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"It understands that just because we haven't definitively linked diabetes and the Younger Dryas doesn't mean we shouldn't explore biological solutions to high blood sugar found elsewhere in nature. Cold-tolerant animals like the wood frog exploit the antifreezing properties of high blood sugar to survive. Perhaps the mechanisms they use to manage the complications of high blood sugar will help lead us to new treatments for diabetes. Plants and microbes adapted to extreme cold might produce molecules that could do the same." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"For people with high blood sugar, there are now concentrates on the market without the fruit sugar in them, so everyone can get the benefits of drinking a lot of fruit juice. Remember that red fruits and their concentrates repair damage to your DNA. This is crucial because once you repair the damage to the DNA, the cell can regain much, if not all, of its previous functioning. Exercise to Lower Cholesterol_ When you exercise aerobically for up to an hour a day, you are increasing the good HDL cholesterol and reducing the bad LDL cholesterol." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Another study of ginger found that the herb could help control the risk factors involved in "syndrome X," which combine to greatly increase risk of type 2 diabetes—a condition that creates severe inflammation throughout the body because of the pro-inflammatory effects of high blood sugar and high insulin levels. A chemical called 6-gingerol appeared to have the most potent blood sugar and blood insulin-lowering effects." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"The CRP level rises with chronic infection, high blood sugar, overweight status, and antioxidant and essential fatty acid deficiency. Any one of these situations produces proinflammatory substances such as CRP, ratcheting up the chances for developing atherosclerosis. CRP may rise transiently with any infection, such as when you battle the flu or a urinary tract infection. The level falls after recovery. We worry about a persistent elevation in CRP, reflecting a continuing and inappropriate inflammation such as arterial inflammation." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "The end result is high blood sugar and diabetes. Ample insulin exists in the system, but cell membranes no longer respond to the insulin signal. Glucose and triglycerides cannot enter the cells. Consequently, they build up in the circulation. Over time, the high tide of blood sugar and insulin wreak havoc on the body and blood vessels by orchestrating a chain reaction of biochemical developments that sets the stage for silent arterial inflammation. Those events include: • Raised CRP level. • Thicker and stickier blood—an unheralded risk factor for CVD." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "The consequence is excessively high blood sugar and insulin production and an energy roller-coaster. If this high tide of insulin becomes the digestive norm in your system, the insulin receptor sites on the membranes of cells, through which glucose passes, become damaged. The cells start to lose their ability to recognize insulin, leaving it to circulate and build up in the bloodstream. We call this situation insulin resistance and recognize it as a forerunner to type 2 diabetes and obesity." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "In chapter 3, we introduced the damaging and inflammatory effects of this high blood sugar and insulin scenario. It's an overlooked yet very serious risk factor for developing unhealthy arteries and thick blood. Not just heart health is at stake but brain function as well. It is vitally important that you regulate your insulin levels, reduce your glycemic load, and eliminate as many simple sugars as you can." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Carbohydrates, which consist of either sugar or starch, travel through the digestive system very quickly, and can cause a spike of high blood sugar, which then can result in a slump of low blood sugar. Therefore, the anti-hypoglycemia diet is based primarily around foods that travel slowly through the digestive process, such as high-protein foods and high-fiber foods. The best foods to fight hypoglycemia are lean meats, fish, soy, beans, eggs, and fibrous, low-starch vegetables. If dairy products are well tolerated by your child, they are also acceptable." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Scientific studies also show that soluble fiber reduces blood levels of cholesterol, a concern for many people with high blood sugar or diabetes, without lowering levels of the good cholesterol, HDL. Studies suggest that if you were to increase your daily intake of fiber by 10 grams (the average American adult eats a paltry 11 grams of fiber daily), you could reduce your risk of dying from heart disease by 17 to 29 percent. Fiber also helps prevent constipation, promotes the growth of healthy bacteria in your intestinal tract, and may reduce your risk of developing colon cancer." - 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.) "If dangerously high blood sugar levels develop suddenly, additional symptoms may include acetone-scented breath or body odor; abdominal pain; nausea; vomiting; low blood pressure; slow, deep breathing pattern; and a reduced level of consciousness." - 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.) "Getting At the Core Issues We also want you to understand that the key to preventing and managing the core causes of type 2 diabetes is improving beta-cell function and addressing insulin resistance. The high blood sugar that is found in type 2 diabetes is a sign of the actual causes of the disease. Although it is true that it is important to carefully track and monitor blood glucose levels, a better way to think about type 2 diabetes is to focus on modifying the core causes of the disease—namely, beta-cell dysfunction and insulin resistance." - 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.) "In fact, vision problems, including damage to the retina, glaucoma, and cataracts, are very common among people who have chronically high blood sugar levels and diabetes. Gregory, a sixty-one-year-old landscape foreman, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at age fifty-six. He said he took "reasonably good" care of himself when it came to exercise, but his diet "could stand some improvement." He also admitted that he had not had an eye examination in nearly three years, a situation that changed shortly before his last birthday, when he began to notice blurry vision." - 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.)

"An eight-year study out of Kaiser Permanente tracked 22,582 patients age 50 or above with Type-2 diabetes, and found that diabetic individuals with high blood sugar experience an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's. Compared to those with normal glycosylated hemoglobin levels (HgbAlc less than 6), those with HgbAlc levels greater than 12 were 22 percent more likely to develop dementia, and those with HgbAlc levels above 15 were 78 percent more likely to develop dementia." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Therefore at a minimum, what we want to do is to try to control the high blood sugar. Genetics Type-2 has a much stronger genetic component than Type-1. A lot of research on diabetes was done in England, where they have 1.9 million diabetics. Findings explain up to 70 percent of the genetics involved. In Type-2 diabetes, family histories and obesity are major risk factors for the condition. One genetic mutation has been identified as a possible cause of Type-2 diabetes. The mutation was a particular zinc transporter, known as SLC 30 A8, which is involved in regulating insulin secretion." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"It's called reactive hypoglycemia. The high blood sugar from all this "celebration" food causes an outpouring of insulin, which then leads to very low blood sugar in reaction. Over a short time, the blood sugar plummets from its great height, and a child gets the twitchy bottom syndrome and simply can't sit still. They can be sad angry, or sleepy. In adults, we call it the coffee-break syndrome. About an hour after you consume a coffee and a doughnut, the "high" wears off and you "need" more coffee and another doughnut." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"New research linking diabetes and Alzheimer's suggests that the high blood sugar of diabetes can lead to the formation of advanced glyca-tion end products, or AGEs.141 AGEs are sugar-derived substances that form in the body through an interaction between carbohydrates and proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids such as DNA. AGEs adversely affect the structure and function of proteins and the tissues that contain proteins.142 Recent studies have shown that both the formation and accumulation of AGEs are enhanced in diabetes.143 According to evidence provided by Edward R." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Blood sugar goes up, insulin goes up, the cells refuse to allow either of them in, and you're left with the enormous health risks of high blood sugar and high insulin, a sure path to either metabolic syndrome or diabetes. We call this condition insulin resistance; its opposite is insulin sensitivity, which is what you want. Research demonstrates that vinegar makes the cells more "sensitive" to insulin, a desirable effect indeed." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"High blood sugar or low blood sugar manifests as depression. To get away from the chronic feeling of emptiness that frequently occurs with depression, people start to drink, which takes away the feelings and gives them the sense of being in a never-never land. The same is true of many drugs. People take drugs to get a euphoria they wouldn't have achieved on their own or that they may have had but couldn't sustain. Once you get used to that, the quick and easy route is just to stick a needle in your arm or some form of narcotic up your nose or drink it or ingest it." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Short-term studies have demonstrated that losing 5 percent of body weight (about 10 pounds for someone weighing 200 pounds or 15 for a 250-pound person) helps decrease insulin resistance and improve high blood sugar, high blood lipids, and high blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes. Sugar. To eat sugar or not to eat it, that's the big question for people with diabetes. The answer: Go ahead and eat sugar, but follow the ADA's recommendations. Sugar-containing foods can be substituted for other carbohydrates in the individualized meal plan." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"And why was I still plagued with high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and frequent colds? Because my activity level, food consumption, and "pain" all conspired to inform my genes that I wasn't a very successful animal, which you'll recall activates killer genes, as does taking more than your fair share of food. Numerous studies on animals and humans confirm these results.18,20,25,29"34 As we leave this chapter, it's important to remember two things: First, despite my jokes to the contrary, your genes have no malicious intent." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.) "If you are taking medications to lower high blood pressure or high blood sugar, you may need to be monitored closely. Be aware that if you follow my program properly, your blood pressure will begin to normalize, meaning you may experience an occasional dizzy spell because your blood pressure medicine is dropping your blood pressure too low. Likewise, if you take diabetes pills or give yourself insulin shots, a natural drop in blood sugar levels may cause dizziness. In either case, talk to your doctor about lowering your dose and the dizziness will disappear." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.) "His blood test results told the whole story: high blood sugar; very high insulin levels; a great total cholesterol of 133, but his HDL was very low and the dangerous type of LDL particles made up nearly half of all his cholesterol. He was shocked. His regular doctor had assured him that his cholesterol was perfect. I assured him that this was typical of my business, just as it is in his: "Rabbi," I said, "People look, but many do not see what is before them." He started Diet Evolution that day. That was a year and a half ago." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"I am offering up this precis on type 1 diabetes because it colors all thinking about high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) in people who do make insulin, people labeled as having type 2 diabetes (also called adult onset diabetes mellitus [aodm] or non - insulin dependent diabetes mellitus [niddm]). In fact, such people make more insulin than normal, but the insulin appears less effective; this is known as insulin resistance." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Foods we can eat that are rich in anti-inflammatories (and foods we can avoid that create chronic high blood sugar, an emerging risk factor for Alzheimer's). Aerobic exercise that gets oxygen into our brain. Antioxidants, like ginkgo and vitamin E, which protect neurons from damage. And other, less well known supplements we can take. Like huperzine A, for example. Huperzine A is a naturally occurring alkaloid that's found in the plant Huperzia serrata, also known as the Chinese club moss plant. For centuries, it's been used in Chinese medicine, mostly for things like fevers and inflammation." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "The cells become "resistant" to the effects of insulin, and the person is left with both high blood sugar and high insulin, which often puts you on the fast track to diabetes and metabolic syndrome (itself a risk factor for heart disease; see page 192). It's not a great scenario, and it's increasingly common. What chromium does is help insulin do its job better. In this way, it works much like certain "insulin-sensitizing" medications, such as glucophage." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"In 2007, however, Lilly added strong warnings to Zyprexa's label, indicating the drug's tendency to cause weight gain, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol.)71 The company has been under federal and state investigation for its marketing practices for Zyprexa. Lilly is not alone. Almost every major drug company is being investigated criminally or civilly for alleged efforts to promote their drugs beyond their approved uses." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Having a fatty middle can signal metabolic syndrome, a cluster of diabetes and heart disease risk factors that includes insulin resistance, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglyceride levels, and low HDL (high-density lipoprotein or "good" cholesterol) levels. Indeed, people who are apple-shaped are three times more likely to suffer a heart attack than those who are pear-shaped—that is, carrying most of their fat in their buttocks." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Cold-tolerant animals like the wood frog exploit the antifreezing properties of high blood sugar to survive. Perhaps the mechanisms they use to manage the complications of high blood sugar will help lead us to new treatments for diabetes. Plants and microbes adapted to extreme cold might produce molecules that could do the same. Instead of dismissing connections, we need to have the curiosity to pursue them. And in the case of diabetes, sugar, water, and cold, there are clearly plenty of connections to pursue." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"Pre-diabetes and diabetes mean high blood sugar, greatly increasing the chance of developing diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and, according to new research, Alzheimer's. This link could foretell a dramatic increase in Alzheimer's cases, unless dietary and lifestyle interventions are made now.138 Researchers are beginning to connect Alzheimer's with diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. It is such a strong connection that Alzheimer's is being referred to by scientists at Brown Medical School as Type-3 diabetes." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Left uncontrolled, high blood sugar can lead to complications like blindness. In every single category, the VHA outperforms even the best-ranked hospitals in America. According to a RAND Corporation study, the VHA system delivers two thirds of the care recommended by medical professional societies, which might not sound all that great until you remember that another RAND study found that outside of the VHA system, providers manage to deliver, on average, only about £0 percent of recommended care. Veterans themselves sing their health system's praises." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

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