Editor's Letter
A Misunderstood and Very Complex Condition
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Diabetes is a condition close to my heart as my youngest daughter has type 1 diabetes. Blood sugar regulation is so important and not just in diabetics. See the hard-hitting article by Professor Rashid Bhikha on the link between diabetes and heart disease next week.
Type 1 diabetes is insulin dependent and requires very close monitoring of blood sugar levels, careful calculations before injecting insulin after testing, carb-counting, considering activity levels and so much more.
Sadly people with pre-diabetes and diabetes type 2 are kept in the dark about the crucial distinction between insulin-excess diabetes type 2A and insulin-depletion diabetes type 2B. And patients pay an enormous price for not knowing this distinction.
According to Prof Majid Ali: ‘A healthy diet with low insulin secretion is pro-health, pro-life- span, anti-heart-disease, anti-hypertension, anti-inflammatory disorders, and anti-cancer. In high pathological concentration, insulin is anti-health, anti-life-span, pro-heart-disease, pro-hypertension, pro-inflammatory disorders, and pro-cancer. The responsibility of the individual is to keep insulin levels in the narrow physiological roles. Testing blood sugar levels and ignoring insulin levels fan the fires of epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Test blood insulin and prevent and reverse diabetes.’
Here Prof Ali is referring to type 2 reversal. There is still no cure for type 1.
Enjoy another issue jam-packed with good information and solutions to better heath.
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Yours in Healthy Living
Stress & Anxiety Accelerate Ageing
Table of Contents ↑|Stress and anxiety can impact heavily on your physical and mental health. Ensure your happiness and health by recognising the causes of your stress and implementing ways to rediscover your inner peace. Dr Maureen Allem shares her tips to reduce daily stress.
Cell Phone Use and Brain Tumours
Table of Contents ↑|The supposition that wireless communication devices such as cell phones could be carcinogenic has become a reality as a US government laboratory study has shown that radiation from cell phone use is linked to brain tumours. Scientific American reported that ‘the findings present some of the strongest evidence that such exposure is associated with the formation of rare cancers in at least two cell types in the brains and hearts of rats.
Plant Extracts in Cosmetics
Table of Contents ↑|Plants have been used since the dawn of time for food, medicine and beauty. Some plant extracts in cosmetics have been good for the skin, some not so good.
Self Medication with Homeopathy
Table of Contents ↑|In acute conditions treating oneself or one’s family with homeopathic remedies can be extremely effective and perfectly safe, even for pregnant women and newborn babies. This is because homeopathic potencies are highly diluted, energised substances prepared according to specified and standardised pharmaceutical methods.
Let your Energy Levels Determine your Age
Table of Contents ↑|The high stress level of modern living, together with our excessive exposure to electromagnetic fields and other pollutants, plus our pesticide-laden, nutrient-depleted food, is taking an early toll on our lives – resulting in premature ageing and poor quality of life.
Back to our Tomato Roots
Table of Contents ↑|Executive chef Christiaan Campbell and horticulturist Megan McCarthy talk about how best to grow and enjoy tomatoes. Overdose on tomatoes when they are in season, so that at the end of the season you don’t want to see another tomato. And then you can’t wait until mid-summer until the tomatoes are ripe. I don’t necessarily agree with importing our food out of season.
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