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1. What causes the high blood sugar levels in Type 2 Diabetes?
2. What is Stressing you out? What can you do?
3. Beta Glucan - immunity for those with underlying health issues
4. Dental Pro 7 New Product

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What causes the high blood sugar levels in Type 2 Diabetes?

High blood sugar levels are caused by insulin resistance, and insulin resistance is caused mainly by a diet that is too high in carbohydrates and a lack of certain nutrients.

Carbohydrates are simply long chains of sugar molecules (glucose) hooked end-to-end. When you eat carbohydrates your normal digestive process breaks up these chains into the individual sugar molecules, and they pass right through your intestinal wall into your bloodstream, and load up your bloodstream with sugar.

If this happened every once in a while it would not be a problem. But as diets today are so high in carbohydrates, you have had a constant high level of sugar pouring into your bloodstream year after year! This requires your body to continuously produce high levels of insulin to keep that blood sugar level down. (Insulin's job is to push sugar out of the bloodstream into the cells where it is used for energy.)

Eventually the cells in your body became insensitive to the effects of the insulin (insulin resistance). To handle this problem of insulin resistance your body began to produce even higher levels of insulin. This continued until your pancreas reached the maximum amount of insulin it could produce, and when the insulin resistance increased again, your blood sugar began to rise out of control. The result is type 2 diabetes! (Type 2 diabetes is actually an extreme case of insulin resistance.)

Why A Diabetic Must Understand Insulin by Dr. Eric Berg

What can you do?

If you have not already done so, you need to eliminate ALL the starchy carbohydrates from your diet and stop loading up your body with sugar. Even small amounts of these starchy carbohydrates will prevent your sugar levels from coming down.

This action will give your body a "breather" and the insulin will be able to do its job of pushing the sugar out of your bloodstream and into the cells, your blood sugar level will drop naturally and the high level of insulin in your body will drop along with it.

You need to keep the carbohydrates at 20-30 a day.

NOTE: do not overdue the protein. You want to eat 3-4 oz. of protein. Eating a big 10-12 oz. steak will increase the insulin 200X. Stick to 3-4 oz. of protein (as below) and lots of green.
Diabetic Diets

What not to eat, and what to eat

You cannot eat:

Foods high in carbohydrates such as:

Potatoes, and potato produces (including yams and sweet potatoes).

No winter squash (hard shell squash)

Any products made from grains such as wheat, rye, rice, oats & corn.

Any type of bread, pasta, chips or cereals.

Any type of hard beans (except green beans) - navy beans, pinto beans, black eyed peas, kidney beans, black beans, soy beans, etc. This includes peas and peanuts. No tomatoes - they are a fruit.

No doughnuts, cakes, pies, pastries, cookies and chocolate.

No milk or soft cheeses.

Most fruits and no fruit juices (see below for fruits you can eat)

You also need to eliminate fruit or fruit juice because of its high sugar content except as noted below.

What foods you can eat:

As much animal protein as you want: Any kind of meat including beef, pork, lamb, turkey, chicken. Any kind of fish, seafood or shellfish. (Not more than 3-4 oz. per serving).

You can have eggs. You can have tofu.

Cheese - cottage cheese, cream cheese, parmesan, feta, ricotta mozzarella, muenster, cheddar, sour cream, etc. (no milk)

If you feel you must have some fruit you can have ¼ cup of berries a day (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, etc.) or ½ of a very small apple, but only in moderate amounts.

You can have honeydew melon or cantaloupe and Avocados but only moderate amounts.

Vegetables: Lots and Lots. Green is good. Green leafy vegetables, broccoli, green beans, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, celery, asparagus, any kind of greens such as spinach, beet greens, kale, Swiss chard, mustard greens and turnip greens.

Salad materials such as any kind of lettuce, cucumbers, bell peppers, etc.

Carrots, beets, turnips, tomatoes and parsnips may only be eaten in very small quantities due to their high sugar content

Any kind of oil such as corn, olive, peanut, walnut, grapeseed, sesame seed oil, avocado oil, etc.

Butter and Nut Butters

You can have nuts: sunflower seeds, almonds, Brazil nuts, walnuts, macadamia nuts. (No hazelnuts, cashews or pecans) Note: All nuts have some carbs but you can eat them in small quantities.

You can have a whey protein, but check the label to make sure there are no hidden sugars such as fructose, honey, etc. There are whey proteins that have Stevia in it. Jay Robb Whey Protein is one that is okay to have.

And Camel Milk - Find out why it helps Diabetes
It has been shown to lower blood sugar and improve insulin sensitivity in people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Diet is part of a Diabetic Program. You need Diet & Exercise and also nutrition to help

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What is Stressing You Out? What to do.

Some doctors and pharmaceutical companies would like you to think that it has to do with lack of serotonin and imbalanced chemicals in the brain at best. Most of the time, they tell you it’s you and try to introvert you into figuring out if it’s your relationship with your mother, or you lack of self-esteem.

You have to look at the amount of deficiencies that create the exact symptoms related to “stress”.

A deficiency is basically a nutrient that your body does not have enough of to function properly. If you forgot to put oil in your car, even if the motor was in good working condition, the engine would seize up and stop working. This same principle holds true with the functioning of your body.

Adrenal exhaustion can cause anxiety (worry), frequent feelings of stress ad difficulty handling stress. The adrenals need salt, healthy fats, vitamin C and copper to run effectively.

Toxins can deplete the body of many nutrients that the body needs to be relaxed. Toxins do not only come from the air we breathe and the food we eat but ingredients that have on their label “do not take internally” by the FDA are put into lotions, sun screens, cosmetics, deodorants soaps and shampoos. The body does absorb these things into the blood.

Lack of B vitamins can lead to stress. Deficiencies in B vitamins and vitamin C can cause fatigue and depression. Deficiencies in omega-3 essential fatty acids may lead to mood swings or depression along with fatigue and poor memory. That’s pretty stressful.

Lack of calcium can cause heart palpitations. Lack of potassium can cause irregular heartbeat. Heart palpitations and irregular heart beat alone can cause the person experiencing them a great deal of stress.

Lack of magnesium can cause nervousness. The lower your magnesium level is, the more reactive to stress you become, and the higher the levels of adrenaline in stressful situations. Higher adrenaline causes greater loss of magnesium from cells, creating a vicious cycle.

Each deficiency can create a multitude of problems for different organs and glands in the body. The adrenal gland is the stress gland and you do not want to have that imbalanced and overproducing cortisol – the stress hormone.

Stress can even create more stress. Stress gets the body to use up large quantities of nutrients which in turn lead to more nutritional deficiencies. It can lead to unhealthy behaviors in order to produce energy such as smoking, alcohol use, poor diets (wanting that quick rise in blood sugar by going to a fast food restaurant), all of which cause more nutritional deficiencies.

AND stress can lower your Immunity.

Recommended:

RHP B Complex Plus (help for the adrenals)

Stress eats up the B vitamins and fatigues the adrenal glands.  Getting a whole food B Complex is not always easy.   Here you can find more about a whole food B Complex Plus   

Vitamin C - whole food Vitamin C

Omega 3 Fish Oil - cold water fish oil (pure) with high amounts of DHA & EPA

Acupressure for stress

Learn how to do acupressure on yourself using Dr. Berg specially designed device. This invention makes it easy to reduce stress and get into the best sleep of your life.  

Use it as a tripod to address different stress points on your body. The basic program comes with step-by-step instructions via a pdf document. The complete program comes with additional video step-by-step instructions to allow you to reduce your stress, sleep soundly and feel great.

Complete Program Includes 12 Step-by-Step Video Tutorials

What is Acupressure?

Dr. Berg's Acupressure Device - more information, reviews and videos by Dr. Berg to explain more. 

And don't forget Adrenal Stress

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Beta Glucan - immunity for those with underlying health issues

Beta-glucans is a scientifically proven biological response modifier (BRM) (BRM defined as "Substances that stimulate the body's response to infection and disease"). These naturally help normalize this immune response. 

Beta-glucans boosts the immune system in people whose body defenses have been weakened by health conditions.

There have been no reported side effects from taking beta-glucans by mouth.  *Studies on Beta-Glucans

What else does it do?

As a soluble fiber, beta-glucan cannot be digested, however, it slows food transit in the intestines. As a result, carbohydrates are absorbed slower, resulting in more steady blood sugar. In addition, it moves slowly through the digestive tract, taking cholesterol with it.

There are claims that beta-glucan supplements may help with the following health conditions:

• Allergies
• Asthma
• Crohn’s Disease
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Diabetes
• Fibromyalgia
• High cholesterol
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Ulcerative colitis

Beta-glucan also strengthens the immune system and, in turn, fend off colds, flu, and even cancer. Additionally, beta-glucan is said to increase the body's defense against the harmful effects of stress.

Dental Pro 7 New Product

Dental Pro 7 has not been available in the UK. It will soon be available as DP7.

This meets all European requirements. Check back soon, or email me and I will send you information as soon as it is available.

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