diabetes

[west_]

Diabetes.    Folks bitch about it all the time.   "my" diabetes, they say, as if it were a posession.     My mom has had some amputations from this diagnosis.   She absolutely, positively  negatively flat out refuses to consider that she's in a system that is milking her, not curing her.  That the allopathic system isn't designed to cure disease,

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[incendiary_dan]

http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/10/paleolithic-diet-clinical-trials.html

[west_]

Yes. Definitely.

"Studies of indigenous peoples by Weston Price and many others reveal the wisdom of native diets and life-style. For not only did so-called primitive peoples follow the "perfect" anti-diabetes life-style program, but their diets incorporated specific foods only recently discovered to play an important role in the prevention and treatment of this disease.

In general, indigenous peoples had a low carbohydrate intake coupled with a lot of physical activity. In fact, those peoples especially prone to diabetes today, such as northern Native Americans and Inuits, consumed virtually no carbohydrate foods.

In warmer climates, where tubers and fruits were more abundant, these foods were usually fermented and consumed with adequate protein and fat.

It is only in the change to Western habits that their so-called "genetic" tendency to diabetes manifests."

[incendiary_dan]

I was trying to find you another article by a novelist, about how she and her husband both went on the paleo diet, lost tons of weight, and cured their diabetes. It also included their accounts of getting fatter and their diabetes getting worse on the prescribed diabetes diet.

[west_]

sounds right. the typically prescribed diet has serious failings.

was just at my pediatricians office. asked him why he was still prescribing Tri-vi-sol (an infant vitamin drop) when it contained D1, which is not bioavailable. runs right through you. also contains antifreeze as a preservative.

He looked at me with deer eyes, blinking slowly. Asked if he was aware of the huge research coming out -- well, its actually been out for awhile, but getting lots of press lately -- about the essential need for D3, from natural sources (like the paleolithic diet!). He nodded.

so if you've heard of this, and you haven't followed through, what gives?
(stammering, blinking, runs from the room).

And yet, i hear folks defend the allopathic system with a vengeance. I'm all for it, actually -- allopathy is *REALLY GOOD* at a lot of things. Got a gunshot wound? Get your ASS to an allopathic doctor!

But the system also has limitations, and seeing those with a clear eye, non-defensively, is important, i think.

[just_lisbet]

I would have loved to be a fly on the wall for that discussion!

I've often said our allopathic docs are great as surgeons. If you have bones protruding through the skin, or blood gushing from a wound, they are awesome fixer-uppers. But not so much for other stuff.

Rod & I are lucky -- our doc is open to alternative remedies. She's not quite holistic, but at least she's open-minded. And we don't go in unless we have to -- once a year to get "quantified" -- otherwise our health insurance company gets antsy and starts sending us mail.

[incendiary_dan]

http://hollylisle.com/writingdiary2/index.php/2008/10/21/time-wounds-all/