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Diabetes type I and diabetes type II
Natural alternative treatment, healing and cure for Diabetes
type II and some cases of diabetes type I
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Important notice
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The information in this page about
diabetes, natural medicine, treatment and cure is NOT a sales
pitch for any drug, supplement, herbal formula or even an
alleged magic potion from an exotic faraway land.
Food is always best natural treatment and cure
No chemical drugs or herbal concoctions. Just the right diet for treating
and curing diabetes, especially diabetes type II. Learn how. |
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What is Diabetes?
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Diabetes is an illness of the
pancreas (considered a gland). Normally, sugar is digested and
broken down to a simple sugar, known as glucose, using insulin,
a hormone produced by the pancreas. A healthy pancreas adjusts
its insulin secretion based on the level of glucose. But, in
diabetes, blood sugar levels become too high because of a
pancreas malfunction. There are two types of diabetes:
Type 1 diabetes where a patient's
pancreas is completely unable to produce insulin, this usually
happens in young people, 35 years of age and younger. Recently
diabetes type 1 has been on the rise, it is now seen among
children as young as one year old.
Type 2 diabetes where a patient's
pancreas can produce insulin, but the produced insulin is not
absorbed properly, this usually happens in people around 40
years and older, though recently diabetes type 2 is beginning to
strike young people as well. Type 2 diabetes is often associated
with high cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood. Over
time, these high glucose levels can cause serious complications
such as hardening of the arteries leading to heart disease, high
blood pressure, kidney failure and sometimes gangrene.
Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes affects a small percentage of pregnant women. It
usually appears during the second trimester and disappears after
delivery, but it is also an indicator that the pregnant woman is
more prone to developing type II diabetes later in life. |
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Traditional Diabetes
treatment
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Treating type 1 diabetes
Type 1 is treated with insulin.
Insulin can't be taken by mouth because the digestive juices in
the stomach destroy it. This means that for most people it has
to be given by injections.
How often a diabetes patient needs
to inject depends on their recommended dosage and which type of
insulin they're using. Insulin is given at regular intervals
throughout the day, usually two to four times.
Inhaled insulin has become
available for treating people with a proven needle phobia or
people who have severe trouble injecting.
Treating type 2 diabetes
Type 2 may have been considered
the 'milder' form of diabetes in the past, but this is no longer
the case. Medication is available in tablet form.
Available Diabetes treatments can be classified as medicine of the first
degree among the seven levels of medicine. The current Diabetes
medications are expensive because it has to be taken for the
rest of the patient's life, not offering a cure and have harmful
side effects. |
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Diabetes in eastern
medicine
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Diabetes is an extreme YIN
(expansive) illness. Insulin is a YANG hormone, therefore, lack
or shortage of insulin is a YIN illness. It is caused by eating
too many sweets and YIN foods over the years. Most foods these
days are more YIN than they used to be decades ago. This is due
to the fact that crops and animals feed are fortified with
hormones and fertilizers to make them grow faster. Eating these
foods in the long run cause human beings to become susceptible
to YIN illnesses such as diabetes, especially type 1 diabetes.
You can read more about the relation between Diabetes and YIN
and YANG in the seven laws of the universe and in What is
macrobiotics?
Because diabetes is directly related to the pancreas then the heart and
liver are also involved. Please read about the Chinese five
elements theory and the mother-father relation of the pancreas
to the heart and liver. |
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Diabetes natural
alternative treatment and cure
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Food is best medicine. In
using a diet plan a patient can stop and reverse the progress of
Diabetes within a few weeks, particularly type II diabetes. All
diabetes type 2 patients can be cured with the right diet over
time. Diabetes type 1 patients get cured if their illness is
discovered and treated with the right diet at a very early stage
(usually weeks). The longer a patient lives with diabetes type
1, the harder it becomes to recover from it completely. However,
diabetes type 1 patients can reduce their insulin doses
dramatically, or stop them completely, within a few weeks of
following the right diet. |
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Diabetes and macrobiotics
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Most people have come to believe
that macrobiotics means eating exotic Japanese foods. This is a
misconception. To cure Diabetes type II you do not have to eat
Japanese foods. You have to first understand the principles of
natural balance explained in macrobiotics in order to understand
what eating and living habits have led you to develop Diabetes.
Then, macrobiotic principles will help you determine what foods
you will have to eat in order to cure Diabetes. Read
If
macrobiotics means eating locally grown foods, why are we eating
Japanese foods?
If you are a diabetes patient and tried macrobiotics (particularly the #7
diet) but found it did not work for you, then the foods you have
selected are not appropriate for your condition. Please read:
The standard macrobiotic diet does not work for some people.
Why? |
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Diabetes and the food
pyramid
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It is true that food is best
medicine for Diabetes. But some foods help a diabetes patient
and some make the condition worse. The food pyramid is only a
general guideline and does not provide any specific information
in the natural treatment of Diabetes.
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Diabetes vitamin and
mineral supplements
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Food is best medicine. With a
carefully designed diet plan for Diabetes, there is really no
need for vitamin and mineral supplements. Some vitamin and
mineral supplements can have adverse side effects on a Diabetes
patient when taken randomly or in large doses. However, if they
are desired, only natural food-based supplements should be
selected and taken in moderate amounts. And beware of alleged
miracle cures in far away lands.
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Consultation for natural
treatment of Diabetes and more ...
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Are you skeptical of this
treatment and cure for diabetes? This is natural, but please
read:
Back to the roots.
This is not a sales pitch for an
expensive herbal concoction or an exotic supplement. Principles
explained above are the laws of nature, and illness is simply
the cumulative result of violating these laws. Even Hippocrates
said: Thy food shall be thy remedy. It is also mentioned in the
Chinese book of internal medicine: What can not be cured with
medicine, can only be cured with food. Food really is your best
medicine if the illness is Diabetes or almost anything else.
If you decide to treat Diabetes
with the right diet, you can order a consultation with us from
the top of this page. We can help by providing an appropriate
diet plan, and you would not be alone traveling this road! Read
about what many famous western doctors said about Food is Best
Medicine. And keep in mind that we offer seminars worldwide
about nutrition, the art of health and macrobiotics. You can
find more answers and read more about Diabetes and other
illnesses and food as medicine in Frequently Asked Questions.
In addition to changing your
eating habits, take some time to relax, meditate or re-charge
the batteries, and read what others have discovered about this
wondrous world around us.
It is particularly important when
you are following a diet for curing Diabetes to read about the
healing crisis. If you want to read more about health,
alternative and natural medicine, take a look at the list of
suggested readings.
If you have any questions or comments please
contact us by e-mail or by
telephone. |
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