Diabetes Hotline Newsletter
"Helping you to control and improve the quality of your life."

Issue #4

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

1) Can't lower your blood sugar?
Find out why and what you can do about it!
2) Another Diabetic Success - and a new outlook on life!
3) A Healthful Recipe: Fresh Spinach Salad

Dear Reader,

By learning more about the diabetic condition, what causes it and how it can be changed, you can make informed decisions and take actions on your own, which will improve your diabetic condition.

In each issue of the Diabetes Hotline Newsletter we will provide you with information that you can use to decrease or eliminate your dependency on drugs, medications and insulin, while at the same time reducing your blood sugar levels.

The most important actions you can take to improve your diabetic condition are correct diet combined with effective nutritional supplements and exercise.

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

Can't lower your blood sugar?
Learn why and what you can do about it!

Diabetics are often given contrary information on what is the correct diet or even what types of food are best for the diabetic condition. Here is an article that clearly shows the reason and need for a low carbohydrate diet:

"All carbohydrates are basically sugar. Various sugar molecules - primarily glucose - hooked together chemically ["bonded"] compose the entire family of carbohydrates. Your body has digestive enzymes that break these chemical bonds and release the sugar molecules into the blood, where they stimulate insulin."

"This means that if you follow a 2,200-calorie diet that is 60 percent carbohydrates - the very one most nutritionists recommend - your body will end up having to contend with almost 2 cups of pure sugar per day."

excerpted from Protein Power
by Doctors Michael and Mary Eades

Based on this astounding information, the question is not whether or not a diabetic should be on a low carbohydrate diet, but just what are the foods for a low carbohydrate diet?

Without attempting to list every kind and type of food, and for simplicity, I have grouped foods into three general categories below; those that are high carbohydrate content which should be avoided, medium carbohydrate content which can be eaten only in modest or extremely small portions, and low carbohydrate content that can be eaten as much as one likes:

High Carbohydrate Content:
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All kinds of potato and potato products (including yams and sweet potatoes). Any products made from grain such as wheat, rye, oats, rice and corn. This includes any type of bread, pasta, chips or cereals. Any type of hard beans such as navy beans, pinto beans, black eyed peas, kidney beans, soy beans, lima beans, red beans, black beans, etc., as well as peas and peanuts. Most fruits and any fruit juices.

Medium Carbohydrate Content:
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All root vegetables such as beets, carrots, turnips, parsnips and rutabagas. Most kinds of nuts, avocado, onions, apricots, strawberries, peaches, plums, tangerines (not oranges), and honeydew or casaba melons.

Low Carbohydrate Content:
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Any kind of meat including beef, pork, lamb, turkey, chicken, any kind of fish, seafood or shellfish, eggs, or cheese. Vegetables such as broccoli, green beans, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, celery, asparagus, any kind of greens such as spinach, beet greens, kale, Swiss chard, mustard greens and turnip greens. Summer and zucchini squashes. Salad materials such as any kind of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, etc., and any kind of oil such as corn, olive, peanut, etc., and butter.

Follow the above guidelines, get in a low carbohydrate diet and add the vital supplements of the WSN® Diabetic Pack, and see the results for yourself!

Another Diabetic Success

"My name is Tiffany Litsinger, I am 17 years old and I have had type 1 diabetes since I was about 10 years old. For the past few years I have been struggling with keeping my blood sugars under control, they've ranged from very low to very high in around the high 200's and 300's.

"One year I went through a phase where I was in the hospital with Diabetic-Keto-Acidosis 6 times in just 3 months. And just recently I've been told that I am in the beginning stage of kidney failure from excessive high blood sugars.

"My mom then started researching on the internet for anything that would help with my blood sugars, then she finally came across the Diabetic Pack and suggested that I give it a try. "After about 1 week I noticed a huge difference in my energy and blood sugars. I felt more active instead of tired all the time, my sugars started coming down and now range in the mid 100's. I feel healthier and haven't even had to use as much insulin as I used to, and it has really helped with my attitude and I feel so much happier. "I just wanted to thank you for everything you've done for me."

Tiffany Litsinger, Florida

A Healthful Recipe for the Diabetic

Fresh Spinach Salad
1 lb. fresh spinach, washed, drained and torn into desired pieces
1 can sliced water chestnuts
1 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced thinly
1/2 lb. bacon, cooked and crumbled
4 hardboiled eggs, sliced

Make sure spinach has been well drained and isn't watery. Combine all above salad ingredients in a large bowl. (toss the spinach, mushrooms, and water chestnuts together then top with bacon and sliced hardboiled eggs as garnish until time to serve.) Chill. This is a wonderful change from a plain iceberg lettuce salad. Leftovers don't keep well, spinach tends to wilt down. So eat it all at the first serving or shortly thereafter.

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