Nutritional Plan to Reverse and

Prevent Diabetes.
Understanding Diabetes
Dabetes Seres No. 01
Understandng Dabetes
Dabetes metus s a chronc dsease that causes serous heath compcatons
ncudng rena (kdney) faure, heart dsease, stroke, and bndness.
As mentoned, ths serous dsease has seen a drastc ncrease n the number of
Amercans who are affected. The Centers for Dsease Contro and Preventon
reeased a 2011 report statng that over 25 mon Amercans are currenty
pagued by dabetes. Thats an ncrease of 15 percent, or 3 mon peope, n ony
two years and over 700 percent n the ast ffty years.
More than 40 percent of Amercans aged twenty years and oder have ether
dabetes or predabetes accordng to a revew of data from the 20052006
Natona Heath and Nutrton Examnaton Survey. Approxmatey 30 percent of
aduts oder than sxty have been dagnosed wth dabetes, and ts prevaence s
the same n men and women.
Many peope are ether unaware that they are dabetc or are n a predabetc
state that w ead to dabetes wthn a few years. The standard Amercan det
(SAD) causes susceptbe ndvduas to deveop dabetes. Unfortunatey, most
peope n Amerca are eatng themseves nto a premature grave. The Amercan
det s at the core of our heath care crss, and dabetcs suffer even more tragc
medca compcatons, such as:
Heart dsease-Death from heart dsease and rsk for stroke s three tmes
hgher for dabetcs.
Hgh bood pressure-75 percent of dabetcs have hgh bood pressure
(130/180 or hgher).
Bndness-Dabetes s the eadng cause of new cases of bndness among
aduts.
Kdney dsease-Dabetes s the eadng cause of kdney faure.
Nervous system dsease-The ma|orty of dabetcs deveop nervous system
mparment such as reduced feeng n the feet, mpared dgeston, and erecte
dysfuncton.
Amputatons-Dabetes s the eadng reason for mb amputatons.
Cancer-Dabetes ncreases the rsk of cancer, ncudng a 30 percent ncrease
n coorecta cancer.
Dabetes s aso takng a huge fnanca to on Amerca. Our unheathy eatng
habts may eventuay bankrupt our naton. The average type 2 dabetc ncurs
$6,649 n heath care costs drecty attrbutabe to dabetes per year.
More than haf of Amercans w have dabetes or be predabetc by 2020 at a cost
of $3.35 tron to the U.S. heath care system f current trends go on unabated,
accordng to anayss of a report reeased by UntedHeath Group. Dabetes and
predabetes w account for the argest percent of heath care spendng by the
end of the decade at an annua cost of amost $500 bon-up from an estmated
$194 bon n 2010 accordng to the report tted The United States of Diabetes:
Challenges and Opportunities in the Decade Ahead.
In order to prevent ths, we have to change the way we approach dabetes-and
we must emphasze preventon. Earer ths year, the edtors of the Lancet medca
|ourna caed t a "pubc heath humaton" that dabetes, a argey preventabe
dsease, has reached such epdemc proportons. In reference to ths years ADA
natona meetng, the |ourna reported, ". . . there s a garng absence: no
research on festye nterventons to prevent or reverse dabetes. In ths respect,
medcne mght be wnnng the batte of gucose contro, but s osng the war
aganst dabetes."
These authors are correct-ths s a pubc heath humaton because type 2
dabetes s both preventabe and reversbe. The SAD of refned grans, os,
sugars, and anma products s at the root of the crss. Usng drugs to keep
gucose under contro n ndvduas who contnue to consume ths det w not
prevent dabetes compcatons. The cure for type 2 dabetes s aready known-
removng the cause can reverse the dsease.
Understandng the Cause
Every ce n the human body needs energy n order to functon. The bodys
prmary energy source s gucose, a smpe sugar resutng from the dgeston of
foods contanng carbohydrates (sugars and starches). Gucose from the dgested
food crcuates n the bood as a needed energy source for our ces.
Insun s a hormone produced by the beta ces n the pancreas, an organ ocated
behnd the stomach. Insun bonds to a receptor ste on the outsde of ces and
acts ke a key to open a doorway nto the ce through whch gucose can enter.
When there s not enough nsun produced or when the doorway no onger
recognzes the nsun key, gucose stays n the bood rather than enterng the
ces. So dabetes s the rse of gucose n the boodstream due to a reatve ack of
the nsun that s responsbe for the transfer of gucose from the bood nto the
tssues or ces. Normay as we eat and the gucose rses n the boodstream,
nsun-producng ces n the pancreas sense the gucose rse n the boodstream.
They then secrete the approprate amount of nsun to drve the gucose nto the
bodys tssues, owerng the eve n the boodstream back to an approprate
range.

Bood sugar greater than 125 = dabetc
Bood sugar 110125 = predabetc
Bood sugar 95110 = not dea

When a person has type 2 dabetes, the amount of nsun produced s nsuffcent
to ower the gucose eve to norma; the eve of gucose n the bood remans too
hgh. In type 1, or |uvene, dabetes, the beta ces n the pancreas have been
destroyed, so the body does not produce nsun at a. In type 2, or adut-onset
dabetes, usuay the body s not adequatey respondng to the nsun beng
produced. Fat on the body coats the ce membranes and mpedes nsun functon.
The pancreas produces more and more nsun n response, but over tme as the
pancreas strugges wth the extra workoad, t eventuay oses the fght and
becomes unabe to meet the unnaturay hgh demands. As nsun producton
starts to fater under the ncreased demands, the gucose n the boodstream
starts to rse. In both cases, wth type 1 or type 2, nsun ack or nsun
nsenstvty, the gucose rses n the boodstream. If t gets hgh enough, t aso
sps over nto the urne. Inta symptoms of dabetes ncude frequent urnaton,
ethargy, excessve thrst, and hunger.
The body w attempt to dute the dangerousy hgh eve of gucose n the bood,
a condton caed hypergycema, by drawng water out of the ces and nto the
boodstream n an effort to dute the sugar and excrete t n the urne. It s not
unusua for peope wth undagnosed dabetes to be constanty thrsty, drnk arge
quanttes of water, and urnate frequenty as the body tres to get rd of the extra
gucose. Ths creates hgh eves of gucose n the urne.
Savng the Lfe of Type 1 Dabetcs
Ony about 10 percent of dabetcs are type 1, aso caed chdhood onset (or
|uvene) dabetes because t typcay begns n chdhood. Type 1 dabetes refers
to a dsease n whch the beta ces n the pancreas that produce nsun are
destroyed by the mmune system, usuay eary n fe. When the bodys mmune
system mstakeny targets our own ces nstead of a foregn substance, t s caed
an autommune reacton. The causaton s compcated and comes about partay
as a resut of an antbody reacton aganst a vra proten that mstakeny attacks
the beta ces n the pancreas.
In ths form, the body produces amost no nsun. It s characterzed by a sudden
onset and occurs more frequenty n popuatons descended from northern
European countres compared to those from southern European countres, the
Mdde East, or Asa. Type 1 s aso caed nsun-dependent dabetes because
peope who deveop ths type need to have day n|ectons of nsun.
Approxmatey 80 percent of our at-rest energy s used by the bran. Under norma
stuatons, the body can ony functon on gucose; however, when there s
nsuffcent nsun, the bran and other tssues are unabe to utze the gucose n
the boodstream. When the body s unabe to utze gucose stores normay, free
fatty acds w rse n the boodstream. The body can make ketones from these
fats, and then the bran and heart can use the ketones as an emergency fue,
when unabe to get suffcent gucose. Gucose and ketones bud up n the bood
and can have devastatng consequences. For exampe, type 1 dabetcs are more
prone to deveopng ketoacdoss, whch can be fe threatenng f eft untreated,
eadng to coma and death. Ketones are moderatey eevated n bood and urne
durng fastng or sgnfcant carbohydrate restrcton, but they can get to
dangerousy hgh eves n decompensated or untreated type 1 dabetes. Ketoss
(hgh ketones n the bood) and ketoacdoss can occur n type 2 dabetcs n some
crcumstances as we. It s the combnaton of the hgh gucose eve n the bood
aong wth the hgh eve of ketones that can ead to dangerous acdoss and
dehydraton.
Type 1 dabetes s not caused by weght gan or obesty, and peope wth type 1
dabetes w aways requre nsun to prevent serous ssues wth hgh bood sugar
(hypergycema) and other fe-threatenng condtons. Even so, a superor
nutrtona det s essenta for heath and ongevty of a type 1 dabetc, and even
though excess body fat s dangerous for everyone, t s more dangerous for the
type 1 dabetc.
I am often asked, "Is your program approprate for type 1 dabetcs? W nsun be
requred forever, no matter what?" The answer to both questons s yes. Unke a
type 2 dabetc, f you are a type 1 dabetc, you can never stop takng nsun
entrey. However, after adoptng ths hgh-nutrent detary approach, you w
need much ess nsun, n most cases about haf as much as before, foowng the
typca ADA approach. The need for ess nsun s not the ony ma|or reason for
type 1 dabetcs to foow ths det stye. The vta reason s that t can save a type
1 from serous heath compcatons ater n fe.
I have heped severa patents wth type 1 dabetes competey recover from ther
condton by foodng ther body wth mcro-nutrents, fortfyng ther mmune
system, and restng the pancreas. Ths opportunty, however, s ony avaabe
when the dsease s |ust startng, usuay n an adoescent or young adut. Ths s
the excepton, not the rue. Unfortunatey, most type 1 dabetcs have to ve wth
the dsease for the rest of ther ves.
But heres the mportant news: Wth conventona care, the ong-term outook for
a type 1 dabetc s dsma. More than one-thrd of a type 1 dabetcs de before
the age of ffty. Ths does not have to be the case. Type 1 dabetcs need not fee
doomed to a fe of medca dsasters and an eary death sentence. Type 1
dabetcs can ead a norma fe and have a better-than-average fe expectancy. It
s true that type 1 dabetcs are more senstve to the damagng effects of the SAD
det, but f they eat a vegetabe-based det wth penty of beans, nuts, and seeds,
they are no onger at rsk for heart dsease.
Scentfc studes revea that death due to eary-onset heart dsease n type 1
dabetcs s nked to nsun resstance. That means weght gan, poor detary
choces, and therefore the need for excessve amounts of nsun s dangerous for
type 1 dabetcs. But when type 1 dabetcs foow my nutrtona advce, they
requre substantay ess nsun and take t n physoogc dosages-the amount of
nsun w not be excessve and w not hurt them.
Type 1 dabetcs can have heathy, norma, and ong ves. The typca heath
tragedes that befa type 1 dabetcs are the resut of the combustbe
combnaton of Amercan food and excessve nsun use, a fre fueed by
physcans and detcans whose nutrtona advce unfortunatey remans n the
dark ages.
By adoptng ths hgh-nutrent approach, type 1 dabetcs ower ther nsun needs
and no onger have swngs of hghs and ows. Gucose eves and pds stay under
contro wth mnma nsun. Requrng ess nsun whe st havng exceent
gucose readngs s the goa. The smpe truth s that the reason why type 1
dabetes eads to heart attacks and other fe-shortenng aments s the excess
nsun requred by a ow-nutrent det, not the dabetes tsef.
It s not type 1 dabetes that causes such negatve heath consequences. Rather,
t s the combnaton of the dabetes and the typca nutrtona "advce" gven to
patents-advce that requres them to take arge non physoogca amounts of
nsun to mantan favorabe gucose readngs. Insun tsef promotes the
deveopment of atheroscerotc paque, the foundaton of heart dsease and heart
attacks. Insun ncreases appette and promotes fat storage and weght gan, thus
furtherng nsun resstance. Ths s partcuary exacerbated by the hgh gycemc
and excessve caorc oad n conventona dets.
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Severa studes ustrate the dangers of gvng nsun to the adut dabetc. In one
such study, when dabetc patents were gven nsun, compared to those gven
metformn (Gucophage), the rsk of death from heart attacks trped.
The negatve effects of nsun are reated to both the systemc metaboc
abnormates from excessve nsun and the drect pro-atherogenc effects of
nsun on the endothea nng of bood vesses that promotes atherosceross.
The more nsun that s needed, the more dangerous paque s promoted,
especay when the amount of crcuatng nsun s hgh. Extra nsun and hgh
bood sugar eves aso rase choestero, promote fat deposton, and damage the
body. Wth ths n mnd, t shoud be cear that whe the SAD, whch has spread to
a ndustrazed natons, s dangerous for everyone, t s partcuary deady for
dabetcs. Dabetes s not a death sentence, but we cant keep foowng
conventona medcne and detcans advce or the excessve nsun and overuse
of other medcatons they ca for.
The negatves of over-prescrbng nsun are not mted to weght gan and heart
dsease. The connecton between dabetes and cancer s thought to be due at
east n part to nsun therapy. A new revew that anayzed data from severa
studes found that dabetc patents are 30 percent more key to deveop
coorecta cancer, 20 percent more key to deveop breast cancer, and 82 percent
more key to deveop pancreatc cancer.
I am certan that by usng nsun n sma physoogca amounts n type 1
dabetcs, whose nsun needs woud be ow on my nutrtaran det, the metaboc
negatves and the ncreased rsk of cancer from nsun woud not be noted. These
negatves are the resut of the excessve use of nsun necesstated by the SAD
and the standard dabetc det.
When type 1 dabetcs foow the Eat to Lve approach, t s possbe to prevent
many of the compcatons that can accompany the dsease. As dscussed, a
norma fe and fe span are we wthn reach. Type 1 dabetcs w st requre
nsun, but for amost a patents, the nsun dosages requred w be greaty
reduced, and they w requre ony the amount of nsun that a persons pancreas
woud secrete f eatng heathfuy and non-dabetc, so no damage w ensue
because they are not requrng abnormay hgh amounts of nsun.
Specfcay, f type 1 dabetes s we managed, there w be many benefts:
No hghs or ows n bood sugar
Less nsun use-most typcay, dose s cut by haf
Norma, stabe body weght
Norma fe span, wthout dabetc compcatons
The key formua to remember here s that favorabe gucose eves + exceent
nutrton = a heathy and ong fe. If you or someone you ove has type 1
dabetes, pease read ths book. I promse that t can save ves; I have seen t
happen.
The Dramatc Increase n Type 2 Dabetes: A Tragc Phenomenon
Type 2 dabetes occurs n approxmatey 3 to 5 percent of Amercans under ffty
years of age and ncreases to 10 to 15 percent n peope over ffty. More than 90
percent of dabetcs n the Unted States are type 2 dabetcs. Sometmes caed
adut-onset dabetes, ths form of dabetes occurs most often n peope who are
overweght and who do not exercse suffcenty. The exposon n the occurrence
of dabetes n the ast twenty-fve years n Amerca paraes the skyrocketng
number of overweght peope.
Type 2 dabetes amost never occurs n peope who eat heathy, exercse reguary,
and have a ow body fat percent. The dsease hardy exsted n pror centures
when food was not so abundant or when hgh-caore, ow-nutrent food was not
avaabe. It s aso more common n peope of Natve Amercan, Hspanc, Indan,
and Afrcan-Amercan descent, though no background s mmune to the effects of
a dabetes-nducng det. Wordwde, dabetes s expodng as popuatons n a
corners of the gobe are beng exposed to processed foods for the frst tme n
human hstory. The deveopment and abundance of processed foods n the words
food suppy combned wth more sedentary |obs has created an exposon of
obesty, dabetes, and heart dsease. Most countres have attempted to sove ths
probem wth medcatons for dabetes, hgh bood pressure, and hgh choestero.
Invasve medca procedures and surgeres are used at a substanta expense but
wthout sgnfcant fe span enhancements or benefts to socety.
In the Unted States, beng overweght s the norm, and amost a aduts
eventuay take prescrbed medcatons for ther heart, dabetes, choestero, or
bood pressure. In fact, 51 percent of those over the age of 65 take fve or more
prescrpton drugs a day! The number of obese Amercans s hgher than the
number of those who smoke, use ega drugs, or suffer from other physca
aments. Obesty s a ma|or rsk factor assocated wth hghy prevaent serous
dseases such as heart dsease, cancer, and dabetes. It s what we eat that
creates these dseases and fues out-of-contro medca costs. Even fve extra
pounds on a norma body frame can ead to dabetes.
Research shows that excess body fat s the most sgnfcant cause of type 2
dabetes. Through workng wth thousands of patents, I have observed wth
consstency that osng body fat n con|uncton wth mantanng hgh eves of
mcronutrents n the bodys tssues w reduce the need for medcatons and, n
most cases, reverse type 2 dabetes for good. As we expore n deta throughout
ths book, scentfc studes show t s not |ust the weght oss but aso the ces
exposure to a favorabe mcronutrent envronment that enabe recovery. Many of
my patents recover from ther dabetes before most of ther weght has been ost.
The ces become more responsve to nsun when the body s not burdened wth
excess fat, and the hgh eve of mcronutrents n the tssues enabes the beta
ces that have pooped out from struggng to produce extra hgh eves of nsun
for years to recam ost functon.
Because of ts sow onset and the fact that t can usuay be controed wth det,
type 2 s consdered a mder form of dabetes, sometmes deveopng over the
course of severa years. The consequences of uncontroed and untreated type 2
dabetes, however, are |ust as serous as those for type 1. Heart attacks,
nfectons, amputatons, bndness, and strokes are possbe, but unke type 1,
type 2 dabetcs can amost a come off nsun and other medcatons f they take
off the excess weght.
Prevaence of Dabetes Wordwde
Diabetes isnt just about elevated blood sugar levelswhich pose immediate threats including
blurred vision, drowsiness, confusion, and vomitingits about every other long-term
condition and complication it creates as well. It can take a severe toll on the health of a
diabeticincreasing not only the risk of heart attacks and strokes but also of depression and
cancer.
What a Type 2 Dabetc Can Expect
Specfcay, f type 2 dabetes s we managed wth exercse and superor
nutrton, there w be many benefts:
No hghs or ows n bood sugar
Reducton of medcatons by an average of 50 percent n the frst week, more n
the frst month, and most typcay 100 percent wthn sx months
Need for nsun s emnated, usuay wthn the frst week
Norma, ean, and stabe body weght
Norma fe span, wthout compcatons
Reversa of dabetes and preventon of dabetes-reated compcatons
The goa s to reverse dabetes to the pont of becomng nondabetc agan,
meanng deay that your gucose eves run beow 100 wthout medcatons. Be
aware, though, that once youve been dabetc, the tendency to become dabetc
agan remans f you regan weght or go back to unheathy eatng. Ths s a new
det stye and festye forever.
You can antcpate your bood sugar fang wth ths det and festye pan. As
dscussed earer, you w be abe to reduce your medcatons. Err on the sde of
too tte medcaton, not too much. Prevent the occurrence of hypogycemc
epsodes wth good communcaton wth your physcan and carefu use of mnma
medcatons.
If your bood gucose has been eevated for a whe, even as your bood sugar
approaches the norma range, you coud fee somewhat as the body gets
accustomed to experencng norma bood gucose eves. Nevertheess, when on
dabetc (gucose-owerng) medcatons, especay nsun and sufonyureas-
Amary (gmprde), Dabenese (chorpropamde), Gucotro (gpzde), Dabeta,
Gynase (gyburde), Actos (pogtazone), Avanda (rosgtazone)-ts mportant
to check your bood sugar frequenty durng the frst week to make sure you are
not beng over-medcated. Gucophage (metformn) s a commony used ora
dabetes medcaton that does not cause the bood gucose to drop too ow and
does not cause weght gan, so ths s the preferred medcaton to reman on, f
one s needed.
Snackng to prevent a hypogycemc reacton from the overuse of medcaton s
poor medca management and shoud not happen. Medcatons shoud be
reduced n tme so ths never occurs. I te patents startng ths program that f a
bood sugar readng s beow 120, t s tme for the next round of medcaton
reducton. It s better to be undermedcated sghty, to prevent the need to treat
hypogycemc events, than t s to be overmedcated. If the dabetc patent
experences hypogycemc epsodes and extra snackng s requred to brng the
gucose up, then the physcan overmedcated the patent and dd not do hs |ob
correcty.
The ADA det uses the dabetc exchange st to hep dabetcs create what they
ca baanced meas. Ths exchange det dvdes foods up nto groups based on
smartes n nutrent content and ncudes starches, fruts, mk, vegetabes,
meats, fats, sweets, and other carbohydrates. It ooks to make meas that are
based on a preconceved noton that baancng an equa amount of fat,
carbohydrates, and proten at each mea s favorabe. It then aows exchanges
based on the amount of caores from that macronutrent. For exampe, n the
starch group, one sce of toast can be exchanged for a haf cup servng of cooked
oatmea.
Because the foods the det s desgned wth are nherenty poor n fber,
mcronutrents, and resstant starch, they fue an obsesson wth food because the
deter s never satsfed. Ths contnua strugge wth detng and tryng to
mantan sma porton szes of foods that do not boogcay f you up rarey
works. Even n controed detary studes n whch caores are carefuy montored,
the resuts are reatvey poor smpy because the Amercan detary standard s so
poor and the ADA det mmcs ths faed detary pattern utzng too much
unheathy, ow-mcronutrent foods. Researchers have aso frequenty noted the
dffcutes nvoved n the ADA pan, partcuary the requrements to dramatcay
restrct porton szes that most ndvduas smpy cannot compy wth ong term.9
An ADA sampe breakfast mea may ncude two sces of toast wth one teaspoon
of margarne, a scrambed egg, three-quarters of a cup of unsweetened ready-to-
eat cerea wth one cup of nonfat mk, and a sma banana. Another breakfast
choce on the 1,800-caore ADA det may ncude two four-nch whoe wheat
pancakes wth two tabespoons of ght pancake syrup, one teaspoon of
margarne, one cup of sced strawberres, one-quarter cup of ow-fat cottage
cheese, and one cup of nonfat mk. These sampe meas are a formua for
dsaster for dabetcs. In order to get the gucose controed after consumng a
those ow-fber carbohydrates, an excessve amount of dabetes medcaton w
have to be prescrbed, whch w ead not ony to hghs and ows but aso
potentay to hypogycemc epsodes.
Then dabetc patents are nstructed to snack to prevent the ow bood sugar
resuts of the medcaton, further mpedng ther possbty of droppng the excess
body fat. The addtona sde effects and weght gan from the medcatons |ust
ead to a worsenng of the dabetes. The focus wth standard care s on the
gucose eve and mantanng the rght amount of medcaton to optmay
stabze the gucose. It msses the boat, though, because t fas to focus on the
heath and weght of the person frst, and the mracuous heath and weght oss
benefts of the rght detary pattern based on greens, beans, mushrooms, onons,
tomatoes, peppers, berres, ntact grans (not |ust whoe grans), seeds, and nuts.
In contrast, type 2 dabetcs can become non-dabetc, achevng compete
weness and even exceent heath. They can be dabetes-free for fe. In my
twenty years of cnca experence wth ths program, I have experenced that
more than 90 percent of type 2 dabetcs who foow ths det and exercse festye
are abe to dscontnue nsun wthn the frst month.
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