Defeating Diabetes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUNzdB11akY 

Thirteen months ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.  Within 3 months I had reversed it and so far I've kept it down and defeated! 

Today I will show you a short video on my morning supplement and breakfast routine.However just watching this video and even taking the same supplements won't get you there. 

First of all diet is king!  If you don't have a whole foods diet with NO sugars or artificial sweeteners in particular you're not going to win.  I eat tuna, grass fed beef (no hormones or antibiotics) and other fresh water fish.  The QUALITY of your food is very important as well as the quality of your supplements.  

The second most important item is exercise.  Three days per week is the minimum you want to exercise with 4 or 5 days being right for me.  Routines vary and some folks can handle the real intense stuff while others like me cannot.  I use three base exercises and use a few others besides.  These can be found in Matt Furey's book called Combat Conditioning.  It's a book about body weight resistance training and it works cardio at the same time if done right.  My days of lifting heavy weights to get "swol" are over.  The risk of injury is too high for my taste and at my age (48) it's just too risky.  I wasn't able to exercise much for a couple of years due to surgeries and injuries so being that far out of shape I have to stay safe.  The bottom line with exercise is to do it but do it safely.  Otherwise you end up hurting yourself and setting yourself back.  Even walking with varying pace can do wonders.  Walk at your normal speed for a few minutes then speed up to your fastest walking speed for 30 seconds.  Cool down for a minute or two and do it again.  You stress the body out and force adrenaline to be deployed which causes fat loss.  Do what works for you but those are a couple different things I do. 

The key to all of this is consistency.  Once you get your sugars under control for an extended period (say 2 months) then you can add a cheat day in there once in awhile.  Don't overdo it however as getting your sugars back down is rough.  For example for some reason I can't ever eat ice cream again as it took me almsot a week to get rid of the sugar spike from one small dish.  

Last but not least these solutions have not been evaluated by the FDA and don't toss your meds out just yet.  Make sure you coordinate with your doctor and come up with a plan.  But if you make the changes your doctor might high five you in the office like mine did!