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Reverse Diabetes Naturally

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Participants: David DeRose MD (Host)

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00:28 Welcome to "Reverse Diabetes Naturally."
00:30 I'm Doctor David DeRose,
00:32 president of Compass Health Consulting,
00:35 and your host for this exciting journey.
00:38 It's the simple things you can do
00:40 to make a difference with diabetes.
00:43 You might even be wondering,
00:45 "Why speak about diabetes?
00:47 How important is it?"
00:49 If you've tuned into this episode,
00:53 you're thinking about this condition.
00:56 Diabetes is one of the leading
00:59 metabolic conditions in the world.
01:03 If you look at the statistics, diabetes
01:05 is one of America s great epidemics.
01:07 It's largely due to rising numbers of individuals
01:11 with what we call type 2 diabetes.
01:13 Let's stop right here and
01:15 give a few definitions.
01:17 When I was in medical school,
01:20 there was no such thing as type 1 and
01:22 type 2 diabetes.
01:23 We spoke about children, and juvenile diabetes.
01:28 Heavy adults had adult-onset diabetes.
01:34 Those terms became
01:38 confusing when we started finding
01:42 young people with what looked very much like
01:46 the same type of diabetes seen in adulthood.
01:49 The name type 2 diabetes was assigned.
01:52 to the type of diabetes that occurs
01:56 as a result of insulin resistance.
01:59 This is insulin not working the way it should in the body.
02:02 We'll speak more about that soon.
02:05 On the other hand, juvenile diabetes
02:08 was given the designation "type 1 diabetes."
02:11 This is typically an autoimmune process typically.
02:16 The body is attacking itself. In this case,
02:19 It's attacking the islet (or beta) cells, the
02:23 producing cells in the pancreas
02:25 that make insulin.
02:28 Type 1 diabetes can occur in adulthood, though uncommon.
02:32 What we're seeing today is an epidemic
02:35 in the Western world (and the United States),
02:37 driven by diabetes of the type 2 variety.
02:43 If you look at how
02:46 broad the scope of the epidemic is, it's staggering.
02:50 Some 25 million Americans have the condition.
02:53 That amounts to 8 percent to the population.
02:56 This represents a 26 percent increase
03:00 from 2005. Seven million of those individuals
03:06 are undiagnosed.
03:10 How would we know how many are undiagnosed?
03:15 It's simply based on population data.
03:18 Experts will do a screening event in a region.
03:23 They'll find that there are "X" number of people
03:27 who have diabetes and didn't know it.
03:29 What that amounts to is about
03:30 27 to 30 percent who have diabetes
03:35 are unaware that they have the condition.
03:37 If you look at it in other ways,
03:40 roughly 11 percent of Americans over 20 have diabetes.
03:44 By the time we get to the age of 65,
03:47 over one-quarter of the US population
03:51 has diabetes. As for the impact of diabetes,
03:55 There are different ways to calculate death
03:58 statistics in the United States.
04:01 One way calls it the seventh leading cause of death.
04:07 At any given age, people with diabetes
04:10 are about twice as likely to die
04:14 as people who don't have the condition.
04:17 There's a human cost that transcends the numbers.
04:23 Even if someone does not die from diabetes,
04:28 they're likely to have serious complications.
04:30 This affects their ability
04:32 to live and have a high-quality
04:36 existence from day to day.
04:38 The most common diabetic complication
04:41 is nerve damage, known as diabetic neuropathy.
04:45 Sixty to seventy percent of diabetics
04:48 have mild to severe forms of nerve damage.
04:51 This can influence sensation
04:56 in the hands and feet. You might ask,
04:59 "What difference does it make?"
05:02 It makes a huge difference.
05:04 One of the big problems with
05:06 loss of foot sensation is increased risk
05:09 of foot damage.
05:11 I'm thinking of things that sound innocuous,
05:17 like a little sore on your foot.
05:19 A sore that you're unaware of can grow.
05:22 With diabetes, healing is impaired.
05:26 A little sore,
05:27 something that seems insignificant,
05:30 sets the stage for foot and leg amputations.
05:34 Other things caused by diabetic neuropathy include
05:38 digestive problems.
05:39 Your digestive system is controlled by
05:43 nervous system input
05:45 from the brain, and also from the autonomic, or
05:48 automatic nervous system.
05:50 When that's not functioning properly,
05:53 you can have digestive problems.
05:55 These nerve-related problems may not seem significant
06:00 if you're not dealing with them.
06:02 I've had patients who couldn't work
06:04 because of burning pain in their legs.
06:07 I've had patients who could not sleep
06:10 because of severe
06:11 diabetic neuropathy symptoms. It's not just loss of sensation,
06:15 it's abnormal sensation as well.
06:17 Let's come back
06:18 to that sensation equation and connection with amputations.
06:22 Are you aware that some 60,000
06:24 to 80,000 amputations
06:27 occur each year in the United States
06:29 because of diabetes alone?
06:31 About 60 percent
06:33 of non-traumatic, lower-limb amputations
06:37 are caused by diabetes.
06:42 Nerve problems affect quality of life, but so can vision.
06:46 If you look at the leading cause of blindness
06:49 among adults 20 to 74 years of age,
06:51 you are looking diabetes square in the face.
06:55 Some 12,000 to 24,000 cases of blindness
06:59 each year in America are from diabetes.
07:03 Diabetes causes damage to small blood vessels.
07:06 If those blood vessels are in the back of the eye,
07:09 you'll get something called diabetic
07:11 retinopathy. Some 4.2 million
07:16 Americans with diabetes over the age of 40
07:19 have significant diabetic neuropathy.
07:23 Two-thirds to three-quarters of a million people
07:28 actually have retinopathy so bad
07:31 that they are at risk of severe vision loss.
07:36 The good news is simply this:
07:40 diabetic complications can be reversed.
07:44 I have seen people with diabetic neuropathy
07:48 have their neuropathic symptoms improve.
07:51 I've seen people with diabetic
07:53 retinopathy dramatically improve.
07:57 Even with diabetic nephropathy
08:00 (kidney problems), there is some evidence
08:03 you can slow the progression, maybe reverse it.
08:06 How do you do it?
08:08 That's what we'll talk about in this presentation.
08:11 We're talking about reversing diabetes
08:14 naturally. I'll be honest with you.
08:18 The foundation is lifestyle. Lifestyle practices
08:25 are powerful in reversing this disease.
08:28 If you've tuned into our other presentations
08:31 in the LifeStart series, you'll recall a powerful
08:35 mnemonic (a memory device), which is
08:39 technically called an acronym. It helps us remember
08:42 nine natural therapies or strategies
08:47 that can help reverse disease processes.
08:51 Diabetes is included on that list.
08:53 Before we go any further
08:55 speaking about diabetes, its reversibility and strategies,
08:58 I want you to see the big picture--
09:01 LifeStart. Let me walk you through the elements.
09:06 The "L" stands for Liquids.
09:08 Our choice of beverages
09:09 has a role in diabetes
09:12 (whether we develop it,
09:13 have it, and how well it's controlled).
09:16 Liquids are important in diabetes.
09:19 The "I" stands for Interpersonal Relationships.
09:24 Being connected with others is a powerful,
09:27 health-giving factor. It can help you
09:31 with your diabetes. If you have social support,
09:34 if you're socially connected with people,
09:36 you will actually do better with this condition.
09:39 The "F" stands for Foods.
09:41 We'll take a look at what dietary choices
09:45 are most important for reversing diabetes
09:48 naturally. Then we have the "E."
09:51 "E" stands for Exercise, of vital importance
09:55 as we're dealing with the diabetic state.
09:58 This is LifeStart: L-I-F-E . . .
10:02 "S" is for Sunshine.
10:04 Let me tell you something about sunshine.
10:06 We're not going to speak all that much about it.
10:10 Vitamin D is important in
10:13 helping the immune system function optimally.
10:16 One of the places in the world that
10:18 is challenged when it comes to sunshine is Scandinavia.
10:21 Some years ago, they started giving children
10:25 supplements of vitamin D. What they found
10:29 is a dramatic decrease of type 1 diabetes.
10:36 If you are making this connection,
10:38 auto immunity, type 1 diabetes, and vitamin D
10:43 have a role. Sunlight is best way to make vitamin D.
10:48 If you live in Scandinavia or are stationed
10:52 in Antarctica, you're not getting much sunshine
10:56 during the winter months.
10:58 You need to take a vitamin D supplement.
11:00 Let's move on with the LifeStart acronym.
11:03 "T" stands for Temperance.
11:05 This is the concept of doing good things in moderation,
11:09 totally avoiding those things that are harmful.
11:12 We'll speak about that to some extent.
11:15 "A" is for Air--fresh air.
11:18 I've spoken about this in other settings.
11:21 The biggest pollutant, as human health consequences,
11:25 is nothing that any factory does.
11:28 It is cigarette smoke.
11:30 If you're a smoker, you're exposing your body
11:33 to chemicals that are actually impairing
11:36 your entire metabolic picture.
11:39 Diabetes is among the risk factors
11:42 of individuals who smoke. There's increased risk
11:45 of that condition. There's a few more elements in the
11:50 acronym. We'll come back and
11:51 give you a bigger picture we've talked about "LIFE."
11:55 We've talked about S-T-A . . .
11:59 "R" is for Rest.
12:02 If you're cutting yourself short on sleep,
12:06 you ramp up your stress hormone levels.
12:09 As stress hormone levels go up,
12:13 so do blood sugars. Higher stress
12:16 puts you in a state predisposed to diabetes.
12:19 I have seen patients
12:22 with diabetes, their main risk factor
12:24 undiagnosed. It was sleep apnea.
12:28 If you have a problem with snoring
12:32 and you actually stop breathing at night,
12:35 have someone observe you.
12:37 If you stop breathing at night, this is
12:39 a hallmark of sleep apnea. "A" means "without," and
12:47 "PNEA" refers to breathing.
12:49 When you stop breathing
12:51 multiple times at night,
12:53 that's the characteristic of that sleep apnea state.
12:57 Your brain is arousing
13:00 multiple times through the night. You may not wake up,
13:03 but your sleep is interrupted.
13:05 Stress hormone levels are higher.
13:07 That in itself can set the stage for diabetes.
13:10 Adequate rest is important. That's just one illustration.
13:13 The last point that I'd like to talk about is
13:17 Trust in Divine Power.
13:18 It's the last point I like to talk about.
13:21 There was a time in my life when I thought there
13:25 was no spiritual being that
13:28 was willing to guide us and help us.
13:30 As a physician, I realize this is important today.
13:33 I've seen my patients get significant help, realizing
13:37 there is a loving Creator.
13:39 He wants to aid them in lifestyle change.
13:41 That's not what you believe?
13:44 I've got nothing to urge. I'm just saying that
13:46 spirituality has powerful health-giving benefits,
13:50 especially in the area of lifestyle change.
13:51 That's the focus
13:53 of LifeStart. We want to help you change things
13:55 that will help (at least in this case) reverse diabetes.
13:58 With that background,
14:00 let me extend the dialogue just a little bit.
14:03 Some of you tuning in
14:05 may say, "I don't have diabetes. Why am I watching this?"
14:08 You need to be concerned.
14:10 Everyone needs to be concerned about diabetes.
14:12 Let me tell you two reasons why.
14:14 Even if you don't have diabetes today,
14:16 there's a likelihood you have what's called pre-diabetes.
14:23 Pre-diabetes is a state
14:25 before you develop diabetes .You have higher
14:27 blood sugars than optimal,
14:29 but have not reached the criteria for diabetes.
14:32 Let me illustrate that with fasting blood sugar.
14:35 If your fasting blood sugar is below 100,
14:38 most people consider that normal.
14:41 I actually consider "normal" below 80.
14:43 Between 81 and 99
14:47 is what I consider "higher normal."
14:50 Once you get to 100, everyone feels this is abnormal.
14:53 "Impaired fasting glucose" was the term used for years.
14:59 That didn't stick with lay people, so we
15:02 switched to the term "pre-diabetes."
15:05 If you're in the range of 100 to 125 for
15:08 fasting blood sugar (when you wake up),
15:11 then you have pre-diabetes.
15:13 if your blood sugars are 126 and above,
15:16 that meets the definition of diabetes.
15:19 There's also criteria for blood sugar,
15:21 two hours after a meal,
15:22 where you could also be pre-diabetic.
15:25 If you want more information, we have
15:27 some additional details
15:29 in our free resources.
15:30 We have a study guide that goes along with this.
15:33 You can access that at lifestartseminars.com.
15:37 Maybe I went through that
15:39 LifeStart acronym too quickly. Even if
15:44 it was the right pace but want more information,
15:47 you can get a free e book
15:50 at lifestartseminars.com.
15:54 Let's talk about why you need
15:56 to be concerned if you've got pre-diabetes.
15:58 You may not even be aware of it.
16:00 Pre-diabetes actually affects some 25 to
16:03 35 percent of the US population.
16:07 As we get into our are sixties and beyond,
16:10 you're talking about half the population with pre-diabetes.
16:14 We need to be concerned about this.
16:17 The message is simply this:
16:19 with the LifeStart principles,
16:21 you can reverse the pre-diabetic state.
16:24 In fact, the research indicates that
16:27 two of those LifeStart principles
16:30 (more than any other) are especially powerful
16:33 in reversing the pre-diabetic state.
16:36 It was looked at within the Diabetes Prevention Program.
16:40 What was found involves one element of LifeStart, Exercise.
16:44 Thirty minutes a day of moderate, physical exercise
16:49 was combined with the "F" and
16:52 the "L" (the liquids in the foods).
16:54 That's where we get our calories.
16:56 The focus was on helping people lose 5 to 10 percent
17:01 of their body weight.
17:03 Think about this now.
17:05 If you weigh 200 pounds and you're 5'2",
17:08 your ideal weight may be
17:10 as high as a 120 pounds.
17:12 You're a young lady at 200 pounds, saying,
17:15 "I've got to lose 80 pounds." You don't have
17:18 to lose the whole 80 pounds to get benefit. At
17:20 200 pounds, a 5 percent weight loss
17:23 would be 10 pounds.
17:26 You drop those 10 pounds,
17:29 combined with 30 minutes of exercise daily.
17:36 You've made some dietary changes as well.
17:38 Maybe you left off the soft drinks.
17:40 If I want to talk about one thing, I'll do it now.
17:45 If you want to look and a cause of diabetes,
17:49 many researchers point fingers at soft drinks.
17:53 There's high fructose corn syrup and
17:57 concentrated calories in those beverages.
17:59 If you leave those things off,
18:01 you can get a tremendous aid to
18:03 losing weight. If you lose weight,
18:05 it's going to help whether you have diabetes,
18:07 pre-diabetes, or simply at risk for diabetes
18:13 without having pre-diabetes.
18:15 Focus on things like water
18:18 as a beverage (zero calories in water).
18:21 Stay away from soft drinks, especially those
18:25 sweetened with caloric sweeteners.
18:29 Since we're talking about it,
18:32 I'll go one step further.
18:34 Artificial sweeteners, those zero-calorie soft drinks,
18:37 are not your friend, either. Research indicates
18:40 that some consume more calories
18:44 after drinking them.
18:46 On top with that, it's
18:48 cultivating that same sweet tooth that got you
18:51 into the problem you have to begin with.
18:53 If you want more information about
18:55 behavioral change,
18:57 we've got resources
18:58 on the LifeStart website. One I'd recommend
19:01 is my DVD "Changing Bad Habits for Good."
19:04 It speaks about these principles. Making clean breaks
19:08 with bad habits is so powerful. We need to
19:12 make sure we get the whole
19:14 picture with pre-diabetes.
19:15 In the Diabetes Prevention Program,
19:18 30 minutes of exercise a day and
19:20 moderate physical activity meant
19:22 a 5 to 10 percent weight loss.
19:24 It led to a 58 percent
19:28 decreased risk of developing diabetes.
19:31 This is powerful.
19:32 You can keep diabetes from ever coming
19:36 into your household by simply
19:38 following the LifeStart principles.
19:40 Two of the most important are foods
19:44 and exercise. Don't forget liquids, often
19:48 a significant source of calories.
19:51 Let's hasten on at this point and mention
19:54 one other important group that needs concern.
19:57 if you have a family history of diabetes,
20:01 you are an individual who should be concerned.
20:06 If you don't have a family history,
20:08 carrying extra weight and inactive,
20:11 these are risk factors for type 2 diabetes.
20:14 We're trying to encourage you to simply
20:17 catch the message and grab lifestyle.
20:21 Hold on, however you grab it,
20:24 and say, "I'm going to make these LifeStart
20:27 changes, so that I'm not affected by diabetes."
20:31 Let me just make one other point.
20:33 There are some people
20:35 who have been genetically gifted with a
20:39 very good pancreas.
20:42 Their pancreas is good, no matter the insulin resistance.
20:46 No matter how difficult it is for insulin to do its job,
20:51 the pancreas produces more insulin.
20:53 They will never develop diabetes.
20:55 The problem is, if you're not
20:57 following these LifeStart principles,
21:00 you'll have more insulin resistance.
21:03 Insulin is not going to work as it should.
21:05 Your pancreas ramps up insulin production,
21:09 and you never get diabetes.
21:11 Just because you never develop diabetes,
21:14 that doesn't mean there aren't problems.
21:17 Insulin resistance, even without diabetes,
21:20 tends to lower good cholesterol.
21:23 The HDL goes down.
21:25 Bad cholesterol (the LDL) becomes more damaging.
21:28 Another bad blood fat, triglycerides, rises.
21:32 Are you hearing this?
21:33 If you have problems with your blood fats,
21:36 it may result be the result
21:39 of insulin resistance.
21:41 All of us need to be concerned about
21:46 this very important epidemic
21:49 affecting Americans.
21:52 Whether we have diabetes, pre-diabetes,
21:55 or are in danger of developing diabetes,
22:02 we need to be concerned.
22:04 The insulin-resistant state
22:07 really sets us up
22:10 for significant problems.
22:12 I want to encourage you
22:14 to catch the important message.
22:18 We need to take action.
22:20 Let's go now to a real
22:22 example of how diabetes,
22:25 insulin resistance,
22:27 and related conditions can be kept at bay.
22:29 We're going to look at a population
22:32 with some of the highest diabetes rates in the world.
22:36 This is where researchers have learned
22:38 the power of lifestyle, perhaps
22:41 as nowhere else.
22:42 Some of you may know I host a
22:44 weekly radio show, "American Indian Living." I work with
22:47 people of Native American ancestry on a regular basis.
22:51 You may not be surprised to know
22:53 that one of the world's most
22:54 diabetic-prone people are of Native American descent.
22:58 The famous Strong Heart Study looked at native Americans.
23:02 It looked at populations of Native Americans
23:06 in three US regions. This was the Dakotas,
23:09 Oklahoma, and Arizona.
23:11 In this study of adults,
23:14 about one-third in the Dakotas had diabetes.
23:19 Forty percent in Oklahoma had the condition.
23:22 Two-thirds of those in Arizona had diabetes.
23:28 Why such staggering rates?
23:30 Is it something just about Native Americans?
23:32 Do they have to have diabetes?
23:33 The evidence says "no." There's
23:35 amazing data from the Gila River Indian Reservation.
23:39 (in the the Phoenix area today).
23:42 At the turn of the century (around 1900),
23:47 we have good data showing only a
23:49 only a single case of diabetes among 4,000
23:53 individuals on that reservation.
23:55 Forty years later, in 21 individuals
23:58 (the population had not changed much) ,
24:03 the prevalence of diabetes and the number affected
24:05 dramatically increased twenty fold.
24:07 It was still less than 1 percent
24:09 of the population with diabetes.
24:11 Today, if you go to Gila River
24:13 Indian Reservation and look at those over 35,
24:16 50 percent will have diabetes.
24:19 What this indicates is not a disease
24:21 that is just from genetics.
24:23 Yes, Native Americans in populations like the
24:25 Pimas are genetically predisposed.
24:29 Lifestyle is superimposed. How do we know?
24:32 A wonderful study
24:34 published (in the 90's) in Diabetes Care looked at
24:37 people of Pima ancestry.
24:39 There are pima Indians
24:41 living in Arizona, as well as Mexico.
24:46 We know, by actual genetic measurements,
24:48 historical observations, and language similarities,
24:52 these are cousins.
24:53 What's so fascinating is, these populations live differently.
24:57 Native Americans of Pima ancestry in Arizona
25:01 are less active than their cousins in Mexico.
25:07 It's very physical, active living
25:09 in rural Mexico for Pimas.
25:11 We looked at diet, which is fascinating.
25:14 A high-fiber diet, with
25:16 very little in the way of animal products,
25:18 characterized the diet of those in Mexico.
25:21 There's high animal product intake
25:24 with the Arizona Pimas and
25:25 a lot of animal fat in the diet (over 40 percent
25:29 by some measurements).
25:30 Are you starting to get the picture?
25:32 Two populations, genetically similar,
25:35 have very different lifestyles. Exercise and
25:38 dietary factors differ.
25:39 What do we see when it comes to diabetes?
25:41 Look at the Mexican
25:44 Pima women in that study.
25:46 About 1 in 10 women in their thirties had diabetes.
25:50 It was about 4 times that much
25:52 in the Arizona Pima women.
25:54 Looking at Mexican Pima men in their forties,
25:58 only about 6 percent had diabetes.
26:01 There's nearly 9 times (over 50 percent)
26:04 of the Arizona men with the condition.
26:07 What does this tell us? Lifestyle
26:11 largely drives diabetes.
26:13 As one of my
26:15 endocrinology professors told me,
26:25 Simple practices, as embodied in that
26:29 LifeStart mnemonic,
26:31 can prevent diabetes from occurring.
26:35 Eat less animal fat and
26:37 things lower in caloric density (more
26:41 fruits and vegetables). Eat less animal products.
26:44 Fasting (an application of temperance)
26:49 can be used under medical direction
26:52 to help reset the metabolism
26:54 in people with diabetes.
26:55 Hopefully, I've given you a window
26:58 into how you can reverse the diabetic state.
27:01 Get serious about your diet and exercise.
27:05 Control stress, make sure you're resting.
27:08 In short, that's LifeStart.
27:10 I have a whole four-hour series on
27:12 "Reversing Diabetes Naturally."
27:14 I can't condense it into a 30-minute presentation.
27:18 I'm giving you all the tools you need
27:20 to make dramatic changes in your lifestyle.
27:22 What if you have diabetes, taking medication?
27:25 Before making dramatic changes, talk with your doctor.
27:28 Your insulin needs will change.
27:30 If not insulin, you may be on oral medications
27:34 that need to be readjusted.
27:36 We've got more resources, if you need them.
27:38 We've got a study guide available.
27:41 We've got a more extensive DVD series.
27:44 We've got the program notes and more information
27:48 about other programs that make a difference.
27:51 You won't want to forget that
27:54 we even have personalized help.
27:56 We've got a health coaching program
27:57 on the LifeStart website.
27:59 Tap into it all at lifestartseminars.com.
28:04 From all of us with LifeStart,
28:05 I'm doctor David DeRose,
28:07 wishing you the very best success
28:10 in addressing diabetes
28:11 and its risk factors.


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