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"Within four days, all participants except the Type I diabetic were off insulin and oral antidiabetic medications. By the end of one month, two peo- pie had blood sugars regularly averaging between 70 and 85. Two had dropped from an average blood sugar of approximately 250-450 to around 120. All their blood tests became essentially normal. In other words, by the end of 1 month, the Type II diabetics had achieved a level of health according to their blood tests and daily blood sugar readings that was considered comparable with a normal nondia-betic physiology; i. e." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Disturbances in glucose metabolism had been reported in Alzheimer's disease decades ago, with scientists theorizing that either the brain of a diabetic person lacks sufficient glucose to function properly or excess sugar in a diabetic person's bloodstream does vascular damage that affects blood flow to neurons. In Madrid, evidence was presented to suggest that antidiabetic drugs could be used as a treatment for AD." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Treating 250 diabetic patients in the Heart Protection Study with a statin drug for one year prevented one death. In contrast, inactive diabetics can get four times more benefit simply by walking for at least two hours weekly, preventing four deaths among 250 formerly inactive diabetics each year. Similarly, the 13 percent reduction in death rate among those treated with a statin in the Heart Protection Study is greatly overshadowed by the benefit of moderate weight loss." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"If a diabetic was in a PPO, for instance, which paid a fee for every office visit, the doctor would tell him to come back every few weeks in order to have his blood sugar monitored more closely. (The less a diabetic's blood sugar fluctuates, the more slowly he will develop the downstream effects of the disease, including heart disease, kidney damage, and blindness.) But if the patient was in a capitated plan, he might be told not to come back for months." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Essentially, they become what we would call diabetic in response to the cold. In areas with cold weather, more diabetics are diagnosed in colder months; in the Northern Hemisphere, that means more diabetics are diagnosed between November and February than between June and September. Children are most often diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when temperatures start to drop in late fall. Fibrinogen, the clotting factor that repairs ice-damaged tissue in the wood frog, also mysteriously peaks in humans during winter months." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.) "Food would probably be limited, so dietary blood-sugar load would already be low, and brown fat would convert most of that to heat, so the ice age "diabetic's" blood sugar, even with less insulin, might never reach dangerous levels. Modern-day diabetics, on the other hand, with little or no brown fat, and little or no exposure to constant cold, have no use—and thus no oudet—for the sugar that accumulates in their blood. In fact, without enough insulin the body of a severe diabetic starves no matter how much he or she eats." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"The high insulin levels of type 2 diabetes contribute to diabetes complications, including cholesterol abnormalities, diabetic eye disease, diabetic kidney disease, and vascular disease. Type 2 diabetes is like a car trying to pull a trailer that's too large. The car overheats, isn't fuel efficient, and wears out faster. You'd trade your car in for a truck that has towing capacity, but the problem is, you can't just go out and buy a larger pancreas to handle your diabetes. In animal studies, Dr." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"The Type I diabetic went from an insulin intake of 70 units to 5 units. Succeeding with a group who knew virtually nothing about live foods or the live food lifestyle and who had no particular interest in it was a real test for this program. Although no program can guarantee any results for healing diabetes in one month, we feel this program offers a reasonable, healthy, optimistic and realistic way to ameliorate diabetes. Of course one can only stay in a nondiabetic physiology if he or she continues to follow the healthy program outlined and experienced in the 30-day program." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"If you are diabetic or on an aggressive weight loss plan, eat more fruits that are lower in sugar such as berries, green or Granny Smith apples, melons, grapefruit, oranges, kiwis and papaya and less of the higher calorie fruits such as mangos, grapes, bananas, pineapple and peaches. Fruit does not need to be avoided if diabetic, just limited to two fresh fruits with breakfast and one with lunch and dinner. Those with diabetes should exclude fruit juice and not use much dried fruit. Frozen fruit can be a convenient substitute when fresh isn't available." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Many of the diabetic drugs we have today are simply first cousins of those prescribed years ago. Avandia?which rakes in 2.1 billion dollars in revenue per year - doesn't do anybody any good and has recently showed to dramatically increase risk of heart attacks." "Does this worsen their conditions? " Dr. Whitaker: "Yes. Diabetics are taking drugs that they don't need, which are most likely worsening the problem. Patients with hypertension are taking multiple medications they don't need. The safest and most effective anti-hypertensive drugs are low-dose diuretics." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Joseph Mercola's website, high glycemic foods and/or being diabetic leads to a greater incidence of Alzheimer's, memory loss and dementia! Being diabetic ups your risk of alzheimers by 65 percent! Ask yourself: Is eating refined carbohydrates and sugar worth losing your mind over? Source: www.mercola.com Caprylic Acid This supplement is an anti-fungal that destroys Candida and is said to be beneficial for streptococcus and staphylococcus aureus infections. Caprylic acid has also the common name Octanoic Acid and is an eight-carbon straight chain fatty acid." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Given the clarity of research about the impact of lifestyle on diabetes, one would expect a special effort by doctors to counsel their diabetic patients about the benefits of exercise and diet. However, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, only half of diabetic patients were counseled about exercise at their last physical exam." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "Another study showed that a 12-week intensive weight-loss program for diabetics decreased their expenditures on prescription drugs and diabetic supplies by two-thirds; and at one year the expenditures were still only half of what they had been at the beginning of the study. In a more effective and efficient health care system, these savings could be reinvested in health promotion campaigns that help people adopt healthier lifestyles, improve the quality of their lives, stem the diabetes epidemic, and at the same time reduce deaths from heart disease, stroke, and cancer." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"She made this disclosure in a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine in which she argued that a group of German researchers had been wrong to conclude in their clinical trial that Pfizer's medicine Lipitor did not help diabetic patients who were on dialysis. In the German study, fewer diabetic patients taking Lipitor had heart attacks or died from heart disease, but more of them died from stroke than those who had taken sugar pills. Dr. Robinson argued that the researchers should have looked only at the heart disease data and ignored the slightly higher death rate from stroke." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Modulation of alpha-crystallin chaperone activity in diabetic rat lens by curcumin. Mol Vis 2005 Jul 26; 11:561-68. Langsjoen PH, Langsjoen AM. Overview of the use of CoQIO in cardiovascular disease. Biofactor 1999; 9(2-4):273-84. Lapenna D et al. Dihydro-lipoic acid inhibits 15-lipoxygenase-dependent lipid peroxidation. Free Radic Biol Med 2003 Dec 15; 35(10):1203-9. Lee KW, Lip GY. The role of omega-3 fatty acids in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. QJM 2003 Jul; 96(7):465-80. Liu J et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Lean Obese T2D Insulin sensitivity in the lean, obese, and type 2 diabetic (T2D) groups before and after 3 months of exercise. Insulin sensitivity Is expressed as the ratio of the amount of glucose metabolized to the prevailing plasma insulin levels {M (mg - kgSM-1 ?min-1 )/l (uU/ml) x 100} during the lost 30 min of the eugiycemk clamp, ?Glucose uptake is significantly lower {? < 0.05) in the caffeine trial {black bar) compared with the placebo trial (white bar), independent of group and exercise training. Sewrw So Jung lee. FH0I. fe*>? Hwtoon. MO. PHD 2, lo**-i-?" - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "About 60-70 percent of the people with diabetes have mild symptoms to severe forms of diabetic nerve damage. Neuropathy is the major cause of nontrauma lower limb amputation, and studies suggest that as many as 70 percent of amputees die within five years.83 Many people with diabetes have a "slow stomach" or gastric paresis. These conditions all seem to be associated with hyperinsulinemia (high blood insulin) and hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). Diabetes, in essence, is an accelerated aging. So hyperinsulinemia becomes a part of the continuum of developing diabetes." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Long-term effects of modest weight loss in type 2 diabetic patients. Arch. Intern. Med, 147, 1749-1753. 18. Henry, R. R., Schaefer, L., and Olesfsky, J. M. (1985). Glycemic effects of intensive caloric restriction and isocaloric refeeding in noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 61, 917-925. 19. Low, C. C, Grossman, E. B., and Gumbiner, B. (1995). Potentiation of effects of weight loss by monounsaturated fatty acids in obese NIDDM patients. Diabetes 45, 569-571. 20. Golay, A., Allaz, A. F., Morel, Y., de Tonnac, N., Tankova, S., and Reaven, G. (1996)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "High-monounsaturated fat diet for diabetic patients: Is it time to change the current dietary recommendations? Diabetes Care 17, 242-246. 90. Berry, E. M. (1997). Dietary fatty acids in the management of diabetes mellitus. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 66, 991S-997S. 91. Garg, A., Bonanome, A., Grundy, S. M., Zhang, A. J., and Unger, R. H. (1988). Comparison of high-carbohydrate diet with high monounsaturated-fat diet in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. N. Engl. J. Med. 391, 829-834. 92. Coulston, A. M., Hollenbeck, C. B., Swislocki, A. L. M., and Reaven, G. M. (1989)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"One couple, a diabetic and his wife with multiple sclerosis, report physical improvements. My cousin lost ten pounds in two weeks and no longer has heartburn. JOB, 74 YEARS OLD My mother introduced me to good diet and healthy living. Although I listened to Gary Null for twenty-three years, I did not actualize. I weighed 210 pounds, smoked three packs of cigarettes a day, drank alcohol, felt depressed, and had knee pains and upper respiratory infections. One day I looked at the very aged man in the mirror and was shocked." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Are you diabetic? Is the diagnosis "coronary artery disease" listed in many family member's health records and death certificates? Fortify Your Mitochondria with the Awesome Foursome We know that mitochondria can indeed, be fortified, nurtured, fertilized and strengthened. Although the researchers of the rat study didn't mention it, I can tell you from my clinical experience with patients experiencing profound cardiovascular disease that the addition of these awesome foursome nutrients make things work better." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"In the German study, fewer diabetic patients taking Lipitor had heart attacks or died from heart disease, but more of them died from stroke than those who had taken sugar pills. Dr. Robinson argued that the researchers should have looked only at the heart disease data and ignored the slightly higher death rate from stroke. The German scientists were blunt in their reply to Dr. Robinson's suggestion that they selectively report their data so that Pfizer's product, also known as atorvastatin, looked beneficial. " - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "A woman reported that her husband, a diabetic, had died. The forty-three-year-old man had sometimes suffered from hypoglycemia in the middle of the night, his wife had explained. Before taking Neurontin, this had not been a problem, she said. He had awakened when his blood sugar fell too low, she said, and solved the problem on his own. Hypoglycemia can be quickly remedied by drinking juice or swallowing a spoonful of honey. But Neurontin made her husband so tired, she said, that he no longer woke up." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"CLENROY, 68 YEARS OLD I was diabetic and developed cellulitis serving in the military and had severe knee and lower disk back pain. I could not climb stairs and used crutches and a cane, and for two months was paralyzed in a wheelchair. My blood pressure and cholesterol were elevated. I ate the typical American diet: flesh foods, wheat, dairy. Underneath it all I wanted to be healthy. My legs are no longer swollen from cellulitis. My backache has subsided. My circulation is normal. I can easily walk up three flights of steps to my apartment." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Peripheral Neuropathy The foot is the body part most commonly affected by peripheral diabetic neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy can also affect the legs, arms, and hands. The nerve damage may first appear as discomfort, tingling, extreme sensitivity to touch, loss of coordination or balance, numbness, or the sensation of getting needle pricks and may graduate to severe pain or cramps followed by the disappearance of the pain and/or numbness." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"The executives' plan was for the doctors to talk about how Neurontin eased a type of pain suffered by diabetes patients called diabetic neuropathy The Proworx executives told the doctors what they wanted their presentations to include. They also explained to the doctors that Proworx had created slides that could be used in their presentations. The doctors told the executives they understood what the company wanted. They declined to use the slides, however, and said they would write their own speeches." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes Care 21, 143-156. 244. Javitt, J. C, Aiello, L. P., Chiang, Y., Ferris, F. L. 3rd, Canner, J. K., and Greenfield, S. (1994). Preventive eye care in people with diabetes is cost-saving to the federal government: implications for health-care reform. Diabetes Care 17, 909-917. 245. The effect of intensive treatment of diabetes on the development and progression of long-term complications in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. (1993). The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group. N. Engl. J. Med. 329, 977-986. 246." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"If you are diabetic or have a history of heart disease, maintaining a normal cholesterol level is important and has been shown to be helpful. But if you don't have these problems, recognize that a high cholesterol level is not a disease, it is a symptom of an imbalance. If your thyroid function or estrogen levels are low, your cholesterol will be high. In women, avoiding cholesterol and fat are clearly not the answer. Despite low-cholesterol diets and cholesterol-lowering drugs, both men and women have experienced an increase in heart disease." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

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