What’s this site about?
It’s my personal story, how I lowered my Hemoglobin A1C test result from 13.2 to 6.7 in 90 days and then to 6.4 after, which is where it was as of December 2016. (That means my average blood sugar used to be approximately 330 and is now 140. All without drugs.
Putting all this into a website is both more efficient than retelling the story over and over to anyone who will listen. It’s also another way to keep me motivated and on-task.
Exactly what are you doing and taking?
See details under the tab titled THE CURE
Do you eat snacks?
Of course! In fact, both Dr. Whitaker and my diabetes educator recommended eating between meals to help stabilize your blood glucose levels.
What snacks?
Nutrition bars
Nuts
Veggies
Hummus
Peanut butter
… lots of stuff
Click the RESOURCES tab for details and some sources.
Your numbers don’t sound so good to me.
That’s because either a) you’re generally ignorant, b) you’re not well informed about diabetes specifically, or c) you don’t know my age or health and family history. And, to be fair, there is conflicting information out there about diabetes. (But a lot of what’s published and talked about is consistent with itself and with my solution. My personal results are based on what works. For me. Maybe for you? That’s why I published this. )
I can’t fix a) or b). But you seem to me to be educable. Here’s the c) information: When diagnosed with full-on diabetes, I was 55 years old. Then again at 56, when I paid attention. Male. Ashkenazi. American and eating mostly SAD – Stupid American Diet – lots of bread, pasta, and, especially, rice. My father and his mother had diabetes. My mother has been diagnosed. And I’d been experiencing symptoms for at least six months before going to my doctor. So an A1C of 6.4 is pretty damn good.
Why not take metformin?
It’s not just the idea of taking pharmaceutical medicine that I object to. More important is my desire to maintain some control over my health.
Losing control of that is, at least to my soul, more painful than leg cramps or thirst.
Oh, also, this, according to Drugs.com:
Commonly reported side effects of metformin include: lactic acidosis, diarrhea, nausea, nausea and vomiting, vomiting, and flatulence.
Don’t want none of that!
Do you have a daily routine?
Does this mean no more chocolate, ever?
I eat chocolate every day! (But I didn’t eat any for a month, and then slowly added just a little at a time.) My favorites?
Lily’s Dark Chocolate
Bars
Premium Baking Chips
Coco Polo
Chocolate Man, Sugar-Free Dark
Sweetened with maltitol, I buy the chips
Can you still eat sushi?
Brown-rice sushi, in moderation. Otherwise, it’ll put me into a near-coma.
Why is this so important?
Dad, grandma, grandpa
Why bother?
For me – control of my life. And I have lots of things I want to do!
For you – maybe you want to see your kids graduate. You have a bucket list.