays the role of controlling glucose as insulin, which is really effective.

I appreciated this news because it means I wouldn’t need to continue to take pills. Most drugs in the market have certain associated side-effects. IGF isn’t administered in the shape of injections. In truth, it is just necessary to make the liver create more of it.

This knowledge has given me a lot of encouragement and belief that my diabetes can be cured. But, by taking the appropriate action I was surprised to find I was able to permanently cure by diabetes within a period of three weeks.

I have my health care provider confirm it for me. They said it was an amazing outcome and was shocked by this quick change in my health. Plus, he even got a second opinion to make certain he had made the correct diagnoses, and of course the doctor was right.

My doctor wasn't sure how this fast turnaround in health was even possible. He had never seen a case of diabetes cured like this. But for me, I seemed like a quite obvious outcome. In truth, pharmaceutical companies earn many billions on the diabetic treatments in the market. So, they don’t want us to learn of other effective treatments that can cure this condition without their assistance.

If the pharmaceutical companies could produce IGF pills in the general market this would have the potential to provide faster results, but this isn’t the case. IGF is naturally in our bodies, so essential the remedy for this condition is already in our system.

However, this remedy isn’t liable to benefit every patient with diabetes. But, for me, I am pleased to say it worked with great success, while also helping to cure thousands of other diabetes sufferers.

It is possible to up the production of IGF with the help of a well-balanced diet that includes the right food choices. So, why not start using this natural health remedy.

Take a look at this list of healthy foods that can give the IGF production a boost while at the same time helping to treat the diabetes. It is really simple to get involved with. Follow this to learn that is no longer necessary to prick the finger and you get to enjoy a happy and normal life with the family.

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Sleep Problems Tied to Type 2 Diabetes

Size is the problem. Normalize size, and Obstructive sleep apnea, and Type 2 Diabetes both disappear. it is amazing how much better someone with a smaller neck circumference sleeps when they are not self asphyxiating.

There is another piece in today's Times about how severe obesity is "ok". It is not ok. It is destroying lives, killing people prematurely, and is horribly expensive to care for from an associated disease perspective.

Actually, size isn't always the problem. I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic last month, and everyone who knows me is shocked, as I am well within the normal range of weight, I exercise at very high intensity 4 - 6x per week, and cook healthy meals. My sleep, however, has been interrupted and unsatisfactory ever since menopause hit 7 years ago. Other friends who are much heavier than I do not have any indications of diabetes. In my case, there may be a genetic component, as my very fit, slender brother, was diagnosed at age 40. That doesn't negate the fact that obesity causes multiple health problems and is becoming epidemic. But not all diabetics are overweight, and as this article states, lack of good sleep is a possible cause.

After three years of crushing insomnia that essentially stopped my ability to function I found relief. (And yes my type ll diabetes numbers and weight went up). UP and OUTSIDE 30 minutes before dawn. NO electronics after 8 pm, unless I am using a low blue light visor and MOST IMPORTANTLY for those of us in the northern hemisphere the use of the Phllips Golite at dawn for 30 minutes(I do not go outside before dawn in the winter btw). Brain chemistry was reset, I now konk out around 9:30 or 10 pm, and sleep through the night, dream at least 3x, and waking up for a trip to the bathroom does not prevent me from falling back to sleep as it did in the past. No lying there at 3 am knowing the next day would be spent in zombie like limbo. I use a sleep mask. In short, I am after 3 years of devastating sleep deprivation, back on track and instead of 6 days of torturous dysfunction I am out and about once again with perhaps 1 day a week of leaden sleeplessness. Hopefully next blood work up will reflect lower metabolic syndrome numbers. Yes there are other factors that have caused the health issues but the creeping insomnia was making it all worse.

Eating With Diabetes

1) Type 1 -- NOT curable OR reversible. Period. No carbs? That won't work for any Type 1 who’s physically active. Which is far more people than you and most doctors realize.

2) Type 2 -- too many misconceptions and biases here to even list.

Bottom-line, there is no silver bullet for either T1D or Type 2. They are complex diseases, only partially understood, that require 24/7 attention to myriad factors to successfully manage. And even then, you don't always get the A1C you want.

How many of the self-appointed experts here are actually deeply knowledgeable about, say, the biochemistry of energy balance and metabolism in Type 1 and Type 2?...OR actually have and live with either Type 1 or Type 2?

Frankly, if you're not an expert and/or diabetic -- shut up, you're in the peanut gallery.

Educate yourself via the many Facebook groups of T1 & Type 2 people who actively manage their diabetes -- some with carbs, some with fewer, depending on their specific situation and goals.

You'll be shocked to find that it's possible to be at a healthy weight AND active AND intentional about what you eat AND med-compliant-- and STILL HAVE Type 2.

(You'll also learn that people like most of the commenters here are the biggest source of annoyance for empowered Type 1s and Type 2s. The second biggest source of annoyance? CDEs, RDs, and docs.)

My Suggestion About Diabetes

Diabetes is the inability to properly process carbohydrates so the treatment should be to not have carbohydrates. The concern is not that carbohydrate-laden snacks will displace anything but that carbohydrate-laden anything will be eaten.

The Atkins low carb diet starts at 20 grams per day not the 120 grams suggested here. 120 grams is better than the 300 grams the average American eats but why stop there if your metabolism is already disordered? The advice to take that many carbs and spread them through the day to mitigate glucose spikes is like telling an alcoholic to spread out martinis through the day to mitigate being drunk.

There are plenty of free low carb/diabetic information sources on the net. A readily available blood glucose meter (often free) and plenty of test strips (shop around) tells you what your particular body does in response to the particular foods you eat.

Low carb diets can be rich and delicious. They are also significantly more expensive than diets made from cheap corn and wheat. The cost of health care is so extraordinarily out of whack that paying more upfront to never see your doctor or dietitian again is worth it.

An Eating Disorder in People With Diabetes

Although most likely unrelated to the eating disorder difficulties described here, one rare complication of poorly controlled type I diabetes was reported in the medical literature from the 1930s at least through the 1980s, called Mauriac syndrome. The children were not only underweight, but exhibited short stature as well (and liver enlargement plus some other endocrine signs). Because of its rarity, it may be unknown by more than a generation of pediatricians, There was no description of "intentional" or behaviorally disordered eating in the literature on Mauriac syndrome, but in general, the children were described as having longstanding, poorly controlled diabetes. Their eating habits might have been relatively unknown or poorly characterized. They were most often adolescents, just as are the patients described here.

A diabetic child who is markedly underweight and living in a setting of inadequate or non-existent regular medical care might merit evaluation for this broader complication, and should not be assumed to have weight loss due to disordered eating.

I learned about this rare condition almost 40 years ago, in medical school at the Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis. Sometimes, it only takes one case for a very rare condition to stick in the memory of a physician, even near the end of a career.