Diabetes Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities PDF

More about Type-1 Diabetes and Cow's Milk:

The evidence incriminating cow’s milk consumption in the cause of type-1 diabetes is sufficient to cause the American Academy of Pediatrics to issue these warnings, "Early exposure of infants to cow's milk protein may be an important factor in the initiation of the beta cell (insulin-producing cells of the pancreas) destructive process in some individuals."20 "The avoidance of cow's milk protein for the first several months of life may reduce the later development of IDDM or delay its onset in susceptible people."20

Exposure to cow’s milk protein early in life, when the intestinal tract is immature, sometimes results in the milk protein entering the blood stream where antibodies to this foreign substance, cow’s milk, are made by the immune system. Unfortunately, these same antibodies also attack the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. By glassful of milk after spoonful of ice cream, over a period of about 5 to 7 years, the child destroys his or her own pancreas – and is left with a lifelong, life-threatening, handicap: diabetes. The pancreas is forever destroyed and the child will have to take insulin shots daily. Complications, such as blindness, kidney failure, and heart disease will be a real threat during his or her shortened lifespan.

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Bacteria and Diabetes: Important Notes

All diabetic persons also carry a virus, HA virus in the pancreas. This virus is grown in the skin as a wart but is spread quite widely in the body such as in the spleen or liver besides pancreas. It is not necessary to kill the virus since it disappears when the pancreatic fluke is gone. The HA virus undoubtedly belongs to the pancreatic fluke. The question can be asked: Does the fluke or its virus cause diabetes? There might even be a bacterium, so far missed in our observations, that is the real perpetrator.

All diabetics have a common fluke parasite, Eurytrema pancreaticum, the pancreatic fluke of cattle, in their own pancreas. It seems likely that we get it from cattle, repeatedly, by eating their meat or dairy products in a raw state. It is not hard to kill with a zapper but because of its infective stages in our food supply we can immediately be reinfected.

Eurytrema will not settle and multiply in our pancreas without the presence of wood alcohol (methanol). Methanol pollution pervades our food supply -- it is found in processed food including bottled water, artificial sweetener, soda pop, baby formula and powdered drinks of all kinds including health food varieties. I presume wood alcohol is used to wash equipment used in manufacturing. If your child has diabetes, use nothing out of a can, package or bottle except regular milk, and no processed foods.

By killing this parasite and removing wood alcohol from the diet, the need for insulin can be cut in half in three weeks (or sooner!).

Be vigilant with your blood sugar checks. The pancreas with its tiny islets that produce insulin recovers very quickly. Even if 90% of them were destroyed, requiring daily insulin shots, half of them can recover or regenerate so insulin is no longer necessary. The insulin shot itself may be polluted with wood alcohol (this is an especially cruel irony -- the treatment itself is worsening the condition). Test it yourself, using the wood alcohol in automotive fluids (windshield washer) or from a a pint store, as a test substance. Try different brands of insulin until you find one that is free of methanol.

Artificial sweeteners are polluted with wood alcohol! Instead of helping you cope with your diabetes, they are actually promoting it! Do not use them.

Source: Dr. Hulda Clark

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Einstein College of Medicine Receives $600,000 Grant to Study Resveratrol's Impact on Pre-Diabetes

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York City has received a $600,000 grant from the AmericanDiabetes Association to study the effects of resveratrol on lowering impaired glucose tolerance in older adults.

Impaired glucose tolerance-the inability to use insulin properly-is one of the main conditions of pre-diabetes. According to the ADA, almost 40 percent of adults over age 60 have IGT or diabetes. Pre-diabetes itself, says the association, increases the risk of heart attack or stroke by 50 percent.

Resveratrol, a chemical compound commonly found in red wine and grapes, has been found in previous research studies involving laboratory animals to have a beneficial effect on glucose metabolism. But there have been no formal studies with humans.

The six-week study will focus on 30 subjects between the ages of 50 and 80 who have IGT. Some participants in the double-blind study will receive resveratrol supplements while others will receive a placebo.

The object of the research will be to see resveratrol's effects on blood glucose levels after meals. Further study will look into the chemical compound's effects on muscle cell and blood vessel functions.

Word about resveratrol's beneficial effects has circulated for several years, especially in light of the compound's natural occurrence in red wine. But it turns out that to receive a dose of resveratrol sufficient to affect blood glucose levels, a wine drinker would have to imbibe more than 100 bottles of wine per day-an impossibility from the standpoint of health, finances, and efficiency.

Several manufacturers sell resveratrol supplements, usually in 100 mg, 250 mg, or 500 mg doses. However, nobody is yet certain what should be a standard daily dose and what should be considered an overdose.

(Anecdotal information on the Internet seems to put the upper limit at 5,000 mg daily. Supposed side effects from too much resveratrol can include joint aches and stomach pains. Because the compound is a blood thinner, users are cautioned to tell their doctors if they are also taking prescribed blood thinners.)

Stevia has garnered attention with the rise in demand for low-carbohydrate, low-sugar food alternatives. Stevia also has shown promise in medical research for treating such conditions as obesity and high blood pressure. Stevia has a negligible effect on blood glucose, even enhancing glucose tolerance; therefore, it is attractive as a natural sweetener to diabetics and others on carbohydrate-controlled diets.

 Studies showed no adverse effects of steviol glycosides when taken at doses of about 4 mg per day.  In December 2008, the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) stated it had no objection to the conclusion of an expert panel that rebaudioside A is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use as a general purpose sweetener.  Prior to this, stevia-based ingredients were only permitted for use as a dietary supplement in the U.S.  Scientific data on steviol glycosides, including rebaudioside A (used in rebiana) and concluded that they are safe for their intended use - to sweeten foods and beverages and established a permanent Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) level.  Click here For more details.

Canadian Diabetes Association National Nutrition Committee Technical Review: Non-nutritive Intense Sweeteners in Diabetes Management

JOINT FAO/WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES, 17-26 June 2008

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