rochelle wrote:
Rochelle,
This actually makes it worse - feeds the fungi very nicely!
Are you sure?
For a long time there was an old wives tale going round that "taught" us
not to exercise after eating. I used to believe it myslef - not based on
any experience or science - just on what was drummed into me as a kid by
all and sundry
It was all incorrect - and in fact exercising after eating is actually
very healthy - especially for those who are diabetic or what is
(erroneously) called "pre-diabetic".
The term "pre-diabetic" is opne invented by ADA to limit how many they
have to call diabetic - an artificial entity indeed! A bit like being
partly pregnant. There's no such thing.
Either your pancreas is healthy and normal and is dong what it should as
soon as carbs touch your saliva - or it is not, and if it is not normal
your glucose WILL go up when it should be managed at 80 to 90 [or for a
really high carb meal, maybe a bit higher - but we should not be eating
very high carb meals., and we are not cavemen by trade.]
In a normal person, when carbs get to the saliva - even before they are
swallowed, the amylase in human saliva starts working and triggers
absorption through the wall of the mouth, which in turn triggers a
message to the pancreas to release *stored* insulin.
The *stored* insulin from the pancreas then is sent where it is needed
to PREVENT a rise in glucose form eating carbohydrates.
In this way a *normal* person - one who not only makes insulin but can
STORE it in the pancreas - prevents a rise in glucose after eating
carbohydrates.
In a so-called pre-diabetic person, the pancreas is still able to make
insulin - but is too damaged to store it, or is unable to store enough
to counter what's eaten in an immediate way. thus there is no stored
insulin ior not enough of it, to counter the carbohydrates you eat - and
so YUOUR blood glucose will rise after eatring - which is ABnormal, as a
NORMAL pancreas stores insulin and releases it as needed to prevent that
rise.
So by eating and NOT exercising you are letting your damaged pancreas
have to work hard to make more insulin after food, and meanwhile the
fungi has a heyday:-)
The harder you work your already damaged pancreas (which remember is
already damaged and unable to store insulin as proved by raised glucose
after meals) the more it will be "flogged to death" and lead you to
diabetes, in which there is a higher rise in glucose for a longer time
while the damaged cells work hard to make the insulin needed to counter
the carbohydrates you swallowed for them to work on.
If you would rather reverse the "pre-diabetes", you would eat to give
your pancreas a rest and to provide anti-inflamamtory diet to them for
healing. To do that you need to eat less carbs and exercise *after*
meals moderately - enough so your glucose does not rise after eating.
The longer you do that over time, the less inflamed your pancreas beta
cells will be, and the better they will heal and be able to make (and
maybe store) insulin for your needs. This is the way to go from
pre-diabetes to healthy - instead of from pre-diabetes to diabetes.
The anti-inflammatory diet is also key - and you can read up on that in
Dr Nicholas Perricone's books if you like.
My own diabetes was bad enough in Nov 2004 when diagnosed, for me to be
insulin-shot dependent even i8f I only had a mere 4g of carbs with a
meal - I was not only unable to store insulin but practically unable to
make any. My glucose was in the 190 range when I started my healing
approach - basically doing what I had to do to keep glucose down.
Initially I aimed under 136, then under 110, then ion the 80-90 range.
It took me a year to get where I am mow - I still consider myself
diabetic as I need to east a low carb diet, and I have cortisol
producing tumours that damage my pancreas continuously.
BUT - my diet and exercise routine combined have got me where my blood
sugar is never over 100 - with NO drugs or insulin. My fasting level is
80-82 and postprandial 100 lasts only 10 to 20 mins before it is 90 or
below.
So it can be done (despite the cortisol uphill battle in my case.)
All the diabetes societies "consider that normal".
I do not go by their definition.
I go by what a healthy person with no "pre-diabetes" or pancreas damage
shows. To me THAT is the true normal.
If you want to use a statistical decision from a diabetes society - fine
but know that the definition is a contrived one to suit their own
objectives in managing country-wide increasing levels of diabetes.
If the "diabetes societies" knew what they were talking about, the rate
of diabetes would go down instead of up. Consider that aspect too:-)
If you want the true picture of what is actually going on in the body to
cause insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, diabetes or anything related -
AND how to fix it - then I recommend reading "Dr Bernstein's Diabetes
Solution" as a starting place and Dr Nicholas Perricone's books on
anti-inflammatory diet. Combine them and you can restore health.
Low GI is better than high GI - but low carb and anti-inflamamtory is
worlds better.
I'm not familiar with it.
What I used to use is:
alpha lipoic acid and chromium and gymnema sylvestre in a formula called
"Sugar-Ban". But I do not need them any more as my pancreas is healed
and now stores insulin for me.
And ALL people with no pancreas damage on no medication.
Do a random test on the street and you'll confirm it:-)
I did
One can find almost anything on the web:-))
No offence but I like real research better.
It's why I referred you to Dr Bernstein. He's a diabetes specialist -
chose to do that originally to help himself - he was diabetic as a child.
However re what you found "on the web":
I go unconscious at 55 myself, and have dangerously fallen off a bicycle
before I could get off in a controlled way as I went hazy....
Who goes unconscious when, does vary quite a lot.
I know one lady who is conscious at 35!
4.0 75 slightly low, first
It all depends what you define as "nondiabetic"
The diabetes society has weird ideas that are not related to whether
there is pancreas damage. The simple fact of NOT being able to STORE
insulin is where MY cut-off is for "normal".
It is normal to be able to store insulin, ready to use - and which then
prevents ANY rise in glucose after meals.
8.0 150 normal
Correct:-)
Allopathic hogwash is my view of that:-)
I'm interested in how "normal" the pancreas function is:-)
When they measure that to decide who's normal, I'll listen up:-)
But I am not holding my breath - I am just acting on what *I* know is
right:-)
Namaste,
Irene
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