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1. Improving Your Diabetic Condition With Exercise
2. Diabetic
Ulcers An Effective Natural Solution
3. Nine Ways to Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer
4. How to Keep Firm Muscle Tone as You Age
5. Stop Eating Your Muscle for Fuel
Improving Your Diabetic Condition With
Exercise
The type 2 diabetic condition is brought about by a diet that is too high in
carbohydrates and a lack of nutrients, which results in the insulin the body
naturally produces becoming less and less effective in keeping blood sugar
levels under control and in a normal range.
While change in diet and proper nutritional supplementation have a dramatic
effect in controlling blood sugar naturally without the need for drugs or
insulin, exercise can greatly contribute to the overall control of the diabetic
condition, as can be seen in the following excerpt:
"While many people may begin exercising out of a sense of responsibility -
the way children eat vegetables they don't like - the main reason they keep
exercising is that it feels good."
"Overall, people who exercise regularly are better equipped to carry on
day-to-day activities as they age."
"One of the great benefits is that many people find that when they
exercise, they have less desire to overeat."
"Even though your fat won't 'melt away,' exercise, particularly if you're a
Type II diabetic, is still of value in a weight-reduction program because muscle
building reduces insulin resistance."
"As you increase your muscle mass, your insulin needs will be reduced - and
having less insulin present in your bloodstream will reduce the amount of fat
you pack away."
"As a result, your own insulin production gradually becomes more effective
at lowering blood sugar."
excerpted from Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution
by Dr. Richard K. Bernstein
Higher Morning Sugar Levels?
Blood sugar can be kept at normal levels throughout the day, yet, many diabetics
find that even though they have not eaten before bedtime, when they wake up in
the morning their blood sugar levels are elevated. This is caused by something
called the "dawn phenomenon":
"Although the mechanics of the dawn phenomenon aren't yet entirely clear,
research suggests that the liver deactivates more circulating insulin during the
early morning hours." [This results in sugar not being pushed into cells
for energy but building up in the blood instead.]
"Investigators have actually measured blood sugar every hour throughout the
night under similar circumstances. They find that the entire blood sugar
increase occurs about 6-10 hours after bedtime for most people who are so
affected."
"Both the time it takes for blood sugar to increase and the amount of the
increase vary from one person to another. An increase may be negligible in some
and profound in others."
excerpted from Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution
by Dr. Richard K. Bernstein
You can begin maintaining healthy blood sugar levels with regular exercise
combined with a low carbohydrate diet and by supplementing with a natural med to
lower blood sugar. This can also help reduce the effects of the "dawn
phenomenon".
Diabetic Ulcers An Effective Natural Solution
About 10 percent of
diabetics have open sores that are very hard to heal, often lasting for years in
that unhealed state, causing great discomfort and high risk of infection. Now a
very simple and completely natural remedy can rapidly heal these wounds.
Studies conducted in
1991 by a medical research team compared a conventional method of burn treatment
commonly used to treat burns, pressure ulcers and leg ulcers, with a topical
application of honey* applied to the surface of the wound. Burn patients were
divided into two groups.
The burns of patients
in one group were cleaned with saline solution and pure, undiluted, unprocessed
honey was applied daily. Burns of the other group were cleaned and covered with
gauze that was soaked in a medicated dressing (5% silver sulfadiazine) that was
changed daily.
Results showed that
within seven days 91 percent of the infected wounds treated with honey were free
of infection, compared to less than 7 percent of the burns treated with the
medicated dressing. Within 15 days, 87 percent of the honey treated wounds were
healed; whereas only 10 percent of the other group wounds were healed. Patients
treated with honey experienced less irritation, more relief of pain, and no
allergic reactions or side effects.
Studies done by an earlier medical research team in 1988 showed that various
types of wounds and skin ulcers which had not previously responded to
conventional methods of treatment such as antibiotics and medicated dressings
responded favorably to a topical honey treatment.
Wounds and ulcer types treated with honey included: gangrene of the skin, burn wounds, topical ulcers, bedsores, and diabetic ulcers. After the wounds were cleaned with saline, honey and clean bandages were applied daily. Infected wounds that had not responded to conventional treatments were free of infection within 7 days of the first honey application.
Following treatment
with honey, dead tissue was quickly replaced with healthy tissue. In some cases,
diabetic ulcers were successfully treated with honey and skin grafts, thus
preventing amputation. Apparently, the antibacterial properties of honey allow
it to work on wounds and skin ulcers in the same manner it works on burns.
* The honey used must be raw unprocessed honey and it must state somewhere on the label that it is "unheated".
Nine ways to Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer, By Mike Adams
How to Keep Firm Muscle Tone as Your Age by Dr. Mercola
Wise up and Stop Eating Your Muscles for Fuel by Dr. Ron Rosedale
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/07/07/muscle-fuel.aspx