type 2 diabetics

[crickadoodle]

I just read through this on the Mercola website.  It is specifically for type 2 diabetics.  There is a list of fruits and the amount of fructose in them, so would show you which are the best to eat for diabetics, I think.  I'll send the link in a PM to Lynn, since she was wondering about this.

Here is the link for anyone who is interested:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... sands.aspx

[vleller]

Thanks Crick & MNGirl, for suggesting and giving me the links to the GI.  I've also cut waaaaay back on my use of Truvia.  I would put it in my hot tea where I hadn't been doing so before.  Maybe it was bothering me too?  I already knew that I couldn't use Splenda ro the other artifical sweeteners as they caused me to bloat.  
[glow=green,2,300]Lynn[/glow]

[BMorg]

Being a newbie, and a Type 2 Diabetic, this thread is especially interesting to me, and I've enjoyed reading every post. BUT, it makes me sad that some of the people that started out so strong and excited seemed to have disappeared. John & Robert 42, are you still out there??? 

[Mary J]

I started on LDL in OCt 09,,, and of course hubby eats what I fix,,, he was borderline diabetic when we started... he eats lunch out everyday, and most of the time its not LDL, but still his last bloodwork showed he was back in the normal range!  YIPPEE, plus he has lost about 15 to 20 lbs...

Mary J

[2good2btrue]

I am also a person that has Diabetes Type 2 and am on an insulin pump.  I hardly use any insulin at all and my blood sugars are now 5.7 instead of over 8.  Lets do Lunch works.  The fruits are plentiful now and that is what I have been eating.  It is going to take a while before the "medical society" will even acknowledge this way of eating.  This is not a diet but a lifestyle change.  I talked with my Diabetes Educator for my followup and she had me get off the program because it didn't give me enough protein.  I then went back to my Endocrinologist and my sugars went up to 6.7 and my weight was beginning to come back along with the cravings.  I told my doctor what had happened and he said "Go back on the program--I have not seen such dramatic results in any of my patients.  What was the program called?  I then told him about "Let's Do Lunch" and he immediately thought I was talking about a dating service and told him no it is a way of eating and showed him my book.

I am anxiously awaiting my next tests to see what my A1C will be now but I am finally back to no cravings and thank God watermelon is back in season.  Everyone has a stumble here and there but we have to remember we didn't put the weight on overnight but this way of eating is healthy and it is the next best thing of weight falling off rapidly.  I had given up trying to lose the weight and reduce my insulin but it can be done.

This is not a "Fruit Diet" but I sure enjoy eating the fruit.  Almost reminds me of the "Garden of Eden" whereby fruits were plentiful.  God did not put fruits on this earth for us not to enjoy or limit their use.  Sorry my bandbox just fell over.  Got to go but do not get discouraged.

[LINDA RN]

I am not diabetic, nor am I extrememly well read in Diabetes. But I have a suspicion that eating the processed grains in addition to the fruits may be why blood sugars go up eating fruit. I have had some issues with low blood sugars and now that I am off the processed stuff, I can eat fruit alone and not have the spikes in blood sugars.

[LINDA RN]

Just ran across this article.

Diabetics With Poor Blood Sugar Control Often Have Vitamin D Deficiencies
June 25, 2010 by Personal Liberty News Desk

Diabetic patients with low serum levels of vitamin D may have added difficulty controlling their blood sugar, according to a new Johns Hopkins study.

Lead author Esther Krug, an assistant professor of medicine at the university’s School of Medicine, and her colleagues analyzed the blood work of 124 patients with type 2 diabetes who visited their endocrinologist between 2003 and 2008.

They found that 91 percent of patients, aged 36 to 89, were suffering from either a vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency. Only 6 percent of respondents were taking nutrient supplements at the time of the study.

Furthermore, patients with the lowest levels of vitamin D had the highest hemoglobin A1c value, a gauge of blood sugar control. African American diabetics, on average, had the lowest serum levels of the nutrient and the poorest blood sugar control.

"This finding supports an active role of vitamin D in the development of type 2 diabetes," said Krug. "Since primary care providers diagnose and treat most patients with type 2 diabetes, screening and vitamin D supplementation as part of routine primary care may improve health outcomes of this highly prevalent condition."

[niki]

i think in error, my dvr recorded an infomercial on vitamin d and it made me look online for info....needless to say, i ordered from my vitamin place and started taking it yesterday....they are saying that they've been seeing low vitamin d levels in cancer patients.......your body produces vitamin d when your skin is exposed to the sun...but, very few people are out in the sun long enough without stuff on their skin....sun screens impair the body's ability to produce vitamin d....but, it's so easy to take a supplement..
so, the next time i have blood drawn, i'm going to ask my doctor to do a vitamin d level to make sure that the 2,000 units is not too much..... 

[LINDA RN]

I was also concerned about blood levels. I head a recommendation that cancer patients take 15,000 units a day. Seemed like alot and wondered about toxicity. Did some more research on line and saw one report that toxicity became an issue when patients were taking 100,000 (or was it 150,000?) units/day over a consistent several month period. Of course everyone is different, so blood levels are best to check. I personally feel safe taking 5,000-10,000 units a day. But then again, I am not very good at taking anything consistently every day.

[hopefull]

Great info on the Vitamin D! . I think vitamins deficiencies are at the bottom of many what we call diseases. Anything that is chronic and develops over time. Makes a lot of sense to me. Orthomolecular Medicine has been very successful treating with sometimes mega doses of vitamins.


Niki and LindaRN thanks so much for sharing

Hugs,
Bobbi

[wendysgoodnews]

I  was just reading today that people who have trouble keeping their blood levels normal are taking Aloe Vera Plant.  The tests they have done with Aloe Vera sounded like a good thing.  You can type in Aloe Vera and diabetes in your search engine and there are interesting articles.

[lulu65]

interesting and many cancer patients if taking  treatment are sensitive to sunlight so they would be vitamin D deficient..

[DiannaLyn]

My A1C jumped from 7 to 12 when I started working 3rd shift.  I have it down to 9 now, but that's not good.  I just bought the book and I'm about to start LDL.  Does anyone have any insight into how that works with third shifters?  Do I eat the "lunch" at 3 a.m.?

[LINDA RN]

Wow,
Third shift is a bummer.
I guess it would depend on when you sleep. Lunch at 3 would be about right if you plan to crash within a few hours of getting home. I know some stay up until about 2 in the afternoon and sleep until just before time to get to work. In that case you could do fruit and salads at work and have a big meal when you go home. The thing is not to be going to sleep after a big meal. You need to be up and moving for several hours after eating that big protein meal. Let us know how you have worked it out as there are others on the board who do the night shift also.