Diabetics Can Reverse Their Atherosclerosis

re: Diabetics Can Reverse Their Atherosclerosis

fredh — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:41:51 GMT

The American Pima idinans were over weight for one reason , government welfare process foods. Before they were put on a reservation, there diet was mostly natural foods from the desert. They ate a lot of fiber . Welfare is easy, no one must work. The same thing is what happening to a American children, garage food, mothers do not cook any more, they rely on fast foods ,after work. The Catholic Nuns working with the Pima's indians told them to stop eating welfare food from the government, and go back to there native foods.

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BJ203 — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:27:13 GMT

I would echo Dr Mercola's concerns about lowering BP too far. It seems that for most people, a mean BP of 90-100mmHg (averaging your systolic & diastolic readings) is ideal. That equates to 110/70 - 120/80.

However, as one ages, often the systolic pressure rises, whilst diastolic remains much the same. Why? because our system is geared to maintain a certain rate of blood flow through three vital organs, namely our heart, brain and kidneys. Just as our car engines are tuned to operate at certain pressure and flow rates through the cylinders, so too the carotid, vertebral, renal and coronary arteries depend on a constant flow of blood for optimal performance. Blood pressure which is constantly too high, or too low, either wears out the system prematurely, or makes one feel fatigued, faint and light-headed. Sometimes, 24hr blood pressure monitoring is needed to sort out what is really going on. The majority of adults with high blood pressure will benefit from simple lifestyle changes; regular mild to moderate exercise, stress reduction and weight control.

Some really need to stop smoking, and seriously cut back on their alcohol intake, and salt intake during winter especially. If that doesn't work, then you might need to get checked out just to make sure that you don't have an underlying cause, which can then be treated. BP medication is necessary for some people; but if you're over 60, monitor your own BP to make sure it doesn't get too low, or otherwise, you really will feel sick.

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deborah3 — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:59:00 GMT

Please clarify....type 1 and type 2 diabetes are very different diseases, yet they get clumped together doing sufferers of both diseases a great disservice.

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hunter3738 — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:37:29 GMT

Did they mention the death rates compared to a control group? I'm quite sure arteries will soften ... when they're decomposing!

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weaver_3 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:42:45 GMT

I learned from reading the absract to the JAMA article that is behind this blog that (1) the clinical cardiovascular events did not differ significantly between groups, and (2) the rates of serious adverse events related to cholesterol and blood pressure lowering medications were significantly higher in the aggressively treatedgroup.

I believe this means that aggressive treatment to lower HDL cholesterol and blood pressure using pharmaceuticals decreases ones well-being without decreasing the chance of having a heart attack. A losing proposition in my book.

Maybe the title to this blog article should have been "Aggresive Drug Treatment for Lowering HDL-C Leads to Serious Side Effects Without Reducing CVD Events". This title would be more in line with Dr. Mercola's teaching about the good and bad cholesterol myth.

Grandpa Weaver

Reference: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/299/14/1678

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Tondelaya — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:49:00 GMT

Diabetes is a degenerative disease caused by environmental circumstances--here, an inadequate and harmful diet. Eat only what God has made. No processed foods, plenty of amimal products, very low carbs.

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seg — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:06:45 GMT

"Medications used in this study were donated by First Horizon Pharmacy, Merck and Co., and Pfizer, Inc."

There are many,many,many NATURAL ways to prevent, treat and reverse diabetes and heart disease.....Just a qucik glance at the above tells me all i need to know about this study!!!!

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HealthCoachSandraG — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:34:47 GMT

A ridiculous study since we've known for years that it's the western processed foods diet that is causing such and extremely high rates of heart disease and diabetes. AND it's the studies/observations with American indians that have proven this.

The Pima indians in New Mexico have extremely high rates of diabetes where as their ancestors just over the boarder in Mexico do not. What's the difference. The Mexican Pima's are still eating their traditional diet!!

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Aaltrude — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:22:20 GMT

I am sure American Indians were healthier with a much lower and probably a zero incidence of type 2 diabetes before they were introduced to the western diet. Probably the best treatment for them would be to convince them to go back to their native diet.

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flbooks7 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:31:19 GMT

And... just what was that aggressive treatment?

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mmc88121 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:29:32 GMT

Even though this is a specific population, American Indians, I think it shows more that more eduction and monitoring is needed, rather than more medications. I also noticed even though they said there was a difference no where did they say it was statistically significant, and the study was funded by 2 Pharmaceutical companies and one pharmacy.

Mary