Understanding
Type II Diabetes in a Nutshell
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Whenever you have a disease, if its diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, etc., you have to get to the root of the problem, don't just treat the symptoms.
Besides your inherited genes there are two primary causes of type II diabetes.
The first is a high carbohydrate diet that you have had for years.
Some high carbohydrate foods include pizza, white potatoes, pierogies, pasta, gravy, bread, anything made with white flour or white sugar, etc.
The second is nutritional deficiencies usually brought on by years of insulin resistance.
How this works is your body breaks down carbohydrates into sugar (glucose) which then enters your blood. The more carbohydrates consumed, the higher your blood sugar goes.
Your body then produces insulin in response to the high glucose levels.
Insulin's job is to push the blood sugar into the cells.
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 less 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.
The insulin resistance can get so bad that your body can no longer produce enough insulin to push the blood sugar into the cells. The blood sugar then rises out of control resulting in type 2 diabetes.
Type II Diabetes is simply an extreme case of insulin resistance.
The key point is that your energy, wellness and longevity are primarily dependent on improving the sensitivity of your cells to insulin. You have to get your cells to open and close the doors again and clear sugar from the blood.
The inability to metabolize sugar is one of the reasons why most diabetics often feel tired and fatigued.
The Effects of to much Insulin
Your "metabolism" is the food processing and energy production system of your body. 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 Walls
* Increased Cholesterol Levels
* Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies
* Kidney Disease
* Fat Burning Mechanism Turned Off
* 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. Chromium has the extremely important job of re-sensitizing the insulin resistant cells of the body. It does this by enabling the receptor sites (small doors) on the surface of the cells, to open and allow the glucose in the blood to enter the cells, so that the glucose can be cleared from the blood.
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 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.
Banaba leaf which contains corosolic acid and other active components is a time-tested plant from Asia has been used for centuries for high blood sugar control, because it significantly enhances glucose transport into the cells.
Corosolic acid is called a "phyto-insulin" because it is plant-based and acts like insulin in the body. It also helps maintain low blood pressure and normal kidney function.
Other very important nutrients which excess insulin causes you to be deficient in are Zinc, Selenium, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vanadium, B Complex vitamins, essential fatty acids and many more.
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:
Restrict the carbohydrates in your diet and Take the right nutritional supplements
These two actions are not negotiable!
Your body will only burn fat and properly utilize nutrients if its metabolism is balanced.
Restricting the carbohydrates in your diet and taking the right nutritional supplements on a regular basis is the only way to get to the root cause of your diabetic problem and balance your body's metabolism for the long-term.
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