From 10 To 5, My Journey With Diabetes - E-book - ePub

My ultimate goal in writing this book is to share with you my own experience. I want to show you how I was able to control my blood sugar and the long process that allowed me to avoid the never-ending cycle of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. I want you to understand how changing the way I ate enabled me to have such a dramatic improvement. I want to prove to you how keeping your weight in check could improve your insulin sensitivity.
Imagine an HbA1c of 10 and over to an HbA1c of 5.5 seemingly overnight! I am not suggesting that this is the right approach for everyone. On the contrary, I am quite aware that we are all different. Instead, I emphasize that despite our differences, there are common factors that have a similar positive influence on our different versions of diabetes. Knowledge is power. On my journey with diabetes, as an insulin-dependent passed through the pills stage, I have learned many things mainstream medicine never taught me.
These were the missing pieces I needed. Many changes in our daily lives dealing with diabetes will reward us greatly in our struggle to achieve normal blood sugar: food choices, multiple daily injection (MDI) techniques, matching food with insulin, daily exercise, prolonged and intermittent fasting. I want you to have the benefit of my journey so that your way will be smoother. This is my gift to you.
Take what works for you and leave the rest. During the journey, I realized that the majority of people with diabetes are not able to find the right information needed to guide them to good blood sugar control. I understood their confusion because I had walked the same path. My passion is supporting people with diabetes to normalize their blood sugar. It may surprise you that I am shedding light on major concepts, not minor ones.
You will read some real-life stories, which offer insight on the real importance of controlling diabetes. I will address subjects that might seem a bit far from diabetes but have a very real and meaningful impact on diabetes control. I will discuss food choices, obesity, leptin resistance, dietary habits, Cholesterol, low carb way of eating, weight control, T1 kids, the role of insulin and, most importantly, my journey to get from HbA1c of 10 to HbA1c of 5.5.
You will find me positively criticizing the main-streamers, the physicians who care more about the guidelines of big organizations and governmental institutions and do not see the drawbacks and the poor results inflicting harsh complications on people with diabetes who follow those guidelines day in and day out. At the meantime, I raise my hat for those knowledgeable physicians, nutritionists and scientists who nobly seek the truth.
It is my humble wish that my experience will open the eyes of people with diabetes that control is within their reach. I believe this book is not only for people with diabetes but it is for health seekers, pre-diabetics, overweight people who want lose weight and fasting lovers. I put this book in your hands to give you hope that you too can control your blood sugar and live a good life.