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

Issue #6

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

1) How To Improve Your Diabetic Condition With Exercise!
2) Higher morning sugar levels? - Find out why!
3) Another Diabetic Success - "It Has Changed My Life!"
4) A Healthful Recipe: Real diabetic-safe cheesecake!!!

Dear Reader,

I have stated this before and will continue to repeat it because of its importance. By learning more about the diabetic condition you can decrease or eliminate your dependency on drugs and/or insulin, while at the same time reducing your blood sugar levels.

The most important actions you can take to improve your diabetic condition are adopting a low carbohydrate 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

Improving Your Diabetic Condition
With Exercise

The type 2 diabetic condition is brought about by a diet that is too high in carbohydrates and a lack of nutrients, which results in the insulin the body naturally produces becoming less and less effective in keeping blood sugar levels under control and in a normal range.

While change in diet and proper nutritional supplementation have a dramatic effect in bringing blood sugar levels down without the need for drugs or insulin, exercise can greatly contribute to the overall control of the diabetic condition, as can be seen in the following excerpt:

"While many people may begin exercising out of a sense of responsibility - the way children eat vegetables they don't like - the main reason they keep exercising is that it feels good."

"Overall, people who exercise regularly are better equipped to carry on day-to-day activities as they age."

"One of the great benefits is that many people find that when they exercise, they have less desire to overeat."

"Even though your fat won't 'melt away,' exercise, particularly if you're a Type II diabetic, is still of value in a weight-reduction program because muscle building reduces insulin resistance."

"As you increase your muscle mass, your insulin needs will be reduced - and having less insulin present in your bloodstream will reduce the amount of fat you pack away."

"As a result, your own insulin production gradually becomes more effective at lowering blood sugar."

excerpted from Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution
by Dr. Richard K. Bernstein

 

Higher Morning Sugar Levels?

Blood sugar can be brought down and kept at normal levels throughout the day, yet, many diabetics find that even though they have not eaten before bedtime, when they wake up in the morning their blood sugar levels are elevated. This is caused by something called the "dawn phenomenon":

"Although the mechanics of the dawn phenomenon aren't yet entirely clear, research suggests that the liver deactivates more circulating insulin during the early morning hours." [This results in sugar not being pushed into cells for energy but building up in the blood instead.]

"Investigators have actually measured blood sugar every hour throughout the night under similar circumstances. They find that the entire blood sugar increase occurs about 6-10 hours after bedtime for most people who are so affected."

"Both the time it takes for blood sugar to increase and the amount of the increase vary from one person to another. An increase may be negligible in some and profound in others."

excerpted from Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution
by Dr. Richard K. Bernstein

You can begin maintaining healthy blood sugar levels with regular exercise combined with a low carbohydrate diet and by supplementing with the correct nutrients. This can also help reduce the effects of the "dawn phenomenon".

Another Diabetic Success

"I am a 47-year-old and have recently found out I have turned diabetic. I started doing some research on diabetes, borrowed a meter to do some self-checking. The first time I checked my sugar level - to be totally honest it scared the hell out of me. I was 310. And finding out that a normal level should be about 80 to 100 I figured I better start doing something. I change my diet and cut out all sugar and some of the carbohydrates. After about 1 week the next reading I took came in about 225. Better but still not what I thought was acceptable.

"I came across the website about the WSN® Diabetic Pack. You can do your own research about medications for diabetes, but I found out they cause complications, so I wanted to find something else that would work.

"I started taking the Foodform® nutrients the next morning and my results were pretty amazing. On the second day my morning reading was 190. And within 1 week my numbers dropped to 175. Now I did change my diet and added exercise and after the second week I was in the 150's; after the third week I went below 120. At the end of the second month my sugars stabilized at 100 to 110 and I have been as low as 81. It has now been 5 months and I'm still going strong!

"I can't say that this will work for everyone but it worked great for me. My eyesight has now returned to normal, my weight is down, I have much more energy and I think I am actually in better shape now than I have been in years.

"Now if any of you readers think that this story is made up just to sell you - THINK AGAIN - I am a real person, and if you want to correspond with me please feel free to ask Bob Held for my email and I will be happy to confirm this with you. It has changed my life; maybe it can change yours too."

Jeffrey Lada, New Jersey

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A Healthful Recipe for the Diabetic

Diabetic-Safe Cheesecake
Crust:
1 ½ Cup fine ground pecans
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon Splenda

Mix all ingredients - press evenly into a greased "spring form pan" (I line the bottom and sides of the pan with the new Non-Stick Aluminum foil). Bake crust for 10 minutes at 350° and let cool before adding cheesecake mix.

Cheese Cake:
5 - 8oz packages or cream cheese
5 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
¼ cup heavy cream
½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
½ teaspoon of either almond or lemon extract (my favorite is the almond)
1 ¾ cups Splenda (approx 42 packets)

Preheat the oven to 475°. In a bowl beat cream cheese with sweetener until smooth. Add eggs, cream, yolks and extracts - beat for 5 minutes. Pour mixture into greased or lined spring form pan, and bake for 12 minutes. Turn oven down to 350° and bake for 35 minutes longer. Turn off oven and leave cake in for another 30 minutes. Remove cake and let cool completely in pan. Refrigerate overnight and remove from pan before serving. Cake may crack during baking but don't worry - it's normal. We top the cheesecake with a no-sugar jelly (we like "Fifty50" brand the best - some of the flavors are peach, black-berry, apricot, and strawberry). You won't believe how good this is!

- created and offered by Ann, Rosanne and Jeffrey Lada

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