HOLISTIC DIABETES TREATMENT

by Walter Last
Based on my experience and published literature I believe that all type 2 and
most type 1 diabetics can be healthier by using an appropriate diet rather
than insulin or other drugs. The recommended starting point for both types
is a one to two week changeover period and restricted basic diet. This is
followed by testing of individual foods for allergy and blood sugar reactions
in order to establish an individualized maintenance diet.
I am convinced that these instructions are safe but cannot take legal
responsibility for any undesirable outcomes. Preferably use these protocols
under the guidance or supervision of a health professional experienced in
nutritional therapies with an understanding of diabetes treatment. For a
theoretical discussion of diabetes see the related article The Truth About
Diabetes.
Caution: This is an old le, still good for a general overview but do not use
for treatment, instead see OVERCOMING DIABETES.
TYPE 1 DIABETES
The Changeover
For insulin-dependent diabetics it can be more difcult and even dangerous
to improve the diet gradually as this poses a constant threat of insulin
overdose with resulting shock. While it is possible to change the diet
gradually, in my opinion a sudden changeover is an easier and safer option,
especially for someone on high doses of insulin. If you are employed, take a
one or two week holiday. Alternatively, if you have to keep working, use the
changeover diet on several consecutive weekends and continue with an
improved but stable diet during the week.
The main purpose of the changeover diet is to start cleansing the body and
especially the arteries and capillaries, discover and eliminate any food
allergies and chemical sensitivities, and use it as a stable base from which
to develop a suitable maintenance diet that requires the least amount of
insulin or other drugs.
On the changeover day leave off all insulin and any other glucose lowering
drugs but closely monitor your blood sugar level. If the sugar level remains
reasonably low or steady, you may reduce the amount of testing. On the
changeover diet there are usually no strong uctuations in the blood sugar
level. If the blood sugar generally remains above 10 mmol/l or 180
mg/100ml, then you may use an appropriate but generally low dose of long-
acting insulin in the morning and evening to keep the blood sugar mostly
below this level. Do not normally use short-acting insulin during this time as
this may cause insulin shock.
A Cleansing Trial
If you are on high doses of insulin or are concerned for other reasons, or just
want to see how your blood sugar reacts, I suggest that you make a
cleansing trial for 4 to 6 hours to see how it goes.
After risingmeasure your blood sugar(except if you know from experience
what it will be). Then drink a large glass of water (free of chlorine and
uoride) with the addition of fresh lemon juice at the ratio of 1 : 10 (1 part
lemon juice + 9 parts water). Also add up to half a teaspoon of spirulina
powder (or 1 to 2 g of crushed tablets). Drink this slowly and then test your
blood sugar again 45 minutes later. If it is much too high thenuse a small
amount of insulin, but better if you can avoid it. If you have a pump that
automatically provides the required insulin to keep the blood sugar. level
normal, then just try to record how much insulin has been used.
An hour after the rst lot, take another large glass of lemon juice and
spirulina, and 45 minutes later check again the blood sugar. Again, use
insulin only if you feel it is much too high. Continue drinking hourly glasses
of diluted lemon juice with spirulina for several more hours until you have an
understanding of how your blood sugar level behaves.Children may sweeten
the drink with half a teaspoon of xylitol. Adults may experiment to see what
effect xylitol has on their blood sugar regulation. Do not use any synthetic
sweetener. Stevia is acceptable but xylitol is preferred. You may also test
how you react to eating a tart apple, and if your sugar level remains elevated,
also add up to half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder to a lemon juice-
spirulina drink.
If the lemon drinks taste too acid, partly neutralize the lemon juice so that it
is only mildly acid. A good way is by keeping the juice of a lemon in contact
with a spoonful of dolomite powder for about on hour or two. When needed
for a drink, pour off the required amount. From time to time add more lemon
juice to the dolomite. With a longer cleanse use fresh dolomite powder each
day. If occasionally you do not have lemon juice at hand, you may use a
tablespoonful of (organic) cider vinegar in a glass of water. With raised
blood pressure also magnesium oxide or magnesium carbonate, and
potassium bicarbonate may be used as alkalizers. For children or with low
blood pressure sodium bicarbonate may sometimes be used.
Keep a detailed record of all the blood sugar results, and how much insulin
was used and when, and any problems that you may have encountered. This
may give you condence to repeat it for a full day or a weekend.
The Cleanse
Eat only apples for several days, as many as you like. Do not try to fast, eat
at least 6 apples a day. Use mainly tart varieties, such as Granny Smith, and
eat them spaced out during the day instead of in meal portions. Try to obtain
organic apples, otherwise scrub them in warm soap water and rinse well.
Preferably ingest the peels as well.
In addition, every waking hour or 12 times during the day drink a glass of
diluted lemon juice with spirulina and possibly xylitol as described for the
Cleansing Trial.
Each morning for the duration of the cleanse take a large glassful of water
with about a tablespoon of Epsom salts, more or less as required to clean
out the bowels. Add to this a clove of garlic crushed in some lemon juice;
drink more water or herb tea immediately afterwards. Any water for drinking
and cooking should be free of chlorine and added uoride, use a water lter
if necessary or buy suitable water. (Normal water lters do not remove
uoride). For children or adults who cannot tolerate it, you do not need to
use the Epsom salts, instead just use the garlic in lemon juice, possibly
slightly sweetened.
About one hour later take with a glass of water with lemon juice either
several teaspoons of milk-free acidophilus culture or several high-potency
acidophilus capsules, preferably also containing bido bacteria, possibly
also other lactobacteria. If available you may also use a cupful of
acidophilus yoghurt made from goats' milk. All cultures should be free of
cows milk protein. Continue with the acidophilus therapy for much longer,
taking high-potency cultures with liquid before breakfast and other meals or
several times daily.
If your blood sugar level is not normal after the rst week, continue with this
cleanse for a second week, and possibly even for a third week.
The Basic Diabetes 1 Diet
Children, depending on age, may remain for one to several days on this
changeover cleansing routine, while adults may continue for one to two or
three weeks, or until the blood sugar stabilises at an improved level. Start
with one meal a day of the foods allowed in the basic diet. A day or two later
increase this to two meals. If your blood sugar level is now reasonably low
and stable without insulin, then start with allergy-testing the individual foods
of the maintenance diet. If you still require insulin, remain for several weeks
on the basic diet before you start allergy testing new foods.
The basic diet is a safe diet with a minimum of glucose or foods such as
starch that yield glucose during digestion. Suitable foods are meat, sh and
other seafood, eggs, goats milk products (preferably fermented), Brazil nuts,
ground linseed, avocados, lettuce and other leaf vegetables, celery,
cucumber, some fresh tomato and raw onion for avouring a salad, tart
apples, lemon and lime juice. Green beans are especially good.
For normalising or stabilising the blood sugar level meat and sh may be
conventionally cooked. However, the higher the cooking temperature, the
greater will be the long-term health damage. Therefore, boil or steam but do
not heat the food to above the boiling point. Nevertheless, much greater
benet in overall health will result from eating these foods predominantly
raw. Use additional digestive enzymes with all cooked foods, but especially
with cooked esh foods.
Raw food and digestive enzymes are especially important for those who like
to re-generate their insulin production, or for anyone with damage to their
eyes, kidneys or blood vessels. Raw meat or sh are quite safe if you take
suitable precautions. Try to nd a source of organic meat and fowl, or
otherwise grass-fed beef and free-range chicken. According to the Australian
Department of Primary Industries freezing meat for about 10 days at minus
8C or colder will kill any tapeworm cysts. Avoid any meat from feedlots, or
sh from sh farms. Minimise eating large predatory sh, such as shark or
tuna, because of their high mercury content. In addition use parasite
remedies as outlined below.
Besides using raw minced meat, you may marinate diced meat or sh, or
blend sh or chicken with water. Fresh sh often is sufciently tender and
tasty as it is. To marinate you immerse diced meat or sh in lemon juice or
diluted cider vinegar and keep it refrigerated overnight.
Use raw onion, lime or lemon juice, ginger or chilli or any other herbs or
spices for avouring meals. If trying out raw esh foods start using small
amounts and increase gradually. Minimise the use of salt, and avoid it if you
have a kidney problem, except if your blood pressure is rather low. Small
amounts of magnesium chloride or potassium chloride are benecial
instead of salt. Egg yolk is best eaten raw and mixed with other food, while
the white may be cooked; as a compromise you may soft-boil or lightly
poach the egg, in any case the yolk should remain soft.
In addition to meat, sh or other seafood, egg or non-pasteurised goats
cheese, eat a salad with each meal using the mentioned low-carbohydrate
vegetables and possibly yoghurt. You may use virgin coconut oil and extra
virgin olive oil. Avoid tinned sh with any kind of sauce, sausages or other
manufactured meat.
Besides one or two meals, have apples or possibly pears and frequent drinks
with diluted lime or lemon juice. Whenever you feel hungry, mix a teaspoon
of spirulina (or chlorella) powder, a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, and a
pinch of lecithin with water (warm or cold) or with diluted lime or lemon juice
as an appetite suppressant and energiser.
Finally, several times a day before or between meals mix a teaspoon of
psyllium hulls in a large glass of water and drink immediately. This is to help
clean out the intestinal tract and ensure two to three easy bowel movements
each day.
If your blood sugar level remains more or less normal, or after several weeks
on this basic diet you may use allergy testing as described below to see how
you react to additional foods as suggested for type 2 diabetics. Continue to
use only non-reacting or safe foods.
TYPE 2 DIABETES
It is highly recommended to have a one to two-week cleansing period on tart
apples, diluted lemon juice, Epsom salt-garlic ush and acidophilus culture
as described for type 1 diabetes. During this time it is advisable to leave off
all blood sugar lowering drugs to avoid an insulin shock. If your blood sugar
level is not normal after the rst week, continue for a second week, and
possibly even for a third week. When your blood sugar has normalised, or if
you cannot immediately do this cleanse, use the following diet.
Initially eat only lentils, chickpeas (hommos), fenugreek, peas and beans
(cooked or sprouted), fresh vegetables (cooked and raw), nuts (except
cashews) and oily seeds, eggs, goats milk products (preferably fermented),
sh and other seafood, apples, lemons, limes and grapefruit, avocados,
virgin coconut oil and extra virgin olive oil. Use lecithin with all meals, and
frequently spirulina or chlorella powder. After several weeks you may also
add lean meat.
Also, several times a day before or between meals mix a teaspoon of
psyllium hulls in a large glass of water and drink immediately. This is to help
clean out the intestinal tract and ensure two to three easy bowel movements
each day.
ALLERGY TESTING
If the blood sugar level becomes again too high after introducing the foods
of the basic diet, or when introducing additional foods, test the blood sugar
level before and after each new meal composition. If the rise in the sugar
level remains within normal limits, the same ingredients do not normally
need to be tested again. However, if there is an unusual rise, test the
ingredients of that meal individually, especially any new additions.
Furthermore, try to take your pulse before each test meal and about 30 and
60 minutes after the meal. If the pulse rises much higher than after eating
apples only or after a safe meal, an allergy must be suspected even if the
blood sugar level does not show an unusual rise. Usually that means that the
pulse rises by more than 10 per cent.
If either blood sugar or pulse shows an unusual rise, avoid the food to which
this may be attributed for several weeks before testing it again. However, a
certain food may not cause a problem if used in small amounts or only once
a week, while frequent exposure to larger quantities or combined with other
stresses may upset the sugar level. You may discover such pattern from a
well-kept diary.
Make a column each for the time, the tested food or ingredient or the
composition of the meal, the blood sugar and pulse before and after the
meal, and nally any unusual reactions; also keep a record of any blood
sugar lowering medication. Even nutritional supplements may react and
need to be tested. For further information on allergy testing see Addictions &
Allergies.
THE MAINTENANCE DIET FOR BOTH TYPES
Long-term type 1 diabetics may require a longer period of additional
therapies as described below before they can safely diversify their diet.
However, there is no harm in trying. Some foods may be ne in small
amounts, and only increase the blood sugar level in larger amounts or if
eaten together with other carbohydrate containing foods.
Preferably much of the food intake should be fresh and raw. Fenugreek
tends to delay the absorption of foods and this improves the sugar
regulation. If it tests all right for you and you nd that it improves your sugar
level, then take 1 tablespoonful at the beginning of each meal that contains
glucose-yielding carbohydrates together with the water in which it has been
soaked overnight. Immediately before drinking you may in addition stir into it
a tablespoon of freshly ground linseed. These may be freshly ground in a
coffee grinder, or in a larger quantity in a blender, and kept in the freezer.
As long as the sugar level is too high, eat between meals either a tart apple
or drink some fresh lime or lemon juice, later you may also try grapefruit
juice. If you have elevated ketone levels greatly increase the intake of lime or
lemon juice; also cider vinegar can be helpful.
If the blood sugar level remains elevated or problems remain with clogged
arteries and the blood circulation system in general, go for several days on a
lemon juice fast: ten to twelve times during the day in hourly intervals drink a
large glass of puried water or herb tea with the juice of a quarter of a
lemon, no other food. This is a good way to restore sensitivity to insulin, or
normalise the blood sugar regulation, or if you want to lose weight. However,
it will be more effective if you combine it with a program of intestinal
sanitation: rst thing in the morning take a tablespoon of Epsom salt and
crushed garlic in a glass of water, and an hour later some acidophilus culture
with your rst lot of lemon juice. If you cannot use the Epsom salt and garlic,
then take instead a teaspoon of psyllium hulls in a large glass of water once
or twice a day to ensure continued bowel movements during the fast.
Citric acid reacts with fatty acids to produce energy. As long as you have
fatty deposits, you can easily live on lemon juice. This is not fanciful as
basically all of our food is internally converted into citric acid before it is
converted into energy. However, to convert citric acid completely into energy,
it needs to react with the breakdown products of fatty acids, see The Cellular
Energy Metabolism for a diagram of this process. The late Dr Carey Reams
 reputedly cured thousands of diabetics of both types with a 3-week lemon
juice fast that cleared the body of unhealthy fat deposits. Every hour or ten
times daily patients would drink a glassful with one part of lemon juice and 9
parts of water, followed after 3 weeks by an allergy-tested natural diet. For
more information on restoring the blood circulation system to good health
also see Cardiovascular Disease and the Cholesterol Saga.
Jerusalem artichoke in small amounts has a benecial effect on liver,
pancreas and kidneys. If available, eat one about the size of an egg grated in
salad every other day or less with mild diabetes. In larger amounts it may
cause wind due to the indigestible, fructose-based polysaccharide inulin.
Store J. artichokes in moderately dry soil, they quickly deteriorate in the
refrigerator.
Liver can be helpful for lowering the sugar level. Possibly try eating several
slices of liver (not fried) a week and see how you react. Type 2-diabetes can
usually be normalised within weeks on a temporary raw-food diet.
Generally have small meals only. When the blood sugar level remains normal
try additional varieties of fruit and vegetables but continue to avoid or
minimise grain products. Do not cook in aluminium or with microwave, even
stainless steel is not really good. Glassware is best, otherwise enamel. Eat
your food freshly cooked and not reheated from the refrigerator, do not fry or
otherwise heat food to more than 100C.
If blood sugar levels become again elevated while normalising the diet,
which may also be due to stress or an infection, return again to the basic
diet, possibly with Epsom salts and garlic followed by acidophilus.
Restricted Food
Initially avoid the following foods completely and after the blood sugar level
has become normal, minimise their use.
Sweeteners, sweetened foods, including fruit juice, soft drinks, dried fruit,
honey, articial sweeteners. Avoid 'diet' foods, such as 'diet marmalade' or
'diet drinks'. About health problems associated with Aspartame
(Nutrasweet) or other articial sweeteners see
www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/.
Breakfast cereals, oats, bread and other grain or our products.
Processed yeasts such as vegemite, initially avoid all yeast products (except
selenium yeast), also hydrolysed proteins.
Fried food, commercial chicken, smallgoods and other manufactured meat.
Margarine, shortenings and other hydrogenated products such as some
brands of peanut butter, commercial polyunsaturated oils and especially
canola oil.
Tinned, preserved or highly processed food or food with added non-
biological chemicals (colours, avours, preservatives), frozen vegetables.
Read food labels to avoid processed food with suspect additives.
Chlorinated or uoridated water.
Tobacco, alcohol and drugs, uoridated toothpaste, test any cosmetics
before use.
Restrict soy products as they are high in enzyme inhibitors and other anti-
nutrients, except lecithin or if they are properly fermented such as Miso or
Natto.
In regard to sweeteners, the best solution is to forget your sweet tooth, and
learn instead eating and loving savoury food. However, if you cannot do that,
then small amounts of xylitol or the herbal sweetener Stevia may be used.
Type 2 diabetics generally need to be less strict than type 1 diabetics.
Therefore, after normalising the blood sugar level, they may test and use
potential problem foods in small amounts much sooner than insulin-
dependent diabetics.
Be cautious with restaurant food, even normally harmless food may have
been prepared with ingredients that drive the sugar level up. Minimise the
use of non-organic fruit and vegetables, especially those most heavily
sprayed, such as tomatoes, fruits and leaf vegetables. The best commercial
bread is organic spelt or rye sourdough bread. The least harmful grains,
which may be used combined with legumes, are millet, buckwheat (not really
a grain) and brown rice.
SUPPLEMENTS
The following supplements may help and can be taken in the indicated
amounts, usually during meals, until the blood sugar is normal. Then reduce
them gradually. Also introduce and increase high levels of supplements
gradually with testing to assess their effect on the blood sugar level.
During each meal take a medium potency multi-vitamin-mineral tablet,
preferably providing a high level of chromium, at least 10 mg of vitamin B6
and 5-10 mg of zinc. Otherwise take additional zinc and chromium. The best
form of chromium is as Glucose Tolerance Factor or as picolinate. Except
where the soil is high in selenium, take 100 - 200 mcg of selenium. Try
freeze-dried liver and MSM.
Cod liver oil is recommended in all cases. To emulsify shake a tablespoonful
with some lecithin and diluted lemon juice in a jar. During periods when you
have much sun exposure use other sh oils instead (except if you frequently
eat cold-water sh).
Normally 500 mg (2 x 250 mg) of natural vitamin E in tablet form are
sufcient per day but with problems from poor circulation to the legs try
3x500 mg; better than the common d-alpha tocopherol are mixed
tocopherols.
Take 1-3 g of vitamin C with meals, e.g. half a teaspoonful of sodium or
calcium ascorbate or mixed ascorbates 3 or 4 times daily with food or drink
(vitamin C may cause non-specic urine tests to show a false positive).
If sugar levels remain elevated, try up to 5 x 500 mg of nicotinamide. This is
recommended for most type 1 diabetics. Plenty of antioxidants are
benecial in all conditions. In addition to vitamins C and E, you may use
grape seed extract or pycnogenol, lipoic acid, Microhydrin, electrolytically
reduced ionised water or air (Geomed) as well as fresh juice of grass and
green vegetables, as well as foods that yield purple juice (eg beetroot,
blueberries).
Approximately 500 mg of additional magnesium will be benecial, more if
the blood pressure is high. Mix one quarter of a teaspoon of magnesium
chloride with most meals, or alternatively stir one quarter to one half of a
teaspoon of magnesium carbonate (from a chemist) with twice that amount
of ascorbic acid in some water or juice for a zzy drink. If the blood pressure
is low, below 120/80, (especially for children and young women) take
dolomite powder dissolved or neutralised with lemon juice instead of
magnesium.
Gymnema is an Indian herb that has been shown to regenerate the insulin-
producing pancreas cells when used for 2 years. It also helps to prevent the
onset of diabetes and to lower elevated blood sugar levels. Shortly before
every meal that is likely to elevate the blood sugar level take an extract of
about 200 mg or 1-2 g of powdered leaves.
Calcium arginate, the calcium salt of the amino acid arginine, effectively
transports glucose into cells and helps to normalise type 2 diabetes. Also
magnesium arginate may help. Daily doses of calcium arginate range from
2.5 to 3.5 g and of magnesium arginate from 2 to 2.5 g.
Use plenty of freshly ground linseed (keep frozen or refrigerated) and take 1
teaspoon of lecithin granules with meals. With poor circulation try 100 mg of
niacin after meals. Even better is a niacin ush by taking it on an empty
stomach. This helps to clean out and regenerate the capillaries. Do this
about twice a week.
With degenerative eye changes take with meals up to 10,000 IU of vitamin A
(as emulsion, halibut liver oil or cod liver oil), 100 mg of vitamin B2 in
addition to increased vitamin E, zinc and ground linseed; also digestive
enzymes and thyroid extract are helpful with diabetic retinopathy, as are
evening primrose oil, sh oil and the bioavonoids lutein and zeaxanthin. Try
the herbs bilberry and eyebright.
With nerve damage (neuropathy) try 3x100 mg each of vitamins B1 and B6,
hydrochloric acid, weekly vitamin B12 injections, later vitamin B12 tablets
absorbed under the tongue or through the nostrils, and 500 mcg of folic
acid.
Suitable herbs are bean pod tea, ginger, blueberry leaves, dandelion roots
and vinca rosea. Also try liver herbs such as centaury, devil's claw, gentian
and milk thistle. Goat's rue (Galega ofcinalis) has in animal studies been
shown to have regenerative effects on the beta cells of the pancreas.
Cinnamon, cloves, turmeric, bay leaves and hops increase the natural insulin
activity.
Cinnamon is helpful for both types of diabetes. With type 1 it may allow a
reduction in the daily insulin dose. Generally take 1 teaspoonful daily in
divided doses with meals. If taking more than 1 teaspoonful daily it has been
recommended to boil the cinnamon in water. After some cooling pour off the
solution for use and discard the solid residue.
Insulin-dependent diabetics who continue to need insulin on the basic low
carbohydrate diet may try adding gradually increasing amounts of fructose
to their lemon drinks. This may help to provide muscle cells with sufcient
carbohydrate for normal metabolic functions; otherwise muscle protein may
be used to generate glucose from amino acids. Start with half a teaspoon
several times daily and increase up to a teaspoonful ve to six times daily.
Let yourself be guided by your blood sugar and energy level. Fructose is only
harmful combined with starches, or on a diet high in carbohydrates, on a low
carbohydrate diet it can be benecial.
ADDITIONAL THERAPY
Most important and essential with type 1 diabetes is intensive intestinal
sanitation and anti-microbial therapy as explained in Additional Therapy for
all Diseases. Other recommend methods are a Beck-type zapper or blood
purier, see Electronic Zapper & Magnetic Pulser, Oxygen Therapy as well as
herbal parasite cure with wormwood, cloves and tincture of green hulls of
black walnuts. All of these measures are mainly important for type 1
diabetics who are still on insulin to regenerate the beta cells in the pancreas.
Also use anti-microbial remedies as a maintenance program when you
consume raw esh foods.
An additional way to stimulate the liver and pancreas is with magnets. You
may keep the south pole of a strong ceramic or neodymium magnet towards
the skin over the liver and at other times over the pancreas as long as there
are signs of inammation or tenderness when pressed.
Even better is a fast magnetic pulser with a strong eld and up to 10 pulses
per second, see Resources in Australia for a supplier. Normally use the
south-pointing pole for pancreas and liver, if in doubt let yourself be guided
by muscle testing. The magnetic pulser is also good for eye or kidney
problems.
Use additional therapies to stimulate the liver and the pancreas, the two
most important organs for the blood sugar regulation. If your sugar level
remains elevated, you may, for instance, see an acupuncturist, homoeopath,
osteopath, energy healer or another health specialist for additional
stimulation of these organs.
After 1 3 weeks on the cleansing program the blood sugar level should be
much improved, and in many cases more or less normal. However,
overweight individuals and long-term type 1 diabetics may still have high
early morning sugar levels that may come down after some exercise or other
muscle activity.
Another measures you can take yourself is reexology. Strongly press under
the soles of your feet wherever you nd a sore spot. The area connected to
the liver is between the middle and the upper outer side of the right foot, the
pancreas is near the insteps of both feet just above the midline, the kidneys
are near the centre of each sole and the eyes at the base of the second and
third toes of each foot.
You may press the soles against a rock, stone or golf-ball, onto the corner of
a table or other furniture, or press with a thumb, knuckle or the blunt end of a
stone or pen or pencil. Press each area for several minutes, repeat
frequently or nd a helper to press your feet.
To stimulate the spinal reexes a helper may rapidly tap or vibrate the spine
from between the shoulder blades to the small of the back, also press any
tight and painful muscles in this area. You may try to hang upside-down
from inversion equipment and do gentle spine-twisting exercises.
Strongly recommended are hot castor oil packs over the liver and upper
abdomen. Liberally apply castor oil to this area, cover with a woollen rag and
keep warm with a hot water bottle for about two hours. Add more layers of
rag or newspaper as required to prevent the skin becoming too hot. Do this
on and off for several weeks. It helps further to take a tablespoon of olive oil
at bedtime to stimulate the release of bile and accumulated toxins, which
are then ushed out the next morning with Epsom salts and garlic drink.
With colour therapy you shine a strong yellow light for about an hour or
longer at close range onto the skin over the upper abdomen and the middle
of the back. Instead of a yellow light bulb in a dark room you may use a
normal bulb or daylight and cover these areas with yellow cellophane.
Exercise is very important for both types of diabetics, the more so the higher
the weight or the blood sugar level. Start with gentle rebounding, and
 gradually increase the duration and vigour of the exercises to include
jogging or aerobic dancing or other aerobic exercises but always with strong
breathing so that you do not get out of breath. Exercise lowers sugar levels
by channelling glucose into muscle cells even in the absence of insulin, or in
type 2 diabetics by making cells more sensitive to insulin. In contrast,
additional insulin or blood sugar tablets lower blood sugar levels mainly by
converting glucose into fat, which is highly undesirable.
Sunshine can increase insulin production and improve blood sugar
regulation. Preferably expose your unprotected skin to sunlight for 5 - 15
minutes several times a week. Do not use sunscreen during this time and
leave off glasses or sunglasses.
Stress increases adrenalin levels and this in turn reduces the effectiveness
of insulin. Therefore, try to avoid obvious stress and in addition learn
relaxation and meditation exercises and practise daily. Also use suitable
afrmations in a relaxed or meditative state. A frequent stress is exposure to
electromagnetic radiation in the bedroom, see Electromagnetic Pollution.
If increased insulin production is desirable, you may use the following guided
imagery while in a state of induced relaxation or meditation. Visualise
clumps of cells in your pancreas which you know are beta cells, you may
look beforehand at an anatomical picture of the pancreas. See them greatly
increase in numbers and produce a substance, which you know is insulin.
Imagine them releasing the necessary amount into the bloodstream and
storing the rest for future use. In addition imagine your breath going in and
out of the pancreas; feel the abdomen, including the pancreas, becoming
warm. Maintain this feeling of warmth as long as you can and frequently
repeat this exercise. You may also send feelings of love to your pancreas
and imagine it shining as a bright light.
In your afrmations you may say: "The beta cells in my pancreas proliferate
and reach normal numbers, they produce more and more insulin to regulate
my blood sugar level perfectly. My liver and my pancreas are healthy and
strong". To strengthen the liver meridian you may say and feel: "I am happy
and cheerful" and for the pancreas mentally or with voice say: "I am secure
and have faith and condence in my future". For further information on using
mind methods see Mind Tools. Be positive and expect to be how you really
want to be and that is how you most likely will be.

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