The morning seems to gleem the best lessons in health this week.
This story comes directly from Dale Abrahamson. He was kind enough to give me permission to share his story about diabetes and the medications he was on.
I’ve known Dale for a long time. So, I’ve been in the loop about his health for many years. Last year he told me he had just received the diabetes diagnosis. It isn’t a huge shock, because Dale is a big man. Kind as the day is long but he fits the profile of the primary risk factor…a large waist circumference.
A healthy waist limit for women is 35 inches and, for men, 40 inches. Waist circumference is determined by measuring around the waist at the navel line.” -Reported researchers from Harvard and the National Institutes of Health.
He started on the medications and came to see me because he didn’t like taking them. We never take people off medications, we just support them behind the scenes and boost their nutrition with supplements and do some dietary counseling. He was relieved with my recommendations to say the least. If you want the recommendations, they are in our new book coming out.
If patients are on medications, they can’t drop them right away anyway because the body will revolt and people will get worse. What seems to work very well is what has happened to Dale. For the last four months he has changed his diet and taken some very specific supplements we use to support the diabetic patient.
We used:
#1 Diaplex
#2 Gymnema
It is always a good idea to improve the nutrition of the body and the specific problem areas behind the scene just in case something goes wrong…like with Dale.
Last week, his eyesight was getting “fuzzy” and everything he saw was slightly offset. He was getting worried about driving because he was hugging the right line, and he thought he was in the middle of the road.
He went to the doctor thinking the diabetes was getting worse because it can got o the eyes. They upped the meds. Then he went to the optometrist and he said there was NO evidence of diabetic damage in the eyes. Dale started putting one and one together and being a rational individual he stopped his diabetic meds on his own, just to see what would happen. Results:
Within 2 days his eyesight was back to normal.
Within 3 days his blood sugar DROPPED to 132 and has stayed there. With the medication his blood sugar was 168-187.
He has also lost all the weight he gained while on the meds.
I was amazed at how well he has done and all that has happened to him since I saw him last.
Medications have their place, but they also have their problems. If you are on medications and you develop a new problem or something is getting worse, talk to your doctor. They aren’t real receptive to changing anything, but be persistant. Remember, all the patients we are working with are doing supplements and dietary changes behind the scenes. If you aren’t actively working on becoming healthier, the odds of you stopping any medications successfully is very, very slim.
Being lean and healthy has some core fundamentals. More info is coming in the days to come.
Dr. Altman
P.S. Blood sugar problems are fixable no matter what the American Diabetes Association says.
P.P.S To really blow your mind. I know a chiropractor that has had diabetes get better simply from adjustments to the part of the spine that controls the pancreas. Does it happen to everyone? No. Is it something to consider by adding to your program for getting better? Yes. Because you never know. The ADA certainly has no idea what works.
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