How My Aunt's Death Can Help You ''Cure'' Type 2 Diabetes

re: How My Aunt's Death Can Help You ''Cure'' Type 2 Diabetes

RAF tartan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:55:45 GMT

My previous comments regarding no longer needing insulin to control my diabetes is still in place after 39 months.Pre meal levels running consistently at 4.8. with last A1C reading at 5.9 Medication continues to reduce with my focus now on improving my heart and in particular trying to improve my arteries, which seems to be having some success as my blood pressure goes down which I hope will allow me to come off valsartan. Statins no longer part of my regime although I did have a scare when my Thyroid went out of control (amiodarone) but that seems to have corrected its self as I reduced broccol and brussel sprouts. My diet is largely vegetables and fruit with some whey protein and minimal caffeine.

My weight has stabilised at 168 lbs and proving difficult to make further reductions (although my weight overall has dropped by 20%).

When I initially had a heart attack I was put on warfarin (a vitamin K antagonist) which controls coagulation time and minimises strokes but is a significant contributor to arterial plaque, reviewing vitamin k2 to see if it would make a difference or better still stop warfarin.

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sugarfree — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:42:49 GMT

hi there. i just think its unfair that there is so much information about type 2 diabetes every where. what about me? i am type 1 and also need some kind of cure before i go mad!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Brabo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:28:14 GMT

A friend of mine was amputated above the knees of both legs. Horrible. No wonder I am worried.

Without the carbs, I am hungry. I can't chew certain vegetables because of my bad teeth - consequence of a trauma I had at a dentist somewhere in Europe in 1943. Too long to explain.

Am I a lost case?

I sometimes eat camembert cheese, does it contain trans-fats?

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Patricia G — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:20:02 GMT

I became a Type 2 about 6 months ago from medication I take. In April '06 I had a double lung transplant. I take take two meds that the side effect is diabetes. I was very healthy at age 61 that I was oked for the transplant. I have given up the "white" foods plus I pretty well know which foods to stay clear of. I do go by the list of low glycemic foods, but I'm not perfect - yet! Ha! I also exercise at least 5/6 days a week which includes walking approimately 2 miles (45 min) and/or working 2 hours gardening. I do take one pill a day, but I don't think it brings down the blood sugar enough. My fasting each morning is approx. 111 -125. I found out this week to have a snack at 10 pm that it stays under 120. Also I carry no extra weight (5'6" at 118). I find it difficult to find receipes - do you have ideas? I always welcome help.

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CATBELL7 — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:37:41 GMT

so sorry for your loss -- my maternal family has lost many due to diabetes for decades -- I began genetic key food plan/low glycemic food plan and supplementation -- and my high blood sugars have returned to healthy levels (to the bafflement of the MD) -- yahooooo -- of course I run up and down 3 flights of stairs in my apt bldg a good dozen times a day -- sometimes more just for the work out!!! and I turned 59 a few weeks ago and have more energy than my co-workers in their early 20's -- I go out more, stay up later, go dancing more, get up earlier and have had 6 colds since 1997!!!! Not bad for a gal 59 years old -- and with an "underactive thyroid" since the mid 60's -- (dessicated thyroid--refused the synthroid junk!!) -- yahooo!!! A medical school in Australia and another in Canada have been the leaders in glycemically rating foods-- Australia has started putting the "glycemic" rating on packages!!! I eat as much raw of the "green" light lowest glycemic rated fruits and veggies and avoid the high ones 99% of the time!!!

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Lynn46 — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:37:35 GMT

Dr. Mercola,

Of all the mini-videos that you have done, I must say that in this video, in which you mention the passing of your beloved aunt, I have never before heard you say with such firmness and passion, "Take control of your health." My condolences to you on losing a treasured family member. Also, I congratulate you on getting your father to listen to and follow your expert advice. I am glad to hear that he is doing well.

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J J — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:52:46 GMT

Dr. Mercola, my deepest sympathies to you and your family on the loss of your aunt. My mom died of this horrible disease also, She would eat what she wanted and take her insulin in accordance to her glucose level, that is if she bothered to test it at all. She was under the assumption that there was nothing she could do but eat what she wanted and take her pills and insulin. We tried to help her but she wouldn't listen either. She wouldn't exercise unless we made her mad and then she would do a little but not keep it up. She wound up blind, deaf and hardly able to walk across the floor because of the pain from nerve damage in her feet. It was horrible to watch her die slowly. Now, I have found out that I am also a diabetic. The first thing the doctor wanted to do was put me on Avandia and if that didn't help it was insulin. I just looked at her and said no thanks, I know enough about this condition to know meds only make it worse. I will do this on my own. And I did! I got my A1c down from 7.9 to 6.0 just by trial and error on what I could eat. But I too have my weak moments and I occasionally have a high glycemic food and when I test my blood 2 hours later it is up and I think of my mom and that does it for me and the weak moments are getting farther and farther apart. It really is difficult to know you have it sometimes because it comes on so slowly you think you are just getting old. That is what happened to me and I thought I was eating right and exercising and I did not realize I was doing this to myself until I got my blood checked at a routine physical and found out. So check your blood often, keep a food diary and that will help you to know what makes it go up and then you can avoid those foods. Good luck and God bless.

Good luck to all of you who have this condition. From what I have read here you are all unique and the same foods do not effect everyone the same way. It is a trial and error and the checking of the blood

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jmills616 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:40:42 GMT

Bill Maher - Anti-Pharma Rant

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spazchicken — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:44:09 GMT

I am very Sorry about your aunt,, I understand the pain :(

my boyfriends mother has gone down a spiral since I've known her for six years. I try to tell her about making herself feel better but but she doesn't listen, she only listens to the doctors. Over a year ago they told her they needed to cut her thyroid out. Her favorite thing was to sing...but now she will never be able to do that again because they cut one of her voice muscles(which they admitted to just recently). She has vertigo everyday since the surgery. I wouldn't even know how to heal her now that an important body part is taken out.

I could hear her lack of confidence for the doctors when she said "they don't know what's wrong with me and how to get rid of this vertigo". I know it has to do with the lack of thyroid or the medication, but the doctors wont fess up that they screwed her up!

But then again I can't really feel sorry for her when I see bottles of tampico, soda, yogurt, and candy by her bed side(since that's were she spends 80% of her time) that's how she "elevates her blood sugar". She also eats white rice just about everyday. Some people you just cannot help unfortunately :(

re: How My Aunt's Death Can Help You ''Cure'' Type 2 Diabetes

RAF tartan — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:49:50 GMT

I have been injecting insulin for 14 years until I stopped eating potatoes, bread and bran flakes and switched to healthier options eating less and increasing exercise.For the last 15 months I no longer inject insulin nor take medication. Blood pressure is down from 160/90 to 105/65 my cholesterol is down and have now been given an honorable discharge from my diabetic clinic with an HbA1c running at just below 6. My travel insurance has dropped as I am now considered a member of the ever increasing non-diabetic club. My transformation from 90 units a day to zero took six months but believe it could have been faster if I had been aware that it was possible.

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rogainer — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:44:26 GMT

I went to Utube and by chance, stumbled across several short videos of DeWayne McCulley regarding diabetes. He speaks about almost dying from going into a Type 2 diabetic coma (he wasn't aware he had diabetes), and goes on to tell how he cured himself of diabetes. McCulley has quite a sense of humor, even though speaking about a very serious subject. I was so impressed that I tell everyone I know who has diabetes about him. (Just go to www@utube.com and type in DeWayne McCulley in the search area.) Of course, knowing is not the same as doing, as diabetes is a very complex subject!

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curious7 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:16:28 GMT

Presently we are tampering with one of "Big Pharma's" corner stone ailments, and next thing you know the gun totting FDA, will be knocking down Dr. Mercola's door. "Big Pharma" has tried for many years to keep the truth about Diabetes hidden, but slowly the truth is coming to the surface. "And the truth will make you free." As the saying goes.

What I am happy about is the fact anyone, anyone at all can make these changes and begin to life a longer, more carefree life. In my life, My Mother's Father, my Mother, and my Father were all victims of this Malady, Diabetes. I longed for a means of taking them off these medications, as a direct result, each of their lives were shortened. It has only been in the last ten years or so that rumors have begun to surface that indeed there was a cure.

Work though it may be, the end result is no more amputated feet, and legs. No more tethers called Insulin in a bottle. The world will have a time getting the true story to take off and run, but the hard work seems to lie ahead. Four billion dollars a day worldwide is not something "Big Pharma" is willing to let go of easily.

Dr, Mercola keep up the good work. With this deception exposed, how many more deception are there in the medical field that may be are revelent to the true good life. As for me I believe in at least 85% raw fruits, vegetable, whole grains, and nuts diet. May sound dull, but it works.

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kare4u — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:16:40 GMT

Dr. Mercola, my condolences to you and your family on the loss of your aunt.

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mohammad kazemi — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:28:32 GMT

Dr. Mercola sorry for your loss.

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artwarrior — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:23:53 GMT

So Type 2 diabetes can be cure through diet, what about Type 1? What’s the cure for that?