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WARNING: I am not a doctor and I do not encourage you to stop your current treatment
before talking to your doctor. Also, the guide is primarily about the majority form of
Diabetes today, which is Type 2 Diabetes. For the sake of simplicity, I will simply use the term
Diabetes.
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SUMMARY
Chapter 1 - The Diabetes Problem ..................................................................................... 5
1 - What is diabetes? ...................................................................................................... 5
2 - The recent explosion ................................................................................................. 9
3 - Dramatic complications ............................................................................................10
4 - In summary ..............................................................................................................11
Chapter 2 - The Laboratory Race for Profit ......................................................................12
1 - Diabetes: the golden goose ......................................................................................12
2 - The problem of current treatments ...........................................................................15
3 - The insulin scandal ..................................................................................................17
4 - In summary ..............................................................................................................20
Chapter 3 - Science Finally Understands Diabetes ..........................................................21
1 - A medical mystery ....................................................................................................21
2 - The Newcastle study ................................................................................................23
3 - The real cause of diabetes .......................................................................................25
4 - Liver and pancreas failure ........................................................................................30
5 - The solution .............................................................................................................31
6 - Summary ..................................................................................................................32
Chapter 4 - The Diabetes Free Method..............................................................................33
1 - Free your mind .........................................................................................................33
2 - Free yourself from sugar ..........................................................................................39
3 - The anti-diabetes diet ...............................................................................................42
4 - The anti-diabetic fasting ...........................................................................................48
5 - The exercise program ..............................................................................................52
6 - Take action! .............................................................................................................56
Chapter 5 - What's Next? ...................................................................................................59
1 - Enjoy your new life ...................................................................................................59
2 - Stay diabetes free ....................................................................................................60
BONUS #1 - Sugar Detox Plan .............................................................................................62
BONUS #2 - Anti-Diabetes Shopping List .............................................................................63
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Thank you!
Dear reader,
I would like to thank you for your trust. If you are reading this, you have made an
investment in your health, and I congratulate you!
When I wrote this book, I made it a quick and easy read, to have maximum impact
on your health and your life.
Recently, I gave it to a friend's father who has diabetes and is a few pounds
overweight. I thought it might help him.
After a few days, I got a call from him. I picked up the phone and immediately
recognized his voice (it's deep and really unique): "Wow, you wrote this? That's really
EXCELLENT!"
That made me very happy! Because you see...
It is not really what you will learn that is important, but what you will DO.
It's like me giving you the winning Lotto numbers...nothing is going to happen until
you go and validate the grid.
That's why I've made sure you can read this program quickly, because I want you to
get quick results...not provide you with a diabetes encyclopedia you'll never read.
And if you want to take action immediately, start with Chapter 4 and follow my
recommendations to the letter for at least 8 weeks.
I promise you this is a great program, and you'll have the best health of your life.
I wish you a great read,
PS: I recommend you watch this additional video about the "Pinch" Method for blood sugar:
(VIDEO) "Pinch" THIS = balance blood sugar? >>
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Chapter 1 - The Diabetes Problem
Today we hear about diabetes everywhere, and for good reason.
It is one of the major problems we have to face today. And it is urgent because the
situation is getting worse year after year.
But before going into details, let's recall what diabetes is...
1 - What is Diabetes?
Definition
Let's start at the beginning, which is to agree on what diabetes is.
It's very simple, diabetes is defined by a measurement of blood glucose, i.e. the
sugar level in the blood.
Diabetes = fasting blood sugar above 1.25g/l
This means that after a meal, for example in the morning when you haven't eaten all
night, you have more than 1.25g of sugar circulating per liter of blood.
You can test your blood sugar with a glucometer that can be found in pharmacies. To
be sure of the diagnosis, it's best to have at least three positive measurements, three
days in a row.
It's as simple as that.
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Type 1 VS Type 2
There are two types of diabetes, depending on the mechanism causing the disease.
In both cases, our definition is always true, and the blood sugar level is above
1.25g/l.
Type 1 diabetes: is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas is unable to
produce insulin. It is a disease that has a recognized genetic factor, however the
mechanism of destruction of the pancreas is not yet fully understood. This diabetes
affects about 10% of patients.
Type 2 diabetes: is an inflammatory disease in which the liver can no longer assume
its role of transforming sugar into energy, because it is resistant to insulin. The
pancreas produces too much insulin. We know today that this disease is caused by
our diet. This diabetes affects about 90% of the patients.
Be careful with words!
In the remainder of this program, I will only use the term "diabetes" to refer to type
2 diabetes, as it affects the majority of patients.
A different unit...
Sometimes blood glucose is measured in mg/dl, which changes the order of
magnitude.
A blood glucose level of 1g/l is equal to 100 mg/dl.
On blood glucose meters, blood glucose is often expressed in mg/dl, so at 125
you are considered to have diabetes.
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Symptoms
Symptoms are the physical signs of diabetes.
They are often the basis for suspecting diabetes, but only a blood glucose test can
provide a reliable diagnosis.
If you have type 2 diabetes, here are the symptoms:
Intense fatigue and lack of energy
Weight gain
Significant hunger
Frequent urination
Strong thirst
Decreased vision
Neuropathic pain (tingling in hands, legs and feet)
Slow wound healing
Frequent infections
Headaches
If you have these signs, I invite you to consult your doctor to establish a diagnosis
with certainty, by doing a blood sugar test.
If you have access to a glucose meter, you can also test on an empty stomach in the
morning, or at least 6 hours after a meal.
In cases of type 1 diabetes:
The symptoms are the same except that there is a significant and unexplainable
weight loss, without loss of appetite.
Diagnosis at different ages
Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in childhood, while type 2 diabetes occurs
later in life, often around the age of 45 to 60.
Nevertheless, with the modification of our diet, type 2 diabetes occurs earlier and
earlier as we will see.
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Prediabetes
In recent years, the term pre-diabetes has been defined as the stage just before type
2 diabetes.
Prediabetes = fasting blood glucose between 1.10 and 1.25 g/l
This is important because prediabetes often turns into diabetes, with all the health
complications that this entails.
Fortunately, there is still time to act by changing your lifestyle habits as we will see
together in the rest of this program.
What is glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)?
It is a measure of a particular form of hemoglobin whose evolution is related to
blood glucose. It is a parameter that evolves more slowly than blood glucose and
allows for the measurement of longer term changes. It is measured in %.
The normal value is between 4 and 6%. Between 6 and 6.4% is generally pre-
diabetes. Above 6.5% is diabetes.
Diabetes can now be predicted
Thanks to a team of Japanese scientists, it is now possible to predict the risk of
developing diabetes by measuring glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c):
100% risk at 5 years, if HbA1c between 6 and 6.4% and blood glucose
between 1.10 and 1.25 g/l
50% at two years
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2 - The recent explosion
Today, we are facing a real epidemic.
But diabetes has not always been this prevalent in the population, in fact far from it.
In 1980, there were 108 million diabetics.
In 2019, there were 425 million.
That's almost 4 times more!
And the most optimistic estimates of experts are that by 2040, there will be more than
800 million diabetics in the world.
It's a real explosion!
Consequences for society
Unfortunately, this incredible increase in the number of patients is not without
consequences for society.
Diabetes is costing social security systems around the world a fortune...hundreds of
billions of dollars every year.
And some economists even estimate that the cost is in thousands of billions, so in
trillions, when we take into account all the associated indirect costs: diseases, loss of
productivity at work, accidents...
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A major issue
Today, the management of diabetes represents about 15% of the health expenses of
developed countries...just for this disease!
And the situation only gets worse year after year.
The management of diabetes is therefore one of the major challenges of the 21st
century for both developed and developing countries.
And I am proud that this program can make a contribution to solving this mass
problem.
3 - Dramatic complications
Beyond the numbers and costs, the most serious consequence is the human
suffering that diabetes causes to patients.
Indeed, if blood sugar levels are not regulated, diabetes can lead to serious
complications:
Neuropathic pain
Risk of amputation
Glaucoma
Risk of blindness (loss of sight)
Risk of stroke
Risk of Cancer
Risk of Alzheimer's
Risk of premature death
The point is not to scare you, so I won't go into the numbers detailing the increased
risk of these different health problems.
But keep in mind that regulating your blood sugar should be a priority if you want to
live a long and healthy life.
So follow this program carefully, because you will understand the whole problem of
diabetes, and especially how to solve it.
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4 - In summary
In summary...
Diabetes: fasting blood glucose level above 1.25 g/l.
Blood glucose measurement: can be done in g/l or mg/dl.
Type 1 diabetes: no insulin produced by the pancreas.
Type 2 diabetes: too much insulin produced by the pancreas, which leads
to insulin resistance.
Symptoms of type 2 diabetes: fatigue, thirst, weight gain, hunger, urge to
urinate, decreased vision, neuropathic pain, slow healing, infections,
headaches...
Prediabetes: fasting blood glucose between 1.10 g/l and 1.25 g/l.
HbA1c: a form of hemoglobin that reflects long-term blood glucose levels.
Normal = 4 - 6%. Prediabetes = 6 - 6.4%. Diabetes = 6.5% and above.
Recent explosion: in 40 years the number of diabetics has almost
quadrupled.
Serious complications: if blood sugar levels are not normalized (pain,
amputation, glaucoma, stroke, cancer, Alzheimer's, death...).
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Chapter 2 - The Laboratories' Race for
Profit
Diabetes has serious consequences for patients, as we have just seen.
Unfortunately, this doesn't stop laboratories from increasing the price of treatments
and doing everything to hide effective natural solutions...
1 - Diabetes: the golden goose
Traditional anti-diabetes methods
For thousands of years, diabetes was managed naturally by doctors, using natural
solutions based on diet.
In ancient Egypt, more than 5,000 years ago, traces of an anti-diabetes diet were
found.
In 1797, a Scottish surgeon named John Rollo treated his patients with diabetes with
a meat-only diet.
At the beginning of the 19th century, an American physician specializing in diabetes,
Dr. Allen, set up an effective diet to rid his patients of their type 2 diabetes. He "fed"
them only whiskey and coffee.
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In a few weeks, patients normalized their glycemia...but some died of
malnutrition.Therefor to be avoided...
But in general, compared to the knowledge of the time, the results were quite
satisfactory.
Fortunately, science has made a lot of progress since then...
The discovery that changed everything
In 1921, a researcher named Frederick Banting made a
discovery that changed everything: he discovered
insulin and its role in regulating blood sugar levels by
isolating it from the pancreas of cows.
It was a real revolution that won him the Nobel Prize for
Medicine.
This discovery led to the treatment of more than 25,000
patients with type 1 diabetes in 1921.
This discovery was so important, and had the power to save so many lives, that
Banting decided to assign the patent for a nominal $1 to the University of Toronto.
In this way, he believed that no one could make a profit from a drug so important to
the health of humanity.
But he underestimated the ingenuity of the pharmaceutical laboratories...
The race for profits
In 1958, an English biochemist named Frederick Sanger succeeded in synthesizing
insulin. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work.
As a result, the laboratories had a brilliant idea...but it was going to cost the patients
a lot of money.
They came up with the idea of changing the insulin formula slightly so they could
patent it. And thanks to some loopholes in the U.S. patent system, they can continue
to change the formula very slightly and file patents.
In this way, they secure a monopoly on the use of commercial insulin as it is sold
today.
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The thing is, if you've been paying attention, insulin was originally discovered and
used to treat type 1 diabetes. And it works very well.
But seeing the commercial potential of type 2 diabetes, and its explosion since the
1970s, the laboratories sniffed out the potential: they had to offer insulin-based
treatments for type 2 diabetics.... and multiply the potential market, and therefore the
profits, by 10!
Their objective was clear: to impose insulin treatments as the reference for type 2
diabetics...and they succeeded.
By lobbying governments, health agencies and doctors, they were able to impose
insulin as the reference treatment.
Today, patients with type 2 diabetes are systematically treated with insulin: nutritional
methods have been completely abandoned, as they cannot be patented and
therefore do not yield any profit.
And during this time, laboratories pocket tens of billions every year...
On the backs of unsuspecting patients!
And the race for profits is never-ending, as laboratories regularly get nailed for crazy
and unjustified increases in insulin prices...which has doubled in the US since 2011!
But beyond the moral problem of generating so much money with a drug that was
initially put in the public domain, there is another major problem.
Current insulin-based treatments do not cure patients, and only make their situation
worse...
Staggering profits...
In 2019, pharmaceutical companies pocketed more than $70 billion from diabetes
treatments alone.
And in the US, one expert noted that among the 500 largest companies in the
country, the 10 largest pharmaceutical companies make more profit each year
than the other 490...combined! He said that the pharmaceutical industry has
strayed from its original goal of treating patients, to focus solely on the mad,
endless pursuit of profits.
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2 - The problem of current treatments
Classical care
Classical care of diabetes often goes like this:
1. You have symptoms of diabetes (fatigue, weight gain...) so you consult your
doctor.
2. He asks you a lot of questions and finally tests your blood sugar. He then
realizes that you are above 1.25 g/l and diagnoses you with diabetes.
3. He suggests an oral treatment with Metformin (which is insulin-based).
4. Over the next few months and years, you gain more and more weight and
your blood sugar levels start to get out of control again.
5. You see your doctor again and this time he switches you to insulin injections.
6. The situation doesn't get any better...it gets worse. Your doctor prescribes
even more insulin. And it never stops...
And you may recognize yourself in this plan of care, as it is the one proposed by the
majority of physicians.
Nevertheless, we notice two things: you are not proposed any action on your
nutrition, except for some vague advices if you are lucky enough to have a doctor
who is interested in the subject, which is quite rare.
The second thing you notice is that this whole "treatment" plan revolves around
insulin, which is a problem...
All about insulin
Insulin poses a major problem in the management of diabetes: it does not address
the cause of the disease at all.
All insulin does is take over from your pancreas to help your liver convert the sugar in
your bloodstream into energy, either in the form of glycogen or fat.
But as we will see later, this is not at all what your body needs.
Diabetes Symptoms
Diagnostic Metformine InsulineMore
insuline...
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And that's why it doesn't work, and why patients' health only gets worse, even when
they are on treatment.
Obviously, this is good for the laboratories who can line their pockets, but it is terrible
for the patients, whose health is deteriorating at a rapid pace.
Other treatments
There are other more recent categories ofmedications that work slightly differently
than insulin.
But the objective is the same: to reduce blood sugar, either by transforming it into
glycogen or by transforming it into fat.
But the problem remains the same, it does not solve the cause of the disease, it only
hides the symptoms by "putting the dust under the carpet".
And this is the failure of the "modern" and western diabetes care.
Anti-diabetes treatments do not cure!
Keep this in mind: anti-diabetes treatments have NEVER cured any patient with
type 2 diabetes...in the history of mankind.
All these treatments do is lower your blood sugar without fixing the problem that
caused your high blood sugar.
These treatments only deal with the symptoms, but never with the cause, so they
do not cure any patient.
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3 - The insulin scandal
A highly profitable market
As we have seen, the laboratories are doing everything possible to ensure that the
reference mode of management of diabetic patients is the use of insulin.
And they have an obvious financial interest.
The pharmaceutical industry makes tens of billions every year from diabetes (nearly
$70 billion in 2019), on the backs of patients:
Oral treatments
Insulin injections
Glucometers
Strips
Socks for diabetics...
The patients are real cash cows from which we try to extract as much money as
possible, by keeping them sick and making them take expensive treatments that do
not solve the problem.
And I'm going to reveal something that may shock you.
Did you know that anti-diabetes treatments are the most profitable for laboratories?
So why would they shoot themselves in the foot by proposing natural and almost free
solutions when they can continue to sell their overpriced treatments?
And to maintain their profits, all means are good...
Convictions for corruption
The laboratories do not hesitate to use all the methods at their disposal to have
insulin adopted as the reference treatment.
Every year, pharmaceutical companies spend a fortune lobbying governments,
health agencies and doctors.
And some laboratories, especially in the USA, do not hesitate to break the laws.
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In the last few years, 24 of the 25 largest
pharmaceutical companies have received court
convictions.
The reasons? Corruption of doctors, concealment
of side effects, lies about the benefits of drugs,
fraud...
The list is long and frightening.
And here's the proof, with some of the biggest pharmaceutical company convictions
in recent years:
Laboratory Amount of the fine (in $) Motives
GlaxoSmithKline 3 billion Concealment of side effects
Corruption of physicians
Pfizer 2.3 billion Corruption of physicians
Johnson & Johnson 2.2 billion Corruption of physicians
Abbott Laboratories 1.5 billion Illegal promotion
Eli Lilly 1.4 billion Illegal promotion
Amgen 762 million Illegal promotion
Corruption of physicians
Novartis 423 million Illegal promotion
Corruption of physicians
And believe me, that's just a small part of the list...
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An indispensable industry?
Nevertheless, I recognize the interest of the pharmaceutical industry to develop
drugs whose usefulness is unanimously recognized, and when they are the best
known therapeutic option.
But in the case of diabetes, this is not the case and treatments only make things
worse for patients by hiding the real cause of the problem.
Fortunately, many doctors and experts no longer tolerated the situation and joined
forces to find effective and scientifically valid methods to free patients from diabetes.
And that's exactly what we'll see in the next chapter...
Insulin: a treatment that is not harmless...
In addition to not solving the cause of your diabetes, insulin is a treatment with
many side effects, which often deteriorates the quality of life of patients.
Here is a list of some of the side effects:
Headaches
Heart palpitations
Tingling in the fingers
Blurred vision
Loss of consciousness
Skin reactions
Weight gain
Complications of diabetes: amputation, cancer, premature death...
So do everything you can to avoid insulin injections by following the natural
protocol that we will see together in the rest of this program.
If you are currently being treated with insulin, continue your treatment! But talk to
your doctor about your approach, with the goal of reducing doses as you follow the
program and your blood sugar levels normalize naturally.
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4 - In summary
In summary...
Traditional nutritional methods: have been used for thousands of years
by doctors.
Discovery of insulin: health revolution. Allowed the treatment of millions of
type 1 diabetics.
Insulin patent: through ingenious methods, which allows laboratories to
increase prices.
Incredible profits: pharmaceutical companies made over $70 billion in
profits in 2019.
Conventional management: does not cure diabetes. The situation only
gets worse for patients.
All about insulin: the whole current treatment plan revolves around insulin,
which doesn't work.
Other treatments: also do not work to cure patients, because they do not
attack the cause.
Convicted laboratories: almost all laboratories break the laws to promote
their treatments.
Dangerous side effects: insulin is not a harmless treatment. It often
degrades the quality of life of patients.
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Chapter 3 - Science Finally Understands
Diabetes
History is often made in cycles, and diabetes is no exception.
As we have seen, it has been known for thousands of years how to manage diabetes
naturally.
But since the explosion of the pharmaceutical industry, and because of the endless
search for financial profits, traditional methods have been forgotten in favor of drugs
that do not solve the problem.
It's time to go back to the roots...
1 - A medical mystery
In 1980, an American surgeon named Walter Porries made a surprising discovery.
He studied a group of patients who underwent bariatric surgery (stomach reduction)
for 14 years. There were 608 patients, 161 with type 2 diabetes, and 150 with
prediabetes.
And here are the results obtained by these patients following surgery:
Diabetics: 83% have normalized their blood sugar
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Pre-diabetics: 99% have normalized their blood sugar
Discontinuation of treatment: sometimes in just a few days
Loss of 45kg: on average (loss maintained after 14 years)
In addition to this, patients have seen a considerable improvement in their health:
Decrease in blood pressure
Improved sleep
Reduced risk of cardiovascular disease
Increase in energy
These are impressive results, which radically change the lives of patients. No drug
treatment has ever been able to achieve such results.
The question that the scientists then asked themselves, is...
How is this possible?
And for a long time, it remained an unsolved medical mystery.
Many have speculated about the mechanisms that have allowed this kind of outcome
for patients: hormonal changes following the removal of the stomach, complicated
assumptions of regulation of different body systems...
But nothing to do, nobody understood what was going on.
And every year, more than 11,000 patients are freed from diabetes naturally,
following bariatric surgery.
But one day, a doctor found the solution.
And it was much simpler than we thought...
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2 - The Newcastle study
In order to understand this famous medical
mystery, Dr. Roy Taylor of Newcastle University
decided to set up a clinical study.
He wanted to understand how these 11,000
patients were able to become diabetes-free each
year.
So he looked into natural solutions, and was inspired by what doctors of the past did
to set up his protocol.
He hypothesized that if patients were able to get rid of their diabetes after bariatric
surgery, it was mainly due to the fact that they were forced to eat less because their
stomachs were so reduced in size.
This means that they were taking in fewer calories, and therefore fewer sugars.
To test his hypothesis, he created a very low-calorie dietary protocol: patients were
required to eat only protein-rich liquids, with a total caloric intake of only 800 calories
per day.
That's very low!
Especially when you know the recommended daily allowance:
For men: between 2,400 and 2,600 Kcal per day
For women: between 1800 and 2200 Kcal per day
But according to Dr. Taylor's hypothesis, this was necessary to allow patients to be
free of their diabetes.
Warning: Bariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery is a major operation to reduce the size of the stomach. Patients
lose a lot of weight thanks to the important caloric restriction, but this is not to be
taken lightly.
This is a major operation that has irreversible consequences on your life and the
way you eat.
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And he was right...
In only 8 weeks, 100% of his patients normalized their blood sugar and were able to
stop their treatment.
And the best patient became diabetes-free in just 11 days.
On top of that, the vast majority of patients never had to suffer a return of the
disease. They were able to say goodbye to their diabetes forever.
These results were completely exceptional, and Dr. Taylor published them in several
prestigious medical journals such as Diabetologia and Diabetes Care.
Here is what he announced following the release of his study:
"What we have shown is that it is possible to stop your diabetes, even if you
have had the disease for more than 10 years."
"The study also answered the question I'm most often asked: does diabetes go
away for good?
The obvious answer is a big YES!"
And he concluded:
And his study is serious, as confirmed by a thorough review by other scientists who
have validated it.
In the medical world, this was a small revolution, which led to many reactions from
other scientists.
Dr. Iain Frame of Diabetes UK, UK said:
"We are thrilled with the results of this study because it proves that type 2
diabetes can be reversed."
Dr. Taylor has simply updated the traditional nutritional management of diabetes with
a safe and effective protocol for patients.
Dr. Roy Taylor:
"Type 2 diabetes is reversible, even for long-term diabetics."
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A natural protocol that does not require insulin...
The only downside? The protocol is difficult for patients to follow, as not everyone is
able to restrict themselves to only 800 Kcal per day on a fluid-only diet.
But fortunately, other doctors and researchers have made additional interesting
discoveries...
3 - The real cause of diabetes
Dr. Jason Fung, an American physician, has dedicated his life
and career to finding the solution to the problems of obesity
and diabetes that plague the Western world.
Now renowned and recognized, he has written several best-
selling health books, including The Obesity Code, which has
sold millions of copies.
And The Diabetes Code, without a doubt the best book on the subject of diabetes
and its management that I have read in my life.
The only problem is that to date, this book has not been translated. But if you are
lucky enough to be able to speak Shakespeare's language, I recommend you to read
it.
What I like about Dr. Fung is that he has taken a simple and innovative approach to
the problem of diabetes.
And he explained the cause, and the consequences in a very clear way, as we will
see.
The modern diet
He believes that the main cause of the recent
explosion of the disease is the changes we
have made to our diet in the last 40 years.
In fact, since the publication of the Food
Pyramid in the 1980s by the FDA (the American
Federal Agency), which gives dietary
recommendations for the population, the
number of diabetics has exploded.
Remember, it has grown from 108 million in 1980 to over 463 million in 2019.
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And all countries that adopt the same diet see the same thing happen.
At issue: the SAD, Standard American Diet.
A diet that favors the consumption of carbohydrates and starchy foods over fats and
vegetables.
The question is, why was this destructive diet implemented and adopted on a large
scale?
Because of the designation of the wrong culprit...
The wrong culprit
To understand the situation, we need to go back in time to the 1950s in the USA.
At the time, doctors noticed a rapid increase in the number of cardiovascular
diseases and a sharp rise in deaths.
As a result, several studies have been set up to try to understand the problem and
stop it.
And one study in particular, the infamous 7 Country Study, had a major impact on the
decisions of the time.
In 1978, physiologist Ancel Keys of the University of
Minnesota published the results of his study. He studied the
dietary behaviors of populations in 7 different countries to try
to find a link with cardiovascular disease.
And he was able to establish a correlation, he said, between
the amount of fat in the diet and the increase in
cardiovascular disease.
For him, fat was the culprit!
The problem is that the study was completely wrong.
He completely neglected to take into account many criteria, such as genetics,
external factors and other variables.
For example, we must remember that there was an explosion in the number of
smokers in the USA in the 1950s. And we know today that smoking increases the
risk of cardiovascular disease.
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But the government agencies of the day didn't think about this, and blindly relied on
the results of Keys' study to make their recommendations.
As a result?
There was a real hunt for fatty foods that continues to this day.
And that made the white bread of the industrialists...
A boon for the agri-food industry
With the hunt for fat, manufacturers had to think of solutions to give taste to their
food.
The problem with low-fat products is that they become bland.
The solution they found? Replace fat with sugar!
And it has filled their pockets as much as it has fattened the consumers...
Why is this? It is very simple.
First of all, sugar has an extremely powerful addictive power. Researchers have
proven that sugar is more addictive than cocaine, one of the most addictive drugs in
the world!
So the more consumers ate or drank these new sugar-enriched products, the more
they bought them.
On top of that, manufacturers have been able to develop entire ranges of new fat-
free "diet" products.
Correlation does not mean Cause!
The big mistake Ancel Keys made in his study was to confuse a correlation
relationship with a cause and effect relationship.
You may well find that 100% of the patients in a study with lung cancer were
smokers AND ate pizza a week. You will then have a correlation between lung
cancer and eating pizza a week.
But that doesn't mean that pizza gives you lung cancer!
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So we have gradually removed fat from our plates and replaced it with sugar, which
has led to all the problems we know today.
Sugar and fructose
Sugar is not harmless to our body.
Dr. Fung quickly understood this, and here is how he explains it.
By increasing our carbohydrate intake, we have introduced a much higher amount of
glucose and fructose into our bodies than we have been used to for millennia.
Indeed, our bodies have evolved slowly over thousands of years to adapt to our diet,
and nature does not like sudden changes.
So this is what happened...
First of all, you have to understand one thing: there are different types of sugars, and
without going into complicated details, we will differentiate glucose and fructose.
Glucose: it is present in starchy foods, rice, pasta ... It is metabolized by the liver,
muscles, brain and provides energy to function.
Fructose: it is present in fruits but also in the added sugar that industrialists introduce
in many products. It is metabolized only by the liver.
So from one day to the next our body, and in particular our liver, had to deal with a
monstrous amount of glucose, and especially fructose. And our body now had to
store all these calories, which are energy, in the body.
Remember: sugar intake has increased tenfold since 1850, which is monstrous for
the body!
And unfortunately, our body is not yet used to manage this massive intake of sugar,
which leads to significant damage, causing many diseases...
Damage to the body
The liver must therefore deal with all this sugar, which it is responsible for storing in
the body, for future use. There are 2 forms of energy storage in the body:
Glycogen: this is the storage form for quick use. Glycogen is stored in the liver,
muscles and brain.
Fat: This isthe long-term storage form of energy. The body manufactures it
when glycogen stores are full. Fat is only used when the daily intake of
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energy, and therefore calories, is lower than the needs. Fat is stored under the
skin, but also in the organs.
The body receives so much energy in the form of sugar that it has to make a lot of fat
to store it.
And some of this fat is deposited in the liver and pancreas, as observed by several
doctors.
On the left, a healthy liver. On the right, a liver infiltrated with fat.
Eventually, this massive intake of sugar from the diet and the fat deposits in the liver
and pancreas lead to a dysfunction of these organs.
And as we will see, this is what leads to diabetes.
Don't listen to nutritionists...
Even today, most nutritionists believe that the Food Pyramid is the gold standard
for healthy eating.
However, I guarantee you that the studies are clear: you cannot get rid of diabetes
by following the SAD (Standard American Diet).
This is the cause of your current health condition, so it's time to try something
else...
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4 - Liver and pancreas failure
The body is a well-oiled machine that normally works perfectly.
Each organ has its role, more or less essential, for the survival of the system. But if
one of the parts of the machine does not work anymore, that's when the problems
start.
In the case of diabetes, the problem comes from the liver and pancreas.
Here is what happens...
The Liver: is responsible for converting glucose and fructose into energy, when it
receives the insulin signal, which indicates high blood sugar. The liver then produces
either glycogen or fat. With the explosion of glucose and fructose to manage, the liver
becomes saturated with sugar and functions less efficiently. And as it becomes more
and more infiltrated with fat, it becomes resistant to insulin from the pancreas.
The Pancreas: is responsible for producing insulin, which signals the liver to take
sugar from the blood and turn it into energy for storage. The pancreas produces
insulin when it detects high blood sugar, i.e. after meals. When the pancreas is
infiltrated with fat, it can no longer produce insulin properly.
Because of the explosion of the amount of sugar in our diet, there is a progressive
bankruptcy of these two organs, which can no longer fulfill their role.
The result? The blood sugar level remains permanently high, and this is the
diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes.
The question is how to solve the problem?
Dr. Fung is adamant that medication will never be the answer. The problem of
nutrition must be addressed.
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5 - The solution
Exactly as our ancestors understood, and as Dr. Taylor and Dr. Fung have
confirmed, the solution can ONLY come from our diet.
It is absolutely necessary to stop flooding your body with sugar, to allow it to
reactivate the liver and the pancreas, which will regulate blood sugar levels naturally.
Next, you need to free your liver and pancreas of the
fat that has accumulated. And again, this can only be
done by changing your diet.
Our body is a well-oiled machine that does not need
external help to function (except in the case of certain
diseases).
If you can free your liver and pancreas of all the fat that has accumulated and is
preventing them from functioning, these organs will regain their normal function and
be able to regulate blood sugar.
But for that, you must absolutely change your habits, your vision of food, and
especially your diet.
Because so far your current lifestyle has made you sick, so you absolutely must get
rid of it.
But don't worry, it's quick and easy as long as you follow the right advice.
And that's exactly what we'll find out in the next chapter.
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6 - In summary
In summary...
Medical mystery: following bariatric surgery, almost all patients become
free of type 2 diabetes naturally.
Newcastle Study: Dr. Roy Taylor was able to reverse type 2 diabetes in
100% of patients on a low-calorie diet, only 800 Kcal per day for 8 weeks.
Liberation in 11 days: this is the fastest result obtained by a patient who
followed Dr. Taylor's protocol.
Type 2 diabetes is reversible: this is a certainty after this study reviewed
and validated by many scientists.
Cause of diabetes: it is the modern diet (SAD: Standard American Diet),
rich in starches and sugars, and low in fat.
Wrong culprit: fat was designated as a culprit, and still is today, wrongly.
Profits for the food industry: which took advantage of this to ride the
wave of "fat free" and develop new ranges of ineffective "diet" products.
Sugar explosion: we consume 10 times more sugar than in 1850, with
terrible consequences on the body.
Liver failure: which is infiltrated with fat and can no longer fulfill its role of
transforming blood sugar into glycogen or fat.
Pancreatic failure: the pancreas is infiltrated with fat and can no longer
produce enough insulin to handle the huge sugar intake.
Solution: change your habits and diet, the only way to get rid of diabetes
naturally.
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Chapter 4 - The Diabetes Free Method
Now that you know that it is scientifically proven that it is possible to be free of
diabetes, let's look at the practical side together.
Just follow these steps one by one and take action to achieve your new life.
WARNING: I recommend that you follow this program to the letter for at least 8
weeks before you can judge its effectiveness on you.
1 - Free your mind
Your beliefs define you
This is the first step to transforming your life.
The quickest way to free yourself from diabetes,
and achieve the best health of your life, is to free
your mind from the beliefs that block it.
As you may know, the brain is an extremely
powerful machine that directly influences our
actions.
So if limiting beliefs are blocking you, you will never be free of diabetes.
Here is what you need to do...
Read this sentence and repeat it aloud several times:
"I am NOT diabetic...I HAVE diabetes...and I can be free of it."
Right now you don't need to know how to do it, you just need to believe it. Believe
that it is possible.
And this sentence does not come out of nowhere, it is a scientific truth.
You CAN be free of diabetes, as the dozens of studies we've discussed together in
previous chapters have proven.
Because if you say, "I'm diabetic," that's a condition, that's a fact. It means that you
can't get rid of it because it's what you are.
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Whereas if you say, "I have diabetes," which you probably do right now, it's
temporary...and you can get rid of it.
That's why this shift in reality is so powerful and essential.
This phrase helps you open your mind, and prepares you to receive the solution to
free yourself and transform your life.
Repeat it to believe it
Write this sentence on a piece of paper, do it now:
"I am NOT diabetic...I HAVE diabetes...and I can be free of it."
And repeat it out loud, over and over again. Don't be afraid to be ridiculous, just do it.
And keep this sheet in your pocket, put this sentence as a wallpaper or hang it on
your bathroom mirror!
You have to believe in it 100%, it is very important.
DO IT NOW
Write down your statement and repeat it:
Take a piece of paper or a post-it note, and write the following statement. Then
read it out loud several times a day until you believe it with all your being.
"I am NOT diabetic...I HAVE diabetes...and I can be free of it."
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Change your habits
Changing habits is probably one of the hardest things for most people to do.
If you look around you, people who are in the best health in the world ALL live
differently.
They eat differently, they think differently and they have
different habits.
Every day they are questioned about their difference, they
are criticized, sometimes they are laughed at.
And yet they are the ones who are in shape all year
round, who are slim, active, and who look 10 years younger than their age!
Because people who enjoy excellent health are not afraid to live differently, to
change their habits or to be open to new things.
They explore, are willing to try different lifestyles, and do not follow the habits of the
majority, nor the traditional "health advice".
They don't listen to what is "supposed" to be good.
They listen to THEIR body and know what is good for THEM...and it keeps their body
young for a long time.
The question is:
What are YOUR health habits?
Take the time to think about it.
You can free yourself from diabetes and completely transform your health, and your
life.
You can look younger than your age and feel good in your body, it is not reserved for
TV stars or top athletes.
And you know what? You can even do it all quickly.
You just need to think about your current habits and what you want for your health.
Believe me, it's not ridiculous.
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This is the beginning of your transformation process: you are taking the first step
towards your new life.
The life in which you are in the best health of your life, and you look younger than
your age.
It all comes down to GOOD habits. What are yours?
Visualize your future
So now you have repeated your statement and analyzed
your habits.
You are on the road to diabetes freedom.
The next thing you need to do is critical.
I want you to write down how you would like to feel in a
year, and how your health would be.
I know it sounds crazy, but this exercise is very powerful.
Don't think about it, just take a sheet of paper and a pen and write it down!
Most people don't know this, but there's something very powerful about writing by
hand. It triggers things in your brain, on a cellular level, when you write on a piece of
paper.
It's like signing a contract with yourself.
DO IT NOW
Answer this question to transform your life:
What are your daily habits?
And it involves every aspect of your life. What do you eat every day? At what time
of day? How many times a day? How many steps do you walk each day? Do you
exercise?
Please take the time to answer these questions. I want you to answer in writing.
Do it now, spontaneously, without thinking too much about it, without judging your
answers. Just write. This is very important as you move toward your new life.
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As if you were committing to yourself to accomplish what you write.
It becomes serious, it becomes "official".
And studies have shown that you are much more likely to achieve a goal when you
write it down by hand.
So maybe it's scary to write it all down, everything you want to achieve for your
health and your life.
But the "scarier" the better.
It means that you step out of your comfort zone, that you start to change your reality.
You are starting to enter your new life.
Stay motivated
So now that you've created your statement, analyzed your habits and written down
"Your Goals", it's time to put things in place.
Now we can move on to the practical side of the program to free yourself from
diabetes.
But I want you to keep one thing in mind: no matter how hard it gets or how much
you feel you are not making progress, you have to stay motivated and follow the
program.
DO IT NOW
Write down your goals for your health and life in one year:
This is essential to speed up things and get into your new life.
Take a sheet of paper, and write at the top: "In 1 Year, I want...". Then, describe
how you want to feel in your body, the weight you want to gain, what you want in
relation to your diabetes, your health, your energy, your life...
Write everything in positive form, do not use negatives ("I don't want to"). This is
important.
And then put today's date and sign. Keep this sheet carefully.
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Because too often, people start a program and then this is what happens:
Either they get discouraged and give up
Either they continue to repeat the same mistakes over and over again,
thinking that the results will be different.
It's very common to see this.
When you encounter an obstacle, you must persevere because it will make you
proud of yourself and it is the only way to progress.
Trust the process, don't get discouraged when you encounter obstacles, stay
motivated, be patient and I guarantee you will be surprised at the results and positive
changes in your life.
It's as simple as that.
Now we'll move on to the biggest part of the program: your diet...
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2 - Free yourself from sugar
Sugar makes you sick
Sugar is the cause of your diabetes, and the key to resensitizing yourself to insulin.
Remember one important thing:
You are NOT diabetic, you HAVE diabetes.
Because of too much sugar in your body.
So let's focus on something you can control: your sugar intake.
But you can only control it if you are aware of it.
If not, it's something that can completely ruin your life and your health, without you
even knowing it.
By the way:
Most of your current health problems are probably due to sugar.
Want to live a healthy life? Free your body from sugar, it's that simple.
It doesn't matter if you are overweight or not, if
you are being treated with insulin or Metformin or
not.
Diabetes is not caused by age, genetics or a
pancreas that no longer functions.
The cause of your diabetes is sugar!
So all you have to do is free yourself from it.
The hidden sugar in our plates
The problem is that we often don't realize how much sugar we put into our bodies,
because the vast majority of sugar is hidden.
The best way to do this is to look at what you eat each day.
Once you have identified the problem foods, simply replace them with foods that are
good for you.
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You will feel better immediately.
Because the truth is, you can take all the treatments you want, but your diabetes will
NEVER go away if you don't deal with the sugar problem.
You must accept this reality.
As we have seen, our body is not made to live in an excess of sugar, it has not
adapted to this way of functioning.
So take a step back, look at what you're eating and free yourself from sugar.
Review each of the foods you eat each day and check the label for added sugar. If it
does, cut it out.
CAUTION: Do not confuse sugars!
What you need to eliminate from your diet is unnatural, man-made refined sugar.
Natural sugars in foods, such as in fruit or cereals, are essential for our proper
functioning.
You must remove sugar from the list of ingredients (because if it is part of the
ingredients, it is added) of a product, but not from the nutritional tables, as can be
seen in the images, just below.
Indeed, potatoes, bananas, rice or cereals naturally contain sugars (called
carbohydrates) and they are not bad for your health. What is bad are the refined
sugars added by man. This is very important!
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Burn the sugar stocks
For years, you have overloaded your body with sugar from your diet, which has made
you sick and given you diabetes.
As we have just seen, you need to stop new sugar from entering your body, by
watching your diet.
For more details, refer to the Sugar Detox Plan bonus guide at the end of this
program.
This is essential, but if you want to speed up your diabetes release process, you also
need to burn off existing stores.
To do this, you need to understand an important concept: metabolism.
For those who are not familiar with this term, here is the definition:
"Metabolism is the energy expended by your body to provide the basic
functions essential for survival."
To function, your body expends energy, even at rest when you are not doing
anything.
And metabolism can be faster or slower, and more or less efficient, depending on
who you are and what your habits are.
The good news is that the more efficient your metabolism is, the more sugar you'll
burn that makes you sick.
And we'll see exactly how to do that with the following steps, which are designed to
speed up your metabolism and burn the sugar stores accumulated as fat in your
body.
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3 - The anti-diabetes diet
This is a very important part of this program.
Remember: the only cause of your diabetes is the food you eat every day. They are
what made you sick, so you must replace them.
CAUTION: follow these tips to the letter for at least 8 weeks before you can judge
their effectiveness on you.
Reduce carbohydrates
As we have seen, the explosion in the
number of diabetics occurred after the
introduction of the SAD (Standard American
Diet) which advised people to consume much
more carbohydrates, instead of lipids (fats).
Abundant carbohydrates promote diabetes
through two mechanisms:
Insulin resistance: the pancreas releases much more insulin after eating
carbohydrates than after eating protein or fat.
Increased visceral fat: the liver cannot handle the large amount of
carbohydrates coming into the body and must therefore form fat to store
energy. This fat infiltrates the liver and pancreas, preventing them from
functioning normally.
To be free of diabetes it is therefore very important to reduce carbohydrate intake.
A thousand-year-old method
Since ancient times, doctors have noted that reducing carbohydrates in the diet is
beneficial in cases of diabetes. This method has simply been forgotten since the
introduction of insulin treatment.
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Not all carbohydrates are created equal
You should know that there are different types of carbohydrates, depending on their
chemical composition. This composition has an impact on the speed at which
carbohydrates are digested in the body, and therefore the size of the blood sugar
peak, and therefore the insulin peak.
Remember: our goal is to normalize blood sugar levels and limit insulin spikes so that
the body regains insulin sensitivity.
Here are the two types of carbohydrates that we will differentiate:
Complex carbohydrates (long chain): transformed into glucose in the body.
These are whole foods: whole grain rice, whole grain pasta...
Refined carbohydrates (short chain): transformed very quickly into glucose in
the body. These are all white foods: rice, pasta, bread...
For the duration of the program, I advise you to severely limit or even completely stop
refined carbohydrates.
Instead, eat whole foods, rich in fiber, which are digested more slowly by the body
and therefore cause a smaller spike in blood sugar, and therefore insulin.
Waking up: the anti-diabetes potion
Sugar and cinnamon have a blood sugar regulating effect. By combining these two
foods, you have an "anti-diabetes potion", to be drunk immediately upon waking,
before breakfast. Here is how to prepare it:
Squeeze 1 lemon into a glass
Add 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
Fill with water and mix
Not only is it good for your health, it's fresh and delicious!
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Limit proteins
Generally, when we talk about proteins we immediately think of meat, eggs, fish...
But they are present in many other foods.
In fact, most foods contain at least a small amount of protein. This is why the myth of
"protein deficiency" is totally unfounded, as it is extremely rare.
So why do we say we should limit intake?
This is because if you take in too much protein, the liver converts it into glucose.
And as you now know:
Glucose = High blood sugar = Insulin peak = Avoid in diabetes
So you need to go on a hunt for unnecessary sources of protein, like:
Protein bars
Shakes
Powders
Diet foods (often enriched with proteins)
If you eat one source of protein per meal, that's plenty.
And contrary to what many people think, you do NOT need to eat meat at every
meal.
Here is a list of plant foods that are rich in protein and that are more than enough to
cover your daily intake if you eat a little at each meal:
Lenses
Beans (red, black, white)
Peas and chickpeas
Bulgur, Quinoa, Tilapia
Whole grain rice
In addition, it is beneficial for your body to vary the sources of proteins and to
decrease the meat intake which is much too high today.
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Eat more healthy fats
Since the introduction of DAS in the
1980s, fat has been hunted.
And as we have seen, industrialists
have taken advantage of this to
replace it with sugar, which is much
more addictive, but which is at the
origin of the wave of diabetes and
obesity that is hitting our societies.
They also surfed on the wave of "fat free" to develop a whole new range of "diet"
products, extremely unhealthy and often filled with chemical additives or "fake
sugars".
But what you need to know is that our body needs fats (or lipids).
Omega-3 for example, found in oleaginous fruits (walnuts, hazelnuts...) and in fish,
are essential to the proper functioning of the body.
And contrary to what people would have us believe, dietary fat does not make you
gain more fat in your body. It does not make you fat, strictly speaking, that's a myth!
In addition, fat causes a much smaller increase in blood sugar than carbohydrates,
and therefore a smaller insulin peak.
Here is a list of some foods that are an excellent source of fat:
Olive oil
Coconut oil
Nuts
Hazelnuts
Lawyer
Almonds
Pistachios
And there are many others.
Refer to the Diabetes Running List at the end of the program to find out more.
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Watch your total calories
While the type of food you eat is important, especially with diabetes, the main thing to
focus on is the total number of calories.
In fact, if you want to free your liver and pancreas from the visceral fat that prevents
them from functioning normally, you must lose weight.
And the only way to lose weight is to consume fewer calories per day than you burn.
Aim for a daily deficit of about 500 Kcal.
This is the law of thermodynamics:
Lose Weight = Calorie Intake < Calorie Expenditure
If you don't follow this, your efforts will not succeed and the needle on the scale will
not move. It's as simple as that.
Supplement with vitamin C
Studies have shown that taking 1,000 mg per day of vitamin C for 30 days is very
effective for diabetes.
It has a strong action on your body, which helps regulate blood sugar.
So go stock up on vitamin C.
The myth of cholesterol
For years, we have been frightened by cholesterol, making us believe that certain
foods increase the 'bad cholesterol', which would lead to cardiovascular diseases.
But science has decided: after dozens of serious studies on the subject, scientists
have shown that there is NO negative impact on health from dietary cholesterol.
I repeat:
Dietary cholesterol does NOT increase 'bad cholesterol' (or LDL).
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In conclusion
The anti-diabetes diet
To fight your diabetes, adopt the "anti-diabetes diet":
Eat fresh, unprocessed, natural and whole foods.
Cut out sugar and added sugars.
Limit (or eliminate) refined carbohydrates.
Limit protein.
Increase fat, especially of plant origin.
Limit the number of calories (consume less calories than you expend, about
500 Kcal deficit per day)
In other words, it is a diet very close to the Mediterranean Diet.
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4 - The anti-diabetic fasting
You have most likely already heard of fasting.
Since the beginning of time, this practice has been recognized for its health benefits.
And in all religions, fasting is used as a therapeutic and purifying method. It is like a
natural secret weapon.
IMPORTANT: Fasting is a strategy that works EVERY time. If you don't see an
improvement in your blood sugar, your body is still overloaded with sugar. Solution,
do a longer fast, to deplete the stocks.
What is it?
Fasting is simply not eating, it's as simple as that.
"When you're not eating, you're fasting."
This means that since you were born you have been fasting every day without
knowing it, or rather every night, because so far no one has ever managed to eat
while sleeping.
This is what is happening in your body:
You are eating: you accumulate energy from food. When there is too much
intake, therefore too much energy, the body stores it for future use, in the form
of glycogen and then fat.
You are fasting: your body burns the energy it has available, either in the form
of glucose in the blood, or in the form of glycogen, or in the form of fat.
In other words, your body is either storing energy or consuming energy.
Fasting therefore allows your body to burn the energy stores accumulated in your
body over the years, and this is exactly what we want to do.
We want to allow your body to "destock" and to draw in particular from the visceral fat
that prevents the liver and pancreas from functioning normally, to restore their natural
functions and fight against diabetes.
We could do it with the anti-diabetes diet alone, but fasting is an additional string to
our bow, which allows us to boost the process.
So why deprive yourself, right?
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How does it work?
There are different ways to make fasting, but I'm only going to tell you about the one I
think is the best, to simplify things.
All you have to do is not eat any food.
However, you are allowed to drink, as it is very important to stay hydrated. Here is
what you can drink:
Water
Coffee
Tea
Infusions
CAUTION: do NOT add sugar, candy bars or anything else, even if it says "zero
calories" on the box.
You should only bring liquids without calories to your body, otherwise you ruin the
interest of fasting.
Bubbles help
An excellent tip during a fast is to drink carbonated water such as Perrier or San
Pelegrino.
The gas in the water fills your stomach and helps you feel "full", which reduces the
feeling of hunger.
Talk to your doctor
Although fasting is a natural phenomenon and a traditional technique, always
discuss it with your doctor before starting one.
Especially if you are being treated for diabetes.
This way, your doctor will be able to adapt your treatment and prevent you from
having blood sugar disturbances.
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Types of fasting
There are different types of fasting you can do, depending on the intensity you want
to use.
The 16-hour (or intermittent) fasting: this consists simply of not eating breakfast and
only consuming food during an 8-hour period during the day. For example:
Dinner: at 8pm
Fasting: all night until 12:00, which makes a period of 16 hours of fasting.
Lunch: at 12:00
Snacks: in the afternoon, if needed
As you can see, this means that for 16 hours a day, your body receives no food
intake, and therefore no calories.
It is forced to draw on its reserves to function and to burn the sugar and fat stores
accumulated in your body.
It also usually allows you to reduce the number of calories you consume, as it is
harder to "binge" on just two meals.
Since this is a less intense fasting than the others, you can do it every day of the
week if you want. However, you will not get the best results with this type of fasting.
The 24-hour fasting: this is simply not eating for 24 hours, starting to count right after
a meal. You can start after any meal of the day, depending on your preference. For
example:
After breakfast: you miss lunch and dinner, and do not eat again until the next
morning.
After lunch: you miss dinner and breakfast, and don't eat again until noon the
next day.
After dinner: you miss breakfast and lunch, and don't eat again until the next
evening.
Many people prefer to start after breakfast, because you start the day with a full belly
and can eat right after dark.
It's up to you what you prefer: try the different options and keep the one that suits you
best.
The 48h fasting: it's the same principle, but for a duration of 48h.
The 72hfasting: same principle, but for a period of 72h.
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The 7-day fasting: same principle, but for a period of 7 days.
As you can see, there are many different kinds out there, and it can be intimidating.
But no matter what choice you make, the important thing is to get started.
In practice...
Here's what I recommend: start with a 24-hour fasting, which is easy to follow.
Bring water, sparkling water and tea or coffee if you like it.
Eat breakfast (low carb and sugar free) and then fast all day and night.
Eat your breakfast again the next morning.
It's as simple as that!
Do this once a week, and then try longer ones of 48 or 72 hours.
WARNING: beyond 72 hours there is a risk of loss of muscle mass, which helps to
maintain a high metabolism. To be done only if your blood sugar is very high, or if
you are really overweight.
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5 - The exercise program
I'm going to give you a revelation: the exercise program is not even essential for the
Diabetes Free program to work!
Nevertheless I advise you to follow it, at least in part, because physical activity is
excellent for the body and mind.
It also speeds up your metabolism, burns calories and makes your body more
efficient at getting rid of fat.
And finally, and perhaps most importantly: it extends your lifespan.
The question is:
What exercises should you do?
The walk
It may sound basic, but walking is one of the best forms of
exercise for the body.
For in truth, we are made to walk!
Today, we spend too much time sitting, and this sedentary
lifestyle is very bad for our health.
Our body needs to move, our muscles need to be
stimulated and our blood needs to circulate.
Plus, walking costs absolutely nothing and you can do it anywhere.
If you are lucky enough to own a treadmill, you can also do some at home while
watching TV or listening to music to pass the time.
At this point, I advise you to increase the inclination to intensify the effort. You can
also play with the walking speed to make the exercise more intense.
As for the goal, it is generally recommended to walk at least 30 minutes a day.
If you want to do things the best you can, I suggest aiming for at least 5,000 steps a
day, with the ideal being at least 10,000 steps.
So here are some tips to increase your step count:
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Take the stairs
Get off public transportation 1 stop early
Don't take the car for short distances
Do not take the escalators
Get outside to walk and breathe after each meal
And what is very important is consistency.
You should set a goal to walk EVERY day. The best way to do this is to use a
pedometer or an app on your smartphone that tracks the number of steps you take
each day.
Stand up!
If you have a job that requires you to sit for long periods of time, it is advisable to
stand up every 30 minutes, even if only for 3 seconds, just to get the blood
flowing. The health benefits are very interesting. And according to a study, walking
for 1 minute every 30 minutes can lower blood sugar levels by 39%.
Walk 5,000 to 10,000 steps every day
Walking is essential for our body.
Set this goal and make sure you reach it every day, and track your progress in a
notebook or on your smartphone.
At the very least, aim for at least 30 minutes of walking per day.
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Squats
The squat is a basic exercise that is very
easy to perform. Simply lower your legs
as if you were squatting, but stop the
movement when your thighs are parallel
to the ground, and then rise again.
Here's why it's so important...
Did you know that after the age of 30,
muscle mass decreases year after year?
Muscles help keep your metabolism high because they need a lot of energy to
function. This allows you to burn more energy and therefore calories, which is very
good for diabetes.
The largest muscle of the body is the thighs: it is the quadriceps.
It is therefore very interesting to strengthen this muscle in order to give a little boost
to your metabolism, and to have strong legs.
Here are 3 ways to strengthen your legs, depending on the level of difficulty you
want:
25 Squats in the morning: anyone can do it. You just need to do 25 squats,
right after waking up.
25 Squats before each meal: this is the next level, for motivated people. You
will get much more results.
Weight training program: this is the best option, but also the one that requires
the most effort. The ideal frequency is to go to the gym 3 times a week. Work
with heavier and heavier weights to strengthen your muscles week after week.
Choose what works best for you and get started. In a few weeks you will be surprised
at the results on your body.
In practice...
The important thing is to take action: start with the easy 7-day option. Then move
on to the next level. The ideal is a weight training program, increasing the effort
each week.
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The intense effort
Athletic trainers have known about its power for years, but it is only recently that the
general public has discovered the value of high intensity exercise.
Americans call it HIT: High Intensity Training.
This is a style of training in which you will make a moderate effort, followed by an
intense effort.
The benefit? It is obvious for the body: it helps to keep the heart healthy and improve
insulin sensitivity.
Your body will "overheat" for a few moments and then return to normal functioning.
It allows to "clean up the engine" in a way.
You can do high-intensity exercise in a variety of ways:
Bike
Swimming
Running (sprint)
Rowing machine...
So choose the type of exercise that suits you best,
practice it at low to medium intensity for 15 to 20 minutes, and during that time, do 1
or 2 speed spikes.
That is, you increase the intensity of the effort for 10 to 15 seconds, so that you are
almost out of breath. It should be intense.
CAUTION: always consult your doctor before engaging in any physical activity,
especially if you have not done any sport for a long time.
In practice: easy version (in the morning when you wake up)...
Cycle for 10 minutes, with a 10-second burst of speed. Repeat 3 times during the
week. It's that simple.
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6 - Take action!
Now you know everything you need to do to get rid of diabetes naturally and get
healthy again.
There is only one step left: take action.
The duration of the program
There is no set duration for this program.
Your goal is to normalize your blood sugar by making lifestyle changes: your diet,
fasting phases and exercise.
As we've seen, blood sugar levels can normalize in 4 to 8 weeks, but some patients
have been known to normalize in as little as 11 days. It all depends on your current
condition and other factors.
You should continue to use the program until your blood sugar levels
normalize.
It's as simple as that.
Track your results
First and foremost, you need to set up a tracking system, so you can see your
progress, make sure you're getting results and reach your goal.
The best way to do this is simply to write down the following information on a sheet of
paper or in a notebook:
Start date of the program
Fasting blood glucose: initially, then daily
Your goal
Days of fastingand type of fasting
Signature
It's a great tracking tool that will help you stay on track.
The most important data is the fasting blood glucose monitoring, because that's how
you'll know if you've been successful in becoming diabetes-free.
Simply stop the program when your blood sugar levels are normalized.
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The Diabetes Free Method: follow the guide!
3) The anti-diabetes diet
Remember: your diet is the cause of diabetes.
Reduce carbohydrates: to reduce visceral fat and regain insulin sensitivity.
Limit/eliminate refined carbohydrates: which raise blood sugar quickly
(bread, pasta, white rice).
Favour complex carbohydrates: which retain fibre and are digested more
slowly.
Limit protein: to limit blood sugar spikes, 1 source per meal.
Eat more fat: it increases blood sugar less (oil, nuts, avocado).
Watch the calories: to lose visceral fat (and weight), you need to consume
fewer calories than you expend. That's the golden rule.
Supplement with vitamin C: take 1,000 mg daily for 30 days.
2) Free yourself from sugar
Sugar makes you sick: you have diabetes because of too much sugar in your
body.
Get rid of added sugar: check the ingredient list of all the products you
consume.
Don't confuse the sugars: look at the ingredient list, not the nutrition facts.
Burn off the sugar: using diet and exercise to boost your metabolism.
1) Free your mind
Your beliefs define you: you do NOT have diabetes, you DO have diabetes
and you can be free of it.
Repeat it: write your statement and repeat it out loud.
Change your habits: to improve your health.
Visualize your future: imagine yourself free of diabetes.
Write down your goals: and sign the sheet.
Stay motivated: no matter what the obstacles, to reach your goal.
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5) The exercise program
Walk: at least 5,000 steps per day, ideally 10,000.
Recline: Reclining increases the number of calories burned.
Get up: once every 30 minutes, if you have a sedentary job.
Do squats: 25 in the morning, to strengthen your muscles and boost your
metabolism.
Make an intense effort: at least 20 seconds, 3 times a week (bike, rowing,
running...).
4) The anti-diabetic fasting
Fasting: this is simply a phase without food intake.
Drink: only water, sparkling water, tea or coffee.
No sugars: in your drinks, not even "fake sugars".
The type of fasting: take the one that suits you (intermittent, 24h, 48h or 72h).
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Chapter 5 - What happens now?
You've been following the diabetes program for several weeks and have successfully
normalized your blood sugar.
Above all, be proud of yourself, because you have reached the end of the program.
Just to refresh your mind, here is what we saw together.
1 - Enjoy your new life
If you have followed the steps of the program, you
should feel like a new person today.
Here are some of the health benefits you should
experience:
You have more energy
You have lost weight
Your blood sugar has normalized
Your skin is more beautiful and radiant
You sleep better
Some pains have disappeared
In short, you simply feel better in body and mind.
Now you can finally enjoy your life the way you want to:
Travel
Spend time with your children or grandchildren
Enjoying your retirement
Do the activities that make you happy
Walking with your partner
The list is long!
And the life that awaits you is wonderful.
In addition, by continuing to follow this program, you have a great chance of staying
away from many other diseases and health complications.
And the best part? You will most certainly extend your healthy life!
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2 - Stay diabetes free
Now that you've done the hard part, the important thing is to stay healthy for the long
term.
You don't want to fall back into your bad habits and have to suffer from diabetes
again.
Because you see, most people function very strangely when it comes to their health.
All year long, they neglect their diet and do not make any physical efforts. And once a
year, they decide to make "good resolutions":
I'm going to quit smoking when I'm on vacation
I will lose 10 pounds next month
I'm going on a diet after the holidays
I'm going to stop drinking soda on Monday
I will eat more vegetables when I have time to cook
They often keep them for a few days, or a few weeks if they are brave...and then
totally forget their resolutions.
The problem is that by operating like this, they never enjoy good health on a daily
basis.
It's a roller coaster, and it never ends.
I have nothing against good resolutions to improve one's health, it is very good to do
so.
And now you know how essential setting goals is to your new life.
Only in this way can we transform ourselves.
We visualize what we want, we set goals and we take action to make it a reality.
But what we often forget is to be healthy throughout our lives...to be healthy NOW.
You want to be healthy all year round, not just from January 1 to 15.
That's why I encourage you to continue this program throughout your life.
Use the teachings you have received.
Respect your body and your health.
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Now you know how good it feels to live in a healthy, energetic body.
So why not live like this for the rest of your life?
An excellent source of motivation is to share your learning with your loved ones,
because they have the proof right in front of them that it works: they can see your
transformation.
Become an example for others!
And if they want, you can refer them to the Diabetes Free program, which you can
easily find on the SanteVitalite.org website.
We are now at the end of this adventure...
And I want to thank you again for your confidence, and congratulate you for taking
action.
You can be proud of yourself.
I wish you an excellent day.
And I'll see you soon in the newsletter or on the Health Vitality project website.
To your health,
PS: I recommend you watch this additional video about the "Pinch" Method for blood sugar:
(VIDEO) "Pinch" THIS = balance blood sugar? >>
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Sugar Detox Plan
Now we're going to detoxify you from sugar to free you from diabetes.
1 - Empty your cupboards of "poison
This is a must. You must locate the following products in your home and THROW
them into the trash. Don't wait to finish them, you must act today!
Sodas and sweetened drinks
Sugar (powder, lumps, brown sugar...)
Sweet pastries and cakes, sweet desserts (yoghurts...)
Margarine (unsweetened, but very bad for your health)
Foods with added sugars (check the list of ingredients on the package)
Processed or industrial foods (even sliced white bread)
2 - Do your "Antidiabetes shopping".
It's your fresh start: you're going to fill your cupboards with products that are GOOD
for you and your health. Products that help you get rid of diabetes.
GLUCIDS
o Cereals: whole grain rice, whole grain pasta, rolled oats, whole grain
semolina, quinoa, bulgur, whole grain bread
o Vegetables: tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, spinach,
peppers, zucchini, cucumber, onions, beets, mushrooms
o Legumes: lentils, kidney beans, white beans
o Fruits: banana, grapefruit, melon, clementines, apples, blueberries,
strawberries, raspberries, pineapple
PROTEINS
o Meat: chicken, beef, pork
o Fish / Seafood
o Eggs
LIPIDS
o Oil: olive, coconut
o Nuts: walnuts, macadamia nuts, brazil nuts, hazelnuts, peanuts,
almonds, pistachios
o Seeds: flax, squash, sunflower, pumpkin, chia
o Cheese, Butter
o Lawyer
3 - Stick to your plan!
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Diabetes Shopping List
Here are the best anti-diabetes foods recommended during the program:
1 - Carbohydrates (highlight the ones you like the most)
Cereals: whole grain rice, whole grain pasta, rolled oats, whole grain
semolina, quinoa, bulgur, whole grain bread
Vegetables: tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, peppers,
zucchini, cucumber, onions, beets, mushrooms
Legumes: lentils, kidney beans, white beans
Fruits: banana, grapefruit, melon, clementines, apples, blueberries,
strawberries, raspberries, pineapple
2 - Protein (highlight the ones you like the most)
Meat: chicken, beef, pork
Fish / Seafood
Eggs
3 - Fats (highlight the ones you like the most)
Oil: olive, coconut
Nuts: walnuts, macadamia nuts, brazil nuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, almonds,
pistachios
Seeds: flax, squash, sunflower, pumpkin, chia
Cheese
Butter
Lawyer
4 - Prohibited foods
Sodas and sweetened drinks
Sugar
Alcohol (1 drink per day maximum)
Sweet pastries and cakes
Sweet desserts (yoghurts...)
Margarine
Foods with added sugars (check Ingredients)
Fast carbohydrates: white rice, pasta, white bread, potatoes