Diabetes Avoidance

You are not told that eight to fourteen (8 to 14) years of health problems predate such a diagnosis.

Neither are you told that more than fifty (50+) health conditions already have been linked to an increased risk of future pre-diabetes and diabetes-fifty-some conditions that might serve you as early warning bells and help you start a proactive avoidance program.

There is one person who, if properly informed, can recognize early a connection between these different conditions and a risk of diabetes. This individual is you, the patient.

The forthcoming book by Rivkah Roth DO DNM, "At Risk? A Natural Medicine Look at Early Risk Recognition and Avoidance of Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes" helps you identify those early indicators and links. It creates an understanding of your body's needs and lays the basis towards awareness of the issues and avoidance of a future diagnosis of diabetes and its dreaded complications.

Give yourself a chance and you might be well on your way to successful diabetes avoidance.

Worth repeating before the Holidays%u2026
From cravings to headaches, sinus issues to fibrocystic ovaries, tender breast tissue, discharge, acne and more, excess sugar may be at the root of many of your health challenges.

"Sugar" comes in many forms:

* anything sweet(ened) - except for herbs such as stevia
* anything grain and starch (their carbs too turn to sugar in the body)
* anything dairy (lactose also turns to sugar in the body)

Sugar makes the body more acidic and lowers iron (Fe) levels.
This in turn lowers the blood's ability to carry oxygen. As a result, energy levels drop and heart and lungs are forced to work harder (shortness of breath and anxiety) as may be the kidneys (water retention).

Sugar causes inflammation and triggers the calcium leaching metabolism. This can add to the formation of fibroids (uterine and breast tissue). Amenorrhea (lack of or delayed monthly flow) or dysmenorrhea (painful menses and premenstrual syndrome) may be early signs of calcium leaching and pH buffering.

Sugar may promote acne. Higher levels of sugar are commenly related to acne and other skin eruptions. These can serve as early risk indicators for possibly future diabetes.

Sugar nourishes yeast cells. Yellowish or whitish discharge are a common result and possible sign of a yeast infection.

Sugar nourishes cancer cells. This process possibly is connected to sugar displacing blood oxygen. If detected early, many cancer cells can be outright starved if sugars, grain carbs and lactose are cut from the diet.

Now that we have recognized the "rat" let us remember the Power and Importance of Antioxidants!

I have mentioned it before but it might not hurt seeing it in writing again%u2026

* How well our digestion works determines how well our body and brain function.
* The mucous lining in our intestines hosts the majority of our body's lymph and immune system cells. This directly affects toxin drainage and defense from communicable diseases.
* Inflammation anywhere in the body causes an acidic environment and triggers the calcium buffering mechanism: Calcium is forced to leach from bones and teeth into the blood stream in an attempt to balance the pH value.
* Leached calcium plays a major role in bone loss (osteoporosis), calcium build-ups, heart disease (hardened arteries, high blood pressure / hypertension), various forms of arthritis, brain fog, vision issues, fibromyalgia, and many other conditions.

The first part of the small intestines following the stomach is the duodenum. A healthy and properly functioning duodenum...

attaches to the:
* anterior lumbar spine SI region (!!!).-To all osteopaths, chiropractors, body workers: you cannot expect a structurally stable low back and pelvic region until the gut is free of inflammation!
* diaphragm (via the ligament of Treitz), possibly leading to signs of shortness of breath, GERDS, heartburn, tiredness, restless or light sleep, anxiety, etc.

controls:
* how much and how often food is released from the stomach for absorption in the intestines.
* bile release from gallbladder and prompts several other digestion-related liver functions.
* enzyme release from the pancreas.

plays a role in the:
* control of insulin production.

absorbs:
* calcium and a majority of all other minerals and nutrients.

produces:
* vitamin K (which then is stored in the pancreas and is responsible for calcium to remain in the bones and out of the arteries!!).

and..., and...., and...

Any or all of this does not function if we experience chronic or acute inflammation, bloating, dysbiosis (leaky gut syndrome), etc. or have been diagnosed with lazy stomach, irritable bowel (IBS, IBD), Crohn's, GSE (gluten sensitive enteropathy), Celiac Disease (CD), or other gastrointestinal conditions.

The "Proof is in the Pudding"

After bariatric surgery (bypasses the duodenum and part of the jejunum) 90 to 95% of the patients no longer show signs of diabetes but suffer from the same mineral deficiencies a celiac would typically expect due to inability of duodenal absorption.

If you experience bloating or gas on a fairly regular basis or carry the proverbial "beer-belly" or a "spare tire" it is time to consult your doctor or a well qualified natural medicine professional.

Article initially written for the American Diversity Report

No different from alcohol or cigarettes, grain carbohydrates may become addictive. Carbohydrate addiction may affect as many as one out of every two people worldwide. Craving that extra cookie snack, grain bar, bagel, muffin, or second plate of pasta is usually a strong indicator that your body has become addicted to grain carbs. Strangely, we crave what we may be allergic to. It turns out that "comfort foods" do numb pain but they also may cause illness.
Excess grain carbohydrates are linked to a variety of illnesses and conditions: chronic fatigue, lack of energy, chronic pain, brain fog, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, bone loss and osteoporosis, metabolic diseases including weight gain, obesity, pre-diabetes, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, fertility problems and many more.

The body feeling tired within twenty minutes to two hours after a carbohydrate-rich meal may be a surefire sign of these carbs being toxic for you. Fatigue, bloating and possibly brain fog after eating grain carbs may directly relate to minute amounts of morphine-like components in a part of the grain, called gluten.

Forty-three percent of the North-American population are said to carry one of three genes contributing to gluten-sensitivity and its most severe form, celiac disease. According to a recent professional seminar by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists celiac disease, although rarely diagnosed, is ten times more common in the US than type 1 diabetes.

If you carry a gene for gluten-sensitivity (for instance HLA DQ2 or DQ8, which also happens to be common in diabetics) these gluten-morphines cause inflammation and carbohydrate cravings. Yes, it is like getting "hooked." These genes appear to be more common in indigenous populations (Hispanic, native Indian, Mediterranean and Eastern peoples) and those with traditional meat-and-potato backgrounds (British Isles, Nordic countries).

Women too seem to be more prone to experiencing the negative effects from grain carbs. Weight gain, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, infertility issues, heavy and painful menses and polycystic ovary syndrome may all be related to the body's inability to dealing with grain carbs, Even acne and other skin and autoimmune diseases from lupus to rosacea may be linked to grain carbohydrates acting as toxins.

We humans are simply not designed for grain carb digestion because we lack one of the necessary enzymes. Natural grain eaters (horses, cows, deer, etc.) give birth to youngsters that are up and running within half an hour of birth. I have yet to see that new-born human baby skip out of the delivery room while mom is still resting%u2026 Like the offspring of dogs, cats and other carnivores we need to nurture our babies for months before they are able to move about by themselves. Human nature still fares best on a hunter-gatherer diet consisting of a variety of occasional meats, leafy plants, roots, and berries along with lots of exercise.

We should no longer be surprised that disease rates are ever growing in our grain-carbohydrate driven societies. It starts with grain carbs causing bloating and inflammation in the first part of the small intestines, called the duodenum. The duodenum is the area of the body that is responsible for

* food release from the stomach to the intestines,
* insulin and enzyme release from the pancreas,
* bile release from liver and gallbladder,
* mineral and nutrient absorption (especially calcium absorption),
* vitamin K formation and transport to the pancreas for storage.

An inflammation in the small intestines changes the body's pH value and may lead to blood oxygen depletion. So-called free radicals form and tip the body's balance towards acidity. An acidic body is a painful body! Blood tests rarely reveal this since blood has the ability to buffer its slightly alkaline (basic) value by drawing calcium and other minerals from bones and teeth.

These leached calcium molecules are fairly large and get carried through the body by the blood stream. Those repeat bone-density scans that show changes in different places are the best indicators for this kind of pH-triggered calcium leakage. Plaque build-up, hardened arteries and high blood pressure too relate to this process. In the muscle tissue the presence of free-radicals and leached mineral molecules may result in fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and similar conditions. In the eyes the reduced blood flow in the minute capillaries may cause changes to eye sight, night blindness and serious diseases such as retina detachment.

Already the Merck Medical Manual mentions that a healthy human being on a balanced diet inhales 100 units of oxygen (O2) and exhales 80 units of carbon dioxide (CO2), leaving the body around 20% of oxygen to function on. On the other hand, an individual on a high-carbohydrate diet inhales 100 units of O2 and exhales up to 100 units of CO2%u2026 This leaves the body zero oxygen for the tissue to regenerate and the necessary functions of kidneys, lungs and heart. We know that we cannot put diesel into the gas tank of the car, nor run it with a plugged air filter. Yet, we do exactly this if we eat high-carbohydrate and fatty foods.

Eating more grain carbs than the body is set up to handle may also result in a blood sugar rollercoaster and, before long, diabetes. So, if you want to give yourself the greatest gift, the gift of health, this year plan your holiday meals around light proteins (fish, fowl, light meats, eggs), loads of greens and colorful, non-starchy vegetables, berries (maximum two servings per day), olive oil or grapeseed oil, green tea and lots of alkaline water. Skip the soft drinks and the coffee. A woman drinking one daily can of soft drinks raises her risk of developing diabetes to eighty percent. It is simply not worth it!

The bottom line is, if you experience grain carb cravings, change your life and health this year by starting with thoughtful holiday meal planning.