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Permalink Reply by Debbie Maddox on September 27, 2008 at 8:48pm

I, too, have been trying to make the same changes. Although life seems to get in the way a lot. Are you following a predominantly raw living food way of eating? Sounds that way. Are you making the seed cheeses? or nut cheeses? Would love to hear what your hummus recipes have been.

Although trying to keep my foods more raw and living like fruits and veggies.. I have bounced back and forth and tho I have not been diagnosed with Diabetes yet I sure do feel I am there. I went to an orientation for school today and we tested our blood glucose levels. Found out mine were way way over the norm. And I thought I was doing so well in my diet/way of eating. Maybe the back and forth has been the problem. Cleansing the body I am sure makes it more sensitive to when we make the bad choices and revert back to eating bad for a bit. What would you think?

Permalink Reply by Walker on September 27, 2008 at 9:10pm

We don't really do the raw foods diet. I just avoid the boxed, prepared meals. We're cheese addicts, but we're not to the stage of making our own yet. We have moved to predominately hard cheeses. Instead of a heavy cheese sauce (delightful though it may be), we rely on olive oil & any remaining meat/veggie juices with a little grated cheese to satisfy the palate.

My LiveJournal has most of my recipes. Sometimes I just make notes of what I made, and sometimes I write it up more formally. I've posted a lot of the same recipes in my journal here. For LiveJournal entries specifically about cooking, go here. My latest hummus recipe is here.

I admit that I'm still not much of a fruit eater. My mother snacks on bananas, plums, and peaches all day, so she's great. Any fruit I eat is generally cooked, with apples being the exception. I'm still a bit of a heathen. (heh)

It's true your body gets accustomed to abuse, but I think any physical symptoms like blood sugar, cholesterol, etc. would show. It's just that you learn to ignore the manifestations, whereas when you've eaten healthy you actually feel the difference if you revert. I could be wrong. Just my opinion.

Permalink Reply by Debbie Maddox on November 14, 2008 at 6:30am

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted. Forgot where I put my link to this board. And sorry this is so long but I had to say it. LOL Thanks for the info on your recipe and blog.

You should try getting closer to the Raw living food way of life. If you can not muster so many fruits and veggies at one meal try blending them. I can get like 4 bananas an orange and even some greens in a blender and drink my way through the amount we really need. Sometimes I juice too but that is a hassle so I blend and if I do not want the fiber I will just use a nut milk bag or one of my clean knee highs to filter it all out. It is funny. the other day I made some carrot juice which I seldom make. and was teaching my grand kids how "this is what you mouth and teeth do to food and then it goes into your intestines to get the nutrients and water out... (at this time I have my knee high stretched over the blender and pouring it into a bowl.then I will squeeze out all the juice and then I told them) and this is what it looks like when it comes out of their bottom.. and showed them the stuff... They thought it was cool.

I am also a Medical Assistant in training and we just studied the digestive system. Was so cool to see the kids faces as they sort of have helped me study.

I actually think the bouncing back and forth is what is killing me. Like my body say "hey good she is feeding us right..then aaahhhchchchc what is this crap she is feeding us?" And at this time it is crap that I am eating.. Even with all of what I have read and know to be bad.... common sense... I still go well for a week or so the gorge on crap for a day or two then feel it for the next month... so stupid but mentally something is stopping me or sabotaging me (mentally)

Have you read this book? There Is A Cure for Diabeties by Dr. Gabriel Cousens with David Rainoshek

I have not yet but sure want to. I hear it is a great book. Below is a short info on the book. I have no affiliation with this book do not get any royalties or anything... Just feel it is another option.
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There is a Cure for Diabetes is the culmination of years of work by Gabriel Cousens, MD and his former Masters student, Research Assistant, and Head Fasting coach at the Tree of Life, David Rainoshek, M.A.
David Rainoshek:
Dr. Cousens asked me to write this book with him after discussing the release of an upcoming film on his groundbreaking diabetes work at the Tree of Life. Persons in the low-glycemic Tree of Life 21 Day+ live food program routinely come off their medications within days. All Type-2 diabetics have been shown to be able to live in a non-diabetic physiology by adopting a low-glycemic diet of living foods, and many Type-1 diabetics are able to eliminate or nearly eliminate their use of insulin, effectively living free of diabetes.

This Program is revolutionary at that level, but it does not stop there. David Rainoshek offers his Juice Feasting Program for further cleansing, rebuilding, rehydrating, and alkalizing for clients who still have health challenges to resolve after the 21-Day Program at the Tree of Life. To make the transition into a diet of vegan/live foods more accessible, Cousens and Rainoshek offer two Cuisine options. One is the now famous Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine offered and taught by the Tree of Life Cafe. The second is David Rainoshek's Four Means to Get Your Greens, a real-world, raw food paradigm that takes minutes to make, and is easily individualized by even the novice to the new Cuisine.

There is a Cure for Diabetes includes over 550 references carefully collected by Rainoshek, and incredible data on Dr. Gabriel Cousens' client results, including graphs and charts such as the one seen above.

Never again will there be any doubt that diabetes has recognizeable underlying causes, and that the removal of these causes and the resolution of this debilitating condition is possible for those who are inclined to do what it takes. There is a Cure for Diabetes is more than dietary-paradigm oriented book, Cousens and Rainoshek are advocating nothing less than a change in lifestyle and world-view from the Culture of Death that has created diabetes in our times, to living in a life-affirming way at every level called the Culture of Life.

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Ok , let me know what you think..
Debbie

Permalink Reply by Robert Kaiser on July 7, 2009 at 8:55pm

Almost anyone who eats right and exercises regularly will most likely keep his diabetis under control, appear to have "cured" it, but blow the diet or stop the exercise and the bitter truth comes through. When I skip the exercise for two days, my bg rises 10 to 20 points. What I don't understand is the daybreak rise in blood sugar. Some days I will get a reading of 130 first thing in the am after no food for eight hours. Normally it is in the 100 to 110 range. Ideas anyone?

Permalink Reply by Robert Kaiser on July 7, 2009 at 8:41pm

Your diet regimen should be required reading for anyone diagnosed as prediabetic. The only thing to add is exercise 30 min per day. I was diagnosed as prediabetic 2 years ago when I had a bg reading of 126 in a routine exam. I argued it was a false reading, that I had probably had a snack that morning. At my next exam it was also high, so I agreed to being preprediabetic and started reading my bg once a day. I had a high reading about once a month, now it is about three or four times a month. I conceeded that I am prediabetic. So far I am not on medication and I am banking on the diet and exercise to keep it that way. My A1C is consistantly about 5.5 so I have a good chance to keep things as they are.

Permalink Reply by Walker on July 7, 2009 at 11:32pm

Sounds like you're certainly on the right track. Does reading once a day really help? Your bg changes after every meal. I guess if you're doing it before eating in the morning and tracking any day-to-day changes you'd have a good baseline reading. Congrats on the A1C.

I think a better idea of proper diet is important for everyone, whether diabetes is a factor or not. Looking back at my life, I now shudder to think of how much soda and junk food I ate in high school. Granted I was working out constantly, but that's still some serious body abuse.