Re: Re: Our Deadly Diabetes Deception

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In a message dated 10/1/04 5:49:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, whimsy2@...

writes:

I agree with you there, certainly. However, not ALL Americans eat

overly processed or nutritionally worthless foods. I don't. And none

of my friends or friends' adult children do.

Maybe I move around in rarefied circles, smile. It does seem that the

vast majority of Americans do eat far too much junk and processed food

I'm with you, Vicki. I've never been a junk food eater, and we didn't do it

when I was a kid - never had the money for it. I'm also a cook, and use fresh

everything 90% of the time. Fast food was never more than a very rare thing

- mostly when travelling. When I was a kid, my father wouldn't let white

bread into the house. We at pumpernickel and rye back then. Ice cream was

allowed, however, <grin>.

I still got fat and still got diabetes. And there are millions and millions

of people who eat processed crap all the time and aren't fat and don't get

diabetes.

Eating well is good for one's health, overall, is a good idea, but no

guarantee of anything.

And yes, maybe Americans eat a lot of processed foods, but I look at the

typical American family with both parents working 50-60 hours a week, trying to

raise kids, take care of a home, and I understand why the easier stuff goes onto

the table.

I think people are becoming more aware and more proactive, but change takes

time.

Stacey

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Studies have recently shown that altho weight loss can help ameliorate

insulin resistence--it does not affect bg levels of diabetes despite

what most doctors tell us. I don't have the url of the study but I sent

it to this list & it shd be in the archives.

cappie

Greater Boston Area

T-2 10/02 9/04 A1c: 5.3

Mod 100 carb diet, walking, Metformin.

ALA/EPO, Coq10, B12, C, Cal/mag

ALC, Biotin, full spectrum E

fish oil, garlic, flax seed, multi vitamin

Lovastatin 20 mg, Enalapril 10 mg

9/04:145 lbs (highest weight 309) 5'/age 66

cappie@...

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Of course your dietitian said that--it has been a mantra forever among

the medicos, It is only now being actually studied objectively in

double blind studies which have shown that the pathways are completely

different.

cappie

Greater Boston Area

T-2 10/02 9/04 A1c: 5.3

Mod 100 carb diet, walking, Metformin.

ALA/EPO, Coq10, B12, C, Cal/mag

ALC, Biotin, full spectrum E

fish oil, garlic, flax seed, multi vitamin

Lovastatin 20 mg, Enalapril 10 mg

9/04:145 lbs (highest weight 309) 5'/age 66

cappie@...

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SulaBlue: of course you realize that most if not all dieticians & /or

CDE's are trained ie brainwashed in the ADA mentality. Despite so many

studies showing better control with lower carb, they still insist we shd

eat high carb but use more meds to cover them. Well no thanks that

" ain't " the way it is going to happen in my house either.

cappie

Greater Boston Area

T-2 10/02 9/04 A1c: 5.3

Mod 100 carb diet, walking, Metformin.

ALA/EPO, Coq10, B12, C, Cal/mag

ALC, Biotin, full spectrum E

fish oil, garlic, flax seed, multi vitamin

Lovastatin 20 mg, Enalapril 10 mg

9/04:145 lbs (highest weight 309) 5'/age 66

cappie@...