diabetic type 1 gone raw/alkaline

[sharonjones]

on 1st july 2009 i began a life changing journey (for me ;))
it involved adopting a whole new mind set and a largely experimental period (on my part anyway)

i had been recommended to try adjusting my ph levels from less acidic to more neutral levels for overall better health. i had no idea how much impact this was about to have on my body.

testing my saliva first thing in the morning my pH was only 5.0 which is considered to be fairly acidic. a normal healthy individual might expect to be between 6.5 and 7.2. (blood pH is neutral at 7.3)

i started to take half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda each night at bedtime. ( this apparently helps to combat the 'acidic phase' that the body goes through during the night.)

i had received my copy of a book that i ordered online. titled 'the pH miracle diet for diabetes' by dr robert o. young.

i read the book, keeping an open mind, but was very intrigued by what he had to say. and as the book was written for someone just like me i figured what did i have to lose??

i made a food list of the things i was 'allowed' to eat according to the book. and trotted off to the supermarket.

frankly the first smoothie i made was grossly vile!!! thinking i knew better i made my own version of one of the recipes. yuk!!!! definatley peel the grapefruit pith and rind off next tme....! where on earth had i read that it was the best bit! yuk!!!

after that i studied and tried a few recipes until i found some flavours that appealed best to my taste buds and then moulded them a bit more :5179:

immediately i found i didnt need to take any insulin at all with my meals. well there were just no carbs in them. only good wholesome veggies. even fruit was off the menu for the time being, with only lemons, limes and grapefruits being allowed.

dr young recommends taking lots of supplements to supoprt your body, most of the ones listed on his website are really expensive, and to be totally honest i felt i really didnt need them.

i ordered a cheaper version of a supergreens powder that both hubby and i take each day, i take it 2 or 3 times per day, one scoop in a pint of water. it looks like pond water but you do get used to it..... honest! :cool:

they also strongly recommend powdered soy sprouts powder. it cost a fortune (!!!!) and i wont be ordering it again as i can find what i need in my fresh diet. they use it in many of their recipes. i paid £44.00 for a 90gram tub!!!! and the pot wasnt gold plated either!!!

i started seeing positive results within days of starting the diet, my daily routine was green smoothies for breakfast and lunch, then a salad for dinner maybe with some fish or beans.

by day 3 i needed to reduce my long acting insulin by 10% (remember i was taking no meal time insulin either)
i monitored my blood sugar levels very closely over the first few weeks on the diet. any slight changes in my fasting blood sugar readings or a trail of lows needing treatment would be dealt with by reducing my long acting insulin. as i was using an insulin pump it was fairly easy for me to do this quickly.

by day 12 i was now using only 30% of my original long acting insulin. a huge drop from 23 units of insulin total daily TDD down to only 5 units.

i admit i felt very tired for the first 3 weeks, my whole body felt like it was quivering, and i had zero energy for physical effort at all. i was recommended to add a couple of amino acid supplements into my regimen. so L-Lysene and L-Carnitine taken on alternate days made a difference, and i was now able to go out and play golf and shovel sand and cement for hubbies business once more. and i felt terrific!!!

on week 5 of the alkaline diet i turned off my pump one morning and have taken no long acting or mealtime insulin since then. i still monitor my blood sugars regualrly and am thrilled to see normal numbers at any time of the day or night.

only one thing will make a difference to my numbers.... high GI carbohydrates!! yep those naughty carbs create havoc, yet even after eating the odd meal with brown rice (around a tablespooonful) and my levels will come down on their own after 2 hours...just like a non-diabetic!!!

i even did a control test with my sister in law who is non-diabetic, we had a meal with buckwheat tabbouleh. both our readings went up to 8 at the 1 hour point then came back down to 5.5 by 2 hours. i was so thrilled!

its been nine weeks now and ive taken only 1.5 units of insulin in 5 weeks, and that was a correction after experimenting with some carbs (white rice).

my saliva Ph levels are between 6.5 and 6.75 (which i am very pleased with :cool:)

so would i recommend eating this way to help better management of diabetes? you bet!!!!

even though i felt so weak and feeble in the early days, i stuck it out knowing that i was going to continue to see great results. i lost around 8 pounds too!

now i feel fabulous, and my friends tell me i look great.

[Jax]

WOW that really is amazing results, well done Sharon!

I wish I could get my Dad and brother (from maternal side) to change their eating habits, they are both Type 2, and although my Dad does eat more veg and doesn't consume alcohol unlike my bro, the quality of his food is dire, his wife cooks things to death :rolleyes: and I can't get him to understand that her cooking is probably making him worse with the chemical changes that it can go through.


Gentle reminder that anything like this should be done with professional guidance ;)

[sharonjones]

a raw foodies daily menu

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okay so you've heard me spout off about eating alkaline, and eating raw etc it is true i have chosen to eat this way, and i actually enjoy it.
the results of my efforts are fantastic to say the least, 'standard deviation' is more like 'hardly any deviation' as my bg's barely rise up above normal non-D values.and fasting bg's are just amazing.

so I thought a sample menu might help to explain how i 'do it'.

breakfast
green smoothie.
handful of raw broccoli or kale
handful of raw spinach
250ml soya milk
jiuce 1 lemon
third of a cucumber
half a cup of sprouted sunflower seeds
2 tablespoon olive oil
sea salt
1 avocado

i eat half of this for breakfast

lunch
i eat the other half of the breakfast smoothie for lunch, sometimes with chopped raw veggies to dip in.

dinner
i choose from either
salad
this is made up of grated cauliflower, raw spinach, tomatoe, cucumber, sprouted sunflower seeds, grated or baton raw carrots, sprouted raw quinoa, avocado.
top that off with a dressing made with olive oil, lemon juice, fresh ginger, fresh chilli, braggs aminos (like soy sauce)

or
raw zucchini noodles (sliced on a mandoline) topped with finely chopped tomatoes/peppers chilli/ginger/soaked almonds, seved with basic spinach salad.

or
if i fancy a cooked meal, then lightly steamed broccoli/cauli/peas and soya beans with spinach salad
or
the steamed veggies with stir fried tofu slices.

pudding (yes even pudding!)
handful of frozen strawberries, one medium banana and some almond flour. sometimes a little soya milk.
whizz it in the food processor until smooth....and eat soft homemade icecream!

snacks
i eat a lot of almonds! i get on better with them if i soak them as they give me a sore belly when i eat so many lol.
also once a week i make raw food crackers in the food dehydrator. they are great to snack on or use for dips. the ingredients for the crackers are generally zucchini, carrot nuts and lots of flavours. theres very little in carbs in these little fellas http://www.diabetesdaily.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

ive not gone 100% raw, but i would say 90% is raw, and definately more and more of my diet stays in the alkaline brackets too.

i now this diet would seem controversial to most people, and wouldn't suit everyone either. but i am weird and i like it and i like feeling healthy too.

i forgot to mention that we like to eat out occasionally too, and i have found places where i can have a greek feta salad with some baby new potaoes which doesnt affect my bg's at all.

[Jax]

LOL I don't think you're weird sharon.................I think you might me pioneering though ;)

It looks like you got a really good balance going on there, and it wouldn't look that weird to a raw foodist from what I've seen of most of them. It may be more radical to a SUKD (standard UK diet), and I'm hazarding a guess that that's probably the crux of the problem with the nation these days, SUKD is so mainstream that you're considered weird if you dare deviate :(

I personally don't think that vegetarianism is still that accepted to be honest, yet if you cut out certain foods for your health if you are diabetic, that seems to be more acceptable to the majority, so it seems being proactive for prevention is less acceptable than reaction to a condition in a way...........does that make sense? :confused: It's like people are more surprised at me for wanting to deviate from SUKD to prevent my susceptibility to diabetes, but would be more understanding if I deviated because I have diabetes (or whatever condition).

Anyway, I'm really glad it's working for you ;)

[sharonjones]

thanks jax ;)

i have noticed a rather lame attempt at trying to get people to reaslise that they are eating junk and that is the prime cause of their various severe health conditions.

my step daughter is 15 years old, she is obese, but will only eat about a dessertspoon of peas at any given meal, i couldnt pay her to eat a green smoothie, it cost be quid to get her to try an olive once (which was really funny btw lol). she has been taught by her lazy mother to eat pizza, burgers, sausages and chips.
i refuse to cook the sausages and chips, i make better quality food than that. we have met a middle ground. when she stays with us she lsoes weight but piles it all back on again when she stays at her mothers house. grrr. she keep buying her crisps and sweeties. it seems to be how she gives the child love.
its very frustrating. :(

[Jax]

Good on you sharon!!! ;) I reckon your step daughter will actually come round to your way (even if it is a small percentage) eventually.........when she starts noticing the difference your food makes to her compared to her mothers, for herself. AND I'd even hazard a guess she'll thank you for it one day, I had a step daughter for time too.........she has her own mind and can see what was going on all those years ago now, so there is some hope ;)

I laughed my socks off on Tuesday when my 15yr old step sister came to my house with her 17 yr old mate to get ready for the theatre, as they were getting ready the mate asked if she could pinch some toothpaste, I started to say that sure she could but it may taste different....straight away my sister said "It's an organic one and will be better for you though" :D:D Bless her, she lives a 4 hour drive away from me and we don't see each other much, and I don't say a great deal about my lifestyle to her................but she's learnt already!!! :o

[Claire Short]

Hi Sharon,

I am Type 1 too, have been for 22 years. How long did you have Type 1 for?

I've been into Raw food for around 3 years. I also read the pH miracle which started me on my journey, although I didn't much like any of the recipes. I have spent most of the last 3 years struggling with Candida and Diabetes - so major food addictions!

My diet now is Green Juice in the morning, Big Salad at lunch and then a snack late afternoon like nori roll or a small salad with some seeds. I am working towards omitting all the sugary foods - sweetcorn and the odd piece of raw chocolate are all that remains. It's tough! I would love to do a juice feast to get things started. Gabe Cousens in Arizona starts the Reverse Diabetes Program with a 7 day Juice Feast.

Did you ever have any issues with Ketones? I made myself verysick on 3 occassions by not eating enough. I think the secret is to eat pretty huge salads, as they still contain carbs but much less than a sandwich or a SUKD meal would.

Anyway, it's great to know someone out there is off their insulin and it is achieveable!

Thanks for the inspiration.

[sharonjones]

hi claire

i tried a few of the recipes but as i kind of like my veggies not messed about with i make up my own platter and use the flavourings and style of meals that i like.

lately im eating more cooked foods, although i still stick to the alkaline ones whilst i do it. flexibility seems to help me a lot.

i was diagnosed in may 2006, i seem to have had the slow progressive version of type 1 (usually known as LADA or type 1.5). i became a fully fledged type 1 in feb 2007.

i never had issues with ketones since diagnosis but my blood sugars never strayed too far over 10mmols, nor have i starved myself either. i love my food too much lol

the first 12 days i of the diet change i had 2 smoothies per day and still stuck to a simple salad sometimes with a bit of fish or some soya beans. those days were the worst as my body felt like it was re-calibrating itself.

i get on better now and can eat around 30 grams of brown rice or quinoa etc with meals and have no worries about my blood sugars coming back into normal range after 2 hours.

i dont know if i will be able to eat a 'normal' diet again, but after what ive acheived who would want to ???

claire have you managed to see reductions in insulin since you started eating raw??

[sharonjones]

just had a thought that might help you now is some supplements that support the pancreas.

try alpha-lipoic acid
chromium picolinate
vitamin d3

i take all 3 ;-)

[Claire Short]

Yes, definitely cut my insulin massively from over 50 units a day to around 9 to 12 a day on very high raw. This is with me still eating things like raw corn, which are pretty high sugar veg.

I am pretty set on the Gabe Cousens and Hippocrates pathway, so the supplements have to be 100% food based - just because of all the research they've done around the damage that standard manufactured supplements do to the body. I'm currently taking Spirulina & Chlorella with a wish list for Probiotics, Enzymes, Vit B12. Hippocrates Dr Brian Clement is soon to release a book on the truth about supplements (chemically manufactured ones - pretty much 98% of those on the market). It will be a great read for sure.

Thanks for your diary Sharon, it has inspired me to get even more focussed on my goals and really oust the final few sweet treats, even if they are raw!

[sharonjones]

i'm happy to help claire, same goes for anyone else here too ;-)

im interested in your info regarding the supplements, i will ask my practitioner about it.

meanwhile keep up the good work :-)

[Jax]

I'm interested on any info on supplements too Claire ;) In fact perhaps you could do a thread on what you know already?? :)

[sharonjones]

i went to see my GP today, and told him i wanted a specific blood test that measures how effective the pancreas is working (a c-peptide test) he was puzzled at first but agreed when i explained what changes i have made and showed him a graph of my blood sugar results for the last 10 days (pretty much normal ;) ) he is pretty excited by my news and astouded too! hehe

i love to do that to the medical profession.

so my blood tests are booked for next monday 5th oct and i will get the results about a week after that.....im willing that time to pass quickly.....:D

[Jax]

OMG Sharon that's awesome that your GP is right behind you! Sometimes it's SO hard to get them to look at your own results :rolleyes: although I do have a much better GP now, the previous one wouldn't even consider my consistently low body temp :rolleyes:

Mega good luck for that blood test :870:<<<very excited for you!

[sharonjones]

my blood test results came in (well most of them!)

my HbA1c was 5.2% this time! thats awesome!!!! its been around 5.6 to 5.8% over the last 2 years.
my cholesterol has dropped too its now 3.8 down from 4.1
and my kidneys, liver and thyroid are all working normally too! great!

and a visit to the optitian the other day and she could detect no sign in my eyes of diabetes either.

its been a good week!

now all i need is the mysterious missing c-peptide results which were sent to a london lab for analysis.

i'm so pleased with those results though. the alkaline/raw diet really works!

oh and ive lost very almost a stone in weight too. i started out at 10st7lbs and i weigh 9st8lbs today!

i am excited!!!

:party0007:

[Jax]

WOW I reckon that deserves a very glittery pic.............

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/ShaunRydersBrainCell/Congrats%20and%20thanks/glitteryourway6aa69efccw0.gif

..............VERY well done Sharon, you are a BIG inspiration to many!!!

[Ruth]

Wow, Sharon that is so exciting...yes, literally awesome! You must feel as high as a kite! I can't tell you how helpful and inspiring it is to those who have diabetes; or those like me who have a loved one with the condition.

Since reading your posts we have been thinking more about acid/alkaline balance. Although we follow Gabriel Cousens book as closely as possible, my best-friend (don't really find the word 'partner' suits him!) has ironically found it really difficult to maintain a normal blood sugar without cooked food; or without the kind of medical support you would get at the Tree of Life Centre. He is Type 2 and is managing it with 2 metformin tablets a day, vitamin c which really seems to suit, veg juice and a raw something with every meal.

At present he gets too full on 100% raw and does not eat enough resulting in massive weight loss, hypo's and rapid detox symptoms. We have felt that at present he needs some cooked, and need to transition very slowly, so remembering to stay alkaline within the cooked food paradigm is helpful. I have been telling him about your and Claire's posts and we bought some test strips. Pleased to see that he is in normal range so we must be doing OK!

Congratulations again, and thank you for telling us! Bless you for being an intrepid health explorer.

[sharonjones]

thanks to you both!!

Jax i love the glittery message lol!!!

Ruth,
i have found when talking to others who want to try the alkaline/raw thing they too have found difficulty going cold turkey on it. i remember my own body felt horrible for the first 12 days and i was so lacking in energy. my body actually felt like it was 'wobbling' it was quite peculiar!

transitional diets would definitely be recommended for any serious illness, sometimes its 'too much, too soon' isnt it?

the beauty of hte alkaline diet is that you are allowed to eat cooked foods, as long as they are mostly alkaline. keeping to the 80/20 rule of thumb is good too. i was still ea ting fish when i started out. i only eat it when i eat out now. i just dont fancy it.

my breakfast today has been
1 whole (red) grapefruit
my supplements taken with a pint of filtered water and supergreens powder
then an hour later i had a steamed bowl of broccoli, bell pepper, red onion, garlic, frozen soya beans, miso and lemon juice with sprinkles of sunflower seeds.

i'm so full now!!! and it was so delicious.

actually i'm making amends for being a bad girl yesterday, my hormones are rampant with pmt and i couldnt stay away from the fridge all day yesterday. i even ate chocolate and a portion of home made green and blacks chocolate dairy free icecream which was so yummy! but so full of sugar!

thankfully my body has recovered enough for me to go wayward occasionally without impact on my overall pH levels. and my fasting bloods this morning were 5.7mmols. which is average for me.

the fact your beloved is in normal pH ranges is encouraging isnt it.
has he tried taking bicarbonate of soda to support his system?? taken at bedtime the bicarb helps to neutralise the acidic phase our bodies go through during the night. if high blood sugars are an issue in teh mornings then this woudl certainly help. the bicarb took about 10 days for us to start seeing resutls on the ph sticks.

my hubby takes it too!

being the 'intrepid health explorer' has been hard on the diabetes forums. my experiment was met with aggression and fear. and the words 'snake oil' were mentioned quite a lot. they thought i was selling a non-cure.

joining raw forums was like a breathe of fresh air!

[Ruth]

Thanks so much Sharon. We too have found it hard talking to other people with keen vested interest in diabetes; and have felt so sure that it is not only manageable, but curable.

The information you have given us is really helpful..and hopeful once again, for yes, we did get a bit discouraged after he just couldn't stick to the raw diet I find easy. Yes, he has had much more of a reaction to raw foods and it will take time...perhaps he will never be more than a bit raw. However he does have the most astonishing genes (his mother lived with untreated diabetes into her 90s) and we were told by a wonderful alternative doctor that he had the highest levels of 'chi' that he had ever encoutered, so we try not to take the gloomy prognosis of diabetes too seriously! There is so much more that goes into how we manifest 'conditions' etc on this plane!

I will order the book you speak of and help my beloved (well put) to stick to a transitional diet, making him more good cooked things. Also the tip about bicarb is good! Perhaps that will make a difference, although as you say, it is encouraging that his ph is normal.

One final question to yourself and Claire. Do you use dia-stix and have you found them realiable and accurate? Sometimes I am not sure that what I am observing in him is accurately evaluated in the diastix. Also have you ever found that vitamin c can affect the reading on the sticks or on a monitor?

Enjoy your freedom to eat the best food ever!

[sharonjones]

hi ruth, the diastix you mention are for measuring glucose in the urine. is that only glucose or other urine analysis as well?

if glucose is what you are measuring then the urine showing up is what would be termed to be an 'old' measurement of glucose in the system. it will give an accurate measurement of glucose in the blood.

the most up to the minute way of testing for glucose is to test a drop of blood from the side of the fingers (clean, dry fingers!) you will need a blood glucose monitor for this. uk based type 2's usually have a nightmare trying to get test strips form their gp's though, but you could try.

testing blood glucose is best done in type 2's first thing in the morning (fasting)
and 2 hours after the first bite of a meal. (unless on insulin therapy)

certain drugs can affect the urine stix but im not aware of any difference in the blood glucose monitor. the old saying 'YMMV' applies here (your mileage may vary)

hope that helps ;)

[margaret ann]

Sharon,
What an inspirational life. Keep with the diabetic forums, you never know who's life you may be able to change.
Yes, of course you are going to be seen as completely off your trolley, however these views are from people who are like what many of us were a short while ago. They need a catalyst to get them on the raw path, you will be it for some.

[sharonjones]

many thanks margaret ;)

i shall indeed continue my efforts on the diabetes forums, althoguh i am heavily vetted by the moderators in case i say the word 'cured' or 'reversed'. lol

i have found a little knotty band of followers who have started to 'nibble' away at the raw foodism demonstrated by me.
i suspect more lurkers are interested by my blogging too.

[Jax]

thanks to you both!!

Jax i love the glittery message lol!!!No worries http://www.rawinuk.com/images/icons/icon12.gif


actually i'm making amends for being a bad girl yesterday, my hormones are rampant with pmt and i couldnt stay away from the fridge all day yesterday. i even ate chocolate and a portion of home made green and blacks chocolate dairy free icecream which was so yummy! but so full of sugar!Ah I reckon you'd benefit from Karen's chocolate at that particular time of the month http://www.rawinuk.com/images/icons/icon10.gif, can totally relate to that week! :rolleyes2: But Karen's chocolate sorts me out a treat, it's got agave in so I'm not sure how you are with that, but it's thought to be low GL so should be better than the sugar you have.



being the 'intrepid health explorer' has been hard on the diabetes forums. my experiment was met with aggression and fear. and the words 'snake oil' were mentioned quite a lot. they thought i was selling a non-cure.

joining raw forums was like a breathe of fresh air!

many thanks margaret ;)

i shall indeed continue my efforts on the diabetes forums, althoguh i am heavily vetted by the moderators in case i say the word 'cured' or 'reversed'. lol

In relation to the above I can understand some of the reaction especially in the case of the medical view and disclaimers etc, everybody has to be so careful these days, yet you want to help, so annoying. But you could just point them to your blog or this site and let them find it all here perhaps.

[karen @rawchocolateheaven]

LOL, only the super bar and magic of praline and sweet ginger have agave the other 40 types don't!!!
the winters cherry has sugar from the cherries soaked in kirsch syrup & teaching ginger the same but ginger soaked in whiskey syrup!!!
I still reckon thats 38 with out any form of sugar...as tested by trading standards they couldn't find any sugar....
I still have to explain in great detail to most newcomers that this is raw cacao with out the sugar!!!!as they say "it's not my cup of tea, I prefer cabury/bournville etc):p

[sharonjones]

i cant beleive its been six months already! six months since i chose to eat more raw more alkaline and become more well!

i still havent taken insulin since august 23rd '09. and i can eat a much more normal diet than i committed myself to back in july. i do eat a lot of raw foods, i find i actually crave them!

oh...and that last pound finally came off, so now i have lost a whole stone in weight as a side effect of the diet. :first:

i feel good, and my hubby says i do too ;) :peace:

http://www.diabetesdaily.com/forum/members/shabbie6247-2982/albums/band-aid/4636-p1020341.jpg

[Jax]

Good work Sharon...........let's hope your story inspires others :peace:

[curlyheadfreak]

Hi Sharon!

Congratulations!!! I was really interested to read your story. I have had type 1 for nearly 3 years and think I have been down every possible avenue looking for the "best" way to manage it *lol* :) Raw definitely helps LOADS - I am usually high raw (vegan) and use maybe 9ish units of short acting and 5ish of long acting when I stick to it...and last hbA1c 5.6 :)))) Interestingly, I had around 3 weeks recently where I comfort ate for England *looks very ashamed!* after breaking up with my partner - starches, pizza, chocolate, cake, you name it, it went in :( and my long acting shot up to 12 units which is an all-time high for me! After a couple of weeks back on the wagon and gallons of green juice later, it's back down to 5 units, yay!

I know the pH book you mention and I have tried it - loosely, it has to be said, didn't do anywhere near all the supplements or the green drink. I have no doubt at all that it keeps your blood sugar amazingly low and stable, but my problem when I do this or any other very low carb program is that I just have zero energy and struggle to get enough calories in and then end up stuffing a load of carbs later on in the day - then I will realise that had only had maybe 800 calories or something, so it's not surprising that my body was crying out for energy. So I find it difficult to follow consistently. I also like to have energy for exercise. How have you found your energy levels/food cravings etc -I notice that the eating plan you described is also quite low in calories? I would really appreciate hearing about your experiences :)

I'm so impressed that you have more or less managed to get off insulin - I think my all-time low has been around 10 units per day - and that C-peptide test will be very interesting. Good for you!

Also pleased for you that you got the all clear at your "MOT" *lol*. I found out on Christmas Eve - great timing! - that after my last eye screening they have found evidence of "early diabetic changes" :(. Was soooo gutted. Have never had an hbA1c above 6.8 and usually somewhere between 5.6-5.9, which let's face it is way better than most type 1s and yet I have eye damage starting already after only 3 years when I see so many people who don't look after themselves going years and years complication free. grrrr...Rant over!

What diabetes forum are you on? I once did a 30 day raw blog on diabetes.co.uk and got a hideous response! Was accused of trying to kill myself and not coming to terms with my diagnosis ha ha...and like you say, adminstrators and moderators crawling all over it with caution messages to other members advising not to try anything that "drastic", stick to "balanced diets" etc. ha ha!

Oh well, I have written an essay now, sorry - it's just so important to me to keep well and I would love to hear from you :)

Claire

[sharonjones]

hi there curly! welcome to Rawinuk ;)

its lovely to hear from other diabetics who have tried and tested various versions of the raw lifestyle.

i can relate to the eating for comfort thing, hubby's forthcoming court date against his ex-wife has taken its toll on both of us and we have both put on 8 pounds this festive break!

what i was doing was eating as much alkaline/raw as possible in between xmas cake and roast spuds. it seemed to have helped and my bg's stayed relatively stable. although when i had my last bag of chips from the chippy my bg's needed a good 1 hour walk to bring them back down from 10.4mmols top 4.7mmols. normally my bg's come back down with no intervention even if they do take a little longer than normal. i dont normally eat that many carbs in one hit though.
i dont bother with the green powder drinks now, although i should thin they helped initially.

3 supplements i can recommend to help you are

Alpha Lipoic Acid
Chromium Picolinate
Vitamin D3

this combo should help your body utilise any insulin that is available more efficiently.

have you checked your pH levels at all ??

re early diabetic changes in your Retinopathy screening, i had that for the last 2 years, but my optician said she couldn't find any evidence if diabetes in my eyes at all. i always like to get a second opinion ;) its worth it for peace of mind.

i havent counted my carb intake lately to know how many calories i eat per day. might be interesting to do that.
i do eat cooked eggs quite a lot, its a good source of amino acid L-Lysene which i seem to need. put it this way its either cooked foods or supplements...! L-Lysene is also found in brown rice, Amaranth and Quinoa, and soya beans. without Lysene i feel so exhausted and lacking in physical energy.

mostly though i do enjoy raw foods more than cooked foods. how strange that your tastes change so much. i cant stand cooked broccoli or cauli now.

its great you joined us here Claire :) i look forward to many chatty exchanges

[Claire Short]

Hi Sharon,

It's so inspiring to hear about your reversal of diabetes for all os us. I found a great blog before Christmas that made me finally decide that I wanted to share my raw transition with the world, so it's up and running now under the website www.raw4diabetes.com (http://www.raw4diabetes.com)

I'd love to get some followers and comments, so if you get a spare 5 minutes, please check in and see what you think.

Best Wishes,

Claire Short

[TerraLove]

Hey Claire your blog rox! :party0007:
and thanx for putting some pics up of Ruths delights, i've been wishing to see some :tea:
Love & Blessings
Kelly ♥

[sharonjones]

Claire I love your blog ;)

I weighed in this morning, my weight has come back done again to 9st 7lb today, so I have lost 6 out of 7 pounds I gained over Xmas. :peace:

I've added alkalising powdered super greens back into the daily menu as my pH has been hovering over the 6.5 again. My aim is to get it to stay over 7.0 consistently, i got a reading of 7.0 this morning again after my hard alkalising efforts.

and finally my fasting blood sugars are back done to 5.4mmols today, they have been hovering around 6.0mmols each morning since Xmas.
its hard to say whether food upset the blood sugars or was it the combined effort of the broken ribs/pain/and painkillers that were upsetting it?? and upsetting my beautiful pH levels. I've not taken Ibuprofen for a couple of days now and wonder if that's the trigger. time will tell.

my friends are all telling me how marvellous i look, all glowing and full of health and vitality. i love all of the attention lol

some of my friends have asked me to guide them on the pH lifestyle, one couple are doing it together which is lovely, they are one week into it so far and doing well. I shall monitor them with interest. ;)

[TerraLove]

Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days.


http://www.sprword.com/videos/simplyraw/

[Jax]

Hi Sharon I've just copied TerraLove's video link into your diary in case anybody misses it in the original place.:victory:

[Jax]

Sharon, just want to add the link to your book you've now published to hopefully help other visitors ;)

Alkalise Me (http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000422202)

[sharonjones]

Thankyou Jax ;)