Well, this year I decided I want to attempt to reverse/cure/heal my type 1 diabetes.
I have had type 1 diabetes since I was 10 years old, so I have had it for 25 years.
Wait, isn't it impossible to reverse/cure/heal type 1 diabetes?
That's what I was told for my whole life, and I used to think so until...
Through my nutrition and health journey (reading 100s of books, watching hours and hours of youtube videos, listening to countless #s of podcasts, etc.) I have healed some of my own health challenges (gastroparesis and eczema) through diet and lifestyle, and I have come across a number of people who have healed their autoimmune diseases - including Type 1 Diabetes - through diet and lifestyle changes as well!
One example of this is Dr. Terry Wahls who reversed her MS. I heard/read that she did this partly by eating 9+ cups of (dark, leafy) greens per day. Another example is Sergei Boutenko who reversed his type 1 diabetes by going on a raw food diet, drinking lots of green smoothies, and eating wild edibles. Thirdly, I got a book called The pH Miracle for Diabetes, which advocates an alkaline diet using lots of dark, leafy greens to get your pH level in balance.
- Here is a YouTube playlist of Type 1 diabetes testimonials for the pH Miracle plan: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE6xKC88KAtjMYZxOEVNPbjEC7PUQrS20
There's a lot of B.S. and misinformation out there, so when I read things now I look for consistent themes across all of the other things I've read. And in relation to this...
Notice the common denominator? GREENS.
This past month I learned that greens are very detoxifying. Go ahead and google that to see for yourself. And overall, according to Dr. Lonnie Herman, I have to clean up any toxins in my body that would cause a tissue to fail. His YouTube channel has lots more info about this.
I'm starting to record short videos to document this journey (I've been slowly making these changes over the past week), so you can see firsthand the day in and day out stuff it has entailed. I know this will not be easy, but I'm excited to see what happens!
Next Steps:
1. Get baseline labs done
2. Eat/drink lots of alkaline food
- Go off of coffee, black tea, alcohol (too acidic). I'm switching to green tea at least temporarily.
- Eat greens with every meal (9+ cups per day)
- Eat plenty of grasses (wheatgrass, barley grass especially). They are an excellent source of protein and help balance blood sugar levels.
- Eat 80%+ whole raw food
- Lots of good fats: avocados, coconuts, raw nuts and seeds, some wild caught fish
- Eat good oils (unheated, unrefined, expeller-pressed): borage oil, olive oil, sesame oil, coconut oil
- Low sugar fruits: lemons, limes, grapefruit
- Lots of sprouts
- Prepare nuts, seeds, grains, and beans properly (soaked and/or sprouted)
- Eat wild edibles (especially beneficial for diabetics as bitter plants are good for the pancreas)
- Eat good salt (Celtic Salt, RealSalt). These strongly alkalize the body, help with digestion and absorption of nutrients.
- Drink green drinks and pH drops in my water
- Eat some grains: millet, buckwheat, spelt
3. Exercise daily
- 50+ minutes per day, 6 days per week
- Walk, swim, yoga, rebounding, aerobic (not anaerobic) jogging, cross-training machines, Pilates, sauna, massage
4. Drink lots of alkaline water
- Fresh mountain spring water straight from the source or water that has been purified through reverse osmosis filtration or distillation, then put through the process of electromagnetic micro-ionization to add electrons.
- Your water should have a pH or 8.0 or above.
- Drink at least 4 Liters per day.
5. Go to sleep by 10:30 pm every night
6. Do castor oil packs if additional detoxification is necessary
7. Try to keep stress to a minimum
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