In This Issue... ... ...

1) Diets often fail. Find out why!
2) Diabetic medications - are they reliable?
3) Another Diabetic Success - from Texas!
4) A Healthful Recipe: Cajun-Style Broiled Swordfish

Dear Reader,

It is possible to control diabetes without the use of drugs or medications.

Proper diet, use of nutrients and exercise improves the majority of diabetic conditions to where one can reduce one's dependency on diabetic medications or eliminate them entirely!

If you have questions, email me at bob@realfoodnutrients.com or call our toll free number (888) 580-9390. Our website address is: www.realfoodnutrients.com

I wish you the best of health.


President

Dieting To Lose Weight?
What are the facts surrounding diet failure?

Frequently diabetics suffer from over weight. They often struggle with various diets in an attempt bring this problem under control. The results are usually a lot of effort and little long-term success. The following article will shed some light on why the usual approaches to dieting lead to failures:

"As a rule, diet books are based on two assumptions about dieting. The first is that diets do not affect the speed at which the body works - the metabolic rate. The second is that the weight lost on a diet is all or almost all fat. These are not true."

"Much of the weight lost on a diet is not fat; and any initial fast weight loss includes almost no loss of fat."

"Initial weight loss on a diet is no mystery. The loss consists principally of glycogen (a form of glucose in a water solution), as well as additional water."

"Diets slow down the metabolic rate."

"In our minds we know the difference between going on a diet and being subjected to famine or starvation. But our bodies do not know the difference. When we go on a diet we activate the mechanisms in the body that protect us and preserve us in times of famine. And what does the body need to keep it going between times of famine? Fat. The more people diet the more their bodies will protect the stores of fat."

excerpted from Dieting Makes You Fat
by Geoffrey Cannon and Hetty Einzig

The solution to bringing one's weight under control is to adopt an eating program suited to your body's needs, a dietary program that more closely matches the food that our bodies evolved with, which is a high protein, low carbohydrate diet, which is high in vegetables and salads.

As part of our program we supply our customers with diabetic-safe recipes that match these high protein and low carbohydrate requirements. Recipes that are both tasty and easy to prepare!

The following article reveals the flaw in relying primarily on medical drugs as a means of attempting to handle the diabetic condition:

"Many medical doctors prescribe drugs known as oral hypoglycemic agents. These agents are sulfa drugs called sulfonylureas. They appear to stimulate the secretion of insulin by the pancreas as well as enhance the sensitivity of body tissues to insulin. Some common examples of this class of drugs include:"

Chlorpropamide (Diabinese) Glipizide (Glucotrol) Tolazamide (Tolinase) Tolbutamide (Orinase) Glyburide (DiaBeta, Micronase)

"As a group these drugs are not very effective. After three months of continual treatment at an adequate dosage, sulfonylureas fail to adequately control blood sugar in about 40% of cases. Furthermore, these drugs generally lose their effectiveness over time. After an initial period of success, these drugs will fail to produce a positive effect in about 30% of cases. The overall success rate of adequate control by long term use of sulfonlureas is no more than 30% at best."

"In addition to being of limited value, there is evidence to indicate that these drugs actually produce harmful long-term side effects. For example, a famous study conducted by the University Group Diabetes Program on the long-term effects of tolbutamide showed that the rate of death due to heart attack or stroke was 2½ times greater for the group that used sulfonylureas than that for the group that controlled type II diabetes by diet alone."

excerpted from Diabetes and Hypoglycemia
by Michael T. Murray, N.D.

Another Diabetic Success

"I just want to let you know I am doing great. My blood sugar used to run between 165 - 290 taking two 1000 mg Glucophage a day.

"Since I have started on the Diabetic Pack and changed my diet [about 3 weeks ago] I am no longer taking any Glucophage, and my blood sugar is 130 to 140.

"Thank you so much!!!"

Judith Hart, Texas

A Healthful Recipe for the Diabetic

Cajun-Style Broiled Swordfish
1 t paprika
4 swordfish steaks, 3/4" to 1" thick
1/2 t dried thyme
1/4 t garlic powder
1/4 t black pepper
1/4 t oregano
1/8 t ground red pepper
1/4 c lemon juice

Thaw fish, if frozen. Rinse and pat dry with paper towels. For seasoning mixture, in shallow dish, stir together spices. Place lemon juice in bowl. Dip steaks in juice, then coat lightly with seasoning mixture. Preheat broiler. Spray unheated rack of pan with nonstick spray. Arrange seasoned fish on rack. Broil 4 inches from heat until fish flakes easily with fork (4 to 6 minutes per 1/2" thickness). Turn once during broiling time.

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