What Else Can I Do to Help Husband with Diabetes?

Posted By Jacqui (Scottsville, Ky) on 12/12/2012

My husband recently was put in Hospital with his Blood Sugar at 560, it was very dangerous, they had to give him the drip in his arm. I am all very new at this, with the Diet etc, I have got him Pumpernickel bread, he loved his greens, we never have eaten a lot of meat, we like Salmon so eat a lot of that. I have started him on Chlorophyll, 30mls per day. I have been very careful what I give him, read that cinnamon tea was good for him so have been using that, his blood sugar today will not come down is about 180-200 all day.. He said he feels ok, but yes I am worried. He has got Meds from the Dr. which me being a more natural person, am a little concerned.. What for a start are these meds, obviously not working, I would rather he be on a set Diet and keep his Blood sugar down natural. He is not a big man, so is not caused by weight.
I am not using white sugar or flour, could somebody please help, I would be very grateful for any help, I always give him the apple Cider.. We were taking Blackstrap Molasses.. Would this cause his sugar to go high.. HELP PLEASE.
Merry Christmas everyone,
Jacqui
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Replied by Timh (Louisville, Ky, Usa) on 12/13/2012

Jacqui: Here's some suggestions. First give whole food multivitamin/min w/ every meal. Yes on the Cinnamon and you can purchase in caps for easy use. 200 mcgs Chromium Picolinate 3x daily should help considerably. Try an herbal Pancreas formula; P-14 is a good one, plus Raw Pancreas Glandular. Both these should improve the Pancreas function thus improving Insulin production.
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Replied by Hacinta (Sunny, Fl) on 12/13/2012

Jacqui, It is more than watching sugar. All refined foods, white bread, and simple carbs. Check out the label on the pumpernickel bread, what does the fiber per serving look like? That is a great indicter as to weather hubby should eat it or not. The less fiber it has the more refined it is. Some wheat bread has 1 or 2 grams of fiber, that means it is not whole wheat bread, its just dyed white bread.

With his condition he should follow a low carb diet, not a strict Atkins type diet. Whole grain pasta has fiber, where regular pasta does not. Some veggies like carrots and beets, even onions have a lot of sugar, natural sugar, still it is sugar.

This is a lifestyle for your pin cushion, I mean husband. He really must monitor everything he eats, diabetes is a nasty disease. There is all kinds of good reading on the INTERNET, he should take the opportunity to do so. Knowledge is a weapon, he must be armed to battle this.

My ex mother in-law is diabetic, so I did a lot or research on the subject. I am no expert by any means. My understanding is circulation is compromised too. Exercise is also very important, walking, or anything to keep it moving. I know her legs and feet would ache terrible. The more she hurt the more she would lay. It was a vicious cycle. When I was able to get her off the couch she did notice an improvement.

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Replied by Tina (Houston, Usa) on 12/13/2012

Jacqui from Scottsville, Ky: Google ocotea essential oil. Buy a therapeutic grade of ocotea (which means one that you can take internally), it is worth every penny in my opinion. Apply few drops on his wrists, 1 drop under his tongue few times daily, and inhale it. Most folks with severe high sugar levels use this oil and can make their numbers go back to 90-100 fasting or lower. I have used this oil, it is incredible and very effective, please try it. Good luck
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Replied by Saba (Mentor, Oh) on 12/14/2012

Jacqui from Scottsville, Ky... Blackstrap molasses will raise your blood sugar very high. It took me a few days of not taking it to bring it back down.
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Replied by Jolene (Albuquerque, New Mexico) on 02/23/2013

Jaqui from Scotsdale - I've been diabetic for over 25 years (Type II) and have managed the condition pretty successfully in the following ways.

15 minutes or more of aerobic and weight-bearing exercise almost every day. I use music that I enjoy so I'm happy to do it.

Go gluten-free because the celiac disease is another auto-immune disease that many doctors believe leads to diabetes. It seems to have in my case. There are more and more deicious whole grain gluten free breads and even biscuits. You can buy some very good gluten free baking mixes.

I daily take chromium picolinate, vanadium sulfate, cinnamon, gymnema sylvestre and alpha lipoic acid (for the pancreas). The other four balance blood sugar levels.

I only eat whole grain pasta (quinoia is a good one) and lots of green leaf vegies. Cruciferous vegies are ok only it cooked. Chicken and fish with occasional lean red meat seem best for me. Beans are a great source of fiber as well as protein. Yellow pea powder is extremely easy to digest and works well in protein shakes. Dairy is usually a problem for diabetics, so I use rice milk or coconut milk. Stevia is a great sweetener that doesn't raise blood sugar levels much. So, you can add it and maybe a low-sugar red foods powder (powdered fruits), or even a green powder (powdered vegies) and maybe an orange flavoring with that one.

You'll have to do a lot of your food shopping at health food grocery stores and organic is best for diabetics as pesticides and other toxins aggravate the disease.

Swansons Vitamins and VitaCost online are very economical places to buy supplements and lots of gluten free products.

You and your husband may find that you can pretty easily adapt to a change in lifestyle that will make the diabetes fairly easy to live with. It's the holidays waking up my sweet tooth that prove seriously challenging to me every darned year!

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