- Hello, welcome to
Health For a Lifetime.
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I'm your host Don Mackintosh.
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Today we're going to be talking
about diabetes and sugar.
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And talking about these subjects
which are related in ways
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that we will
understand more fully.
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This is Dr. Neal Nedley.
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Dr. Nedley, we're glad
that you are with us again.
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- Thank you,
it's good to be here.
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- You have a ministry that
is both clinical and you're a
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physician in internal
medicine but also in education.
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We appreciate the time
you spend here at 3ABN.
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I get all kinds of comments
about people that are watching
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these programs and
they are very helpful.
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- We certainly
hope this one is too.
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- We are going to be talking
about sugar, diabetes, fiber,
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and all these different
things and how they interact.
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- Yes, and actually I have
a title of one of my chapters
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in Proof Positive entitled
Sweet Tooth - Bitter Harvest.
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The sweet tooth does
lead to a bitter harvest.
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I've met a lot of diabetics
who when they're first diagnosed
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with diabetes say,
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"I'm not going to let
this disease change me. "
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If they say that, the disease
is going to change them in ways
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that they have no control over.
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What they're meaning is,
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"I'm not going to change the
way I'm eating, what I'm doing
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I don't want to have to change
and so I won't let this disease
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change me, I'll just take the
drugs and insulin and control
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it that way.
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But if they have that approach,
the disease is going to change
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them in ways they
have no control over.
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For instance:
diabetic retinopathy.
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81% chance if your diabetes
is uncontrolled or if you have
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it long enough, you're
going to get into eye disease.
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The leading cause of blindness
in the United States is diabetes
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that has not been controlled.
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Neuropathy - very painful
condition in that it can lead
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to loss of limbs, even.
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Decrease in circulation.
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Heart attack 4 times
as likely in diabetics.
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Strokes remarkably
more likely in diabetics.
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If you have a stroke,
nephropathy, kidney disease
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as well - half of the
people in every dialysis center
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in the country are there
because of uncontrolled diabetes
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in their lifetime.
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And they wouldn't
have needed dialysis had it
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not been for that.
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So these things dramatically
change people's lives.
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And it is because
they didn't want to change
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their life earlier that
now their life is changed
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severely for the worse in
ways that are irreversible
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at this point.
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So we tell people when they're
first diagnosed with diabetes -
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first borderline
elevation in blood sugar -
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this is the time to get
serious, to change your life now
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so that your life can maintain
a high quality for a long time.
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- So diabetes, has it
really skyrocketed also because
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of the obesity in
America and around the world?
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- Yes, it has.
The higher the weight
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the higher the diabetes rate.
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The waistlines are increasing
and diabetes goes up as well.
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Now 1/3 of Americans are
either diabetic or pre-diabetic.
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In other words they
are a borderline diabetic
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not quite to the point
of being a frank diabetic.
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But the pre-diabetics as well
- fasting blood sugar is greater
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than 95 for instance, but maybe
not as high as 125 which is
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what is required
to diagnose diabetes.
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Those people also have
an increased risk of all the
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diseases I mentioned.
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- OK, so it's not
something to just minimize,
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it's not something
to sweep under the rug,
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you really need
to know your numbers.
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- That's right, really
need to know your numbers.
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- Talk with us about what
it is we can do to prevent or
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avoid... what kind of things
should we be involved in doing?
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- One of the things we need to
recognize is the standard diet
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that has been used for years
for diabetics is a diet that
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is going to worsen the
complications of the disease.
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For years diabetics
have thought that meat
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was a good food for that.
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- Why have they thought that?
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- They thought
that because meat is a
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carbohydrate deficient food.
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Since the disease is associated
with high blood sugars
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its thought, let's not eat
anything with carbohydrates
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and then our
sugars will be controlled.
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And it's true, transiently,
if you eat a carbohydrate
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deficient diet, your
blood glucoses may appear to be
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controlled, but unfortunately
meat is high in cholesterol,
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high in saturated fat, it
is high in animal protein,
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and those substances
dramatically increase the
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complications of the diabetes.
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In other words - heart disease,
stroke, and kidney disease.
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On the one hand you may be
comforting yourself that your
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blood sugars seem to be more
controlled for the short term,
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but in the long run
you're exhilarating your risk of
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complications and worse yet
exhilarating your risk of death.
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We have a graphic
that illustrates this:
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What we recommend for our
diabetics is to take note of
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this, the less you
eat meat the better.
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And really, if you're
eating meat not at all
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your risk of complications
of diabetes is far better.
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- OK, because of all the
other things it increases:
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hyperinsulinemia,
hypercholesterolemia,
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all those different
things are what they call
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the deadly quartet, right?
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- That's right.
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- You take one away, but
you still have the trio playing.
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OK, so avoiding the
meat - then what do you put
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in the place of that?
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- Well, what you put
in the place of that is
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complex carbohydrates
that are low in saturated fat.
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Then you end up still
controlling the blood sugar.
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If you can
control the blood sugar
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with complex carbohydrates.
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- So, like what?
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- Those are whole grains.
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Refined grains are
going to have more of your
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simple
carbohydrates, not the complex.
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And so you want whole
grains, whole vegetables,
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and nuts in moderation.
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- So whole grains,
like the whole cob of corn
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instead of cream corn?
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- Yes, that would be
an example, although corn
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is normally classified
as a vegetable not a grain.
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Instead of white
bread, whole wheat bread.
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Instead of white
rice, brown rice.
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The idea is to get whole grains.
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- What are the
benefits from doing that?
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- Benefits of doing that is
your post perandial blood sugar
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don't skyrocket like
it does with white bread
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For instance, the blood sugars
will be much more controlled.
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The whole grain also lowers
the cholesterol level by binding
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on the cholesterol in
the gut and removing it.
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- What about a high fiber
diet? Does it help at all?
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- Absolutely! High
fiber is an essential part
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of a diabetic's diet.
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What fiber will do...
There's actually two types
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of fiber - two
main types of fiber.
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Sometimes we talk about fiber -
that would be like talking about
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vitamin- which
vitamin are you talking about?
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Well there's a number of
different fibers, there's
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pectins, gums, and each one of
them have different role to play
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but the two main
groups of fibers are your
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insoluble fiber and
then the soluble fiber.
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The insoluble fiber is what most
people think about when they
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think of fiber because
that's the fiber that helps
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constipation, it prevents
varicose veins, hemorrhoids,
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and that's fiber that's
really good for your colon.
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That fiber is abundantly
available in most fruits,
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vegetables,
grains, and even nuts.
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So, if you're eating
a whole plant based diet
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you're going to get
plenty of insoluble fiber.
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However, the soluble fiber
is a little harder to come by.
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But this is what is going
to lower your cholesterol level
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because it binds onto
cholesterol in the gut
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and removes it.
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It's also going to
lower your blood sugar levels
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because it allows for a much
slower absorption of the glucose
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after it's broken down
than when the soluble fiber
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is not on board, so it
significantly controls the
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post-perdanial blood
sugars and prevents those spikes
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in blood sugar.
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- Well, we have a couple
graphics that we want to look at
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- That was a study that was done
by Dr. Anderson in Kentucky.
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He was one of the
first to demonstrate this.
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- What do you mean
by glycemic control?
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- Well, glycemic control
is really those post-perdanial
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sugars - post meal blood sugars.
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What we are looking for
in a diabetic is a post-meal
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blood sugar less than
140 one hour after they eat.
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For anyone who is a diabetic
listening today, I would
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recommend... You
know a lot of diabetics
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they check their fasting
blood sugar or their pre-meal
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blood sugars, they
might do this routinely...
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but I recommend in my diabetics
at least twice a week get a
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post perdanial
blood sugar reading.
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Get a blood sugar
reading one hour afterwards.
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A lot of diabetics are fairly
controlled with four meals
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and they have no clue that their
blood sugar is spiking at 300
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after a meal and half of
their day is spent in the
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post perdanial state.
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So they might be
missing half of their readings
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and so when we do the
hemoglobin A1C, which is their
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average blood sugars throughout
the day, we might find
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high readings and we look
at their fasting blood sugars -
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Wow, something is
not co-relating here.
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And that's when we have to get
the post perdanial blood sugars
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and find out.
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- Why would
those be so different?
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- Well, because if they're on
certain medications for instance
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medications can
control the basal blood sugars
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and will not control the
post perdanial blood sugars.
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It outstrips the ability of
the medicine to control it -
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post meals.
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One of those medicines
for instance is Glucophage
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or Metformin.
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Metformin does well in
controlling the basal or
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the pre meal blood sugars, but
it does very little to control
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the post meal blood sugars.
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- So why don't you just
put them on that to begin with,
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medications that
will help with that?
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- There aren't too
many medications that help
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with post
perdanial other than insulin.
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There's another one called
Starlex that helps with that.
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Starlex doesn't do very
well with pre meals and also
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those medicines can
have side effects as well.
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Yes, we have to use
them in a number of diabetics
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to try to control them.
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But the best way of controlling
it, clearly, is through diet
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and physical
activity and exercise.
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- Irregardless, if
your on medication?
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That's right.
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And you'll need a lot less
medicine if you're habitually
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exercising and we
recommend exercise after meals -
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moderate exercise after
meals is a very effective way of
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bringing that blood
sugar 280 down to about
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140 an hour post meal.
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- So you talked
about good sources of
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soluble and insoluble fiber
and I think we have a graphic
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on that as well.
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- Yes, we have a
graphic on the soluble fiber:
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A lot of people don't realize
carob, although it's naturally
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sweet, is very high in soluble
fiber and is a very good food
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for a diabetic as long as
they don't dump sugar into it
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you really don't need to
because carob has natural
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sweetness to it.
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- Well, that's good
news, you can have some things
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that are sweet.
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That's right, and good for
you, and will help control your
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post perdanial blood sugars.
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- We're talking
with Dr. Neal Nedley,
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we're talking about diabetes,
if you have that diagnosis
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or if you are pre-diabetic, this
program is especially for you
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and for everyone in a country
where diabetes is sky-rocketing.
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Join us when we
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- Welcome back.
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We're talking
with Dr. Neil Nedley.
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We're talking about diabetes.
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And we've talked about,
first of all, the problems
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that can come from diabetes.
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Dr. Nedley, this is not
something to minimize at all.
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You said
blindness can come from this
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all these small capillaries
are first off effected
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and everything that has
small capillaries feeding it,
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is at risk - kidneys,
all these other things.
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- Yes, it effects a lot
of organ systems and causes
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a lot of misery in this world.
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It's really misery
that is preventable.
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Diabetes can be prevented in and
of itself even though there's
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a genetic basis for it.
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You can have the bad genes for
diabetes and never end up with
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the disease if you're
eating a good diet and if you're
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exercising regularly.
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You can live into your
80's without ever getting it.
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And if you don't ever get
diabetes, you don't have to
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worry about the complications.
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If you do get diabetes, you
still don't have to have the
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complications if you
follow the program that we're
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outlining here today.
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- So we've said avoid meat,
and then we said replace meat
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with complex carbohydrates.
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We said add soluble fiber...
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- soluble fiber, legumes,
as you noticed lima beans,
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kidney beans - quite
high in the soluble fiber
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carob, another legume...
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- And now you want to talk to
us about monounsaturated fats.
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- Yes, this is the type of
fat that is best for controlling
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blood sugars.
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Now, diabetics
need fat in their diet.
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All of us need fat in our diet.
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But most Americans
are getting too much fat.
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Most Americans are getting
way too much saturated fat
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and so are diabetics.
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Saturated fat is going to
drive the cholesterol levels up,
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its going to cause the
HDL cholesterol to go down
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Polyunsaturated fat is better
for diabetics because it will
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lower their triglycerides,
and lower particularly their
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cholesterol levels.
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There's a type of
polyunsaturated fat
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called Omega 3 fats
that are particularly
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useful for diabetics because
of doing both of those things
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controlling the cholesterol
as well as the triglycerides.
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But the type of fat that is most
left out when we discuss fat
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is monounsaturated fat -
that's kind of between the
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saturated fat and
the polyunsaturated fat.
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Monounsaturated means
it's just one double bond
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involved in the molecule.
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Saturated fat,
there's no double bond -
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it's completely saturated.
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The polyunsaturated has at
least two or three or maybe
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more double bonds
in the fat molecule.
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The advantage of the
monounsaturated fat is this
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helps to control the blood
sugars and it also improves
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the HDL which tends to be
a little low in diabetics.
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HDL is the good
cholesterol that we like to have
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up instead of down.
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- So what are
some foods that are...
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- Well, we have a graphic:
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- Now, what if you
have gallbladder disease?
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- If you have gallbladder
disease you want to eat
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a low fat diet.
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You'll still need to eat
some fat, but you'll want a
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lower fat diet.
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Even diabetics - I'm
not recommending those foods
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that we listed, that
they eat an abundance of them.
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Olives might be OK to do that.
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But the olive oil, even
the pecans and macadamia -
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basically we're just
recommending a fist-full a day.
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That will help them
significantly and it's not a
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large amount, but a
fist-full of nuts spread out or
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at one meal a day isn't going
to cause a significant problem
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with your gallbladder.
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- You know lots of times when
people say they have diabetes,
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lots of times they
say, "I have sugar. "
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- Yes, that's
right - high blood sugar.
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- High blood sugar is
what they're talking about.
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"I got the sugar," but
what can you tell us about sugar
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as it relates to diabetes?
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- Sugar is not
good for a diabetic.
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Their sugars are already high
and if we poor on more sugar
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in the diet their
going to go up higher yet.
00:20:01.80\00:20:03.49
Refined sugar is not a good
nutrient, it's an empty calorie,
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it doesn't have
nutrients with it.
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We recommend
avoidance of refined sugar.
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Sugar does some other things,
too, besides just causing the
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blood sugar levels to go
up and that will increase the
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complications of the disease
when the blood sugars are higher
00:20:23.99\00:20:26.62
the eye disease,
kidney disease, heart disease,
00:20:26.65\00:20:29.18
all of that
becomes even higher yet.
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But in addition, it decreases
the ability of their white
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blood cells to destroy bacteria.
00:20:35.59\00:20:39.21
The average nutrifill - one
nutrifil - which is a type of
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white blood cell, can
destroy a number of bacteria
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But when you have sugar on
board it goes down significantly
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This study on the screen
is from Loma Linda University
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showing that the
average nutrifil will destroy:
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You've cut the ability
of the nutrifil by over 90%
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by consuming that
24 teaspoons of sugar.
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- Let's say that you
had a Root Beer Float.
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- Root Beer Float would be
close to that 24 teaspoons.
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Malted milk, for
instance, very high.
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I've seen some malted milks have
up to 42 teaspoons of sugar.
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- 42 TEASPOONS?! -
42 teaspoons of sugar.
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- How do you get
that much in there?
00:21:48.45\00:21:51.05
- Good question.
It's packed in there.
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It's disguised with a
liquid, and with the chocolate
00:21:53.66\00:21:57.36
and all of that type of thing.
00:21:57.40\00:21:58.37
You know whenever you
have chocolate on board
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there's a lot of sugar.
00:22:00.29\00:22:01.26
Although cocoa can have
some antioxidant properties,
00:22:02.18\00:22:05.28
cocoa is very bitter.
00:22:05.31\00:22:06.77
So to get that bitterness
out of there, they have to dump
00:22:06.81\00:22:10.22
in a lot of sugar
and the same is true
00:22:10.25\00:22:12.28
of the malted or chocolate milk.
00:22:12.32\00:22:14.70
They have the cocoa in
there but they have to dump in a
00:22:14.73\00:22:16.98
lot more sugar so it
doesn't taste like there's
00:22:17.01\00:22:19.12
42 teaspoons in
there - but there is.
00:22:19.16\00:22:23.32
- Can we go back to the fat
for a minute because you said
00:22:23.35\00:22:26.03
that monounsaturated fats
are helpful for the diabetic.
00:22:26.06\00:22:28.70
But you said that
saturated fats are not helpful.
00:22:28.74\00:22:33.15
Tell me what the saturated
fat do, why is it not helpful?
00:22:33.19\00:22:37.18
- Saturated dramatically
increases the liver's production
00:22:37.21\00:22:41.17
of cholesterol.
00:22:41.20\00:22:42.17
Diabetics already tend to
have a cholesterol problem
00:22:42.21\00:22:46.32
just because of their diabetes
00:22:46.35\00:22:48.07
and they add saturated fat, it's
like adding fuel to the fire
00:22:48.11\00:22:51.34
significantly increasing
their cholesterol levels.
00:22:51.38\00:22:55.59
In addition it does
also decrease the sensitivity
00:22:55.63\00:22:59.80
of their cells to insulin.
00:22:59.84\00:23:01.62
So blood sugars can go up.
00:23:01.65\00:23:03.36
If we put someone on a
saturated fat diet even though
00:23:03.39\00:23:06.00
it's low in carbohydrates, their
blood sugars will actually go up
00:23:06.04\00:23:08.98
because of the decrease
in sensitivity to insulin.
00:23:09.01\00:23:12.44
- So the insulin is
not allowing the sugar they
00:23:12.48\00:23:15.75
do eat to even
go in their cells?
00:23:15.79\00:23:17.77
- That's right, the insulin
is not being able to do its work
00:23:17.81\00:23:20.93
because the cells
are resistant to it.
00:23:20.97\00:23:23.75
The pancreas of many
diabetics, the type 2 diabetics,
00:23:23.79\00:23:27.33
the pancreas is still
working to some extent.
00:23:27.37\00:23:29.89
It's still putting out insulin,
in fact the average diabetic
00:23:29.92\00:23:32.88
when they are diagnosed, they're
putting out four times as much
00:23:32.92\00:23:35.84
insulin from their
pancreas as a non-diabetic.
00:23:35.87\00:23:38.36
They are trying to control
those elevated blood sugars, but
00:23:38.39\00:23:42.31
its outstripping the pancreas
ability to be able to produce
00:23:42.35\00:23:46.24
the insulin.
00:23:46.27\00:23:47.29
The problem is not a
under-production of insulin
00:23:47.32\00:23:50.81
but the problem is
actually an under-sensitivity
00:23:50.85\00:23:54.30
What we call
insulin resistance syndrome.
00:23:54.34\00:23:58.50
Some people have identified
that or abbreviated that - IRS.
00:23:58.54\00:24:05.49
Of course with the IRS,
you pay now or you pay later.
00:24:05.53\00:24:10.06
The diabetic
it's the same thing.
00:24:10.09\00:24:13.50
If they don't pay now,
in other words, change now
00:24:13.53\00:24:16.54
they will pay
later - dramatically.
00:24:16.58\00:24:19.99
- Alright, so
that explains the fat.
00:24:20.03\00:24:21.42
We've talked a little bit about
the sugar, but you have more
00:24:21.46\00:24:24.60
concerns about the sugar
than just decreasing the ability
00:24:24.63\00:24:27.74
to get rid of bacteria.
00:24:27.77\00:24:29.47
- That's right.
00:24:30.09\00:24:31.06
There are other problems
with excess sugar in the diet.
00:24:31.07\00:24:34.84
Those problems, actually,
can lead to what we call
00:24:34.87\00:24:40.52
free radicals.
00:24:40.55\00:24:41.52
There was an interesting study
done on someone just consuming
00:24:41.54\00:24:45.59
a soda pop vs. water.
00:24:45.62\00:24:47.56
When they consume a soda
pop the amount of free radicals
00:24:47.60\00:24:50.53
in their blood
stream dramatically go up.
00:24:50.56\00:24:53.29
Free radicals increase the risk
of cancers, increase the risk of
00:24:53.32\00:24:56.91
athersclerosis and water,
of course, will not do that.
00:24:56.95\00:25:00.62
The excess sugar
in the diet will.
00:25:00.65\00:25:02.42
- So free radicals
are like these things
00:25:02.46\00:25:04.57
are just banging
off everything, right?
00:25:04.61\00:25:06.65
- They're banging off, they
can change genetic material,
00:25:06.69\00:25:09.31
they can destroy, they can cause
premature aging, a number of
00:25:09.34\00:25:14.04
things that the
free radicals do.
00:25:14.07\00:25:16.58
The slide that we have show:
00:25:16.62\00:25:21.64
There hasn't been a lot of
studies done on the risk factors
00:25:51.48\00:25:54.75
for cancers of
the nervous system
00:25:54.79\00:25:56.13
but we know that's one of them.
00:25:56.16\00:25:57.43
That would be brain
cancer and spinal tube cancer.
00:25:57.46\00:26:00.23
- We've got a lot of information
I want to bring together in just
00:26:00.90\00:26:02.96
a practical question.
00:26:03.00\00:26:04.13
A diabetic gets up in the
morning, what should he do
00:26:04.16\00:26:06.13
in the morning all the
way through the evening?
00:26:06.17\00:26:08.95
- Well, the first thing
he ought to do is exercise.
00:26:08.98\00:26:11.73
- Before breakfast?
00:26:11.77\00:26:13.62
- Before breakfast is good
or after breakfast, either one.
00:26:13.65\00:26:17.88
We would recommend if they're
having problems with their
00:26:17.91\00:26:21.72
fasting blood sugars being
elevated to exercise before.
00:26:21.75\00:26:25.49
If they are not, their fasting
blood sugar's are controlled,
00:26:25.52\00:26:28.19
it's probably better for
them to exercise after breakfast
00:26:28.23\00:26:30.86
if they can.
00:26:30.90\00:26:31.87
- What should they
have for breakfast?...
00:26:31.88\00:26:33.23
Oatmeal, whole grains...
00:26:33.27\00:26:37.00
- Oatmeal is excellent,
they could have some toast,
00:26:37.03\00:26:41.23
they could have some pecans
on their toast or pecan butter.
00:26:41.26\00:26:46.26
- What about a banana or apple?
00:26:46.30\00:26:47.34
- Banana and apple are OK,
now the tropical fruits we would
00:26:47.38\00:26:50.15
recommend they avoid...
the mangoes, even grapes,
00:26:50.18\00:26:56.73
those type of
things can raise those
00:26:56.77\00:26:58.14
post perandial blood sugars.
00:26:58.18\00:26:59.39
- After
breakfast, what do they do?
00:26:59.42\00:27:00.42
No meals in between meals?
00:27:00.45\00:27:02.51
- That's right,
nothing in between meals.
00:27:02.54\00:27:04.41
If need be they exercise
after the meal to control the
00:27:04.44\00:27:10.48
post perandial blood sugars.
00:27:10.51\00:27:11.74
At lunch time we emphasize
the vegetables primarily.
00:27:11.78\00:27:15.26
Legumes are excellent
for the diabetic at lunch.
00:27:15.30\00:27:18.75
Then at supper
little, if anything.
00:27:18.78\00:27:22.84
In fact the more they eat
in the evening, the greater the
00:27:22.87\00:27:25.83
complications of diabetes.
00:27:25.87\00:27:27.55
- We've been
talking with Dr. Neal Nedley
00:27:27.59\00:27:29.30
We've talked about some things
that offer hope to those who
00:27:29.34\00:27:33.12
have the diagnosis of diabetes.
00:27:33.16\00:27:34.87
Of course it's better to avoid
it, but if you do, you've got
00:27:34.91\00:27:37.77
a game-plan and you
have some resources as well
00:27:37.81\00:27:40.84
If you go to
nedleypublishing. com
00:27:40.88\00:27:43.72
you can get Dr.
Nedley's book, Proof Positive,
00:27:43.75\00:27:46.48
and other materials to help
you or call us here at 3ABN.
00:27:46.51\00:27:49.38
We hope as a result that you
will have health - and that's
00:27:49.41\00:27:52.24
not just for now,
but for a life-time.
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