I wrote to a diabetic friend, asking if lowering her carbohydrate intake might allow her to reduce her insulin dose. She replied that her doctor said it’s important to eat carbohydrates “to make the insulin work”. Really? Isn’t that the exact opposite of what happens in the body?
When we consume carbohydrate, it is all eventually digested to glucose, and this promotes excretion of insulin from the pancreas, to remove toxic sugar from the bloodstream. I say “toxic” because an excess of sugar in the blood is the very condition which exists in diabetes, hence the need for insulin injections.
But notice, the insulin secretions come in response to carbohydrate. The insulin doesn’t come first, so that we need to eat carbohydrate to modify the insulin release. This advice, to eat a lot of carbohydrates, is given to diabetics routinely.
So, are doctors missing the point? Are they really overlooking the problem which causes the diabetes? i.e. carbohydrates consumption? If there is very little carbohydrate present in the digestive system, then there is very little glucose, so the requirement for insulin by injection is reduced. Simples?
Let’s suppose that, instead of prescribing a drug, the doctor simply advised patients to reduce their carbohydrates intake, thus by-passing the need for high doses of insulin. Wouldn’t that save the National Health Service and health insurances a lot of money? Wouldn't it eventually help people to get well, instead of simply managing their sickness? I think so.... But then, what would happen to pharmaceutical profits? Is there something else going on here?
If you would like to see Dr. Sarah Hallberg’s short presentation on Youtube, follow this link;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=da1vvigy5tQ
If you have Type 2 diabetes, viewing this video may change your life.
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