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Do you want to manage the consequences of type 2 diabetes?
Or do you prefer that the consequences manage you?
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Beverleigh Piepers RN is a professional nurse
registered in Australia and the USA. She specializes in coaching and education
of people about type 2 diabetes; and is the author of over 700 articles on type 2
diabetes and several e-books on managing type 2 diabetes drug-free.
http://drugfreetype2diabetes.com
PO Box 384, Blaxland, 2774 Australia
Telephone +61 282 300 593 |
Continued from: Coaching,
Diabetes & Blood Sugar
Beating Type 2 Diabetes
Chronic uncontrolled blood sugar (type 2 diabetes) affects the whole
body - from dementia to amputated feet ... yet many people are not
diagnosed with it until after some serious medical problem, even
though the tests are simple and inexpensive.
You can beat type 2 diabetes. Perhaps you cannot cure it, but
you can manage or control it. If you gain an ideal weight and
stabilize your blood sugar, then you can
stop many consequences of diabetes in their tracks. Isn't
that better than a disease stopping you in your tracks?
The real issue is your lifestyle - especially but not only
your diet. Research has proven that changes in lifestyle ...
changes that anyone can make ... most people can
prevent and manage type 2 diabetes.
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In the 1920s it was discovered that the main factor in
preventing the metabolism of blood sugar in the presence of normal insulin was
too much fat in the blood, and in 1936 Dr Rabinowitch of Canada presented
1000 case studies demonstrating this to the Diabetic Association in Boston,
whose only action was to ignore them.*
*Health & Survival in the 21st Century by Ross Horne |
Healthy people living healthy lifestyles do not support many consumer
businesses, while unhealthy people spend tons of money on their obsessions and
later on their medical support. Many parents are habitually unhealthy and teach
their children to eat sh ... sugar. Were they and you influenced by:
- deceptive advertising?
- manipulative marketing?
- peer and family pressure?
- all you can eat buffet meals?
- people giving inaccurate advice?
- drive-through take-away fast-food?
- the convenience of processed foods?
- addictions to sugar, starches, fat and salt?
- obsessions with television computers, etc (lack of exercise)?
Consequences don't care how clever are your excuses!
Fear of Loss is Greater than a Desire for Gain
If you have type 2 diabetes, you have an invisible, chronic condition
that will not go away. It's not like a broken bone that can heal ...
it's more like an elephant hidden under the carpet. You can manage
and even reverse the symptoms, but they will affect you
for the rest of your life.
Many people take insulin to compensate for their high sugar,
high-fat diets - but insulin is not a cure. Insulin was once
obtained from slaughtered pigs and cows, but most is now made
from genetically modified bacteria, and sold with a HUGE profit
margin (as are the additive-laden processed foods that cause
chronic high blood sugar).
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The demand for insulin is exploding and should
reach 12,000 kg by 2012, an 8 billion dollar market, since the number
of people with diabetes is increasing dramatically.
An aging overweight population, obesity and sedentary lifestyle are
the main causes of this increase. From:
Biotechnology-Genetic-Human Cells
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Do you wait for symptoms to motivate you? Do you need to suffer
before you will act? If desire alone does not motivate you to reach
your health goals, what will?
Must you suffer? Pain and suffering often catalyze change. What physical
or emotional pain would motivate you to choose a healthier lifestyle?
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Tests in Australia showed that
diabetic, city-dwelling Aboriginals quickly became free of diabetes
when they relocated to their tribal lands and resumed their native
diet.*
*Health & Survival in the 21st Century by Ross Horne |
Medications alone cannot cure type 2 diabetes nor help you beat it.
Like heart attacks or strokes ... diabetes can happen if you don't
take care to avoid it. If this thought isn't painful enough, how
about the thought of losing your eyesight, your legs - or your
mind?
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It was shown in 1936 that the prime cause of diabetes
is a diet high in fat and protein, and that most diabetics produce all
the insulin they need ... except that insulin cannot work properly in
a toxic bloodstream. On a proper diet many diabetics can be free of
medical treatment in a few weeks.*
*Health & Survival in the 21st Century by Ross Horne
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Moving On with Your Life
What motivated you to ignore all of those health warnings over
the years? What motivated you to eat all those high-fat, high-sugar
processed foods? Foods rich in fats and sugars were essential in
the Ice Ages, before the rise of civilization. Now such a diet
can threaten civilization. Certainly it threatens you.
The world cannot afford to look after so many
people with self-inflicted diseases.
We find that many health professionals, perhaps
brainwashed by their education and the continuous flow of marketing
from drug companies, know little about the causes of lifestyle
diseases. They know the symptoms and the medications. They risk
becoming highly educated drug dealers.
A diagnosis of diabetes can be shocking, but if you accept that
you have a serious condition and that you can manage your blood sugar
... while diabetes may not be curable - it is controllable.
You can resolve whatever motivated your unhealthy lifestyle -
your relationships, your beliefs, your diet, your stress and
your activities.
Diabetes, Emotions & Relationships
Do you use food to cope with stress? Food may soothe you for a
short time, but emotional eating only continues an existing vicious
cycle. Healthy people deal with emotional difficulties as well as
their diets.
Many people feel anger, anxiety, sadness and guilt when diagnosed
with self-inflicted diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. People
who blame themselves for having diabetes are often accurate, however
some people blame their partners or other family members for
"making them" unhealthy.
Strong unpleasant emotions affect both mental stability and hormone
levels. Conversely, hormonal medications can precipitate emotional displays.
- Anger is often related
to violated values
- Anxiety is often a reaction
to possible future events
- Guilt is often a conflict about having
hurt other people
- Sadness is often regret about
lost possibilities for happiness
- Depression is often an indication
that life does not make sense
People with diabetes may experience mood swings - they may
express long-withheld emotions - perhaps chaotically. People may
be unaware of their mood swings; and act as if some current emotion
is a valid basis for long-term decisions. They may have emotional
outbursts over minor events.
If the family and friends know that people with diabetes may
express wild emotions at unpredictable times - they, their families
and friends can better cope with emotional outbursts.
Diabetes, Depression & Stress
Obese people who are depressed seem to be the most
likely candidates for adult-onset diabetes. Depression may also
increase insulin resistance ... and people with diabetes are more
likely to feel depressed. Depression may reduce the desire to take
medications or to follow an appropriate diet.
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Depressed people seem to have a greater risk
for developing diabetes.
Several studies suggest that diabetes doubles the risk of depression.
[Anderson, Lustman, Clouse, et al. Prevalence
of depression in adults with diabetes. Diabetes, 2000; 49] |
People living stressful lives may need energy to be ready for
fight or flight. Sugary and starchy food can provide this
energy by raising blood-glucose levels. But if life feels out of
control, many people reach for any available food
... ignoring the consequences and the resulting metabolic
chaos.
Helping People with Lifestyle Diseases
We find that emotional maturity
is a basic component of healthy
adult lives. We help motivated adults resolve emotional blocks, develop
appropriate diets, maintain healthy body weight, exercise and increase their
knowledge and skills.
An appropriate diet for preventing and treating
diabetes can also help with hypertension, dementia and many other
lifestyle-based diseases that await an aging population.
We coach people to improve their lifestyle and
develop emotional stability. We coach people to improve their
relationships and emotional wellbeing, to achieve educational
and vocational goals and to enjoy recreational activities.
Please consult a physician about any opinions or
recommendations about medical symptoms.
Click HERE for Help
with Lifestyle Diseases
References for Preventing and Controlling Lifestyle Diseases
How Nature Cures by Emmet Densmore
The New Science of Healing
by Louis Kuhne
How to Prolong Life by Charles de Lacy Evans
The True Science of Living by Edward Dewey
Health & Survival in the 21st Century by Ross Horne, 1992, 1997
Confessions of a Medical Heretic by Dr Robert S. Mendelsohn, 1979 Plagiarism is theft. Copyright © Beverleigh Piepers
& Martyn Carruthers 2010,
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