At age 73 my A1C level went to 7.6% turning my condition from pre-diabetic to full Type 2 diabetes.
By a simple diet change and an OTC mineral in three months, my A1C went down to 5.7 which is completely normal.
I am not clear which of the changes was most important, I suspect it was a synergistic action, so here are the major changes I made.
First, recent studies show that brief fasting is very useful. A three day fast will completely reset your immune system.
I am following a much easier schedule, 16-hour fasts, which essentially means three square means in 8 hours and no snacking after. Not that difficult to keep up.
Second, I now take chromium picolinate daily instead of when I get around to it.
Thirdly, easy for my spouse and I because we only use 5 lbs of white sugar a year and that mostly to feed yeast, we cut out all white flour, rice, and potatoes - high glycemic index foods.
We never did eat very much processed food and no fast food so transitioning to zero processed food chemicals was easy. Turns out whole wheat pizza and even cauliflower pizza taste better than traditional pizza - you just need slightly stronger sauce because the whole wheat bread is tastier.
Better than insulin or even constant blood sugar monitoring, although I have a friend who is so enamored with his disease that he won't even try my simple changes for a few months.
It always amazes me even after all these years how many people fall in love with a disease to the point where they simply won't try even easy, safe, and cheap potential cures or treatments.
By a simple diet change and an OTC mineral in three months, my A1C went down to 5.7 which is completely normal.
I am not clear which of the changes was most important, I suspect it was a synergistic action, so here are the major changes I made.
First, recent studies show that brief fasting is very useful. A three day fast will completely reset your immune system.
I am following a much easier schedule, 16-hour fasts, which essentially means three square means in 8 hours and no snacking after. Not that difficult to keep up.
Second, I now take chromium picolinate daily instead of when I get around to it.
Thirdly, easy for my spouse and I because we only use 5 lbs of white sugar a year and that mostly to feed yeast, we cut out all white flour, rice, and potatoes - high glycemic index foods.
We never did eat very much processed food and no fast food so transitioning to zero processed food chemicals was easy. Turns out whole wheat pizza and even cauliflower pizza taste better than traditional pizza - you just need slightly stronger sauce because the whole wheat bread is tastier.
Better than insulin or even constant blood sugar monitoring, although I have a friend who is so enamored with his disease that he won't even try my simple changes for a few months.
It always amazes me even after all these years how many people fall in love with a disease to the point where they simply won't try even easy, safe, and cheap potential cures or treatments.
