Learning to control or reverse Type 2 diabetes
is becoming a priority in the lives of millions of people in America and around
the world. I have been advocating a low fat, moderate carb, animal-free diet
for some time now and think that it really does a great job at reversing the
disease. Of course the key is to eat 60-80% of your diet in the form of alkaline foods, especially
alkaline vegetables. These low sugar foods are full of phytonutrients needed to
heal your cells and helps to get them functioning to the point of improving
your ability to metabolize blood glucose. There are some diabetic patients who
have discovered the method of using resistant potato starch to keep blood sugar
levels under control. This is the area in which I intend to focus most of this
article.
There
are many people out in the world who have done an excellent job reversing their
type 2 diabetes and they should be highly commended. Some do it on a very low fat vegan diet and
others have been successful on a low carb, meat eating diet. I strongly
encourage you to take one of these paths and see if it will work for you. This
article was written by Steve Cooksey of the Diabetic-Warrior.net. He has been a
success at getting off of diabetic medications by following a low carb paleo
diet and he loves it! It is long and very well written but should give you
plenty of information on the subject of resistant starch and low carb dieting.
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Resistant Starch: Why?
Q & A
This entry was posted in activities and
tagged diabetes resistant
starch on January 2,
2014 by Steve Cooksey.
Quickly… if
you do not know what Resistant Starch is, read this Intro Post first…
please. :)
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Do NOT dismiss ‘resistant
starch’ because of the word ‘starch’ … it should be called ‘resistant fiber’.
Do not be like
one woman I know.
She made the
statement, “Resistant Starch does not work well for me.”
When asked if
she had ever tried it … she replied, “No”
This is the
kind of ignorance we fought when going ‘low carb paleo’.
THINK ABOUT
THAT!
Now … on with
the show. :)
Starting in
Sept 2013 I began a 30 Day Recording of my Overnight
Fasting Blood Glucose levels (OFBG), this was before Resistant
Starch. My range for the month was 71 – 91 mg/dl, with an average of 80.87
mg/dl. I am and was ELATED with those numbers!!
I eat fatty
meats, butter and coconut oil EVERY DAY, add in the leafy green veggies
most days, the occasional fermented dairy and a rare ‘snack’ of nuts or berries
and that comprises 99.9% of what I eat.
I was not only
surviving on this … I was THRIVING on this meal plan.
I have NO
REASON TO CHANGE. I love the way I eat, I love the way I feel … I love the way
I LIVE!!
So why do the Resistant Starch
Experiment?
If you claim
to be interested in health, if you claim to care about people, if you claim to
be THE ’diabetes warrior’ … how could someone not experiment?
If you read
the Intro post you should
know the potential benefits that apply to everyone especially diabetics. The
two main benefits are…
o
Improved Insulin Resistance
o
Improved Glucose Processing
These two
benefits, if true… APPLY TO ALL DIABETICS! Most diabetics struggle with this
mightily.
There are an
estimated 300 million diabetics in the world, and many more people who have
harmful elevated blood sugars…
Given my
interest in helping others, given my ‘love’ for personal experimentation… how
could I not EXPERIMENT?
Why Part II (Q & A)
This next
section will answer questions I often receive.
“But why? If
you are thriving?”
I am doing
this, not for myself … but to help others.
Through my
website and social media I have come to know MANY diabetics who are struggling
to maintain normal blood sugars.
Some struggle to maintain even elevated blood sugars.
Some struggle to maintain even elevated blood sugars.
I have good
friends who are ‘low carb paleo’ and are struggling. Of course I will
experiment if I thought I could help them…. who would not?
I am doing
this to satisfy my own curiosity but also, I do occasionally eat berries and on
rare occasions fruits. Too, when I exercise intensely sometimes my blood sugar
levels will rise into the 130-140 mg/dl ranges… if potato starch can help me in
those circumstances… I would benefit from it.
There are 100′s
of millions of diabetics world wide taking and paying $100′s of millions of
dollars for drugs. Not only is this a huge expense paid by the diabetics, the
insurance companies and the governments… but in many cases they have harmful
and damaging side effects.
If one person
could wean off of drugs or insulin … this experiment would be WORTH IT!
WHY WOULD I
NOT TRY IT? .
Lastly, there
are other reported benefits including improved satiety but the single largest
benefit of ALL? … improved gut health. IF Resistant Starch improves gut health
(and I think everyone agrees that it does) at the very least Resistant Starch
is a cheap ( less than $5 per lb), inexpensive prebiotic. We are just now
learning the importance of gut health to our overall health. This could be the
biggest benefit of all.
Google
“Prebiotic” and see… a small bottle can cost $5… many for $10 and more. One
pound of resistant starch is less than $5.
What do you
hope to achieve?
World
Domination!! I’ve bought Potato Starch future contracts and … I’m
joking. :)
I hope to
prove or disprove the reported benefits. If it helps me (and it does) I want to
shout the NEWS from the mountain tops! … in hopes that it helps others.
If it reduces
the drug (and insulin) needs of others it’s a WIN!!!
You aren’t taking
Potato Starch so you can eat junk are you?
My response to
this was … HELL NO! :)
I understand
why the question was asked. MILLIONS take diabetes drugs to mask the symptoms
of disease, just so they can eat breads, cakes, cookies, pasta and cereals… that’s
a fact.
I’m not doing
this experiment so that I might be able to eat a cookie… or a cake… NEVER!!!
I’ve eaten my last piece of bread, I’ve eaten my last donut… period. :)
I understood
the question because I’ve seen people say that they have eaten those items and
potato starch mitigated the blood sugar response. They were rejoicing because
they could once again… eat ‘junk’. UGH!!!
As I have
noted many times on this blog… I don’t eat breads, cakes and cookies etc for
several reasons.
1) The Blood
Sugar Effect
2) Glutenous,
Hydrogenated Oiled, High Fructose laden crap that’s called ‘food’ … will never
purposely cross my lips. I’m not going to poison my body… for a sugar rush.
It’s the
principle of the thing too. If I look a diabetic in the eye and tell them… “I’m
clean since 2009 and if I can do it, so can you.”
That’s a
powerful statement.
3) I’ve paid
TOO much money to those that profit from the pain and suffering of this
planet and it’s people. I will not ever purposely contribute to the bank
accounts of Big Food, Big Pharma nor the Medical Industry.
… hows that?
:)
What if
someone does start back eating junk food.
That’s on
them, people must take responsibility for their own actions.
I was a drug
and insulin dependent diabetic taking (4) insulin shots a day to survive, not
to mention a long list of drugs. I’m now drug and insulin FREE thanks to a ‘low
carb paleo’ lifestyle!! Should I not share this with people? Knowing that many
will fall off the wagon?
Of course I
should share it! Of course I should try to improve the lives of others.
What they do
with this… is on them.
Early Results
For me the
results are no longer ‘early’ I will flat out state …
·
FACT: Resistant Starch IS helping other diabetics. These
are people I know and trust to report the results honestly and accurately. (read this post)
I mention
‘early results’ because I’m far from finished. I’ll continue to experiment with
highER carb foods, exercise, etc.
Stay TUNED!
Resistant Starch Information
Vast majority
of what I know about Resistant Starch, I know either from Richard Nikoley’s
website or links he’s published.
Special thanks
to Richard Nikoley of FreeTheAnimal.com for his dogged
determination to drag many of us into at least testing the claims of resistant
starch. Here you can see all the posts Richard has written on “Resistant Starch“.
According to
Richard, “Bob’s Red Mill Potato Starch”
is the best source for resistant starch, click here for their website, You can
order online from Amazon,
but I’ve found it in one local grocery store via the store locator on the
website.
Also according
to Richard, I took and continue to take (4) TBS every day. Initially I took (1)
TBS at a time, 4 times a day. Initially I had a small bump but after a couple
of times my BG response went away and I began to take (4) TBS at one time.
I stirred it
in water originally or cool coffee but now I add to full fat, plain yogurt or
full fat sour cream.
Do NOT heat up
the Potato Starch, do not cook with it. Doing so chemically changes the
resistant starch into starch.
Potato Starch
- I started out taking (1) TBS, four times a day. I only eat once a day so …
it’s okay to take on an empty stomach. When I no longer had a BG response, I
took (2) TBS twice a day, then (4) TBS once a day.
Note: If you
have a sensitive stomach or have intestinal issues, you may want to try (1) TSP
per day, and increment (1) before switching to TBS. Many experience flatulence
… I know I did. :)
That’s about
all I have… if you have any more questions… feel free to ask. :)
Thanks,
Steve
Steve
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I hope you
enjoyed this article and can possibly use this information to better improve
your type 2 diabetes to get better. Despite what many doctors tell their
patients, they CAN reverse their type 2 diabetes if they are willing to put
forth the effort that it takes to turn around the metabolic problem created by
their own food choices. Reverse your type 2 diabetes with a diet
high in alkaline foods
Randy Powell, Eating-Veggies.com
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