Healing foods for the T2
IBIS
Foods that Heal (IBIS always gives the healing foods for every illness first). IBIS has diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus. Under diabetes mellitus it has juvenile onset diabetes and adult onset diabetes. Type II diabetes is adult onset diabetes so that's what I retrieved from IBIS. Here are the healing foods for Type II diabetics.
Huckleberry leaf tea, parsley, tomatoes, sauerkraut, sardines, mackerel, salmon, herring, brussel sprouts, carrots, lettuce, watermelon, cinnamon, turmeric (curry), bay leaf, cloves, ginger, cod roe, egg yolks, goats milk,yogurt, walnuts, cherries, apples, watercress, buckwheat, alfalfa sprouts,sesame seeds, wheat germ, turnip greens, brewer's yeast, mulberries, kelp,dulse, swiss chard, cucumber, string beans, garlic, artichokes, flax seeds,whole grains, legumes, pumpkin, rice, yams, mung beans (I think that these have FOS), squash, celery, peaches, millet, onions, spinach, blueberries, peas, tofu, cabbage, radish.
I really can't comment on these healing foods for type II diabetics. Some,like rice, make no sense to me. IBIS is supposed to be the accumulation of all of the knowledge from natural healers all over the world (what they use to heal patients with these diseases). I never use the healing food list but I decided to reproduce it for you. I think that food can heal but I just don't understand how it can do this well enough to try to justify healing food use in the treatment of human disease (at least as part of medical student education).
For diet, IBIS has no sugar, 70% carbs, 12-15% protein and 15-18% fat with a P/S ratio well above 1 and a good Omega-3/Omega-6 ratio (though the ratio is never given, the directions strive for more Omega-3's).
5-6 small meals per day, use the elimination diet guidelines and rotation diet guidelines (these are covered in another part of IBIS). Elimination is designed to detect food allergens and get them out of the diet and rotation is designed to constantly change the diet from among the safe foods (nonallergenic foods) and the healing foods. You can't keep giving your body the same kind of food day after day is the concept that IBIS covers under the general heading of diet therapy. Some natural healers actually go so far as to give their patients a list of the proper rotation that is supposed to be used for their disease. Again, I don't understand this area so I try to stay clear of it.
Supplements:
Biotin (16 mg), inositiol (1 gram), B3 (niacinamide, 500 mg), B6 (100 mg), thiamin (100 mg) B12 (1 mg), vitamin C (2 grams), chromium (200 mcg), Magnesium (500 mg) Manganese (5 mg), Phosphorus (500 mg), potassium (100 mg), zinc (30 mg), bioflavinoids (500 mg) Q10 (100 mg), Omega-3 oils (1 gram).
Sylvia:
Type II diabetes:
3 meals a day, no snacks. For Type I diabetes, the recommendations from Sylvia are identical to what IBIS says (5-6 small meals per day). If you spend any amount of time in IBIS you find that patients with any chronic illness are encouraged to eat many small meals throughout the day. This apparently comes from the healing properties of food (a little medicine needs to come into the body on a regular basis throughout the day). It's kind of a very nice concept, using the food that we eat as medicine. 50-60% carb, 15-20% protein, 25-30% fat. Eliminate sugar. 25 grams fiber/1000 kcal. Limit sodium to 3-4 grams per day. Limit cholesterol to less than 300 mg per day. Push rice, beans, vegetables, oat bran, legumes, barley and apples. Use chromium, potassium, A (retinol), E and C supplements. Make sure that the patient gets at least 80 to 100 grams of glucose each day to prevent ketosis.
Bratman, M.D.
Chromium, Gymnemna sylvestre and Chinese herbal treatment. IBIS covers this treatment so I will give it to you.
Red Peony, Moutan Bark, Ginseng, Gypsum, Rehmania and Phellellodendron (this mix is apparently thousands of years old).
For Western Botanicals the list is extremely long and I'm not going to give it to you because Bratman does not think that any of them really work (except Gymnemna sylvestre).
Werbach. M.D.
Biotin, inositiol, magnesium, chromium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, manganese, zinc, B6, vitamin C, evening primrose oil, niacinamide, vitamin E, Guar gum, avoid alcohol, avoid nitrosamines, avoid dairy foods, thiamin, vitamin A, B12, calcium, bioflavinoids, Coenzyme Q10, Glutathione, Omega-3 oils, selenium, brewer's yeast, betaine HCL (HCL deficiency is very common in diabetics).
Murray, N.D.
Biotin, carnitine, chromium, Coenzyme Q10, flaxseed oil, GLA oils, inositiol, lipoic acid, magnesium, pantothenic acid, vanadium, thiamin, niacin (nicotinamide), B6, vitamin C, vitamin E, B12, glutathione
Okay, that's what my respected sources have to say about Type II diabetes.
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