has anyone heard the word detox

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Permalink Reply by Joe on November 4, 2009 at 6:29pm

Let me tell you a story, I have a friend that is on insulin too and she is looking for ways to control her sugar still because like my grandmother who was on it even though she took insulin she still had to do the things that make her body more efficient. You cant just stop taking insulin The harsh reality is the disease continue even though you are insulin you still have the highs and low of the sugar. My friend is on insulin two shots long and short shots
She swam and rode her bike daily as she states she felt much better I am on a new medication that controls the production of glucose because I either don't produce enough insulin or the cells and tissues in my body which the insulin is supposed to provide access to are resistant. My grandmother (insulin) walked everyday and ate snacks in the car to maintain control over her blood sugar. My friend uses a cane and no longer walks or swims I have not seen her at work for considerable amount of time ( 4 weeks) The primary defense will be the medication but I guarantee like my nurse always says if you stop fighting expect it to only get worse The reason I am so determined about stuff exercise and diet is my family on both sides if you ask them about about diabetes its a death sentence. There is both Type 1 and Type 2 in my family I have watched my grandmother stressful personality regulate her sugar I feel real bad for you because as much as you think you know about your disease you don't know enough about basic principles of digestion I invite you to read about blood sugar control from a doctor http://lifetimefitness.mylt.com/blogs/drmatt/2009/09/28/blood-sugar... The most basic concept is you can sit and wait and let the disease slowly ruin your body or you can do things to control your blood sugar when your medication is not There is a chance by the way that I will be put on insulin but I am not going to stop working out and eating right just cause I am on insulin because I would end up blind (grandma) legs removed(her sister) or coma(grandma) Stroke (great aunt)
massive corinary (great uncle) Stop waiting for a miracle cure and fight it every day

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on November 4, 2009 at 7:11pm

Your link to Dr. Marturano's blog that you keep linking to is broken. Perhaps Lifetime Fitness removed his posts there with good reason.

We are trying to tell YOU what you do not know and understand.

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Permalink Reply by June English on November 22, 2009 at 9:28am

Joe,

You are barking up the wrong tree!!!! Get off of tudiabetes.com
We Type I diabetics have this disease because of an auto-immune attack (mistaken identity attack in which the T cells attacked a GOOD thing - the beta cells of our pancreases.) We got no symptoms until all of the beta cells died off, and now we must take insulin. Without injections of insulin, we would be DEAD.

Please remove yourself from tudiabetes.com
You are hindering us, rather than helping us!

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Permalink Reply by Joe on November 4, 2009 at 5:56pm

http://lifetimefitness.mylt.com/blogs/drmatt/2009/09/28/blood-sugar...
http://tudiabetes.com/forum/topics/going-high-after-exercise
Let me make it simple your body becomes use to abnormal blood sugar hence the word average my is 263
when my body sweats it is from something like according to the ADA low blood sugar What is low blood sugar is it lower than the average maybe I think so. Now we have a reaction (sweating) from an action(Yoga) I provided the knowledge of a doctor please read that carefully. Now about the socks talk to people that run or hike What do you do to keep from getting blisters on your feet OK first how do you get blisters moisture that build up and friction that happens during exercise, cotton will absorb that moisture or wick it away Again it is crazy these guide lines set by the ADA to get blood sugar control. Gosh has nobody talked about preprocessed foods cause I have my diabetic education book I can loan you. Stop reading all the books and consider exercise of some sort I promise the results will astound you. People all have an expert opinion on what should be done what to eat how much to eat. My best advice although it is tough is to focus on what areas you are weak in diet exercise stress and work on that for yourself cause its all about helping you the individual because its your body your are fighting with learn the tools you need to fight your battle and I guarantee your results will be much better

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on November 4, 2009 at 6:25pm

You do not become low from sweating, Joe. You become low from the use of glucose to fuel your cells for the exertion of exercise. In a non-diabetic body, this reaction is counterbalanced by the release of glycogen from your liver as you work out and your insulin would cut back to about 50% of its normal rate. For those of us with diabetes, we have to manage our diet (protein/carbs) in order to find an efficient blood sugar level for stability throughout a workout and many of us must also manage insulin to mimic a non-diabetic's response to physical exertion.

My pancreas has not produced insulin in two decades due to this autoimmune disease - diabetes. Exercise cannot help that, Joe. You don't know what you're talking about.

That being said, you'll find that everyone here on TuDiabetes.com already knows and understands the benefits of a healthy exercise regimen to build lean muscle, reduce excess fat, and help manage higher blood sugars.

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Permalink Reply by matthew g wilkie on November 4, 2009 at 9:42pm

i think this guy needs to detox off what ever he is drinking

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Permalink Reply by Leona Peterson on November 16, 2009 at 6:09am

Hi, Joe,
There are some good endocrinologists in Buffalo. Get with one and follow his instructions. If you still have an A1c of 8, you need to get serious about well researched diabetes treatment. An 8 puts you inline with serious complications. Work hard!!
If you need detox for something else before you can work with your Endocrinologist, ask for a referral to a specialist in it. Be honest with yourself and with the endo.
Each of needs to be serious about therapy for diabetes. These other ideas are getting in the way of your diabetes treatment.
Detox does not have research supporting it as therapy for diabetes.
And I know. I have been working with someone over the past year and a half to get him through detox, and he still has another six months to go. Detox is not for diabetes.
Work at it, Joe, and let us know how it goes. We're interested that you get yourself well.

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Permalink Reply by Joe on November 18, 2009 at 9:36pm

I have a good friend who is type 1 and was put on an insulin immersion The doctor put you on a really high dose of insulin soaking your body in it She currently is waiting to find out if her liver kidneys and brain function are all damaged due the dose. She is on antibiotics to get the excess insulin out her body which is causing infection Her body because of being Type 1 is treating insulin like a foreign substance at first My diabetes is made worse by eating poorly. The ADA list Yoga as a leading exercise that helps with some of the complication caused by uncontrolled. Increased circulation carries more oxygen through the body and decreased stress lowers sever spikes. I like everyone sweats when my sugar is too high. Why does that happen or why do you get thirsty why do you have to go to the bathroom alot. What is your body doing. Yes because I read and ask questions (that the doctor and Endo cant answer) Consider treating it for the long term not just a shot but whats going to make me better and live longer.
If drugs were a miracle cure I would be sitting at an 6.5 without eating right or exercising.
Strangely enough doctors don't know about nutrition and the community as a whole cannot agree on things like losing weight. I did something that no other patient of my nurse pract/ Endo has done, I lost the weight and dropped my number the first three months of being diagnosed. Now how did I do that I followed a diet plan which included eating 6 times a day small portions of a balanced diet and I exercised. I drank a gallon of water a day because hydration is important to the bodies functionality.
When you go to the bathroom you body eliminates waste products, when you don't go to the bathroom you body becomes toxic. So if you exercise and eat right your body eliminates waste products which keeps it from being toxic. I was hospitalized because my body was becoming toxic. What did they do they gave me antibiotics to help my body fight the toxins and the solution to hydrate my body. What if by sweating your pores open and toxins in your body poured out. Take something like salt known to cause high blood pressure and in diabetics worse cause the body is taxed just with the diabetes so an added stress er like high blood pressure gets magnified a lot Salt is sweated out during exercised leveling your body off. Things become a toxin based on how your body reacts to it. Stress is a toxin for some diabetics, some are sensitive to amount of sleep. It is important to find out what things influence the individual, because the less change in the body the less tax on your body. By the way I tested at 7.2 dropped to 6.8 in three months of getting just my medication and did not go up till I gave up on my exercise because of cost. Your body does the detox naturally as long as it has the right tools to do so.
Consider your choices everyday and maybe find the tools to keep your body detoxed

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on November 19, 2009 at 1:52am

Like the others, I find it difficult to follow your posts. They're a combo of your theories & gross misinformation.

Insulin immersion? Where in the world did you get this? Higher doses of insulin than needed causes hypoglycemia, possible coma & death. No doctor prescribes "insulin immersion"--whatever this is & then tests to see if organs are damaged. This is absurd!

Equally absurd is that antibiotics would be given to remove excess insulin & that excess insulin is the cause of her infection. First the doctor allegedly "immerses" her with insulin & now he/she is giving the patient antibiotics to get rid of the extra insulin? Can you see the illogic of your statements?

Many people lose weight & lower their BG & A1c within the first three months of diagnosis. Your endo must have very few patients if you're his first one to accomplish this.

We all agree that diet & exercise are important & that stress adversely effects us. As for the rest of your posts, they make no sense.

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on November 19, 2009 at 7:58am

I agree, Gerri. Joe doesn't seem to understand how insulin works in either the diabetic or the non-diabetic body (seriously, what could an antibiotic do to increased levels of hormone, especially a hormone that stays active in your body for only a few hours?). He assumes that you can sweat out glucose and he assumes that the rest of us don't understand that exercise and diet are key to good diabetes control. Unfortunately, he is also unwilling to be educated by the 11,000+ of us in this community who could explain it to him. And like many newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetics, he has been led to believe that insulin is "bad" in some way by poorly educated medical personnel.

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on November 19, 2009 at 8:40am

Melissa,

Scary. Worried for Joe's health & others who read his discussion believing they can "sweat out" glucose & that insulin is the enemy & the rest of this nonsense.

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Permalink Reply by Kristin on November 22, 2009 at 10:51pm

Insulin immersion sounds like sitting in a tub full of insulin. Wow, that would stink!

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