If you’ve had your live blood analysis done, we would have looked at many aspects of your blood and we may have addressed a blood sugar imbalance. The tip-off would have been a specific little shape which I identify as a pteroharpen. Such a unique name for a nasty little character! Identifying this little strange critter in one’s blood is reserved for blood viewed live (immediately, not from lab collected blood that has sat around) and analyzed from the point of view of pleomorphism. It’s a term coined by Dr. Enderlein, one of the brilliant minds that gave us this body of knowledge, many decades ago. This nasty little spec of toxic protein looks like a platelet and is surrounded by a very thin vaguely visible film like cloud. Nature is brilliant at safeguarding us given half a chance, and that is why this protein bit is enveloped with a protective film (albeit fragile) of an oil and sugars - an oligosaccharide - to keep us from being harmed by it. These pteroharpens, when they are present in our arteries and veins, are therefore normally enveloped and contained from doing harm, such that the toxic little protein bit cannot attach itself onto the vein or artery walls and cause inflammation.
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The fragile protection surrounding this little nasty toxic protein-bit (miniscule in comparison to a red blood cell), this surrounding substance, nature’s brilliant signature of always doing the best possible for us, can be thwarted by our own unwitting interference. Chemotherapy definitely makes complete dust of the protective coating and other harsh pharmaceuticals strip the protection away also. Having free reign, the pteroharpen can attach to an artery or vein and create inflammation, creating the need for more meds and so forth in a downward spiral. Interesting correlations are that diabetes (and the presence of these pteroharpens) runs parallel with increased heart issues (due to inflammation) and also with arthritis and painful swelling, bowel tissue inflammation and bleeding and inflammations in general. That’s one reason why live blood analysis is done after a meal has completely digested (you would have very little benefit from an analysis done while digestion is at full bore or after prolonged fasting (such as overnight). If there are still pteroharpens after a normal amount of digestion after a meal - say 4 hours - then they’ve been detected properly!
Best, is not to have any of these on board, to begin with, of course. Next best is to know that you have them and why and then what to do about it. They are a sign of a blood sugar imbalance. This could be hypoglycemia (usually earlier in life) or diabetes (usually later in life).
Experiments were done minutes after a meal. Pteroharpens were measured and present in degrees that were roughly comparable to the amount of simple carbohydrates in the food and in decreasing amounts after the meal was being digested with occasional surges that seemed random. However, they also occurred after “protein only” meals with significant triglycerides but to a much lesser degree after a meal with neither simple carbs or triglycerides.
I have two friends with diabetes who have great faith in their GP’s advice. When they’ve had another visit I always ask what the recommendations were and the overweight friend declares she was told she MUST loose weight or else she’ll be put on insulin. The other friend, who is a bag of bones, also comes back with the recommended she MUST loose weight or else she’ll be put on insulin soon - and I wonder if there is an echo in the room... A live blood analysis client had severe diabetes type I for decades and was on an automatic insulin pump that allowed insulin to flow in thru a stent when the little computer and sensors attached at the waist, indicated a need. Pretty clever technology! But an alarming amount of pteroharpens in his blood was occurring none the less! An intimidating pteroharpen convention! He was told to not eat sweets and simple starches, watch his diet, ‘we are doing the best we can with the latest technology”... dah! His wife, a smart nurse, knew nothing of these simple minerals and thought this expensive technology dispensing automatic insulin was all there was and yes! quite narvelous!.
NOT ONCE was the state of the pancreas addressed by the GP’s of my friends nor with the client mentioned above. NOT ONCE was there a suggestion that the pancreas itself should get some specific attention and support. NOT ONCE were the organs that cooperate with the pancreas focussed on, for support, such as the liver. What about possible unresolved emotional issues that regards the pancreas, specifically? How can the pancreas be supported physically (that might be less of a stretch for a GP to address). How can TCM and acupuncture provide healing support? NOT ONCE were clients advised of THE SIMPLEST and CHEAPEST nutrition. Add chromium and vanadium to your diet! This is simple, basic, non-rocket-science, un-debatable, over-researched information.
"Chromium works together with insulin in providing sugar to the cells for energy. If chromium levels decrease then sugar delivery to the cells from insulin decrease accordingly.
"Modern medical terms such as "insulin resistance" and "insulin sensitivity" should be replaced by "gross chromium deficiency". It is not that insulin is "resistant" or lacks "sensitivity," but rather that insulin is lacking a vital – in fact essential – component for sugar metabolism that is this mineral chromium.
"Insulin is a transport mechanism. It is like a truck that transports glucose to the cell. At the cell destination there is an insulin receptor site that is comparable to a loading dock. This is where the glucose is unloaded and passed into the cell. Chromium rich GTF molecules are in essence dock workers that assist the sugar (glucose) from the insulin "truck" at the insulin receptor site "loading dock" into the cell. If there are less and less GTF chromium "dock workers" then the work of providing sugar to the cells for energy slows and becomes unproductive. A traffic jam of insulin "trucks" in the blood stream results in higher and higher levels of blood sugar as the problem of chromium deficiency increases with the passing of time.
"Tests taken 35 years ago have shown that almost 25 per cent of us have no detectable levels of chromium at all by the time we are age 40! If anything things are presently worse..... (Chris Gupta)
Unrefined whole wheat (almost impossible to find) and raw sugar from sugar cane are rich in chromium. The refining of whole wheat into bleached, white flour and the refining of raw sugar into white sugar removes 95 per cent of the inherent chromium, such that the refined flour and sugars are quickly reduced into simple sugars that increase the blood sugar quickly calling for insulin quickly to assist in getting the sugar out of the bloodstream and into the cell - efficient metabolized – with the help of chromium that is substantially no longer there. This turns foods wholly good for you into those which are essentially foods that draw from your reserves, so that every time you consume a refined, white flour or refined, white sugar product your body depletes body any stores of chromium you might have.
The average age of adult onset (Type II) diabetes is continually decreasing. A hundred years ago diabetes was a disease primarily of old age. Now the average age is under 40. Children are now developing adult onset diabetes before they even become adults! So let’s plow in millions of Dollars of research to find out why!
Chromium occurs naturally in a wide variety of foods, but in infintessimal amounts of 1 or 2 micrograms per serving of food. Food processing, analytical tools, rating systems and so forth are not exact enough to give us great guidance, except that we know there is a bit more in ripe tomatoes, romaine lettuce and raw onions as in other vegetables. And as we cannot eat enough of these on a daily basis to make up a sufficient daily amount, it is best to rely on the supplement form - diabetes or not.
A diet considered adequate in all nutritional aspects as set out by dieticians, could contain as little as 5 micrograms of chromium per day! Wholely inadequate!
Our vegetables are grown in depleted soil or in hothouse fluids that are only as nutritiously complex and rich and nourishing as the fluids dripped into the hydroponic concoctions administered for speedy growth. I somehow doubt that mega-corporations are worrying about adding in the trace minerals we desperately need, when our medical professionals can’t even be bothered.
Chromium is an incredibly cheap supplement, available at any health food store.
Most chromium supplement bottles will suggest 200 to 300 mcg’s per day depending on one’s body size and as there is no toxic upper limit, it is not necessary to wait for exact science to get back to us with even yet more details, details that have been around for decades. As a dietary supplement, chromium is available as chromium picolinate, chromium polynicotinate, chromium chloride, and chromium-enriched yeast. There is substantial debate and opinion about the best form. Health Canada now allows chromium picolinate to be sold in Canada again (now we don’t have to hide it in our spare tires going over the border).
Well, being nice to a tired out pancreas is important to all of us - be it support or prevention. Given the great number of people with diabetes and the great number of people who don’t know they have diabetes, a simple pancreatic support suggestion should be universal advice for all of us - the kind of information I would like to see slapped on the doctor’s wall for all to see, as they walked into the waiting room. Two simple minerals - chromium and vanadium - are all that needs to be suggested - no harm to anyone - benefit to all!
Vanadium is not well known. We need them both. Vanadium is incredibly abundant in lobster and parsley (along with iron and many other necessary minerals) and not too much in any other food. When you google vanadium you read that it is in almost every vegetable but that is faulty info. One bunch of parsley per week per person would be a good start, for maintenance. One bunch a week would be tiresome to munch on... very off-putting over time.
So simply boil the parsley bunch (hopefully organic) in a liter of water for a few minutes, have a drink of it (tastes okay while still warm). Then throw out the boiled parsley and keep the mineral-rich water. (Once the parsley is boiled, the enzymes and vitamins are lost anyway and the minerals remain.) This hyper-rich parsley/vanadium water is perfect for cooking brown rice or spelt or quinoa, as the water is absorbed into these healthy carbs (small portions to keep blood sugar balanced). Make extra for stir-fries or to add to salads, for example and keep in the fridge. For variation there is pesto (concentrated amounts of parsley substituted for basil) and parsley can be chopped and added to almost any dish or sauce or stew. There are a few supplements companies offering vanadium and chromium together in one pill or cap. This may not be a good idea - they are competitive minerals, just like copper and zinc and although you need both, you would want to ingest them separately - not at the same time. (Research to get to the bottom of this is rarely done - UBC in 1985).
Diet is crucial.
Have quality protein with every meal. Spend some time understanding fats, such that you can work with them intelligently. Here is an example: You crave a starch... You see a potato... You think of the calories... You see it is white... You’ve been told that is all bad... So not on the list of foods that you think you are allowed....
Well, not really. Say one 2 1/2 inch diameter potato has 200 calories. It also has lots of potassium and some B6, iron and Vit C. A whole potato has too much starch for maintaining sugar balance and yet you don’t have to pass it up. Eat half the potato and add a tablespoon of organic unsalted butter (the butter is an excellant source of butyric acid and balm for the fila in the small intestinal track). There is no need for anti-biotics and salt in butter, so organic and salt-free butter is by far the superior choice for this marvelous nutrient. Now you have a serving of wise nutrition and the bloodstream’s uptake of the starch is slowed right down by the butter (which is healthy!) and the calories remain the same. You need to eat according to a low glycemic index. (This potato with butter would qualify)..
The glycemic index is interesting and is based on two different systems and can be confusing when you think there is only one. It is in every diabetic’s manual. if you have a doubt, just call me.
Some easy add-ons - fine tuning - to support sugar imbalnces.
Homeopathics can be subtely powerful. So can the cousin to homepathics - cell salts (sometimes they’re called tissue salts or Schluesser salts). The three most helpful with sugar imbalances are:
• Kalium sulphate (D6) (Kali. sulph.)
• Natrium sulphate (D6) (Nat. sulph.)
• Calium phosphate (D6) (Calc. phos.)
And for added pleasure:
massage and/or thumbwalk over the areas on your feet that represent your liver (on the right foot) and your pancreas (left foot) as where the dots are in the picture above.
Now we have a whole specialty of medicine devoted to diabetes, which could be wiped out by taking two little minerals, eating wisely and a few homeopathics... But what the public doesn’t know won't hurt them...
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