Diabetes is becoming the biggest epidemic of the 21st century as every year, about 18 million people die from cardiovascular disease, caused by diabetes and hypertension. More than 1.8 billion adults worldwide are overweight today, with 312 million of them being obese. As per the International Diabetes Federation’s estimates, the prevalence of Diabetes will see an increase of 7.3% by 2025 and the number of people with diabetes will increase from 246 million to 380 m by 2025. (Source)
Diabetes is often thought out to be incurable so; the second someone is diagnosed with this condition; they resign ourselves to a lifelong misery of taking medicines, which would only change and increase with time. However, the recent research and studies have shown that blood sugar can be controlled and dependence on medications can not only be reduced but even eliminated by following a healthy lifestyle.
What is Type-2 Diabetes? A simple explanation of the condition:
Sugar (glucose in medical terms) is the primary fuel of the human body without which it can not function. Type-2 diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way your body metabolizes sugar (glucose), making the body resist the effects of sugar reducing hormones or doesn’t produce it enough. Sugar reducing hormones regulate the movement of sugar into the cells, so any of the scenarios as mentioned earlier can mess up the glucose levels. As the body is unable to produce these hormones naturally, the patient has to inject it artificially — starting the lifelong circle of dependence on drugs.
Is Type-2 Diabetes a Lifestyle Disorder?
Resistance of sugar reducing hormone is the main cause of Diabetes, it is well worth asking why does the body become resistant to these hormone. Dr. Thomas Lodi (MD) provides significant insight:
One of the main reasons why the production of sugar reducing hormone in the body malfunctions is because it has been overstuffed it with sugar and fat by namely eating two things in excess — animal products, vegetable oils, and fat-based food items — thus exceeding the ‘normal’ level of fat and sugar, which can be dangerous. When the body resist to sugar reducing hormone, that makes cells become unable to take in the glucose and absorb it. As a result, the glucose stays in the blood- a situation where the body is craving sugar in spite of literally drowning in it. (Source)
While medication may seem like the only solution, it is just a short-term answer; the long-term solution lies in natural ways.
Two Lifestyle Changes that Hold the Key to Reversing Diabetes:
1) Diet to reverse diabetes
A diabetic patient is always asked to minimize their sugar and carbohydrate uptake but it does not help in curing the condition as the cause of diabetes is fat and if that can be controlled, it can assure a diabetes-free future.
One way to get started is by cooking food with minimum or no oil and giving up on consuming all animal products, which includes dairy and other foods made from them. Both oil and animal products are full of fats and contain zero fiber. Opting for a whole food plant-based diet, which is low in fat, can re-enable the body’s sugar reducing hormone levels to become normal.
“A plant-based diet is a powerful tool for preventing, managing, and even reversing type 2 diabetes. Not only is this the most delicious ‘prescription’ you can imagine, but it’s also easy to follow. Unlike other diets, there’s no calorie counting, no skimpy portions, and no carb counting. Plus, all the ‘side effects’ are good ones,” says leading researcher Dr.Neal Barnard, M.D., F.A.C.C., President, Physicians Committee
The ‘side-effects’ mentioned here include getting rid of constipation and acidity, losing weight, lower blood pressures and zero cholesterol — now, that’s a win-win situation too good to miss out on.
2) Exercise to reverse diabetes
While all exercises that boost physical fitness are beneficial for managing diabetes, a holistic regiment such as Yoga deserves special mention as it improves mental wellbeing as well.
Several studies have revealed that Yoga can aid in reducing diabetic symptoms and may even allow you to overcome the condition, restoring the body’s natural health and functioning. The Yoga postures lead to the contraction and relaxation of several specific areas of the abdomen. This stimulates the pancreas, increases blood and oxygen supply, thus revitalizing the pancreatic cells and improving their ability to produce sugar reducing hormones. This is also possible by Yogic breathing practices. As for meditation, it relaxes the sympathetic nervous system, which helps in the proper functioning of the endocrine glands.
Yogic exercises also reduce other symptoms of diabetes like lowering the blood sugar levels, relieving hypoglycemia and alleviating LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Thus, you can prevent the condition from worsening further and maybe, even put a stop to it.
Success stories: Doctors that have successfully reversed diabetes in their patients naturally
Dr. Neal Barnard: President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Dr. Barnard has successfully discovered a scientifically proven system for reversing diabetes via mild dietary changes, rather than medicines.
Dr. Nandita Shah: Promoting the idea ‘Your Health is in Your Hands’ through her regular workshops on healthy dietary habits, she believes that “body can heal if we try to understand the cause and eliminate it.” She runs several programs to encourage people to reverse diabetes naturally and has authored a book titled, Reversing Diabetes in 21 Days: A Nutrition-Based Approach to Diabetes and Related Problems. (Source)
Dr. Thomas Lodi: A renowned oncologist, Dr. Lodi prescribes only “proper nutrition, colon cleansing, procuring adequate sleep and exercise, as well as prayer and/or meditation” to his patients for dashing away their ‘incurable’ diabetes.
Dr. Gabriel Cousens: An American physician M.D., homeopath, who practices holistic medicine and has wholly reversed Type-2 diabetes naturally by radical diet and lifestyle change, without the aid of pharmaceutical medication. His program was the subject matter of a famous documentary, Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
There are scores of stories where people have successfully managed diabetes naturally by altering their diet and lifestyle but it is still advisable to consult plant-based doctors and experts. It is recommended to visit a specialist retreat-like facility with access to expert medical and dietary advice and the facility to eat nutritious food and exercising under the guidance of experts such as The LifeCo. The LifeCo is a wonderful and professional wellbeing center located on the paradise island of Phuket in Thailand. Hundreds of people have successfully reversed their diabetes by transitioning to a healthy lifestyle, thanks to the professional medical services as well as mindfulness support provided by The LifeCo. The center offers custom-made programs to help those battling with various health conditions such as heart disease, hypertension, and those recovering from life-threatening diseases like Cancer.
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