Introduction
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition marked by
high levels of sugar in the blood. It causes serious health complications,
including renal (kidney) failure, heart disease, stroke, and blindness. This
serious disease has seen a drastic increase in the number of Africans who are
affected.
Symptoms of Diabetes
Initial symptoms of diabetes include frequent urination, lethargy, excessive thirst, and hunger.
Understanding
the Cause
Every cell in the human body needs the energy to
function. The body's primary energy source is glucose, a simple sugar resulting
from the digestion of foods containing carbohydrates (sugars and starches).
Glucose from the digested food circulates in the blood as a needed energy
source for our cells. Insulin is a hormone produced by the beta cells in the
pancreas, an organ located behind the stomach. Insulin bonds to a receptor site
on the outside of cells and acts like a key to open a doorway into the cell
through which glucose can enter. When there is not enough insulin produced or
when the doorway no longer recognizes the insulin key, glucose stays in the
blood rather than entering the cells. So diabetes is the rise of glucose in the
bloodstream due to a relative lack of the hormone insulin, which is responsible
for the transfer of glucose from the blood into the tissues or cells. Normally,
as we eat and the glucose rises in the bloodstream, insulin-producing cells in
the pancreas sense the glucose rise in the bloodstream. They then secrete the
appropriate amount of insulin to drive the glucose into the body's tissues,
lowering the level in the bloodstream back to an appropriate range. Blood sugar
greater than 125 = diabetic, Blood sugar 110–125 = prediabetic, Blood sugar
95–110 is not ideal; blood sugar 70–100 is normal.
In type 2 diabetes, the amount of insulin produced
is insufficient to lower the glucose level to normal; the level of glucose in
the blood remains too high. In type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, the beta cells in
the pancreas have been destroyed, so the body does not produce insulin at all.
In type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, usually, the body is not adequately
responding to the insulin being produced. Fat on the body coats the cell
membranes and impedes insulin function. The pancreas produces more and more
insulin in response, but over time as the pancreas struggles with the extra
workload, it eventually loses the fight and becomes unable to meet the
unnaturally high demands. As insulin production starts to falter under the
increased demands, the glucose in the bloodstream starts to rise. In both
cases, with type 1 or type 2, insulin lack or insulin insensitivity, the
glucose rises in the bloodstream. If it gets high enough, it also spills over
into the urine. The body will attempt to dilute the dangerously high level of
glucose in the blood, a condition called hyperglycemia, by drawing water out of
the cells and into the bloodstream to dilute the sugar and excrete it in the
urine. It is not unusual for people with undiagnosed diabetes to be constantly
thirsty, drink large quantities of water, and urinate frequently as the body
tries to get rid of the extra glucose. This creates high levels of glucose in
the urine.
Myth about
diabetes
People with Diabetes Should Avoid Carbohydrates.
Diabetes is caused by Eating Too Much Sweet Food.
Drinking bitter herbs can reverse diabetes.
You can't eat any sweets if you have diabetes.
Can it be
prevented, eliminated, or reversed?
Diabetes can be prevented, reversed, and
eliminated — without medication?
How? Fueling yourself with real food, which repairs
damaged cells, tissues, organelles, and organs rebuilds your microbiome, boosts
your immune system and metabolism, and allows your body to naturally fight the
deficiency effectively.
Why does
diabetes happen?
After being diagnosed with diabetes, the first
question that most people ask is, "Why?" "Why is this happening
to my body?" Where does this disease come from? Is it genetic? Is it
caused by toxins in the environment? Is it caused by witchcraft? Is it because
I grew up next to a power plant that was always spewing smoke into the air? Is
it because I used to drink carbonated or sugary drinks every day? Is it caused
by stress? Is it something I did or didn't do? Did I exercise too much or too
little? "Is God punishing me or testing me?" The answer is... Maybe
all of those things. Maybe some of those things Maybe none of those things It's
nearly impossible to know exactly why diabetes develops because the causes can
be "everything and anything." So, if you've got diabetes, what caused
it? We don't know. We may never know. In my opinion, the best course of action
is to stop worrying about the past and instead take charge of the present and
future.
How to cure
diabetes
When you eat mostly high-nutrient foods, the body
ages slower and is better equipped to prevent and reverse many common
illnesses. The natural self-healing and self-repairing ability that is
hibernating in your body wakes up and takes over, and diseases disappear. A
nutrient-rich menu of green vegetables, fruits, beans, mushrooms, onions,
seeds, and other natural foods is the key to achieving optimal weight and
health. Contrary to popular speculation, diabetes is not an inevitable
consequence of aging. We are not the victims of poor genetics. There is no need for a steady supply of pills for the rest of our lives. We have come to believe that
our excess, disease-causing body fat is normal, acceptable, and too difficult
to take off. Drugs are not the solution to diabetes or other problems that seem
to come with aging. Knowledge leads to power. Learning how the foods you eat
affect your health and well-being gives you the power to become healthy, live
longer, and feel better every single day.
When you eat sufficient micronutrients and fiber
with a high-nutrient diet, it suppresses food cravings. Amazingly, you begin to
naturally crave fewer calories. This puts an end to overeating. If you are
overweight, this approach will rapidly create weight loss until your body finds
its natural, healthy weight.
Diabetes is not a death sentence, but we can't keep
following conventional medicine and dieticians' advice or the excessive insulin
and overuse of other medications they call for and expect a cure.
Healing
Therapy
There are six components to healing therapy. For
best results, all of them need to be practiced together. The components are:
1. Juicing: Juice and drink vegetables and fruits
to reverse nutrient deficiency
2. Eating: Eat real, whole, unprocessed, unrefined
foods to reverse nutrient deficiencies and provide your body and microbiome
with the much-needed plant-based insoluble fiber that you can't get anywhere
else.
3. Detoxifying the liver
4. Probiotics: Take probiotic drinks to help your
body digest your food so that you can acquire even more nutrients from every
morsel and replenish the body with nutrients that you can't get from food
alone.
5. Rest: It's crucial to conserve healing energy
through sleep and rest.
6. Exercise: The exercise is limited to activities
like yoga, Qigong, and gentle walking and stretching until full recovery.
WHAT NOT TO
EAT AND WHAT TO EAT
Diabetics mostly die of heart attacks. A meat-based
diet promotes atherosclerosis, increases the risk of blood clots, and
accelerates kidney failure in diabetics. A diet high in animal products and low
in vegetables and beans is the formula for a medical disaster. Diabetics need
the opposite: a diet high in vegetables and beans and low in animal products.
What NOT to
Eat
• Food that has a label on it.
• Food that was prepared in a factory
• Food that has been contaminated with toxins or
pesticides
• Heavily processed Food—frozen, freeze-dried,
deep-fried, preserved, sulfured, packaged, etc.
• Food that has been sitting on a shelf for more
than two days, like crackers, cookies, bread, and cereals.
• Food that is refined, like flour, oils,
beverages, etc.
What to Eat
For the rest of your life, commit to eating real
food, which means organic vegetables and fruits, whole, unrefined grains, and
legumes.
THE BEST
FOODS TO EAT TO REVERSE DIABETES
Diabetics should choose one or more of these foods
daily as part of their diets of unrefined grains, vegetables, legumes, fruits,
herbs, and a limited amount of nuts and seeds.
Grains and
Legumes: Millet, Wild Rice (Local Unpolished), Oats, Fresh Corn, Whole
Wheat, and its Bran, Tofu and Soy Products, Mung Bean, Chickpea
Vegetables
and Fruits: Cauliflower, Zucchini, Squash, Tomatoes, Pumpkin, Kale, Chives,
Mushrooms, Fluted Pumpkin Leaf, Onions, Eggplant, Green Beans, Lettuce, Peppers—Green,
Red, And Yellow, Carrot, Radish, Jerusalem Artichoke, Leeks, Okra, Green Leaf,
Broccoli, Turnip, Asparagus, Spinach/Waterleaf, Avocado, Pear, Plum Lemon,
Grapefruit, Lime, Wolfberry, Blueberry, Huckleberry and Kiwi
Carbohydrates:
Yam, Beetroot, Potatoes—All Varieties, Plantain, Cocoyam, Water Yam, Banana—All
Varieties,
Herbs:
Dandelion Root and Leaf, Cedar Berries, Yarrow Flowers, Mint, Chamomile,
Blueberry/Huckleberry Leaf, Chrysanthemum, Utazi, Lemongrass
Sweeteners:
Licorice Tea or Powder, Stevia Powder or Extract, Lucuma Powder, Erythritol
Protein:
Clam, Snail, Abalone Cow's Milk, Yogurt, Pancreas Of Lamb, Pork, Beef, Or Fowl,
Chicken, Turkey, Lamb, Lamb Kidney, Chicken Breast, Goose, Quail, Salmon, Quail
Eggs, Shrimps.
Spices:
Fenugreek, Bay Leaf, Ginger, Cilantro, Mustard Seed, Turmeric, Black Pepper
(Oziza), Cinnamon, Parsley, Celery, Coriander, Clove, Curry Leaf, Marjoram,
Fennel, Garlic, Rosemary, Sage, Dill, Oregano, and Basil.
Drinks:
Pineapple probiotic drink, Cabbage, and Carrot Probiotic Juice, Beet and Carrot
Probiotic Juice
A Sample
Meal Plan
Here's what a day of real food could look like
Breakfast:
Coconut Oatmeal.
Lunch:
Edikang Ikong or Okra Soup with Banku, Fufu, Wheat Flour, and Cocoyam Flour.
see recipe
Dinner:
Vegetable Biryani or Plantain porridge
Juices:
Sip organic fruit/vegetable (fresh fruit in season,) juice throughout the day
Probiotic
Drink: Drink 350ml of homemade probiotic drink after lunch or dinner or
both.
Dessert:
if you want something more, try fresh organic fruits.
Cooking
Technique
Long and
Low: For optimum health, you want to cook your veggies using the "long
and low" method. This means cooking slowly, for a long time, at a low
temperature, and with little or no added water. So, rather than cranking up the
heat and scorching your veggies, or steaming or boiling the nutrients out of
them, you're going nice and slow. Why do this? It's all about getting the most
nutritional bang for your buck. When you go long and low, you're using heat to
break down parts of vegetables that would otherwise be indigestible, and you
use heat to make the phytochemical more readily available so that your body
can absorb the maximum amount of nutrients from every bite. By cooking with little
or no water in the Long and Low method, you keep many of the valuable
water-soluble vitamins from migrating into the boiling water, which means more
nutrients available to you. One of my favorite long and low dishes is Edikang
Ikong soup. See Recipe.
Water
Frying: Did you know that you can "fry" veggies without using
butter or oil? It's true. It's all about using long and slow methods. You can
practice with an onion. Peel off the outer layer of brown, papery skin. Chop it
up. Toss it into a saucepan. Cook it long and low. Stir occasionally. If your
onion begins to stick to the sides of the pan, add a few tablespoons of water.
Not too much. Just a tiny bit. Keep stirring. When the onions start sticking
again, add a few more tablespoons of water. Keep stirring. Eventually, you'll
have a beautiful pan of deep, rich, buttery, caramelized onions that look and
taste like they've been fried, even though you haven't added a single drop of
refined oil. Avoid oil-fried foods as much as you can.
Conclusion
Beans, nuts, and seeds can also contribute to
digestive problems at the beginning of transitioning to this way of eating. To
combat these issues, use beans at almost every meal but in very small amounts
until you adjust. Make sure the nuts and seeds are spread out at various meals
and you are not eating too much at one time. If you are troubled by digestive
problems, try the following:
• Chew your food better, especially salads.
• Eat beans in smaller amounts.
• Soak beans and legumes overnight before cooking.
• Use herbs as a tea
• Drink more probiotic beverages and avoid
carbonated and alcoholic ones.
• Do not overeat.
• Eat fewer raw vegetables and more cooked green
vegetables, and grains,
• Do not use salt. Use herbs, spices, lemon,
vinegar, or other no-salt seasonings to flavor food.
• Avoid the use of oil. If you must use it, use
olive oil and unrefined palm oil.
Be patient and give your body a little time to
adjust to a different eating style. Remember, your digestive tract can make
adjustments if it's allowed to do it gradually. In five weeks, you are bound to
see significant results if not total healing.
Congratulations on this life-saving journey.
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