Defy Age Naturally

Diabetes is an illness characterized by high blood sugar levels. Mainstream medicine claims that diabetes is non curable and the only way to deal with this illness is to manage it with diet and drugs. However, certain natural practitioners are proving that diabetes is in fact curable with a total dietary makeover.

Diet

The most powerful way to reverse diabetes is to go on a raw food diet, as proven at the Tree of Life in Arizona. The diet consists of raw vegetables, nuts and seeds for 30 days. This means no bread, meat, eggs or milk. Nothing that is sweet, including fruit, is taken. Lots of green juices, consisting of cucumbers, celery, fennel and spinach can be consumed. Meals consist primarily of salads, and snacks of nuts and seeds are eaten.

Considerations

This is an extremely difficult diet to stick to, so it is not for the faint hearted. It takes a lot of willpower and determination to go on such a diet. However, the results are amazing, especially for those people with type 2 diabetes, although many people with type 1 also see benefits. It might be easiest to have the meals prepared for you and be around other people going through the same process, which is why many people go on a Tree Of Life retreat of diabetics.

After Treatment

After the 30 days, a less strict diet, which includes some fruit and the occasional pleasure to normal food can be enjoyed. However, it is important to primarily stick to a raw food diet packed with green vegetables, nuts and seeds.

Exercise

Exercise is absolutely vital for those people who have type 2 diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes need to be a little more careful and have professional supervision. The best exercise is jumping on a rebounder for around 15 minutes four to five times per week. Cardiovascular exercises such as running and fast walking, as well as muscle building, are all beneficial.

Personally, a 100% raw food diet does not work for me. I need grounding foods that keep my feet on the earth. I am already so sensitive and airy that when I eat a total raw food diet I feel like I am flying off into the cosmos. On the other hand, a lot of my diet consists of raw foods, and of course I am a super food fanatic!

For people who have type 2 diabetes, the raw food is a life saver. It has the potential to completely cure this disease. And for those people with type 1 diabetes, it can have very good results. I totally recommend this diet to ANYONE who is suffering with diabetes. You really have nothing to lose!

I try and include as many cruciferous veggies in my diet as possible. Finely chopping up broccoli and Brussels sprouts and adding them to my food is a regular practice which I know is helping me prevent disease. It is also an amazing way to eat these veggies because they blend well with the food, so they almost seemed cooked rather than eating them as a solid chunk. I also add a mixture of alfalfa and broccoli sprouts to nearly every meal I eat.

Of course, with my mom recently having breast cancer, as well as my aunt, I am always interested in the latest research on preventing these illnesses. Research is continually showing the benefits of eating a diet high in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and cabbage.  These veggies have been proven to prevent all sorts of cancer, including breast cancer. The way in which the active compounds in cruciferous vegetables inhibit breast cancer cells has been largely unknown. Now a study at UC Santa Barbara has shown how why they are so effective.

Breast cancer is currently the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Consuming too many dead foods that don’t offer anything of value to the body is one of the root causes. Adding cruciferous vegetables to the diet can fight this epidemic form of cancer.

Olga Azarenko, a graduate student at UCSB who worked on the team said, “These vegetables contain compounds called isothiocyanates which we believe to be responsible for the cancer-preventive and anti-carcinogenic activities in these vegetables. Broccoli and broccoli sprouts have the highest amount of the isothiocyanates.

“Our paper focuses on the anti-cancer activity of one of these compounds, called sulforaphane, or SFN,” Azarenko added.

“It has already been shown to reduce the incidence and rate of chemically induced mammary tumors in animals. It inhibits the growth of cultured human breast cancer cells, leading to cell death.”

Isothiocyanate have the power to actually make changes on a genetic level. They can activate some genes that fight cancer and switch off others that fuel tumors.

If everyone in the world ate at least 5 servings of cruciferous vegetables per week, we would see major shifts in health. Let’s start now!
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