Diabetes Solution by Lin Haifeng
What is diabetes? Carbohydrates in food enter the human body, undergo complex chemical reactions to become glucose, and enter the bloodstream as blood sugar, which is an important source of energy for the body. Blood sugar is as essential to the human body as gasoline is to a car. Without the supply of blood sugar providing energy, life activities, especially brain functions, would be obstructed. The sources of carbohydrates are extremely abundant, including various starches, fructose, disaccharides, maltose, etc. In modern human diets, it's not very likely to lack carbohydrates, but it's quite easy to consume them excessively. Each person needs about 50 grams of carbohydrates per day. However, most people consume more than 100 grams (two taels) daily. Many people eat half a catty of rice in one meal, equivalent to 500 grams of carbohydrate sources, and their daily intake could reach over 1000 grams, which is 20 times the normal requirement.
Over time, excessive sugar creates various physical burdens. Excess sugar easily causes excessive insulin secretion, ultimately leading to the development of diabetes. Excessive sugar can also be converted into fat and stored, causing obesity and increasing blood viscosity, posing a threat to heart disease.
In healthy individuals, if they have a balanced diet, due to the regulation of nerves and body fluids, especially the function of insulin, blood sugar can remain relatively stable. If cells are like houses, then insulin is the key to open the door. Only when the door is opened can glucose enter the cells, metabolize to produce energy, and be utilized by the body. If various factors lead to insufficient insulin secretion from the pancreas, it will prevent glucose from entering the cells, leaving it lingering in the bloodstream, resulting in elevated blood sugar levels. Excessively high blood sugar is excreted through urine, becoming glycosuria. Diabetes is characterized by high blood sugar and glycosuria as a systemic chronic disease.
Type I diabetes patients are mostly children and adolescents or under the age of 40, but it can occur at any age. It is often caused by viral infections leading to pancreatic cell damage, and effective treatment requires insulin injection. Type II diabetes patients mostly occur in adults, with a higher incidence rate above 40 years old, and the onset is more insidious. It is mainly due to decreased sensitivity of the body to insulin, leading to relatively insufficient insulin secretion.
Diabetes involves several core issues: one is that the body develops an additional demand for sugar, leading it to convert glycogen in the liver into sugar and enter the bloodstream. Furthermore, it converts proteins and fats in muscle and mucosal tissues into sugar to meet the body’s energy needs during stress. If the patient is in a prolonged state of chronic stress response, the body may form a memory, continuously converting glycogen, proteins, and fats into sugar to ensure special energy needs during stress. However, for many patients, the stress state does not come from life-threatening situations or the need for escape and fight like animals; instead, most are caused by emotional and psychological pressures. If patients develop habits such as anger, tension, rage, and fear, they will be in a sensory stress state, forcing the body to start releasing sugar, causing a large amount of sugar to enter the bloodstream, leading to continuous elevation of blood sugar.
Type I diabetes patients are considered to have insufficient insulin secretion, and medically, insulin injection is often used as a treatment method. However, in our long-term practice, we found this to be a misunderstanding. The pancreas not only has the function of secreting insulin but also simultaneously secretes trypsin and lipase, indicating that the pancreas still retains its function and has the potential for repair. The improvement of Type II diabetes is even simpler; by changing dietary structure, nutritional support, relieving stress, appropriate exercise, it is possible to stop taking hypoglycemic drugs and injecting insulin, gradually recovering. Such successful cases are countless.
Pathologically speaking, the formation of diabetes is a disease caused by varying degrees of intolerance to carbohydrates, due to insufficient insulin produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans or the body cells' insensitivity to insulin, affecting other glandular organs and body tissues. One key factor contributing to insufficient insulin production is the lack of nutrients in the diet that help the body synthesize insulin, including proteins, vitamin B, chromium, calcium, magnesium, zinc minerals. Additionally, lacking vitamins A and E makes the pancreas prone to damage, affecting insulin secretion.
Diabetes is originally a disease of civilization. Studies on different races show that as the consumption of sugar and refined carbohydrates (such as white bread and polished rice) increases, the probability of diabetes also rises. In populations that do not consume refined sugar and refined carbohydrates, there are few or almost no cases of diabetes. Therefore, increasing fiber-rich foods, staying away from refined grains and white sugar, diversifying food varieties, and reducing cravings for sugary foods can help patients recover.
Symptoms: Glycosuria, high blood sugar, excessive hunger and thirst, polyuria (excessive urination), frequent urination, excessive hunger, muscle wasting, weight loss, weakness, electrolyte loss, dry skin, itching, rash, abnormal sensations, numbness, tingling in the limbs, neuropathy with severe pain, vascular degeneration, arteriosclerosis, retinopathy, vision loss, kidney disease, poor circulation (leading to related finger gangrene requiring amputation), ketosis, acidosis, fainting, and premature death.
Causes:
- Improper eating habits: Excessive consumption of refined carbohydrates and sugar, milk, excessive consumption of alcohol and fatty acids, nutrient deficiencies.
- Pancreatic dysfunction: Refined foods, coffee, alcohol, smoking, stress, nervous exhaustion.
- Viral infections.
- Allergies (e.g., dairy products).
- Obesity.
- Spinal injury: T6-T10 injuries cause congestion and slow function in the liver, pancreas, spleen, adrenal glands, and other organs.
- Genetic factors.
- Pregnancy and severe infections: Due to increased insulin requirements, latent diabetes is more likely to appear. Other causes include emotions (desire for care, lack of security leading to tension); sudden severe shock (causing obstruction of blood flow to vital organs leading to damage); lack of exercise; kidney failure; habituation cessation; hyperthyroidism; toxemia; adrenal cortical hyperfunction; liver damage, poisoning or congestion; pancreatitis or other trauma, tumors, or infections causing damage; seepage.
Natural Therapy Plan:
Diabetes is an acute progressive disease that damages major organs and tissues. The possibility of recovery through natural means depends on the severity of the condition and the length of time using insulin. Dietary therapy...
A good diabetic diet plan eliminates any refined foods, such as sugar, sweets, flour pastries, white flour products, and polished rice, replacing them with natural, high-fiber carbohydrates. Since these take longer to digest, they provide the body with slowly burning fuel without causing a sudden increase in blood sugar, thus avoiding the need for excessive insulin. Most consumed fats should be vegetarian or naturally unsaturated. Meat doesn't need to be particularly restricted but shouldn't be eaten daily; the best variety includes white meat, even limiting chicken and fish to twice a week. The best protein source is plant-based, especially soy protein, because of its high lecithin content, which acts as a fat emulsifier and contains small amounts of choline, helpful in preventing diabetic neuropathic complications.
Diabetics don't need to worry about natural fruits because the sugar in fruits is easily utilized, reducing the body's need for insulin. Moreover, fruits contain over 90% water plus fiber, so despite being sweet, their sugar content is actually low. Appropriate fruit consumption also helps alleviate the common symptoms of low blood sugar in diabetics. Avoid any sugary drinks, including sweetened juices and colas. Meals should be larger in portion but diverse in type, with six meals a day, where 70% of the diet should consist of raw foods.
Some foods have an insulin-like effect on the body and are particularly beneficial for diabetics:
- Artichokes, fiber (like wheat bran, oat bran).
- Cucumbers, oatmeal and oat flour products, mung beans, tofu, garlic.
- Avocados, spirulina, malt, yeast, barley, green leafy vegetables.
Physical Therapy...
- Chiropractic adjustments in the chest and middle regions. Once a week for 6-8 weeks; after 2-3 weeks of labor, repeat 1-2 times.
- Alternating hot and cold compresses on the pancreas area.
- Sesame oil wrapping: wrap the entire abdomen.
- Increase physical activity, regularly detoxify through fasting, three days each time, gradually progressing.
- "Salt rub therapy" every night: mix 500-1000 grams of salt into water to form a paste. Before showering, use it to vigorously rub all over the body. Rinse with cold water, then use a rough towel to vigorously scrub the wet body.
- Alternate between cool and warm showers to aid circulation.
- Alternate between cold and hot leg baths to enhance local circulation.
Nutritional Therapy...
- Vitamin A: 25,000-50,000 IU daily.
- Vitamin B complex: 50 mg each time, 2-3 times daily. Essential for carbohydrate metabolism and adrenal function, especially during stress, it increases the need for insulin.
- Vitamin C and bioflavonoids: Vitamin C 3,000-12,000 mg daily. Strengthens capillary walls and is necessary for normal adrenal function (especially during heavy stress). It empowers insulin action, thus reducing the need for insulin. Bioflavonoids 1,000 mg daily help prevent diabetic cataracts.
- Chromium: A good source of chromium is Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF) yeast tablets. Take two tablets 1-2 times daily. Recently, chromium taken with methylpyridine has been shown to aid absorption and utilization. Methylpyridine chromium dosage is 400-600 micrograms daily. Beer yeast with added chromium can be used as an insulin catalyst, aiding glucose uptake. Regular consumption of yeast can significantly prevent diabetes. Yeast not only contains chromium but also large amounts of B vitamins and quality protein.
- Vitamin E: 400 IU each time, 2-3 times daily. Beneficial for heart disease and essential for curing diseases. Reduces insulin needs, improves muscle glucose uptake and storage as glycogen. It's an antioxidant and also inhibits platelet activity.
- Essential Fatty Acids: Two capsules each time, three times daily. Or consume EPA, GLA, or evening primrose oil.
- Vitamin B6: 250 mg each time, twice daily. Particularly useful for diabetes triggered during pregnancy, preventing complications of arteriosclerosis. Vitamin B6 helps restore β-cell function, useful in treating diabetic psychosis. Daily dosage is 500 mg Vitamin B6, 1 mg Vitamin B12, and 500 micrograms folic acid until pain decreases; then reduce dosage and frequency gradually.
- Vitamin B12: Sublingual administration, dissolve under the tongue, 2,000 micrograms daily.
- Manganese: 5 mg each time, twice daily. Helps heal the spleen, acting as a cofactor in glucose metabolism. Diabetics are generally deficient in manganese.
- Zinc: 15-30 mg each time, twice daily. Necessary for insulin secretion.
- Coenzyme Q10: 80 mg daily. Helps stabilize blood sugar levels and improve circulation.
- Quercetin: 100 mg each time, three times daily. Protects the ocular lens from damage.
- Fiber: Three times daily slows sugar absorption, maintaining stable blood sugar.
- Magnesium: 500-750 mg daily. Prevents heart disease.
- Calcium: 1,000 mg daily.
- Brewer's Yeast (Glucose Tolerance Factor - GTF): Essential for proper insulin production and usage. Lack of GTF quickly leads to diabetes. Three times daily, one tablespoon each time.
- L-Carnitine: 500 mg each time, twice daily on an empty stomach. Helps stabilize fat.
- L-Glutamine: 500 mg each time, twice daily on an empty stomach. Reduces sugar craving.
- Taurine: 500 mg each time, twice daily on an empty stomach. Aids insulin release.
- Phosphatidylcholine (diluted): Three times daily, 2-4 capsules each time, or three times daily, one tablespoon liquid each time. EPA: Two to three times daily, one capsule each time.
- Lecithin: Two tablespoons granules (or more).
- Garlic capsules: Two capsules each time, three times daily.
- Spirulina: Lowers insulin needs. Three times daily, one tablespoon each time.
- Wheat bran: Three times daily, one tablespoon each time.
Dietary Recommendations for Diabetics:
Take one tablespoon of spirulina with warm water before getting out of bed. Breakfast options include whole grain foods (such as oatmeal, whole wheat, old wheat germ, etc.), fruits, yogurt, nuts (excluding peanuts), and yeast. Eat 1-2 boiled eggs weekly, half a grapefruit or other citrus fruits, supplementing with protein powder.
Supplemental meals: Coix seed powder, sesame powder, barley germ, yeast powder mixed together and consumed. Lunch mainly consists of many green vegetables, such as lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, beets, parsley, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, garlic, avocado, Swiss chard, scallions, cauliflower. Large amounts of carrots can be included in the early stages of the diet plan, and proportions can be increased later. Any single food listed can be selected: Nuts (such as pine nuts, walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts).
Beans or tofu, fish, poultry, or lean meat. Supplemental meal: Fruit.
Dinner choices: Similar to lunch. Select cooked vegetables: Green beans, onions, spinach, kale, green peppers, zucchini, kale, Swiss chard, cabbage, broccoli, or other vegetables, especially those growing above ground. Any bean foods (such as mung beans, tofu, etc.) Whole grain foods (especially barley or oats) Fish, poultry, or lean meat.
Snack: One tablespoon of brewer's yeast and one tablespoon of raw wheat germ.
Note: Most of the food in each meal should be slowly digestible carbohydrates. Hypoglycemic drugs can be gradually reduced and withdrawn during the initial adjustment period. The above plan should be carried out under professional supervision.