Our complicated bodies need good food and drink to survive and live happily. We need to take our body out in the sunshine and walk it around the neighborhood, We need to keep our minds in a happy positive state. Isn’t that all important?
I have Type II diabetes and heart problems. I have had heart surgery twice and I have had my aortic valve replaced. The reason is partly in my genetics and mainly because of too much travel and eating out over the years. I recently learned from Newcastle University in England that fat cells block pancreatic cells (C-cells) that process insulen. I went on a no dairy diet (except fat free) and even stopped drinking any kind of dairy milk. I drink almond milk. I stopped buying processed foods. I buy lots of vegetables and fruit and nuts (pistachios are good to keep blood sugar peaks down).
I started the diet on November 23, 2011. Nothing happened much until January 2, 2012. My morning (fasting) blood sugar dropped dramatically from 130-140 to normal and it has stayed that way. I have cut back on my medications.
We are what we eat, they say. I never have smoked or drank even though my heart doctors have told me to drink wine. I’m 80 years old and my wife has ALZ so I have to try to stay alive to take careof her and to have fun doing what I like to do, writing, painting, photography and fishing with my grandchildren.
Be a Healthier You!
