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Diabetes and Glyconutrients
Today, most people with diabetes are only treating the
symptoms. And many medications given to people with diabetes are
actually compounding the underlying cause of the disease.
The best way to manage your diabetic condition is to address
the actual cause. Doesn't that make more sense? So let's look at
what type 2 diabetes really is.
The Simple Explanation
Other than the genes you inherited, there are two primary
causes of diabetes:
1) a long-term diet that has been high in carbohydrates,
and
2) nutritional deficiencies.
Your body breaks down carbohydrates into sugar (glucose) which
then enters your blood stream. The more carbohydrates consumed,
the higher your blood sugar goes. In response, your body produces
insulin. Insulin's job is to push the blood sugar into the cells
so they can use it for energy.
On the surface of the cells in your body are insulin
receptors, which act like little doors that open and close to
regulate the inflow of blood sugar.
After many years of consuming a high-carbohydrate diet, your
cells have been bombarded with so much insulin that these doors
begin to malfunction and shut down.
With fewer of these doors open, your body needs to produce
even more insulin to push the glucose into the cells. More
insulin causes even more doors to close and as this vicious cycle
continues a condition called "insulin resistance" sets in.
When your body can no longer produce enough insulin to push
the blood sugar into the cells, type 2 diabetes develops. It is
simply an extreme case of insulin resistance.
The key point for you to understand is that your energy,
wellness and longevity are primarily dependent on improving the
sensitivity of your cells to insulin -- how well your cells open
and close the doors and clear sugar from the blood.
What's the Bottom Line?
Since type 2 diabetes is really a severe case of insulin
resistance, the solution to your condition is to find a way to
increase the sensitivity of your cells to insulin and help your
body get the sugar out of the blood and into the cells so it can
be metabolized and turned into energy. (This inability to
metabolize sugar is one of the reasons why most diabetics often
feel tired and fatigued.)
The Deadly Effects of Excess Insulin
Your "metabolism" is the food processing and energy production
system of your body. It is made up of many extremely fine-tuned
internal processes, and can be thrown off by even the tiniest of
imbalances.
Insulin is the master hormone of your metabolism. When it is
out of balance and your insulin levels are consistently elevated,
a long list of deadly complications are created:
* Heart Disease
* Hardening of the Arteries
* Damage to Artery Wallsv * Increased Cholesterol Levels
* Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies
* Kidney Disease
* Fat Burning Mechanism Shutdown
* Accumulation & Storage of Fat
* Weight Gain
In his best-selling book, "Protein Power," Dr. Michael Eades
wrote, "When insulin levels become too high... metabolic havoc
ensues with elevated blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and
triglycerides, diabetes, and obesity all trailing in its wake.
These disorders are merely symptoms of a single more basic
disturbance in metabolism, excess insulin and insulin
resistance."
Nutritional Deficiencies from Excess Insulin
Science has shown that excess insulin also causes your body to
become deficient in many vitamins, minerals and other nutrients.
It's a proven fact that being deficient in these nutrients is
directly linked to and a cause of high blood sugar levels.
Chromium
Chromium is essential to proper metabolism and maintaining
safe sugar levels. Excess insulin depletes your body's chromium.
In "Protein Power," Dr. Eades further states, "The insulin
receptor, the structure on the surfaces of your cells that
actually become resistant to insulin, requires chromium to
function properly. Deficiency of chromium is rampant - it affects
90% of the American population - because a diet high in starch
and sugar puts a heavy demand on the insulin system to handle the
incoming carbohydrate load, and that demand depletes
chromium."
Chromium is critical to blood sugar metabolism and, and as a
diabetic you can be pretty sure that you are severely deficient
in this nutrient. If you ever wondered where your "sweet tooth"
and sugar cravings come from, now you know - chromium
deficiency!
Calcium and Magnesium are also depleted by excess insulin,
which can cause many problems, as they are critical to over 200
biochemical processes in your body.
Other very important nutrients that excess insulin causes
deficiencies in are Zinc, Selenium, Vitamin E, Vitamin C,
Vanadium, B Complex vitamins, essential fatty acids, and many
more.
Now that you know how and why people develop type 2 diabetes
and know some of the consequences of not controlling your blood
sugar level, here are your choices:
You can continue on with what you've been doing...
Or you can research the science and testimonials surrounding
Glyconutrients.
Fortunately, your body has miraculous healing powers, is very
resilient and operates in a very intelligent manner. If you give
it the right fuel and the right nutrients, it will respond very
quickly. Some exercise and the right attitude also help!
The first step is to switch your body from an out-of-control,
nutrient-depleting and fat-storing machine into a clean,
nutrient-rich, fat-burning machine!
To do this you must:
1) Restrict the carbohydrates in your diet, and
2) Take the right nutritional supplements.
These two actions are not optional or negotiable! Your body
will only burn fat (and properly utilize nutrients) if its
metabolism is balanced. Doing 1 and 2 above on a regular basis is
the only way to address the root cause of your diabetic
problem and balance your body's metabolism for the
long-term.
Jason Carriere is an alternative health advocate and wellness
crusader, specializing in glyconutrient
education.
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