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[email protected] Cheers,=20 Vanessa In OZ
(273-212- goal 160)
"Anglea Woollcombe" <
[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]... venassa
i have sent you and e mail in regards to the info that you said you = had. if you like you can e
mail me personally with any of the info. i = would be greatly appriated for it. thanks again for
your help=20
angie "Celtic Gal (Vanessa)" <
[email protected]> wrote in = message
news:[email protected]... Hi Angie, If you want to e-mail me (just remove the nospam)
and I will send = you some stuff. Cheers, Vanessa In OZ
Overall (Was 273- Current 214- Goal
160 to 140)
"Anglea Woollcombe" <
[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]... thank you so much i will defenitly check
it out. maybe i can even = find some ideas for myself. thanks again for the info vanessa angie
ps anything else would be greatfull
"Celtic Gal (Vanessa)" <
[email protected]> wrote in = message
news:[email protected]... Hi Angie, Jenny has a heap of info on her site. Just
click the link below and then go to "home" and check out = all her other pages. Best of luck
finding some good info. P.S. Below is an example of = what is on Jenny's site (hope she
doesn't mind me copying from her = site....) <G>. Vanessa
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/diabetes.htm Low Carbing to Control Type II Diabetes
A Simple, Cheap Treatment with an Undeserved Bad Reputation Cutting your carbs, radically,
is a controversial but effective = strategy that increasing numbers of people with diabetes
are using to = keep their blood sugar levels within normal ranges without relying on =
medication.=20
There's no question it works. Cutting carb intake down to under = 60 grams a day will make a
radical decrease in the blood sugar levels of = almost everyone who can stick with a low
carb diet for a couple weeks.=20
If a Low Carb Diet Controls Diabetes, Why Isn't this Known? If you mention the topic to
friends or even some medical = professionals you are likely to hear that low carbing will
damage your = kidneys, raise your cholesterol and damage your health in every way =
possible.=20
Is this true?=20
For most people the answer is a rousing and reassuring, "No!"=20
Won't Low Carbing Hurt My Kidneys? The medical studies that show that high protein damages
kidneys = were done not only with a high protein, diet but with a high protein, = high
carbohydrate diet. If you accept Dr. Bernstein's contention that it = is the high glucose
levels caused by a high carbohydrate diet that = damages kidneys (and eyes, and the
peripheral vascular system) not the = protein itself, you can see why these studies are not
relevant to those = of us who keep our dietary carbohydrate to extremely low levels.=20
Furthermore, many low carb diets are not "high protein diets." = Think of it this way: if
you eat a hamburger on a bun, with ketchup, and = a side order of fries while I eat the meat
patty, no bun, no fries and a = salad with blue cheese dressing, we're eating the same
amount of = protein. But I'm eating a low carb meal that will not raise my blood = sugar,
even without medication, while your meal is high enough in = carbohydrates that it would
drive my blood sugar well over 200 mg/dl. Am = I on a "dangerous high protein" diet compared
to you? No. Yet the same = dieticians who prescribe 75 grams a meal to diabetics would
consider the = burger and bun to be a healthier diet choice!=20
Far from destroying kidneys, There's even some anecdotal = evidence that very low carb diet
may reverse early kidney disease. To = read about one woman's experience healing kidney
disease with a low carb = diet, read this newsgroup posting: Aramanth Dawes' Story=20
Dr. Richard Bernstein, a physician who has been a type I = diabetic since the 1940s also
reports reversing his own early diabetic = kidney disease and that of many patients
through the use of a low carb = diet. He explains the science behind how this can happen
in his = excellent bookDr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. It has just come out in = a
second, revised edition=20
Won't a High Fat Diet Raise My Cholesterol? A low carb diet gets most of its calories from
fat, which is why = people have assumed that these high fat levels must lead to damaging =
increases in cholesterol. But this is a false conclusion.=20
Many of the studies that were cited to show that a low = carbohydrate diet raised
cholesterol levels were done with diets = containing levels of carbohydrate of 150 grams a
day--which is high = enough to raise blood sugar to damaging levels and much higher than the
= carb levels that you must adopt to control blood sugar.=20
Several recent long term studies done with a true low = carbohydrate diet have shown that
when a high fat diet is combined with = very low carbohydrate levels, cholesterol generally
goes down or stays = the same, and triglycerides, which are implicated in heart disease
often = improve significantly.=20
To read up on the most recent medical research on the effects of = Low Carb diets on health,
visit this web page: =
http://www.lowcarbresearch.org/lcr/lce_results.asp=20
Furthermore, recent research has shown that the low fat, high = carbohydrate diet doctors
have been recommending for decades appears to = cause liver inflammation.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/463483=20
Why isn't there More Research on Low Carb Diets? Almost all medical research in today's
world is sponsored by = drug companies. Not so coincidentally, this research tends to study
the = effects of drugs on various diseases. Since people with diabetes consume = more
expensive drugs than just about any other group in the population, = there is very little
motivation for drug companies to study non-drug = based intervention strategies that might
keep people from needing their = drugs.=20
In addition, low carbing was originally advocated by "get thin = quick" diet doctors of the
type who appear in infomercials. These people = are viewed as "snake oil salesmen" by much
of the public and have very = poor reputations in the medical community. These doctors never
submitted = well-documented research to peer reviewed journals despite their claims = that
they had helped "hundreds of thousands" of patients. As a result, = few legitimate
researchers would associate themselves with low carbing.=20
It is only in the past few years that this has changed. Studies = at Duke University, Ohio
State, Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami and Albert = Einstein Medical School have been
published in the last few years, all = reinforcing the once-radical idea that a low carb
diet can have major = health benefits. You can find these studies at =
http://www.lowcarbresearch.org/lcr/lce_results.asp=20
How Does Diabetes Cause Damage? What really causes the ravages of diabetes appears to be
high = blood sugar levels--particularly those that occur an hour or two after = meals.=20
What is a Dangerous Blood Sugar Level? Many practicing doctors still tell patients that any
blood sugar = level under 200 mg/dl after meals is fine. Unfortunately, when such =
standards are used by the time most patients are diagnosed with = diabetes, they have
already suffered significant diabetic complications. = Even worse, patients whose blood
sugar routinely rises to 200 mg/dl or = whose HBa1c tests, a measure of the long term blood
sugar level, is = above 8% deteriorate over time, continue to develop more and more =
"diabetic complications." Indeed, these complications occur to patients = whose blood sugars
are as low as 126 mg/dl for prolonged periods of time = and whose HBa1c's are at 6.0--
supposedly good measures of control.=20 What are "Diabetic Complications"? The term
"Diabetic Complications" is a euphemism doctors use to = describe the ugly things that
happen to people whose blood sugar is out = of control. What it really means is "blindness,
amputation, and death".=20
High blood sugars destroy nerves in legs. The first symptoms are = tingling and pain,
eventually the limbs become numb and fair to heal = from small injuries that become infected
and eventually turn gangrenous. =
High blood sugar levels also destroy vision, which is why people = with long standing
diabetes often go blind.=20
High blood sugar is toxic to the filtration units in the = kidneys. That's why long term
diabetics end up on dialysis.=20
And if all this isn't bad enough, diabetics suffer heart attacks = far more frequently than
other people, though the exact mechanism is not = completely understood.=20
To add to the misery, there's mounting evidence that these high = levels of glucose are
toxic to the beta cells of the pancreas which make = the insulin the body uses to bring the
high blood sugar levels back = down. This ugly feedback loop that means that the higher your
blood = sugar, the less you are able to bring it down.=20
Controlling Blood Sugar Prevents Complications If the previous paragraphs scared you, you
can take comfort from = the fact, shown by research, that though high blood sugar levels
damage = your body, lowering those blood sugar levels can prevent or even reverse = this
damage.=20
A famous ten year study by the NIH summarized here found that = people with type I diabetes
could avoid complications by keeping their = blood sugar under what they called "good
control." If you read the = summary you may still come away saying, "But too many of these
patients = still developed complications despite their good control."=20
That is true, but there is more good news here! The blood sugar = level the NIH study
defined as "good control", 8%, was far higher than = the level that is now being recommended
to people with Type II diabetes. = This gives hope that using great control as opposed to
good control may = prevent far more complications.=20
How High is Too High In the past five years it has become clear to those who treat =
diabetes for a living that blood sugar levels over 120 mg/dl sustained = over any
significant period of time do this damage. Read the details in = this article:
Endocrinologists Recommend Lower Diabetes Screening Levels =
An interesting piece of research about heart disease published = by the American Diabetes
Association includes even more data about the = blood sugar levels that correspond with very
low heart disease risk. = Click here to read it.=20
The Joslin Diabetes Center suggests that a normal blood sugar = level will not spike above
140 mg/dl one hour after a meal and 120 mg/dl = two hours after a meal. They also say that
fasting and pre-meal blood = sugar levels should be under 110 mg/dl. click here for a PDF
chart = containing this data. This is very conservative, but these levels are = still much
lower than those many doctors suggest to their diabetic = patients.=20
The standard advice given by most doctors now is that the = recommended level for the hb1ac
test is now 6.5%. (The level defined as = "good control" in the NIH study was 8.0%.)
However, the level = recommended as truly normal by Dr. Richard Bernstein and validated by =
the American Diabetes Association heart disease study is 4.7%. Dr. = Bernstein maintains
that truly normal people--not those already well on = the way to diabetes who are too often
mixed into the statistical groups = in these studies--maintain a blood sugar level of 85
mg/dl no matter = what they eat or when they test. He recommends that people with diabetes =
who want to avoid complications shoot for this number. (He is using = blood plasma values
which is important to note if your meter gives you a = choice. They are lower than the
"whole blood" levels many meters use.)=20
But what is significant is that many people with diabetes, once = they are given the tools,
can and do bring their blood sugars down to = these levels, often with nothing more than
changes in their diet.=20
So How Do I bring My Sugar Levels Down? If you've just been diagnosed with a blood sugar
level in the = 500s or an hb1ac of 12.0, you may find these figures frightening and =
depressing. But there's no reason to despair. The good news is that you = can lower your
blood sugar to these levels within a few weeks or months. =
The key is to understand that most of us with diabetes can not = handle more than 10 to 15
grams of carbohydrates at one meal without = causing our blood sugar to spike too high.=20
You don't have to take my word for it. Note the number of carbs = in a typical meal when you
eat it, then use your blood sugar meter to = test your blood sugar one and two hours later.
Then eat a meal with only = 12 grams of carbs way down three hours later and repeat your
hourly = testing. You should see a significant difference between your readings. = If you
cut your carbs to 12 grams or less for every meal and snack for a = week or two you should
start seeing a dramatic lowering of your post = meal and fasting blood sugar.=20
If you need help determining the number of carbs in your meal, = download this excellent
piece of shareware LifeForm. It's shareware. Or = use
http://www.fitday.com an online
nutrition counting web site.=20
Medications and Low Carbing If you are on a medication like Glyburide that forces the =
pancreas to produce more insulin you need to talk to your doctor if you = plan to cut your
carbs down very low because without a huge dose of = carbs in your system, these drugs can
cause harmful hypos.=20
Drugs like Metformin (Glucophage), Avandia, and Actos, which = work on your cell's insulin
resistance, should not cause problems if you = are low carbing.=20
Jennifer's Advice to Newbies New visitors to the alt.support.diabetes newsgroup have long =
been greeted by a newsgroup regular, Jennifer, with this message which = has proven
extremely helpful to many. Visit Jennifer's web site to read = it yourself: Jennifer's
Smart Advice=20
If you want to learn more about how to test and control your = diabetes, Gretchen Becker's
book, Type II Diabetes: The First Year is a = great place to start as is Richard
Bernstein, M.D.'s Doctor Bernstein's = Diabetes Solution. Both are available via Amazon.
If you want to learn = more about low carb dieting, I recommend Protein Power by the
Eades. It = has excellent scientific explanations and the charts of foods and their = carb
values is very helpful to the beginner. You do need to read up on = the mechanics of how
to make a low carb diet work, because there is a = lot more to it than can be explained on
any single web page.=20
As you craft your new low carb diet plan, you can find a host of = useful information in the
alt.support.diet.low-carb newsgroup. Use = Google Advanced Groups Search to find information
that may have been = posted in the past. There are many recipes, tips, tricks, and warnings
= about the many foods with "hidden carbs" that cause unexpected blood = sugar spikes.=20
EMAIL Jenny - cut the carbs from the address to contact me!=20
"Anglea Woollcombe" <
[email protected]> wrote in = message
news:[email protected]... i am looking for a website that has
info on no sugar no flour = diet. it needs to have a diet plan and info about the diet.
i am = looking for info for my mother. she wants to start it after the holidays. i =
tried the web but couldn't find any good sites. will look there again. hoping to find
something out here
thanks angie
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<><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800080>If you want to e-mail me = (just remove=20 the nospam)
and I will send you some stuff.</FONT></DIV>
<><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800080>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<>Vanessa In OZ
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can even find some ideas for myself.</FONT></DIV>
<><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>thanks again for the info=20 vanessa</FONT></DIV>
<><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>angie</FONT></DIV>
<><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ps anything else would be=20 greatfull</FONT></DIV>
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<DIW><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800080>Hi Angie,</FONT></DIV>
<DIX><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800080>Jenny has a heap of info = on her=20
site.</FONT></DIV>
<DIY><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800080>Just click the link = below and then=20 go to "home"
and check out all her other pages.</FONT></DIV>
<DIZ><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800080>Best of luck finding = some good info.=20
P.S. Below is an example of what is on Jenny's site (hope she = doesn't=20 mind me copying
from her site....) <G>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800080>Vanessa
</FONT></DIV>
<DIW><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800080></FONT> </DIV>
<DIX>
<DIY><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800080>
<DIY1><A = href=3D"
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color=3D#0000ff=20
=
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http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/diabetes.htm</FONT></A><= /H1>
<DIY2>Low Carbing to Control Type II Diabetes</H1>
<DIY3>A Simple, Cheap Treatment with an Undeserved Bad = Reputation</H2>
<DIZ>Cutting your carbs, radically, is a controversial but = effective=20 strategy that
increasing numbers of people with diabetes are = using to=20 keep their blood sugar
levels within normal ranges without = relying on=20 medication.=20
<DIZ>There's no question it works. Cutting carb intake down to = under 60=20 grams a day
will make a radical decrease in the blood sugar = levels of=20 almost everyone who can
stick with a low carb diet for a couple = weeks.=20
<DIZ1>If a Low Carb Diet Controls Diabetes, Why Isn't this = Known?</H3>
<DIZ>If you mention the topic to friends or even some medical=20 professionals you are
likely to hear that low carbing will = damage your=20 kidneys, raise your cholesterol
and damage your health in every = way=20 possible.=20
<DIZ>Is this true?=20
<DIZ>For most people the answer is a rousing and reassuring, "No!" =
<DIZ1>Won't Low Carbing Hurt My Kidneys?</H3>
<DIZ>The medical studies that show that high protein damages = kidneys were=20 done not only
with a high protein, diet but with a high protein, =
<DIZ>high=20 carbohydrate diet</B>. If you accept Dr. Bernstein's contention = that it=20 is the
high glucose levels caused by a high carbohydrate diet = that=20 damages kidneys (and eyes, and
the peripheral vascular system) = not the=20 protein itself, you can see why these studies are
not relevant = to those=20 of us who keep our dietary carbohydrate to extremely low levels. =
<DIZ>Furthermore, many low carb diets are not "high protein = diets." Think=20 of it this
way: if you eat a hamburger on a bun, with ketchup, = and a=20 side order of fries
while I eat the meat patty, no bun, no fries = and a=20 salad with blue cheese
dressing, we're eating the same amount of =
protein. But I'm eating a low carb meal that will not raise my = blood=20 sugar, even
without medication, while your meal is high enough = in=20 carbohydrates that it would drive
my blood sugar well over 200 = mg/dl. Am=20 I on a "dangerous high protein" diet compared to
you? No. Yet = the same=20 dieticians who prescribe 75 grams a meal to diabetics would =
consider the=20 burger and bun to be a healthier diet choice!=20
<DIZ>Far from destroying kidneys, There's even some anecdotal = evidence=20 that very low
carb diet may reverse early kidney disease. To = read about=20 one woman's experience
healing kidney disease with a low carb = diet, read=20 this newsgroup posting: <A=20
=
href=3D"
http://www.google.com/groups?q=3Dinsubject:kidney+author:aramanth= &hl=3Den&lr=3Dlang_en&ie=3DUTF-
8&safe=3Doff&selm=3D38= qfescar7ieb196i2n21fh0mgsjp16l36%404ax.com&rnum=3D3">Aramanth=20
Dawes' Story</A>=20
<DIZ>Aa. Richard Bernstein, a physician who has been a type I = diabetic=20 since the 1940s
also reports reversing his own early diabetic = kidney=20 disease and that of many
patients through the use of a low carb = diet. He=20 explains the science behind
how this can happen in his excellent = book<A=20
=
href=3D"
http://www.diabetes-normalsugars.com/readit/readit.shtml">Dr.=20 Bernstein's Diabetes
Solution</A>. It has just come out in a = second,=20 revised edition=20
<H3>Won't a High Fat Diet Raise My Cholesterol?</H3>
<I>A low carb diet gets most of its calories from fat, which is = why=20 people have
assumed that these high fat levels must lead to = damaging=20 increases in cholesterol.
But this is a false conclusion.=20
<J>Many of the studies that were cited to show that a low = carbohydrate=20 diet raised
cholesterol levels were done with diets containing = levels of=20 carbohydrate of 150
grams a day--which is high enough to raise = blood=20 sugar to damaging levels and much
higher than the carb levels = that you=20 must adopt to control blood sugar.=20
<K>Several recent long term studies done with a true low = carbohydrate=20 diet have shown
that when a high fat diet is combined with very = low=20 carbohydrate levels,
cholesterol generally goes down or stays = the same,=20 and triglycerides, which are
implicated in heart disease often = improve=20 significantly.=20
<L>To read up on the most recent medical research on the effects = of Low=20 Carb diets on
health, visit this web page: <A=20
=
href=3D"
http://www.lowcarbresearch.org/lcr/lce_results.asp">
http://www.lo=
wcarbresearch.org/lcr/lce_results.asp</A>=20
<M>Furthermore, recent research has shown that the low fat, high =
carbohydrate diet doctors have been recommending for decades = appears to=20 cause liver
inflammation. <A=20
=
href=3D"
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/463483">
http://www.medscape.c=
om/viewarticle/463483</A>=20
<M1>Why isn't there More Research on Low Carb Diets?</H3>
<N>Almost all medical research in today's world is sponsored by = drug=20 companies. Not
so coincidentally, this research tends to study = the=20 effects of drugs on various
diseases. Since people with diabetes = consume=20 more expensive drugs than just about
any other group in the = population,=20 there is very little motivation for drug
companies to study = non-drug=20 based intervention strategies that might keep people
from = needing their=20 drugs.=20
<O>In addition, low carbing was originally advocated by "get = thin quick"=20 diet doctors
of the type who appear in infomercials. These = people are=20 viewed as "snake oil
salesmen" by much of the public and have = very poor=20 reputations in the medical
community. These doctors never = submitted=20 well-documented research to peer reviewed
journals despite their = claims=20 that they had helped "hundreds of thousands" of
patients. As a = result,=20 few legitimate researchers would associate themselves with
low = carbing.=20
<P>It is only in the past few years that this has changed. = Studies at=20 Duke
University, Ohio State, Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami and = Albert=20 Einstein Medical
School have been published in the last few = years, all=20 reinforcing the once-radical
idea that a low carb diet can have = major=20 health benefits. You can find these
studies at <A=20
=
href=3D"
http://www.lowcarbresearch.org/lcr/lce_results.asp">
http://www.lo=
wcarbresearch.org/lcr/lce_results.asp</A>=20
<P1>How Does Diabetes Cause Damage?</H3>
<Q>What really causes the ravages of diabetes appears to be high = blood=20 sugar levels--
particularly those that occur an hour or two after = meals.=20
<Q1>What is a Dangerous Blood Sugar Level?</H3>Many practicing = doctors=20 still tell
patients that any blood sugar level under 200 mg/dl = after=20 meals is fine.
Unfortunately, when such standards are used by = the time=20 most patients are
diagnosed with diabetes, they have already = suffered=20 significant diabetic
complications. Even worse, patients whose = blood=20 sugar routinely rises to 200
mg/dl or whose HBa1c tests, a = measure of=20 the long term blood sugar level, is
above 8% deteriorate over = time,=20 continue to develop more and more "diabetic
complications." = Indeed,=20 these complications occur to patients whose blood sugars
are as = low as=20 126 mg/dl for prolonged periods of time and whose HBa1c's are at =
6.--supposedly good measures of control.=20
<Q2>What are "Diabetic Complications"?</H3>
<R>The term "Diabetic Complications" is a euphemism doctors use = to=20 describe the ugly
things that happen to people whose blood sugar = is out=20 of control. What it really
means is "blindness, amputation, and = death".=20
<S>High blood sugars destroy nerves in legs. The first symptoms = are=20 tingling and
pain, eventually the limbs become numb and fair to = heal=20 from small injuries that
become infected and eventually turn = gangrenous.=20
<T>High blood sugar levels also destroy vision, which is why = people with=20 long
standing diabetes often go blind.=20
<U>High blood sugar is toxic to the filtration units in the = kidneys.=20 That's why long
term diabetics end up on dialysis.=20
<V>And if all this isn't bad enough, diabetics suffer heart = attacks far=20 more
frequently than other people, though the exact mechanism is = not=20 completely
understood.=20
<W>To add to the misery, there's mounting evidence that these = high=20 levels of glucose
are toxic to the beta cells of the pancreas = which make=20 the insulin the body uses
to bring the high blood sugar levels = back=20 down. This ugly feedback loop that means
that the higher your = blood=20 sugar, the less you are able to bring it down.=20
<W1>Controlling Blood Sugar Prevents Complications</H3>
<X>If the previous paragraphs scared you, you can take comfort = from the=20 fact, shown
by research, that though high blood sugar levels = damage your=20 body, lowering those
blood sugar levels can prevent or even = reverse this=20 damage.=20
<Y>A famous ten year study by the NIH <A=20
=
href=3D"
http://diabetes.about.com/library/blNIHDCCT.htm">summarized=20 here</A> found that people
with type I diabetes could avoid=20 complications by keeping their blood sugar under what they =
called "good=20 control." If you read the summary you may still come away = saying, "But=20 too many
of these patients still developed complications despite = their=20 good control."=20
<Z>That is true, but there is more good news here! The blood = sugar level=20 the NIH
study defined as "good control", 8%, was far higher than = the=20 level that is now
being recommended to people with Type II = diabetes.=20 This gives hope that using
<I>great</I> control as opposed to =
<I>good=20 </I>control may prevent far more complications.=20
<W2>How High is Too High</H3>
<X>In the past five years it has become clear to those who treat =
diabetes for a living that blood sugar levels over 120 mg/dl = sustained=20 over any
significant period of time do this damage. Read the = details in=20 this article: <A=20
=
href=3D"
http://www.endo-nurses.org/documents/worldleaders.doc">Endocrinol= ogists=20 Recommend Lower
Diabetes Screening Levels</A>=20
<Y>An interesting piece of research about heart disease = published by the=20 American
Diabetes Association includes even more data about the = blood=20 sugar levels that
correspond with very low heart disease risk. = <A=20
=
href=3D"
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/2/485?ma=
xtoshow=3D&HITS=3D50&hits=3D50&RESULTFORMAT=3D&fulltext=3D=
neuropathy+hba1c&searchid=3D1065583705038_902&stored_search=3D&am=
p;FIRSTINDEX=3D0&sortspec=3Ddate&fdate=3D1/1/2002&journalcode=
=3Ddiacare">Click=20
here </A>to read it.=20
<Z>The Joslin Diabetes Center suggests that a normal blood sugar = level=20 will not
spike above 140 mg/dl one hour after a meal and 120 = mg/dl two=20 hours after a meal.
They also say that fasting and pre-meal = blood sugar=20 levels should be under 110
mg/dl. <A=20
=
href=3D"
http://www.upstate.edu/uhpated/pdf/diabetes/goalbldsug.pdf">click=
=20
here </A>for a PDF chart containing this data. This is very=20 conservative, but these
levels are still much lower than those = many=20 doctors suggest to their diabetic
patients.=20
<Z>The standard advice given by most doctors now is that the = recommended=20 level for
the hb1ac test is now 6.5%. (The level defined as = "good=20 control" in the NIH study
was 8.0%.) However, the level = recommended as=20 truly normal by Dr. Richard Bernstein
and validated by the <A=20
=
href=3D"
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/2/485?ma=
xtoshow=3D&HITS=3D50&hits=3D50&RESULTFORMAT=3D&fulltext=3D=
neuropathy+hba1c&searchid=3D1065583705038_902&stored_search=3D&am=
p;FIRSTINDEX=3D0&sortspec=3Ddate&fdate=3D1/1/2002&journalcode=
=3Ddiacare">American=20
Diabetes Association heart disease study </A>is 4.7%. Dr. = Bernstein=20 maintains that
truly normal people--not those already well on = the way to=20 diabetes who are too often
mixed into the statistical groups in = these=20 studies--maintain a blood sugar level of 85
mg/dl no matter what = they=20 eat or when they test. He recommends that people with
diabetes = who want=20 to avoid complications shoot for this number. (He is using blood =
plasma=20 values which is important to note if your meter gives you a = choice. They=20 are
lower than the "whole blood" levels many meters use.)=20
<Z>But what is significant is that many people with diabetes, = once they=20 are given the
tools, can and do bring their blood sugars down to = these=20 levels, often with
nothing more than changes in their diet.=20
<Z1>So How Do I bring My Sugar Levels Down?</H3>
<Z>If you've just been diagnosed with a blood sugar level in the = 500s or=20 an hb1ac of
12.0, you may find these figures frightening and = depressing.=20 But there's no reason
to despair. The good news is that you can = lower=20 your blood sugar to these levels
within a few weeks or months.=20
<Z>
<Z>The key is to understand that most of us with diabetes can = not handle=20 more than 10
to 15 grams of carbohydrates at one meal without = causing=20 our blood sugar to spike
too high.=20
<Z>You don't have to take my word for it. Note the number of = carbs in a=20 typical meal
when you eat it, then use your blood sugar meter to = test=20 your blood sugar one and
two hours later. Then eat a meal with = only 12=20 grams of carbs way down three hours
later and repeat your hourly =
testing. You should see a significant difference between your = readings.=20 If you cut your
carbs to 12 grams or less for every meal and = snack for a=20 week or two you should start
seeing a dramatic lowering of your = post=20 meal and fasting blood sugar.=20
<Z>If you need help determining the number of carbs in your = meal,=20 download this
excellent piece of shareware <A=20 href=3D"
http://www.fitnesoft.com/">LifeForm</A>.
It's shareware. = Or use <A=20 href=3D"
http://www.fitday.com/">
http://www.fitday.com
</A>an = online=20 nutrition counting web site.=20
<Z1>Medications and Low Carbing</H3>
<Z>If you are on a medication like Glyburide that forces the = pancreas to=20 produce more
insulin you need to talk to your doctor if you plan = to cut=20 your carbs down very
low because without a huge dose of carbs in = your=20 system, these drugs can cause
harmful hypos.=20
<Z>Drugs like Metformin (Glucophage), Avandia, and Actos, which = work on=20 your cell's
insulin resistance, should not cause problems if you = are low=20 carbing.=20
<Z1>Jennifer's Advice to Newbies</H3>
<Z>New visitors to the <A=20 href=3D"
news:alt.support.diabetes">alt.support.diabetes</A> =
newsgroup have=20 long been greeted by a newsgroup regular, Jennifer, with this =
message=20 which has proven extremely helpful to many. Visit Jennifer's web = site
to=20 read it yourself: <A = href=3D"
http://jennifer.flyingrat.net/">Jennifer's=20
Smart Advice</A>=20
<Z>If you want to learn more about how to test and control your=20 diabetes, Gretchen
Becker's book, <I><B>Type II Diabetes: The = First Year=20 </I></B>is a great place to
start as is Richard Bernstein, =
Z.A.'s=20
<Z><B>Doctor Bernstein's Diabetes Solution</I></B>. Both are = available=20 via Amazon. If
you want to learn more about low carb dieting, I=20 recommend <I><B>Protein
Power</I></B> by the Eades. It has = excellent=20 scientific explanations and the
charts of foods and their carb = values is=20 very helpful to the beginner. You do
need to read up on the = mechanics of=20 how to make a low carb diet work, because
there is a lot more to = it than=20 can be explained on any single web page.=20
<Z>As you craft your new low carb diet plan, you can find a host = of=20 useful
information in the <A=20
=
href=3D"
news:alt.support.diet.low-carb">alt.support.diet.low-carb</A>=20 newsgroup. Use Google
Advanced Groups Search to find information = that=20 may have been posted in the past. There are
many recipes, tips, = tricks,=20 and warnings about the many foods with "hidden carbs" that cause =
unexpected blood sugar spikes.=20 <CENTER>
<Z><A href=3D"
mailto:[email protected]">EMAIL </A>Jenny =
- cut the=20 carbs from the address to contact me! = </P></CENTER></FONT></DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20
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<DIV>"Anglea Woollcombe" <<A=20
=
href=3D"
mailto:[email protected]">
[email protected]</A>>=
=20
wrote in message <A=20
=
href=3D"
news:[email protected]">
news:nnDIb.988=
[email protected]</A>...</DIV>i=20 am looking for a website that has info on no
sugar no flour=20 diet.<BR>it needs to have a diet plan and info about the diet. = i am=20 looking
for info<BR>for my mother. she wants to start it after = the=20 holidays. i tried the web
but<BR>couldn't find any good sites. = will=20 look there again.<BR>hoping to find something out=20
=
here<BR><BR>thanks<BR>angie<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE=
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