Diabetes and Hypoglycemia

SM of Canon City asks, "How can diabetes (high blood sugar) and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) be treated naturally?"

Thank you for the question. It is going to take me several weeks to cover this subject. All of the information on diabetes is provided by the Weimar Institute. (http://reversingdiabetes.org) They travel the country presenting seminars on how to reverse diabetes and will be in Colorado Springs in July. (1-800-525-9192)

There are two completely different diseases that cause high blood sugar, type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 is also called juvenile onset, childhood onset diabetes or insulin dependent diabetes. Type 2 is called adult onset because it usually begins in adulthood; it is also called non-insulin dependent diabetes.

This week I will discuss type 1 diabetes, which is a disease in which the beta cells in the pancreas are dead and there is no way for the body to make insulin. Normally insulin would attach to the insulin-receptors, opening ports allowing the cells to take in the sugar they needed. When the body can’t make the insulin that it needs, the sugar levels rise in the blood after a meal and the sugar cannot get into the cells. The sugar backs up in the blood and the blood sugar level gets too high. In an attempt to get rid of excess sugar, thirst results and when the person drinks water, the sugar is flushed out through the kidneys. The body actually gets dehydrated in this flushing process. Thirst and excessive urination are the first symptoms of diabetes. In diabetics the urine will have sugar in it. (Normal urine doesn’t have any sugar.) The beta cells are actually starving to death in a sea of sugar. The cell responds by disassembling itself and eating itself. The cell will start to burn proteins and fats instead of sugar for energy. When fat is burned without sugar, toxins called ketones are created. As the ketones build up in the blood, it becomes acidic.

What causes type 1 diabetes? The Weimer Institute states that scientific research is pointing its finger at a new culprit – cow’s milk. Some children inherit a trait in which their beta cells make certain proteins on their surfaces that are very similar to certain proteins found in cow’s milk. The problem is that if they become allergic to this cow protein, because it is so similar these antibodies will start attacking their beta cells and destroying them. Research studies have shown that all type 1 diabetics have developed high levels of this particular antibody. When most of the beta cells are gone, these children can’t make enough insulin anymore and become type 1 diabetics.