UPDATE:
This post was actually written way back when the others were being posted. The system still works. I was naughty over Christmas but I just did a full day fast to reset. The drugs scare me. I’m not too sure if my blood sugars go up again if I will resort to conventional drugs. To be clear I am not promoting this choice to anyone. It’s just a choice based on Jason Fung but the latest lawsuit regarding a current diabetic drug which if you took it, you had a 38% greater chance of having a toe, foot or leg amputated over a diabetic given a placebo. That’s some scary shit right there.
Again I’m just sharing my thoughts and experiences and in no way advocate a path for you except that you should inform yourself of all potential options.
Let’s Get Personal
So … I am eating low carb (no breads or sugars if at all possible) and fasting intermittently. To be clear I am not low calorie or low fat … just low carb. I am eating almost exclusively whole, raw (excluding meat of course … I cook that) and organic.
I became a diabetic at a youngish age of late 20’s which at the time was rare. The average age for diabetes to set in was late 40’s. But I had a catastrophic event that nearly killed me and my pancreas shut down. To be honest it’s been so long I don’t remember the exact details. I was in and out of conciousness but I do remember 2 doctors arguing about how much insulin to give me because the amount was dangerously high. When I recovered I was told I would “never get off the needle” as well as loads of other scary things like I’d be an asmatic, couldn’t have pets, probably couldn’t go outside certain times of the years and on and on.
I’ve always been stubborn and I was like “Oh hell no!” and promptly began learning everything I could about the disease and took steps to change my course. I am happy to say none of those things came to pass. I was off the needle in under 2 months. WHen I first got my horse he made my face itchy and puffy and I sneezed. But I kept at it and eventually I got bury my face in his gorgeous mane and breath deeply without the slightest negative impact. No pets? I had dogs, cats, horse, geese chickens and sheep.
Way back then I was a chunky monkey and weighed somewhere around 240#. I know right? In the past 20 years I walked regularly (somewhere between 3-6 miles per day) and ate sensibly. My weight steadily dropped 5-10# a year. Certainly not enough to right a best seller book on dieting but enough to keep me off the drugs. The older I get the less I had to weigh to stay off medications.
Somewhere about 5 years ago my Blood Sugars (BS) began to creep up and so I went in and my Dr. at the time put me on Glyburide. Knowing what I know now that really kinda pisses me off but nothing to be done about it now. Again with sheer force of will I got myself off the meds.
So after having a record year or two of high stress (divorce, working my multi-facet business alone and growing it and the death of my beloved mom and beloved horse) I wasn’t taking the best care of myself. After Christmas my blood sugars were getting a little high and so I did something I had never done (and always felt guilty about) I tried the recommended diet by the Diabetes association. The Grazing Method if you will. I have been eating only 2 meals a day for many years. It began as a time saver, (you know more time to work) plus I didn’t suffer from that nappy feeling after lunch. Oddly when I have lunch I’d be hungry by end of day but when I skipped lunch I pretty much never get hungry.
Well grazing got my BS to skyrocket into the 300’s. At which point I promptly went in for drugs and testing. I also threw myself into researching reversing diabetes. There’s several way you can do it by the way. All are successful but in the end I went with a plan that I thought I could stick with for the rest of my life.
Micronutrient-dense foods and intermittent fasting. The plan was to get the best foods possible. Organic and wholesome raw fruits and veg that would help my body and organs heal. Diabetes is a disease that will speed up the aging process so I need to give myself what I need to heal any damage. This is my typical breakfast.
- 3 eggs whites with 1 whole egg soft scrambled in coconut oil
- A smoothie consisting of 1 1/2 cup organic wild blueberries, strawberries,a few chunks pineapple, 1 banana, 6 cups kale and 2 cups wheat grass juice blended
Now I’ve never been a eater of the bunny greens but trust me the fruit smoothie is yummy. It has texture but doesn’t taste like kale at all. It’s really quite good.
My end of day meal usually consists of chicken or pork with a large (4-6 cups) mixed green salad or cucumber tomato salad. My salads have well over a dozen goodies in them and contain no iceberg. Only spinach, kale & cabbage for the green portion. And sometime a piece of fruit like a pear. That’s it. I’m never hungry with this and my current weight is about 145.
Seems like a good way to go. Spending the last day of 2017 and first day of 2018 working on a painting. You might think that making a living as an artist means you are creating your heart out all of the time but for me at least the majority of the time I am running my art business. So free time to create is wonderful and rare.
