Pancreas & blood sugar
Type 2 Diabetes
Adult-onset diabetes mellitus
The healthy design
Normally the pancreas releases insulin so the body can use glucose for energy. Whole, simple food eaten in moderation keeps blood sugar steady and the pancreas unburdened.
What prepares the way
The habits behind this condition — and the law of health each one breaks.
A diet high in sugar and refined flour overworks the pancreas and can lead to diabetes.
Breaks: Proper DietOvereating can induce diabetes, or worsen it once present.
Breaks: Proper DietMeat, eggs, cheese, and excess fat impair how the body handles sugar; a low-fibre diet invites diabetes.
Breaks: Proper DietCirculation is always poor in diabetics; too little exercise leaves blood sugar high.
Breaks: ExerciseCorrecting the cause
How the body is invited to heal
Type 2 diabetes responds remarkably to diet. Stop sugar, white flour, grease, meat, eggs, and cheese; eat a high-fibre, high-raw-food, plant diet at regular hours; use raw garlic and onions; exercise daily. One person dropped insulin from 60 to 15 units by increasing raw food. Keep any prescribed insulin — a hyper- or hypoglycemic attack is an emergency.
The remedies this calls on
Natural remedies for this condition
Supportive and educational — always used with the counsel of a health professional.
Diet & eating
- Stop sugar, white-flour products, greasy food, meat, eggs, cheese, and excess oil.
- Eat a high-carbohydrate, high-fibre, high-raw plant diet — it reduces the need for insulin.
- Eat smaller meals at regular times, chew well, and don't eat late; eating quickly spikes sugar.
- Onions and green beans lower blood sugar; sour and citrus fruits help oxidize it.
Herbs & nutrition
- Raw garlic daily lowers blood sugar.
- Huckleberry helps promote insulin; cedar berries help the pancreas.
- Also noted: black walnut, echinacea, burdock, buchu, dandelion root, uva ursi.
Daily habits
- Exercise daily — it improves the poor circulation of diabetics and lowers blood sugar.
- Sunlight has an insulin-like effect (reduce insulin accordingly under supervision).
- Care carefully for the feet, which infect more easily.
Water treatments
- Out-of-door and deep-breathing exercise with daily cold baths increases oxidation of sugar (Kellogg).
“Jesus cares for each individual as though there were not another person on the earth.”
Encouragement
Continue tracing
Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD)
Chronic acid reflux
Acid meant to stay in the stomach washes up and burns the food-pipe — day after day the lining is forced to change.
Atherosclerosis
Plaque hardening of the arteries
Injury to the smooth artery lining invites fat, foam cells, and plaque — narrowing the vessel until blood can no longer pass.
Hypertension
High blood pressure — the "silent killer"
Pressure through the arteries stays higher than it should — quietly straining the heart, arteries, kidneys, and brain.
Arthritis
Joint inflammation & rheumatic disease
Acids and wastes from a poor diet collect in the joints until the lining inflames, the cartilage wears, and movement hurts.
Hiatal Hernia
Hiatus hernia
The stomach slips up through a weakened opening in the diaphragm, and acid escapes upward into the throat.
Educational only. Not intended to diagnose, prescribe, or treat disease. Use in cooperation with a qualified medical or health professional.