Glycemic Control Quotes

I've found cinnamon to be very effective for lowering the glycemic response to meals. People have heard that before, but I didn't realize how profound it could be until I did the actual testing with continuous glucose monitors. And I tested all different varieties and species of cinnamon from Ceylon to Saigon.

The triumph of sugar over diabetes.

My weight does fluctuate, and there are extreme highs and lows in my blood sugar, so there is some worry about diabetes.

The more you put in your body, the more you have to regulate it with insulin. So later kickoffs, you're talking about breakfast, lunch and a pregame meal, so that's more food you've got to be aware of and what you put in your body. A noon game, light breakfast, a little fruit and some insulin, and I'm good to go.

It just so happens that my body type and my lifestyle gives me a preclusion for high blood sugars.

There's cleanliness to how I eat now. I'm much more in tune with my body, so now that I'm so in tune based on having become a semivegan, I can tell what foods affect energy levels. I can tell when I've been eating particularly high nutrient foods or I can tell when my glycemic levels are all over the place.

I don't have to take insulin because I have been able to make these changes and take this medication.

Diabetes is not curable. It's sustainable.

With the glucometer, I always know how much blood sugar I've got, so I can adjust my insulin or the food I eat.

Diabetes is a great example whereby, giving the patient the tools, you can manage yourself very well.

The critical part with meal spacing is that you stabilize your hormones so that you do not have those spikes in insulin that occur when you eat large meals.

Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

I don't skip meals, because I get blood sugary.

Agave nectar is a good substitute for refined sugars. It has a relatively low glycaemic index, which means it doesn't cause quick rises in blood sugar levels. It also has a nice, mild flavour.

I'm actually a Type 1 diabetic, so growing up, I had to eat pretty healthy.

Fiber and other nondigestible carbs are bulky and tend to slow digestion, which, in turn, eases the absorption of glucose into the bloodstream. When glucose enters the bloodstream more slowly, cells are better able to burn it for energy.

In diabetes mellitus the case is as follows: the ego-organization, as it submerges in the astral and etheric realm, is so weakened that it can no longer effectively accomplish its action upon the sugar-substance. The sugar then undergoes the processes in the astral and etheric realms which should take place in the ego-organization.... From all this we see that a real healing process for diabetes mellitus can only be initiated if we are in a position to strengthen the ego-organization of the patient.