March 24, 2007 by admin.

Why are doctors still generally prescribing glucophage and other meds when a patient comes in and shows high blood glucose levels, without giving any comprehensive dietary recommendations.

Can’t we finally agree that 98% of people with type II diabetes (under the age of 75, for the sake of cancelling out much of the hereditary action), develop the condition because of their lifestyle and diet? Is this still politically incorrect? Is this still inappropriate because it will hurt people’s feelings or take away their right to eat and live however they want?

I am all for freedom of choice. If I want to take a pill and ignore my actions, then give me that choice. But by God, we need to give people the choice to change their diet and lifestyle and thereby change their health.

It seems like this is still a fringe idea. And then we have the hyper-ventilating raving eccentrics touting cure-all nutritional philosophies who completely eschew the mainstream approach.
I am not into that either.

I have utmost respect for conventional western medicine. I just think that the teeter totter of emphasis is WAY OVER THE TOP FOR EXPENSIVE, TECHNOLOGICAL, PHARMACUETICAL, and INVASIVE approaches. Because, hey, guess what, that is what MD’s study. For all you MD’s out there, especially my friends, thank you for sewing people up, removing unfriendly invaders, setting bones, diagnosing wierd pathogens and all the other stuff that I have no idea about.

But in the type II diabetes world, give some respect to the health counselors, the folks that can set people straight. We want to use silly things, like eating real food, to help people get better. I know, it is a crazy idea, very simple, but we get results. Add in some exercise and WHAM! Fantastic. I understand that type II diabetes is a tricky set of imbalances and so I want to work with my MD friends to moniter my client’s progress through testing protocols and I am all for using pharmacueticals when appropriate. But once you start, it is harder to stop, you know what I mean?

And for the people with type II. I don’t underestimate the freak out factor that may be in between the lines in an articel like this. You may be thinking this health nut is trying to make me eat twigs and leaves. Well, yeah, but not really.

Health Counselors work with clients where ever they are at and helkp them make small, sustainable changes that add up over time. Health counselors are experts at working with their clients on all levels so that the work feels digestible and achievable.

Remember, you are what you eat. And you become what you think. And who you spend time with now is a predictor of where you will be in 5 years.

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March 4, 2007 by admin.

I went down to the Barbara Davis Center for childhood diabetes last week and took my little girl down there with me.

I say down there because it is south from Boulder in Denver. The drive down was tough since my little one, Marisol, was feeling not so hot.

At the center, I had blood drawn to participate in the trial net study, a comprehensive research project tracking antibodies in the blood stream that have been identified with autoimmune disorders.

My daughter, Marisol, did not particpate at this time, since she was not feeling well.

While there, I saw a photo of a child that I interviewed for my early work on a diabetes nutrition manuscript.

I will keep you posted on the experience of the trial net study.

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