Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] Re: Diabetic?

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Re: [fast5] Re: Diabetic?

What does she propose for treatment?

I don't have diabetes, at least not so far, but what I have found, and
what appears to happen for a lot of people, is that fast-5 (and
other intermittent-fasting protocols, in studies) helps with
insulin resistance, over the long run. Some people also couple
it with low-carb eating. But the only way to really tell what works
for you, esp. in terms of what foods to eat, is to keep testing
your blood sugar and see what works.

One thing I've found very helpful is konjac. It comes in pills
called "PGX", or as a powder from MiracleNoodle.com. It
makes carbs and sugars not hit your bloodstream so fast,
so the glucose curve is less. Also helps regulate your hunger.
It is one of the things that some Type 2 diabetics have found
very helpful:

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http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/index.php?option=com_content&view-article&id=1318

Two studies were presented at the American Diabetes Association 63rd
Scientific Sessions. In one study, people with type 2 diabetes who
consumed ginseng and Konjac mannan fiber (a highly viscous fiber
similar to pectin) had a notable reduction in blood glucose levels
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Another one, oddly enough, is vinegar. A tablespoon of vinegar
in water, before a meal, lowers the glucose curve after the meal.
Yogurt works too:

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http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/index.php?option=com_content&view-article&id=2475

Although all three groups in the study had better blood readings after
meals begun with vinegar cocktails, the people with signs of future
diabetes—prediabetic symptoms—reaped the biggest gains. For instance,
vinegar cut their blood-glucose rise in the first hour after a meal by
about half, compared with readings after a placebo premeal drink.
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Anyway, the diabetes sites have loads of information about stuff
you can do (easily!) to help. I personally think that for some people
it's a result of high ferritin levels, and so a ferritin test should be
done too (if high ferritin is the cause, then donating blood helps
a lot).

As for Fast-5: in the long run it SHOULD help, not hurt. In the
short run, it might make for higher BG readings while you are
fasting. In that case, getting some exercise or snacking on
something like carrot sticks while "getting used" to the diet
might help. Or vinegar water. The high BG readings while
fasting are sometimes just caused by high cortisol, but it
goes away after your body adapts. The way to tell would be to
take a reading every hour and see what is *really* going
on.

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:32 AM, afwitmer <afwitmer@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just got back from the doctor
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> She says I DO have Type II diabetes
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> So how does that change Fast-5 for me??
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "afwitmer" <afwitmer@...> wrote:
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>> I am back on fast-5 again after a break. I did not know that I had diabetes. My doctor took my A1C in January and it was 5.9 However, I have had gestational diabetes 3 times in the last 6 years or so. I am not pregnant now.
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>> This morning I took my blood sugar, after fasting for about 11 hours or so and it was 129 !!!!!!! And that was fasting!!!! I took it another time before that and it was 119!!!! Whoa! Does anything change for me with this diet/lifestyle if I have diabetes OR pre-diabetes?
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