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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 the=20 nospam) and
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<><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800080>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<>Vanessa In OZ
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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 go=20 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 mind=20 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 =
strategy that increasing numbers of people with diabetes are using = to keep=20 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 = professionals=20 you are
likely to hear that low carbing will damage your kidneys, = raise=20 your cholesterol and
damage your health in every way possible.=20
<DIZ>Is this true?=20
<DIZ>For most people the answer is a rousing and reassuring, "No!"=20
<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 is=20 the
high glucose levels caused by a high carbohydrate diet that = damages=20 kidneys (and eyes, and
the peripheral vascular system) not the = protein=20 itself, you can see why these studies are
not relevant to those of = us who=20 keep our dietary carbohydrate to extremely low levels.=20
<DIZ>Furthermore, many low carb diets are not "high protein diets." = Think of=20 it this way:
if you eat a hamburger on a bun, with ketchup, and a = side=20 order of fries while I eat
the meat patty, no bun, no fries and a = salad=20 with blue cheese dressing, we're eating
the same amount of = protein. But=20 I'm eating a low carb meal that will not raise my
blood sugar, = even=20 without medication, while your meal is high enough in =
carbohydrates that=20 it would drive my blood sugar well over 200 mg/dl. Am I on a =
"dangerous=20 high protein" diet compared to you? No. Yet the same dieticians = who=20
prescribe 75 grams a meal to diabetics would consider the burger = and bun=20 to be a
healthier diet choice!=20
<DIZ>Far from destroying kidneys, There's even some anecdotal = evidence that=20 very low carb
diet may reverse early kidney disease. To read about = one=20 woman's experience healing
kidney disease with a low carb diet, = read this=20 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 since=20 the 1940s
also reports reversing his own early diabetic kidney = disease and=20 that of many
patients through the use of a low carb diet. He = explains the=20 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 people=20 have assumed
that these high fat levels must lead to damaging = increases in=20 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 sugar=20 to damaging levels and much
higher than the carb levels that you = must=20 adopt to control blood sugar.=20
<K>Several recent long term studies done with a true low = carbohydrate diet=20 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=20 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 = effects=20 of drugs on various
diseases. Since people with diabetes consume = more=20 expensive drugs than just about
any other group in the population, = there=20 is very little motivation for drug
companies to study non-drug = based=20 intervention strategies that might keep people
from needing their = 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, few=20 legitimate researchers would associate themselves with
low = carbing.=20
<P>It is only in the past few years that this has changed. Studies = at Duke=20 University,
Ohio State, Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami and Albert = Einstein=20 Medical School have
been published in the last few years, all = reinforcing=20 the once-radical idea that a
low carb diet can have major health = benefits.=20 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 meals=20 is fine.
Unfortunately, when such standards are used by the time = most=20 patients are diagnosed
with diabetes, they have already suffered=20 significant diabetic complications. Even
worse, patients whose = blood sugar=20 routinely rises to 200 mg/dl or whose HBa1c
tests, a measure of = the long=20 term blood sugar level, is above 8% deteriorate over
time, = continue to=20 develop more and more "diabetic complications." Indeed, these=20
complications occur to patients whose blood sugars are as low as = 126 mg/dl=20 for
prolonged periods of time and whose HBa1c's are at =
6.--supposedly=20 good measures of control.=20
<Q2>What are "Diabetic Complications"?</H3>
<R>The term "Diabetic Complications" is a euphemism doctors use to =
describe the ugly things that happen to people whose blood sugar = is out of=20 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 from=20 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 = levels=20 of glucose
are toxic to the beta cells of the pancreas which make = the=20 insulin the body uses to
bring the high blood sugar levels back = down. This=20 ugly feedback loop that means that
the higher your blood sugar, = the less=20 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 = here</A>=20 found that people
with type I diabetes could avoid complications = by=20 keeping their blood sugar under what they
called "good control." = If you=20 read the summary you may still come away saying, "But too many of
= these=20 patients still developed complications despite their 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 level=20 that is now being
recommended to people with Type II diabetes. = This gives=20 hope that using <I>great</I>
control as opposed to <I>good = </I>control may=20 prevent far more complications.=20
<Z1>How High is Too High</H3>
<Z>In the past five years it has become clear to those who treat = diabetes=20 for a living
that blood sugar levels over 120 mg/dl sustained over = any=20 significant period of time
do this damage. Read the details in = this=20 article: <A=20
=
href=3D"
http://www.endo-nurses.org/documents/worldleaders.doc">Endocrinol= ogists=20 Recommend Lower
Diabetes Screening Levels</A>=20
<Z>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 = conservative,=20 but these
levels are still much lower than those many doctors = suggest to=20 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 = control"=20 in the NIH study was
8.0%.) However, the level recommended as = truly normal=20 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 eat=20 or when they test. He recommends that people with diabetes who =
want to=20 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 your=20 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 our=20 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 your=20 blood sugar one and
two hours later. Then eat a meal with only 12 = grams of=20 carbs way down three hours
later and repeat your hourly testing. = You=20 should see a significant difference
between your readings. If you = cut your=20 carbs to 12 grams or less for every meal and
snack for a week or = two you=20 should start seeing a dramatic lowering of your post
meal and = fasting=20 blood sugar.=20
<Z>If you need help determining the number of carbs in your meal, = download=20 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 = diabetes,=20 Gretchen
Becker's book, <I><B>Type II Diabetes: The First Year = </I></B>is=20 a great place to
start as is Richard Bernstein, M.D.'s =
<Z><A>Doctor=20 Bernstein's Diabetes Solution</I></B>. Both are available via = Amazon. If=20 you
want to learn more about low carb dieting, I recommend =
<Z><B>Protein=20 Power</I></B> by the Eades. It has excellent scientific = explanations and=20 the
charts of foods and their carb values is very helpful to the = beginner.=20 You do need to
read up on the mechanics of how to make a low carb = diet=20 work, because there is a lot more
to it than can be explained on = any=20 single web page.=20
<Z>As you craft your new low carb diet plan, you can find a host = of useful=20 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 may=20 have been posted in the past. There are
many recipes, tips, = tricks, and=20 warnings about the many foods with "hidden carbs" that cause =
unexpected=20 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 style=3D"PADDING-
RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #800080 2px solid; MARGIN-
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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 = diet.<BR>it=20 needs to have a diet plan and info about the diet. i am looking =
for=20 info<BR>for my mother. she wants to start it after the holidays. = i tried=20 the web
but<BR>couldn't find any good sites. will look there=20 again.<BR>hoping to find something out=20
=
here<BR><BR>thanks<BR>angie<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE=
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