Stopping Diabetes The Natural Way!

If you've had a chance to read my lens on holistic health, then you probably took a glance at the section focusing on modern dieting. The acute rise in simple sugary and saturated fatty foods rests at the root of many taxing illnesses of our time. However, blaming simple sugars and saturated fats alone would be quite misguided, for simple sugars and saturated fats find their way into plenty of healthy foods. Don't believe me? Have you ever heard of fructose? If your have, then you would know that fructose is the main carbohydrate found in most conventional fruits. Moreover, fructose is a well-known simple sugar, yet you certainly won't find many people arguing that the good old saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Moreover, coconuts contain a massive amount of saturated fat, but coconuts stand hailed for their plentiful health benefits.

So if the nutrients (let's not forget that simple sugar and saturated fats are nutrients ha ha) aren't to blame, then what is? What separates the simple sugars of an apple from those in Twinkie? The difference doesn't necessarily come from the nutrient, rather than how the nutrient enters the body. See, although apples and coconuts contain simple sugars and saturated fats, they also come loaded with enzymes, vitamins, and minerals that facilitate the assimilation of these nutrients. The concentration of these sugars and fats comes in direct alignment of these helper nutrients so that they don't deliver anything that can't be utilized by the body.

In stark contrast, however, Twinkies, along with a great deal of the food we eat, lack a vast amount of these vital micronutrients (that's the classification which vitamins and minerals come under) and catalysts (enzymes). How does this end up happening? Well, let's take our friend the twinkie as an example. The Twinkie, like any other food you might see, begin as a bunch of raw materials. These raw materials come with all the nutritional value within that food, including necessary enzymes and micronutrients. However, these raw materials must endure a host of processes including cutting, mixing, heating, and the addition of preservative chemicals. Moreover, the raw ingredients often receive this processing repeatedly before making the dreaded Twinkie.

Processing breaks foods down in an effort to make things more agreeable for consumption. To a point, processing can be good for us, after all, we cut and wash our foods when necessary, and some foods, like broccoli, become way easier to chew and digest when cut down into smaller parts, However, the intense processes implemented in making foods like Twinkies, or in slaughtering and packaging meats among others, shoot the breakdown process all the way to the molecular level. This phenomena truly causes the problem of poor food assimilation. Processing on this level separates enzymes and micronutrients from the macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins) they accompany. To make matters worse, this modern processing allows totally incompatible foods to fuse into unholy concoctions, like Sir Twinkie or Madam Hostess products.

Think of your body like a car. No matter whether you fill it with regular gas or the choicest of diesel fuels, without a key, your car won't run. In a similar matter, these micronutrients and enzymes function like a key to activate the fuel you put into your body through eating. Without these "keys", then the fuel you ingest is completely useless. Unlike a vehicle, however, your body must at least attempt utilizing these fuels, since the body remains constantly active. As stated in my holistic health lens, your body soon works to the point of exhaustion, and the unused macronutrients build up to a point of increasing bodily acidity.

All of you diabetics here know full and well what I talk of, because the hallmark symptom of diabetes is a dangerous acidic status known as ketoacidosis, resulting from built up glucose in the bloodstream. Now you may be thinking, "I'm not diabetic. This doesn't have anything to do with me." True, you may not have to worry about diabetes specifically, but unless your diet is far from these processed foods, you stand just as big a risk of reaping the poor maladies of their incomplete construction. Those of you with any background and/or experience in the study of human anatomy understand that the body works solely for the sake of preservation, with an abundant array of self-healing mechanisms in place. However, the modern feeding habits of our day transform your body from well-functioned to barely functioning, and in most cases, improperly functioning. Without proper nourishment, your body will work to degeneration rather than regeneration.

Despite this fiasco, solving this dieting hazard is far from rocket science. In order to fix your diet, you must simply eat those foods which are readily consumed in their raw form. What types of foods, you say. I'll give you a second to think about... and if you guessed fruits and vegetables, then you hit the nail right on the head! Uncooked, organic plant food never sees the de-nurturing processes of the Twinkie, and retain the necessary micronutrients required for easy assimilation. Raw foods not only make assimilation easier, put this easing process revitalizes the body back to its natural, healing self!

Now for some of you, hearing this sounds like a tragedy in itself, after all, I know many people who don't see a vegetable on their plate for weeks (yes weeks) at a time. Hopefully, none of you here have that problem, which means you're already ahead of the pack. Moreover, from personal experience, the raw food lifestyle does not have to be some sort of deprived, highly-disciplined practice. Granted, you might need some extra help holding fast to it for the first couple weeks, and depending on how much punishment your body is in, this process might be a bit painstaking. Questions on nutritional "obstacles" may also arise, which I'll discuss and remedy in later posts. However, you need not wait for me to discuss this, since a plethora of resources already exist on the study of raw food dieting. One of these invaluable resources is Raw Power! Building Strength and Muscle Naturally by Stephen Arlin. This book comes packed with recipes and detailed explanations of the importance of raw foods. For your convenience, I've also listed some other very important books charting delicious recipes mapped with explanations of these foods wonderful benefits. I grew up reading Heinerman, and if it weren't for that existing knowledge, I'd never find the keys to unlock my health potential.

Next, We'll dive into how you can cure your mind's troubles to give you an almost unfair advantage against diabetes and all illness that threaten our daily lives.