Cinnamon and Diabetes—Disease Type Appears to Matter

There are apparantly two schools of thought on diabetes. One school advocates lots of cereal (high in carbs), juice (high in carbs), and avoidance of fat.

The other school advocates low glycemic foods which are low in carbs, and high protein and oil vegetarianism.

That first diet is peddled by the USDA and the two organizations you name. The second diet is advocated by Kaiser and the Australian health industry and authorities.

I tend to follow Kaiser and eat lots of nuts interspersed with bouts of fat meat consumption.

I got interested in the glycemic index, as my daughter has polycystic ovaries, which is a metabolic disease. I educated my self on the internet, and was shocked when all the doctors we saw were only interested in treating symtoms, mainly putting her on birth control pills to regulate her periods.

My own investigations indicated it was not a gynecological disease, but a metabolic problem, with insulin-resistance at its root and diabetes as an eventual outcome. So I my daughter followed a low carb, low glycemic diet and has had many of her pre-diabetic symptons vanished.

More recently, she has discovered that family practioners are treating this as the serious disease that it is, and heading off diabetes with medication and diet.

I have several diabetic friends who have repeatedly landed in the hospital , with their sugar levels unregulated, while following the ADA diet.

I encouraged them to have their carbs later in the day, and to have most of them via vegetables.

I have heard that your "cave man" diet with a lot of nuts, seeds, and meat, is very effective for many metablic diseases, including mineral-processing problems.

Thanks. I’ll do that. I’m on dialysis so I have to be careful what supplements I have. Can’t have calcium, for example, because my kidneys don’t clean it out of my system. I have calcification in my arteries, which has led to problems. Oh well, I’m still truckin....

The true "cave man" diet involves elimination of almost all sources of carbs, even low glycemic root crops.

This is my third year with diagnosed diabetes (and probably my fifth year with the problem) and am able to control it by diet alone.

What I am attempting to do is emulate what seems to have been the normal diet for the preponderance of my ancestors ~ greens in season, fresh berries, low starch fruits, nuts (for oil, starch, fiber, and vitamins), and red meat, eggs and plenty of chicken ~ including the fatty skin.

If I could I'd go harvest seals, whales and reindeer to boost my iron intake skyhigh (which would counter some inherited tendencies to shed iron like there's no tomorrow).

I have a very high cheese intake as well ~

As a consequence I have what amounts to a low cholesterol level, low triglyceride level, moderate A1C level, and only a minor amount of neuropathy.

So, what did I give up ~ well, everything made out of wheat, barley and rye. That includes soy sauce and those tasty malt vinegars, beer, croissants, most salad dressings, gravy, cajun cooking, pasta, etc., ~

Still, everything I eat tastes great. No doubt it'd put a "normal person" in the hospital!

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