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How Do Food Allergies Affect Type 2 Diabetes?
Posted by: | CommentsAny allergen whether a bee sting or that bagel you ate this morning, if you are allergic can cause INFLAMMATION. With some people a bee sting can kill them, but with others it may just cause some redness and swelling. Either way, your body responds to any allergen by increasing your body’s inflammation. When your body is inflamed, your blood sugar goes up almost immediately. That’s why its so important to know what foods you may be sensitive to in order to know what triggers or drives your diabetes. In our Western culture our foods are high in simple carbs such as breads, pastas, refined sugars, and processed foods. The most common foods most people in the US are sensitive to are: gluten (found in breads, pastas, etc), dairy, soy, and corn. When you look at the American diet, these foods make up a large part of our diet. Over time, our bodies become so bombarded with these foods that our bodies are overwhelmed and cannot process these foods correctly and with time become allergic to these foods. If you are allergic to something such as gluten, one exposure can cause an inflammatory response and will stay in your body for up to 6 months! Identifying a person’s food allergies is part of our work up when we accept a patient into our Type 2 Diabetes treatment. It’s imperative every part of someone’s health is looked at with a fine tooth comb to find out what is causing their Diabetes. That’s my approach to this disease. Call our office today if you’d like to know what is causing your Diabetes to take over your life.
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. You can also call one of our two locations with any questions: Carrolton – 972-492-0383 or Dallas – 214-599-9285
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
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. Charles Stafford, Type 2 Diabetes Professional, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
You Diet, You Exercise, But You Still Feel Lousy And Your Blood Sugar Won’t Go Down!
Posted by: | CommentsI hear this all the time from patients…that they are doing everything their doctor tells them working out, watching carbs, eating less…and their blood sugar continues to be all over the place. They can’t get the weight off….they are just miserable! Does this sound like you? One patient told me that his doctor recommended that he get a gastric bypass! Even though he was hardly eating anything! With my methods, I tell my patients NOT to exercise! Bet you’ve never heard that before. I’ll give you a little hint….it has to do with stress. You see, stress whether physical, chemical, or psychological is PERCEIVED by the body in the exact same way. And when you are stressed out….your blood sugar rises! Exercise…even though is a good stress for the healthy non-diabetic person, may not be so good if you have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. First thing first…you got to get the blood sugar under control and stabilized….and when that happens, then we can think about exercise. If you’d like to learn more about our solutions for Type 2 Diabetes give us a call, we’ll see if you qualify for a consultation.
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
