Dealing with Diabetes Part I

Dealing with Diabetes

Thank you to Dr. Douglas Graham and his book The 80/10/10 Diet for this information

The American Diabetes Association says “ Therefore the use of added fructose as a sweetening agent is not recommended, however, there is no reason to recommend that people with diabetes avoid naturally occurring fructose in fruits vegetables and other foods “

Fat, Not Fruit Causes Blood –Sugar Problems

The raw-food movement is renowned for its use of great quantities of nuts, seeds, avocados, olives, flax and olive oil, coconuts and other high-fat foods. On a high-fat diet weather cooked or raw, people experience nutritional deficiencies, plummeting energy, hormone imbalances, intense cravings and mood swings…everything goes haywire, not the least of which is blood sugar.
The mechanism that causes blood sugar to rise out of control is actually very easy to understand. Let’s begin with a highly simplified description of how our bodies process sugar.

Sugar’s Three-Stage Journey Through the Body

To be used as fuel for our cells, the sugars we eat travel a three-stage journey through our bodies
Stage 1 : Sugars start out in the digestive tract when we eat them.
Stage 2 : They pass through the intestinal wall, into the bloodstream.
Stage 3 : They then move smoothly and easily out of the bloodstream and into our cells. This occurs rapidly, often in minutes.
When we eat a high-fat diet, the sugar gets trapped in stage 2, and the body works overtime, sometimes to the point of exhaustion and disease, in an effort to move the sugar out of the bloodstream.(17)  Meanwhile the sugar backs up in the blood, creating sustained, elevated blood sugar that wreaks havoc on the body in the form of candida, fatigue, diabetes, etc.

The Role of Insulin

What happens in the presence of fat that causes sugar to pile up in our bloodstream? It has to do with the pancreas. Under the direction of the brain, the pancreas is responsible for producing a hormone known as insulin. One of insulin’s roles is to attach itself to sugar molecules in the blood and then find an insulin receptor in the blood-vessel wall. The insulin can than transport the sugar molecules through the blood-vessel membrane to the interstitial fluid ( the fluid between the cells ) and continue to escort sugar across another barrier-the cell membrane-and into the cell itself.
In the body, fat provides many needed insulating functions, including conserving body heat, absorbing shock, preventing too much water from escaping through the skin, and protecting nerve fibers, But excess dietary fat in the bloodstream creates some negative insulation effects. When we eat too much fatty food. A thin coating of fat lines the blood-vessel walls, the cells insulin-receptor sites, the sugar molecules, as well as the insulin itself. These fats can take a full day or more to clear from the blood, all the while inhibiting normal metabolic activity, and preventing these various structures from communicating with each other.
Thus, to much fat in the blood impedes the movement of the sugar out of the blood-stream. This results in an overall rise in blood sugar, as sugars continue to travel from the digestive track (stage1) into the blood (stage 2) but cannot escape from the blood so they can be delivered to the cells (stage 3), which await there fuel.
Dr. Graham has worked with many diabetics over the past twenty-five years. Of course he has guided each person individually according to his or her unique history. Though he used no generic treatment plans. He did follow some general guidelines as he designed each individual’s program. In every instance, however, without exception, the use of low-fat raw vegan diet predominated by sweet fruit has resulted in stabilization of blood-sugar metabolism. Most of Dr. Graham’s clients were able to completely eliminate their need for insulin and other related drugs within weeks or less. No one was ever harmed, and he has never seen any negative consequences resulting from these dietary changes.
 

Dealing with Diabetes

The problem High dietary fat hinders the function of insulin
The fix Eat a low fat 80/10/10 eating style until your body is balanced and healthy, than you decide what eating style to continue with.

To your Health

Drew Bee