Chris and John,
Both of your stories nearly perfectly match my experience, thank you for
replying!
I am diabetic, the weight loss and the avoidance of high glycemic index
foods has dropped my fasting BG down to (around) 150 and that's totally
without any insulin now! I used to commonly take 200 to 250 units of
insulin per day to achieve BG readings of 200 or less!!! My
Endocrinologist is still in a state of shock! I now have to see him once
a month as he is concerned about the major changes in my body that have
occurred in such a short period!
My Lymphedema was severe, it is almost non-existant now, I no longer
have to wear compression socks! And the reduced swelling is close to
eliminating the custom footwear I used to need! I now fit into standard
off-the-shelf shoes! I take 1/4 of the blood pressure med as I took just
2 months ago. I lost 80 pounds between June and March, with the vast
majority of the weight dropping shortly after the life style change in
mid January. No soy, no gluten, no dairy, no added sugar (especially
Fructose), no gmo and/or processed grains, no canned or prepared foods.
I recently discovered Functional Medicine practitioners and have studied
their claims significantly. I soon realized that the American people
have been sold out-thanks to the farming mafia, the government, the
pharmaceutical industry, the USDA, the American Diabetes Association,
the American Heart Association, the American Dental Association,
etc....they ALL tell lies to keep us sick and cash flowing into their
purses. I do not fear fat now, I've seen the light.
I had 4 toes that were due for amputation, today the swelling is gone
and the redness has subsided-my doctor told me I could cancel the
amputation appointment for now.
My doctor wants my thyroid hormone reevaluated, my daily dose will
probably need to be reduced now!!! I now weigh 300 pounds (5'11"), so I
still have another 100 pounds to lose!
High fat, low carb, with proper diet (modified Paleo/Keto) did it for
me. Fat is needed to digest protein and the "cholesterol is bad" myth
has been busted. Cholesterol is only a problem because it is the body's
method of repairing the arteries damaged by man-made vegetable oil,
trans-fats and intentionally contaminated foods. Clogged arteries DO NOT
happen on a proper diet.
Processed vegetable oil directly interferes with the Mytochondrea in
each cell and cells die that would otherwise be healthy. The Microbiomme
is the key to immunity, proper nutrient absorption and inflammation in
the body! Gut bacteria restoration has actually reversed dementia,
Alzheimers and the brain can rebuild and repair itself once the body is
free of the effects of the SAD.
Ever wonder why you feel like sh.t all the time? I thought I was the
only person that felt so miserable-until I learned that more than half
the US population was also afflicted!
Leaky Gut Syndrome is likely significantly reduced, my white blood cell
count is roughly 1/2 of what it used to be just 3 months ago! With the
leaky gut repaired, the food particles that used to reach the blood
stream are no longer leaving the body in a constant state of
distress/alarm/SOS and the body's defense and repair mechanism(s) can
now function during more normalized sleep.
The brain and the body have mechanisms that work to remove toxins and
environmental pollutants, but these systems do not function when the
patient uses the SAD along with gmo, preservatives, food dyes and all
the other poisons that our government still claims are 'safe' (or on the
FDA's GRAS list), the GRAS list is the Generally Regarded as Safe List.
My (very expensive) and advanced allergy tests have been tabled (for the
time being), these allergies often reverse themselves as the body
approaches a more stable and proper condition.
I now sleep better than I have in years, which causes me to wonder if I
still have sleep apnea! Hence my interest in some sort of screening test
for sleep apnea-especially a low budget homebrewed hardware solution.
Is anyone aware of any sleep apnea screening test type hardware,
especially if it can be homebrewed and tested in my own bed?
Regards,
Art
Post by Chris SmolinskiAvoiding the SAD (Standard American Diet) seems to be key. I eat nearly the exact opposite of your diet (Low Carb, High Fat, meat centric with a lot of cheese and green veggies). I started low carb about 18 years ago, and have more or less stayed on it, with some tweaks along the way, most recently a shift towards the high fat end of things, and mixing in some intermittent fasting. I was never diabetic, but likely would have been had I stayed on the SAD. I'm down about 90 lbs from that initial starting point, most of the weight lost in the first year, but losing again with the recent changes. 100 pounds down is my goal, mostly because it is a shiny round number.
Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
Westminster, MD USA
http://www.blackcatsystems.com
Post by Van Horn, DavidI would suggest talking to your doctor and getting re-evaluated. There's a lot to it, and while we are smart folks, we aren't (most of us) MDs.
Thereby hangs a tale. I may have told this here before, but I don't remember.
I went to Vegas last summer, and saw the Penn and Teller show. After the show, I bought (among other things) the book "Presto, how I made 100 pounds disappear".
Taking as much as I could out of the book, and talking it over with my doctor (well, we can try it, but keep a close eye on your BP and blood sugar, we can always stop if things start going wrong) I applied the principles expressed by Penn from his diet plan by Ray Cronise.
Passing on this gem of wisdom from Penn verbatim: "If you take medical advice from a juggler, you're an asshole and you deserve to die".
I'm down 60#, most of that happening in 6 weeks. Yes, at the beginning I was loosing more than two pounds a day! It tapers off as you burn those reserves you've been hauling around for years.
Like Penn, I was on multiple meds for high blood pressure, plus I was on insulin for diabetes.
Within a week, I was off my BP meds tracking dead normal.
Within that same week, I no longer needed my insulin, or anything else for my diabetes. My blood sugar is pretty constantly 80 now. A1C is dead normal.
Still loosing weight, just slower now with changes to diet habits and no longer eating "SAD". (Standard American Diet).
I'm still diabetic, the diet didn't change that, but the loss of weight and change in eating habits makes it largely a non-problem. I'm not stressing the system so hard anymore.
I had one blood sugar crash when I decided to step up my game and fast.. Six days in I finally ran out of gas and my blood sugar went below 70. Fasting was EASY.
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Subject: [EE] sleep apnea home test?
I've gone through a massive change of lifestyle (diet, weight loss, realization of the myth that the traditional type doctors, FDA, USDA, American Diabetes Association, pharmaceutical industry, farming mafia, Congress, health insurance industry etc) are all lying scum. Many of my health conditions are drastically improved, just with a proper diet as specified by Functional Medicine practitioners in the first 3 weeks of my lifestyle change. I am still in recovery, but.....
My sleep improved, I am curious whether I have need for my CPAP machine any longer. I need at least a screening test for sleep quality evaluation, rather than a full blown lab type sleep test.
Sensors to detect breathing patterns (sound recorder), sleep paralysis (wrist or leg worn accelerometer) and O2 sat meter (finger clip on) and to data log the results overnight is good enough for my needs at this point.
Has anyone done a PIC program for this purpose? Or maybe someone has a kit??
I would interpret my own results, at least as far as a 'preliminary'
home test/evaluation.
Any ideas?
TY
Art
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