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Testimonial for Dr. Jade Malay and Type 2 Diabetes Solutions
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Leonard expresses his gratitude and satisfaction after lowering his blood sugar from 254 to 132. He looks forward to continued improvement.
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Article by Dr. Jade Malay, Type 2 Diabetes Professional, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Does Eating Healthy Cost More?
Posted by: | CommentsSeveral times in the last couple of weeks the topic of eating healthy and costing more has come up with patients. I wanted to examine this with all of you so we have an understanding on a very important part of our overall health picture.
Lets break this discussion down to two types of cost: Time and Money.
Time. This is the hardest for us to handle. Eating a healthy diet requires more time than money. We have to plan meals, grocery shop, prepare meals, clean-up, etc. This is a lot of time. Do we have this time? Can we make this time? The answer to both questions is yes. We cannot put a price on how important our health is to us. By trying to shave time off of this we are killing ourselves, then looking for the miracle drug to lower our cholesterol, blood sugar, increase our thyroid production, and on and on.
You have to determine where you want to spend your time. Do you want to spend the extra 30 to 40 minutes a week making a menu and planning for meals or do you want to spend the tail end of your life at the doctor and in the hospital?
Money. As I counsel patients on healthy eating I have determined that most patients are really unaware of what that means. Theses are people that supposedly were told by their physicians what to eat. One of the key components of this is portion size. Do some foods cost more than others, absolutely. But the key here is, are you eating the right amount? Once you balance out what you are supposed to be eating and in the appropriate portions the cost works itself out.
Again we have to determine where we want to spend our money. Do you want to spend the extra $30 eating healthier foods or do want to spend your retirement savings on multiple medications and hospital bills just to live the extra year.
Is this really what we want? I would have to answer this emphatically, NO. And, yet we seem to keep spiraling this way. The only way to make this change is to be conscious in what you are doing on a daily basis.
Dr. Charles Stafford
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Article by Dr. Charles Stafford, Type 2 Diabetes Professional, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Is Your Doctor Doing Enough To Help You Lower Your Blood Sugar?
Posted by: | CommentsMost Diabetics find out the first time that they have high blood sugar after their doctor runs a simple blood test and tells you, “You have high blood sugar…You are diabetic, take this prescription.” Your doctor may have also told you to watch your diet and to exercise….that’s pretty much how Type 2 Diabetes is “managed” with Western Medicine. The rest is pretty much left up to you to figure out. You feel lost, but you do your best to “watch your diet and exercise,” but the next time you go to get your blood sugar tested again, your doctor wants to increase your medication or add another medication. I’ve had patients walk in with lists and bags of medication. The lists of medications can be as long as 27 different medications! That’s a full time job on its own. I talked with another patient whose doctor had placed a dialysis portal in this patient “preparing” him for dialysis. Am I the only one…or is this just nuts?! You need a doctor on your side that is dedicated to finding out the cause of your high blood sugar and doing everything possible to help you REVERSE it, not just artificially control it with medication. Don’t accept another medication as the answer to this disease. If you feel your doctor isn’t doing enough to make positive changes toward health, you may be a good candidate for our treatment.
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Article by Dr. Jade Malay, Type 2 Diabetes Professional, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Stress, Blood Sugar, & Relaxation
Posted by: | CommentsStress, it is everywhere, physical, emotional, families, jobs, etc. We can’t seem to escape it. This stress starts a very vicious cycle in the body. One, that if not corrected can create havoc on your blood sugar.
Let’s examine the stress response in the body so we can better understand it. When your body triggers the stress response, it stimulates the adrenal glands to release cortisol. The function here is to get the glucose in the blood into muscles and other cells to use. Now as time continues the stress has a long term effect on the adrenals. They start in the alarm reaction, if the stress is prolonged it goes into the resistance stage, and ultimately if left uncorrected it goes into exhaustion.
Once your body has been under the stress response long enough the cortisol will down regulate insulin receptors. So now we have a situation in the body that produces more insulin from the pancreas, and more glucose in the blood, but cells that cannot respond to it and thus we have elevated blood sugar levels.
Now if you are in the modes of adrenal resistance and exhaustion, you need to help the body out of this response. Along with correct supplementation here are some tips for better relaxation:
- Exercise. It always comes to this. Exercise is very important to the body and healthy exercise reduces stress and improves cardiac function as well.
- Progressive Relaxation. There are many different ways to do this, but the concept is very similar. You think about a specific muscle group, contract it, relax it and move to the next group. This is best done in a quiet environment and can be a great way to go to sleep.
- Breathing Exercises. Sit or lie down, uncross arms and legs. Take in a deep breath and exhale fully, in through the nose, out through the mouth. As you exhale relax all of your muscles. Do this at least once a day and for 5-20 minutes.
That is it for today. Try these tips and get ready to feel the reaction, because your life will be better for it.
If you are suffering from Type 2 Diabetes and need help getting it and keeping it under control, please fill out the form to the right and we can help get you the information you need.
Article by Dr. Jade Malay, Type 2 Diabetes Professional, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
