| Abhimanyu Garg, a member of the ADA's expert panel.
That means MUFAs could help manage your insulin and blood sugar levels and fight diabetes-related heart disease.
Monounsaturated fats. As the rising star in diabetes control, MUFAs make up a big part of the new ada eating plan. Along with carbohydrates, they should make up 60 to 70 percent of your daily calories. You can find these good fats in avocados, peanut butter, peanuts, almonds, cashews, pecans, and olive, canola, and peanut oils.
Polyunsaturated fats. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 One year after the ada statement, a study published in the journal Diabetes divided 180 people with type 2 diabetes into three groups— one group received 200 meg of chromium picol-inate a day, one group received 1,000 meg, and the third group got a placebo. Supplemental chromium was shown to have dramatic effects on glucose and insulin variables and "significant, sustained reductions in diabetic symptoms were especially noted in those who received 1,000 meg per day."
Insulin's Little Helper
So what's the deal with chromium? Simply put, chromium is "insulin's little helper. |
Gabriel Cousens
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 Roberts, a diabetes specialist, a member of the ada, and an authority on artificial sweeteners, aspartame leads to the creation of clinical diabetes, causes poorer diabetic control in diabetics on insulin or oral drugs, causes convulsions, and leads to the aggravation of diabetic complications such as retinopathy, cataracts, neuropathy, and gastropare-sis. Dr. Roberts found "... |
Elaine Magee
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 The answer: Go ahead and eat sugar, but follow the ADA's recommendations. Sugar-containing foods can be substituted for other carbohydrates in the individualized meal plan. Note that this recommendation is qualified by the urging to avoid excess calorie intake.
Here are some other worthy additions to your diet if you have type 2 diabetes.
Antioxidants. A new study supports the idea that the development of type 2 diabetes may be held off with the intake of antioxidants in the diet. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| Recently, the ada has been forced to recognize activity curve differences.
Eli Lilly's Ultralente Human Insulin FDA-approved insert (PA6364AMP) states: This product has a longer and less intense duration of activity up to 28 hours. This does not imply a peak at 12 hours or the fact that, as stated in Lilly's patent, the product is found to last only 18 hours. Diabetic patients are warned to be aware of individual patient differences. (This is Lilly lawyers playing the "cover your ass" game with diabetics' lives. |
Gabriel Cousens
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| ADA controls). This dramatic change does not come as a result of practicing the conventional moderation approach of the Culture of Death, which in essence is a way of making denial seem reasonable. To make this kind of significant change requires a lifestyle and diet that is dramatically and excitingly different, resulting in powerful results in a short period of time. This requires leading a life of love, purpose, meaning, and self-value, and choosing a diet and lifestyle that reflect these values. Of course, this is the diet and lifestyle of the Culture of Life. |
Elaine Magee
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| Here are some highlights from the recent ada recommendations regarding:
Fiber. People who are at risk for diabetes should aim for 14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories. This is about 28 grams for a typical 2,000-calorie intake or 35 grams for 2,500 calories. Fiber helps people with diabetes or at risk for diabetes in two ways: First, it seems to improve insulin sensitivity; second, it
3. Eat less saturated and total fat. |
| These may be especially helpful for people with type 2 diabetes who are at increased risk of heart disease. The ada recommends eating at least two servings of nonfried fish per week. (More on omega-3s throughout the book but specifically in Chapter 5.)
Soy. Available in many forms, soy has been shown to make cells more responsive to insulin, which may help control blood sugar. (More on soy in Chapter 4.)
Buckwheat. New research shows that extract of buckwheat lowered meal-related blood sugar levels by 12 to 19 percent when given to rats. |
Gabriel Cousens
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| The results revealed in this book, for those who have answered this question in the affirmative, show that the conventional paradigm for diabetes—as stated by the ada and most medical schools, as incurable—is a self-defeating myth. In all fairness, the conventional paradigm also teaches that proper diet and exercise help slow the progression of this "incurable" disease, but those adhering to the conventional paradigm do not offer the proper diet to do the job. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 L (> 200 mg/dl).
The ada criteria recommend that testing should be done in individuals 45 years of age and older and, when results are normal, should be repeated every 3 years thereafter. However, testing should be done at a younger age and more frequently in individuals with a BMI above 25 kg/m2, because obese individuals are considered more at risk of having undiagnosed diabetes. The early detection and treatment of this disease could decrease mortality and minimize complications, especially those related to renal disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cardiovascular disease [56]. |
Gabriel Cousens
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| This is why the ada and most doctors say that diabetes is not curable or reversible because they are prescribing moderation, which simply does not work by their own admission. It is actually a path of immoderation.
The approach we are offering is prudent and one that brings immediate results. It succeeds in changing the way you are going and saves your life. That is true moderation, acknowledging the truth of a situation and doing what is appropriate to heal the situation. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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| Providing nutrition services for infants, children and adults with developmental disabilities and special health care needs. J ada 104(1), 97-107.
6. Baer, M. T., and Harris, A. B. (1997). Pediatric nutrition assessment: identifying children at risk. J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 97 (S2), S107-S115.
7. GAO. (1992). "Early Intervention: Federal Investments Like WIC Can Produce Savings," GAO publication HRD-92-18. U.S. General Accounting Office, Gaithersburg, MD.
8. King, J. C. (2003). The risk of maternal nutritional depletion and poor outcomes increases in early or closely spaced pregnancies. J. Nutr. |
Gabriel Cousens
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| The remaining fifty people were on the basic American Diabetes Association diet. The ada diet reduced glycosylated hemoglobin by 0.4 percent. The vegan diet was three times more effective, reducing the HgbAlc by 1.2 percentage points (one point is considered 1 percent). So the average value of gylcosylated hemoglobin fell from 8 percent to 6.8 percent during the twenty-two weeks. This is very significant. A diabetes study in the UK showed that a one-point drop in glycosylated hemoglobin with Type-2 diabetes reduces the risk of kidney or eye complications by 37 percent. |
| A normal fasting blood sugar, according to ada data, is 100. However, as we have already pointed out, the latest research shows that if you have a blood sugar of 86 or higher you are already entering into the first stages of an abnormal metabolism, an accelerated aging process, and are beginning to lose control of a healthy carbohydrate metabolism.
A major twelve-year study at Harvard University of 42,500 male health professionals ages 40 to 75 who did not initially have diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or cancer found two dietary patterns. |
Mark Sircus
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 Even the ada states recognition of the fact that it is difficult to maintain blood glucose levels within their recommendations, for any appreciable length of time. Yet target levels have been lowered over the past few years to levels that may be causing more hypoglycemia than ever before. Studies in children show a high rate of hypoglycemia at night for sustained periods of time. Unnoticed by caregivers. Hypoglycemia can occur before the diagnosis of diabetes, and during treatment with oral antihyperglycemic drugs or insulin injections. |
Michele Simon
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 Even worse, Kahn staunchly defended ADA's policy of taking money from companies that contribute to the very health problems his group claims to be working to reduce. Here is a typical exchange from that interview:23
Kahn: Most of the companies that give us educational grants are not in the food industry.
CCR: But you do take money even from candy companies. Kahn: No, I don't think we do take money from candy companies.
CCR: Well, Cadbury Schweppes is a candy company. |
| Finn's impressive pedigree includes an earlier stint as president of the American Dietetic Association. (The ada is also a member of ACFN, which should dispel any illusions you might have about the former group's
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON FITNESS AND NUTRITION'S EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
American Association of Advertising Agencies American Beverage Association Association of National Advertisers Campbell Soup Company Coca-Cola Company ConAgra Foods Del Monte Foods General Mills Grocery Manufacturers Association Hershey Foods Corporation H.J. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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 As of 1994, the ada "Code of Professional Conduct" stated:
. . . the ada has determined through the adoption of Resolution 42H-1986 that the removal of amalgam restoration from the non-allergic patient for the alleged purpose of removing toxic substances from the body, when such treatment is performed solely at the recommendation or suggestion of the dentist, is improper and unethical.3
A CBS 60 Minutes program aired a segment on the amalgam controversy in December 1990. Although it received one of the highest viewer responses ever, this segment was not repeated. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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 Bernstein, MD, is a medical maverick who has battled the ada for a long time. He described his low-carb solution in his book The Diabetes Diet. Dr. Bernstein himself has diabetes, though not type 2 diabetes. He was diagnosed at age 12 with type 1 diabetes. Back in 1946, there were no tools for measuring blood sugar at home. Even after he finished college, the only home tools were urine tests that detect high blood glucose only when it is so high that it "spills over" into urine.
As an engineer, Dr. Bernstein was fascinated by the first machine that analyzed blood glucose directly. |
Michele Simon
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| In a follow-up commentary on their interview, corporate watchdogs and CCR editors Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman noted that the ADA's sellout to Cadbury is part of a larger, and deeply troubling, trend among health associations: "If you are wondering why Americans are losing the wars on cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, you might look at the funding sources of the major public health groups. Big corporations dump big money into these groups. |
Michael Castleman
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 As recently as 1987, the American Dietetic Association (ADA) maintained the traditional view. An ada publication at that time insisted: "The RDAs represent the best current assessment of safe and adequate intakes. There are no demonstrated benefits of supplementation beyond these allowances." But in July 1993, at a hearing convened by the NAS Food and Nutrition Board to solicit expert opinions on the next round of RDA revisions, ada president Susan Calvert Finn, R.D. |
Michele Simon
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| Described as "a three-year, multimillion-dollar alliance to support the association in its efforts to fight obesity and diabetes in America," the deal means that Cadbury Schweppes will join with the ada to conduct extensive outreach activities aimed at increasing "consumer awareness of health and wellness, and the importance of making smarter nutritional choices. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Chromosome 20: ada deficiency, of Adenosine DeAminase enzyme immobilizing
Immune blood cells, called Bubble-boy" disease; one form of SCID/Severe
Combined Immunodeficiency, high susceptibility to every infection. Chromosome 21: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Lou Gehrig's disease, fatal nerve degeneration. Down's syndrome, mental retardation marked by 3 copies of
Chromosome21.
Chromosome 22: Neurofibromatosis type-2, auditory nerve and Brain tissue tumors. |
Byron J. Richards
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 It should be pointed out that the ada receives large amounts of funding from fast-food agribusiness; as a result, they do not explain true food quality to the American public.
Eat appropriate amounts of real food with moderate sugar calories at mealtimes. Most sugar in the diet should come from fresh fruit and complex whole-grain carbohydrates. Moderation, not deprivation, is the key. If you feel deprived of the taste of sweets from these guidelines, realize you are a sweet addict and have succumbed to the marketing ploys of the vested-interest trash-food monopoly. |
Mike Adams
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 The result of all this is that neither the ada, nor doctors, nor any government department is telling people that they should avoid refined sugars and carbohydrates. As Duffy says in Sugar Blues,
"Appeals for self-regulation to control sugar diseases are drowned out by the clamor for more millions of federal funds to find a potion, a pill, a shot, perhaps a magical Medicare atomic pancreas pacemaker - which can one day magically conquer disease. |
Michael Friedman, ND
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 The estrogenic properties of bisphenol-A (BPA) was known as early as 1936, yet children now have their teeth coated with plastic containing BPA. The ada denies any problem and goes on coating teeth. Food and drink cans are lined with it. Some plasfic baby bottles contain it and other plasticizers. In April 1999, Consumer Reports Special Report advised parents to dispose of soft vinyl teethers and toys that infants sometimes suck or chew, and all clear, shiny plastic baby bottles, unless the manufacturer tells you they're not made of polycarbonate, which leaches BPA. |
Mike Adams
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| But there are still an untold number of doctors out there recommending high-carbohydrate diets to people suffering from diabetes, and the ada sure doesn't seem very motivated to tell people to stop eating refined sugars. In fact, the new national dietary guidelines issued by the U.S. government in early 2005 neglected to even mention that people should consume less added sugar. The sugar industry, it seems, managed to get any such recommendations removed from the guidelines.
Wthout question, there's a tremendous amount of political pressure at work here. |
| This may be one reason why, if you examine the historical record, it almost appears as if the ada wanted to keep diabetics ill. As explained by William Duffy in the book Sugar Blues:
Early in 1971, a team of scientists headed by Dr. Edwin L Bireman reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that high carbohydrate diets actually lower blood glucose levels in mild diabetics and normal humans. The American Diabetes Association then urged the U.S. |
| If a miracle cure for diabetes were discovered and made available tomorrow, all the people working at the ada would be out of work. They would receive no more research money, no more media attention, and they would lose not only their salaries, but their positions of power and influence as well.
The American Diabetic Association offers questionable nutritional advice
At some level, every organization that exists for a specific disease depends on that disease for its own survival. And the more people are afflicted with that disease, the more power and influence the organization accumulates. |
The Editors of FC&A
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| Some sources are loaded with saturated fat and cholesterol. The ada guidelines suggest limiting your intake of saturated fats, found in meat, egg yolks, whole milk, butter, and cheese, to less than 10 percent of your daily calories.
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