Avoid diabetes and strengthen your pancreas
Roger castell
Diabetes is a chronic disease of the pancreas, characterized by high blood sugar. This hyperglycemia has several causes and it leads to dangerous consequences for health and for life. Let's examine these consequences, the causes and the natural means to avoid this national tragedy which affects many French people (1)
1 – The consequences of diabetes
Diabetes is caused by the insufficient production of insulin, by the inability of the body's cells to use the insulin secreted or by a lifestyle at odds with the psycho-physiological needs of the organism. She is dangerous because viscous blood poorly circulating in the capillaries, problems appear in poorly irrigated organs,
Complications associated with diabetes form an impressive list: coronary events (thrombosis, hemorrhage, infarction), obesity, atherosclerosis, impotence, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, retinopathy, renal insufficiency, hepatic insufficiency, candidiasis and difficult healing. Depending on which body organ is most affected, the risks can lead a diabetic to Blindness (2% of diabetics are blind), stroke (stroke), gangrene and amputation (toe and foot), or kidney failure, because thee diabetes multiplies by 9 the risk of dialysis following the destruction of the kidneys
Statistical studies show that we are not all equal when it comes to the risk of diabetes. Disparities exist linked to age, sex, region and social status. Thus, diabetes increases among those under 20 and especially beyond 75 where it concerns 26% of the population (i.e. 1 diabetic out of 4 adults). Diabetes affects men more often (55%) than women (45%) and the rate is higher in the North of France (6% of diabetics among the population), in Guadeloupe (9%) and in Reunion. (10%). On the other hand, the West of France is less affected, particularly in Brittany (3%), Pays-de-la-Loire (4%) and New Aquitaine (4,5%). Finally, there is a socioeconomic cause, since diabetes increases in the event of financial precariousness.
The medical findings make it clear that diabetes is a very serious public health problem, which of course requires medical monitoring (diabetologist and general practitioner), but the statistics also make it possible to establish that this disease is not fatal and that it mainly depends on life habits, on which we should all be able to act.
2 – A brief history of diabetes.
Diabetes was a disease known in antiquity and moreover its name comes from a Greek root, meaning: "which passes through", implied: "the kidney". Among the symptoms are water and sugar, since the diabetic urinates a lot, to eliminate excess blood sugar.
In 1922, four Canadian researchers, Banting, Best, Macleod and Collip, achieved the feat of saving the life of a 14-year-old diabetic, thanks to an insulin injection. This success was rewarded in 1923 by Nobel prize. The drug described as "miraculous" was immediately offered to all diabetics, but in 1933, a different form of diabetes was described in a scientific journal, where insulin injected did not improve the life of the patient and sometimes even caused his death, despite the high presence of sugar in the blood.
This affection took the name of "insulin-resistant diabetes" then that of "non-insulin-dependent diabetes", when it was realized that the level of insulin in the blood was normal, but that this insulin was ineffective to lower blood sugar. As the disease was known as diabetes, it was called type 2 diabetes to differentiate it from type 1 diabetes, which is caused by insufficient insulin production (2) In 2010, there were 92,9% of type 2 diabetics in France, 5,6% of type 1 diabetics and 1,5% of other rarer types.
As early as 1930, the relationship between this type 2 diabetes and diet was understood, since doctors had been able to successfully treat this diabetes with a diet. Unfortunately, two historical facts have neutralized the importance of this work. First, the scientific community was busy looking for another "miracle" drug, complementary to insulin. Then, the financial depression of the crisis of 1929, encouraged the industrialists to create inexpensive and profitable food products on the financial level. We then witnessed, thanks to advertising, a considerable increase in sales of vegetable margarines and refined oils, followed by the gradual disappearance, especially after 1945, of healthy linseed, coconut and fish oils, which had contributed to giving health to Americans, before 1930 (3).
3 – The two types of diabetes.
Diabetes type 1 also called insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes, mainly affects children and adolescents. It appears when the pancreas no longer produces or does not produce enough insulin, following a total and partial destruction of the B cells which synthesize this hormone. There are three known causes of cell destruction: heredity, a viral attack and an autoimmune reaction, where the body destroys its own cells. In the current state of knowledge, insulin injections are indispensable.
Diabetes type 2 usually occurs after age 50 and after several years of pancreatic fatigue, due to two situations. At first, a insulin resistance is established when the cells develop resistance to the entry of insulin. The body must then produce more to keep blood sugar levels constant. After 20 to 30 years of permanent stimulation, the pancreas, exhausted, no longer produces enough insulin and we then speak ofinsulin deficiency (4). This type of diabetes could be avoided, since it mainly depends on hygiene of life, linked for 50 years to 4 recognized factors: two relate to diet (fats and sugar) and two to behavior (sedentary lifestyle and stress).
4 – Harmful role of toxic fats
The first cause of diabetes is the exclusive consumption of mediocre fats at the expense of oils indispensable 1st pressure. Harmful fats are inexpensive industrial fats (hydrogenated margarines, refined oils), saturated animal fats and those made “trans” by cooking (pastries) (5)
In type 2 diabetes, ineffective insulin is not responsible for hyperglycemia. This inefficiency is due to the cells of the body, which have become incapable of absorbing glucose from the blood, which is then stored in the form of fat or eliminated in the urine.
Insulin has the function of triggering biochemical reactions, which promote the entry of glucose into cells, to ensure energy needs. But lipids (fatty acids) are involved in this process, because to play an active role in the assimilation of glucose, a healthy cell membrane must be made up of fatty acids. unsaturated type cis (omega 3), which make it flexible and permeable. When the diet lacks cis fatty acids, the replacement fatty acids (trans and saturated) make the cell membrane rigid and clogged. As the glucose transport mechanism is disrupted, the biochemistry of the cell is modified and the blood sugar level remains high.
Four consequences then appear (6)
– The pancreas begins to secrete a lot of insulin in vain, but this excessive effort leads to pancreatic insufficiency.
– Excess sugar in the blood, encourages the liver (to protect the body) to produce fat stored in fat cells, which increases overweight at the waist.
– The kidneys produce an excess of urine, to eliminate sugar, but this reaction promotes general dehydration (loss of water) and the presence of sugar (powerful super-oxidant) leads to progressive necrosis of the capillaries of the kidneys, leading to renal failure.
– The slowdown in cellular energy production (due to a lack of sugar) generates the feeling of increasingly chronic fatigue, favoring a drop in bodily activity.
Hydrogenated fats (margarines), “trans” fats and cheap refined oils therefore play an important and often overlooked role in triggering type 2 diabetes.
5 – Harmful role of toxic sugars
The second cause of diabetes is the excessive consumption of sugary foods (biscuits, cakes, confectionery, etc.) and sugary drinks (sodas), to the detriment of water, the only really essential drink. Excess carbohydrates will, in effect, amplify the problem caused by toxic fats, especially those with a high glycemic index (see table). These carbohydrates impose a sudden onset of insulin secretion, which fails to regulate blood sugar, due to the clogging of the membranes.
The consequences of this excess sugar are serious, for all the organs, because the blood capillaries (retinas, kidneys, brain, feet), can be blocked. However, aggressions of the pancreas occur every day of the year. They begin with the “French” breakfast, consisting of white bread, pastries and jams, and continue with the many “coffee, sugar and chocolate” breaks that punctuate the working days. The desserts which complete each meal complete the “food relentlessness”. All of these habits produce violent insulin stress, which eventually exhausts the pancreas. (7)
This is what lived Hubert, a sociable man who adored good "tasty" and well-watered food. He never forgot the piece of butter on his steak, nor the 60% fat cheeses. With dessert always finishing his two meals, he gained weight rapidly and was diagnosed with diabetes at age 45. His daughter told me about her father's end of life:
“Dad was a big eater, and I can tell he dug his grave with his teeth. Every month, the doctor prescribed a blood test to check the development of diabetes, but three days before, he imposed on the whole family his “green beans and grilled meat” diet, which gave an almost normal but misleading blood sugar level. On the other hand, the following 27 days, he resumed every lunchtime, his favorite food with his colleagues, and when we were invited to friends' houses, he always recommended to the hostess,
“Above all, prepare us a nice little sauce”. But twenty years later, two health problems began to disrupt his life. First, his sight gradually deteriorated, then his right foot made him suffer more and more... The failing blood supply caused necrosis progressive tissue damage and gangrene… Hospitalized, he suffered an amputation of the big toe, then the following year, it was the turn of the foot and 6 months later, of the leg. A few days later, he died in excruciating pain. My father never knew how to refuse a good meal! »
| Tables of the main glycemic indexes (GI) | |||
| Carbohydrates with a high glycemic index | Low glycemic index carbohydrates | ||
| glucose . Potatoes (baked, mashed, crisps), rice flour, modified starch. . Honey, White bread (hamburger), Cooked carrots, Corn flakes, popcorn, Quick cooking rice, Puffed rice, Cooked beans. . Pumpkin, Watermelon. . White sugar (sucrose), White bread (baguette), Sweetened refined cereals, Chocolate bars, Peeled boiled potatoes, Colas, Sodas, Biscuits, Corn, White rice, Noodles, Ravioli. . Raisin, Brown bread, Potatoes cooked in the skin, Cooked beets, Jams. . Refined semolina, long rice, banana, melon. Sweet fruit yogurt, ice cream. . Well-cooked white spaghetti, Shortbread biscuit. | 100 95 85 75 70 65 60 55 | . Whole rice (brown), Long basmati rice, Sweet potato, Wholemeal pasta, Al dente spaghetti. . Fresh peas, Whole cereals without sugar, Rolled oats, Red beans, Fresh fruit juice without sugar, Whole rye bread, Integral bread, Alginate ice cream, Integral pasta. . Figs, Dried Apricots, Ancestral Corn (Indian), Wild Rice, Quinoa. . Raw carrots, Dairy products, Dried white beans, Yellow lentils, Chickpeas, Juicy fresh fruits, . Green beans, soy vermicelli, sugar-free marmalade. . Green lentils, Flageolets, Split peas, Dark chocolate (> 70% cocoa), Fructose, Soya. . Fresh apricots. Green vegetables, tomatoes, onions, garlic, aubergines, cabbage, courgettes, endives, … | 50 45 40 35 30 25 15 |
The choice of the right lipids must therefore be accompanied by the decision to eliminate carbohydrates with a high glycemic index.
6 – Role of the 2 harmful behaviors
Physical inactivity and stress are harmful for everyone, but the damage is even more serious for a diabetic because they are often associated.
Physical inactivity is dangerous for two reasons. First, the lack of muscular activity deprives the body of the vital need for movement, intense breathing, energy expenditure and perspiration. Without effort, all the energy assimilated will be stored in the form of fats, which will end up enveloping all the organs. Then sedentary lifestyle promotes snacking, which will contribute to increasing overweight.
Chronic stress is also dangerous, because it creates a need for compensation in order to relax and a "sweet food" is often the way to achieve this. But the products chosen, which are always high in calories, will cause wear and tear on the organs and premature aging of the pancreas.
7 – Medical treatments for diabetes.
When diabetes is diagnosed, the official medical treatment includes, for type 1 diabetes, injections of insulin, to replace what the body no longer produces, and for type 2 diabetes, oral hypoglycemic agents. But, these drugs, having a simple action “anti-symptomatic”, lowering blood sugar, cannot normalize the absorption of glucose by the cells and they risk creating complications for the kidneys and the heart. Caution is therefore called for.
8 – Active and natural prevention of diabetes
This program can avoid the risk of diabetes, especially for those who have a family history. It can also help cure many type 2 diabetics, provided you don't get too serious and, above all, you persevere. The objective is to promote the regulation of blood sugar and tosave the pancreas. It has 3 steps.
*Choose well.
To avoid diabetes, you must first eliminate toxic fats and replace them with healthy oils containing a lot of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (flax, camelina, walnuts, fish and cod liver). Complete this diet by completely eliminating foods with a high glycemic index: jams, honey, cakes, but also white bread, rice and potatoes, etc. Also remove sugary drinks (sodas), coffee and alcoholic beverages. Consume only water and lukewarm infusions, at the rate of one and a half liters per day outside of meals.
* do well.
For your meals, learn how to balance your blood sugar with the glycemic index table. Eat three meals containing foods rich in fibers. Fruit (juicy and fatty) in the morning and at noon and in the evening, raw vegetables with oil of 1st draft, cooked vegetables and lean protein. Each day, practice 2 muscular activities of 30 minutes and a relaxation session. You can gradually add healthy fats, such as butter raw organic and the oils of 1st pressure (rapeseed, olive). Be vigilant, read the labels carefully and refuse to consume the mediocre fats used in the composition of industrial and restaurant foods. Plan to supplement your diet with periodic cures (algae, pollen, etc.).
* persevere well.
If your blood sugar tends to be a little high, continue the program until you reach normal blood sugar levels, which usually takes about one to two months, depending on age and the severity of diabetes. This is what happened to Maurice, 62, treated for 3 years, for “a little diabetes”. With the agreement of his doctor, he managed to remove his medication : “When I learned on the internet that people had been able to eliminate their diabetes, I too wanted to free myself from this constraint. I followed the program and got back into running, which I hadn't practiced for a long time. In 3 months, my blood sugar is back to normal, my diabetes is now a thing of the past and I have regained the energy of my 30s. I'm really happy and I encourage all my friends to do like me”.
9 – A healthy pancreas for life.
The cases of cure of the disease and the disappearance of the damage created (feet, brain, retina, kidneys), depend on the duration of the affection and the will to act. The time frame varies from a few months (recent diabetes) to 18 months, but the positive results are wonderful encouragement for others to persevere. Even if the blood sugar is normal, adults from the age of 50 should “save” their pancreas. This gland has an irreplaceable role and you have to know how to be reasonable when you want to benefit from active vitality for as long as possible.
1 – Extract in part from a chapter of the book: The keys to active longevity, pages 215 to 225.
2 – Dr Nicolas Von der Weid: History of diabetes, www.lefaitmedical.ch .
3 – Thomas Smith: Can diabetes be cured, Sources Vitales n° 53 (December 2004).
4 - Dr. Georges Tchobroutsky: How to live with a diabetic, Ed. Josette Lyon, Paris 1998, p. 11-20 and 26-50.
5 – R. Castell, Let’s learn how to properly drop lipids, p. 108 to 112, in Bioelectronics Vincent, ed. Dangles.
6 – Synthesis of several sources from books or sites on the internet.
7 – Encyclopedia: Health from A to Z, Ed. Hachette, Volume 1, p. 191-198.
8 – Encyclopedia: Health from A to Z, Ed. Hachette, Paris, 1994, Volume 3, illnesses, p.653 – 658.
9 - CEED European Center for the Study of Diabetes Boulevard René Leriche, 67200 Strasbourg. Phone: +33 (0)3 90 20 12 12.