REVERSING DIABETES WORLD SUMMIT 2014

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "REVERSING DIABETES WORLD SUMMIT 2014"

Abel Russell
6 years ago
Views:

1 REVERSING DIABETES WORLD SUMMIT AMAZING PRESENTATIONS. 12 LIFE-CHANGING DAYS. MAY 5 - MAY 16, 2014 Dr. Mowll s Clinical Pearls Tips, Highlights, and Strategies from the Food Rules to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes Cate Shanahan, MD

2 Food Rules to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes Cate Shanahan, MD Diabetes is part of a symptom of metabolic disrup=on. It o@en correlates with osteoporosis, cancer, Alzheimer s, heart aeacks and strokes. (Common soil hypothesis) Health is a package deal - it's not just the abuser of disease but a persistent vitality including the appearance of health, which we call beauty. You are not stuck with diabetes (Type 2). If you improve your diet and lifestyle, you can get off your medica=ons in some cases, depending at how hard you work at it. 4 Stages of Diabetes and Metabolic Disrup=on: 1. Reac=ve hypoglycemia and blood sugar dysregula=on. Get hungry, =red, headaches before meals alleviated by ea=ng sweets. 2. Slight elevated blood sugar (90-100) and abnormali=es on other lab tests. May see weight gain, thyroid problems, Blood pressure imbalances, PCOS, fer=lity issues, abnormal lipid levels 3. Pre- Diabetes - more severe metabolic breakdown. A loss of the ability to control and regulate blood sugar, insulin is high and other hormones are involved as well. Although it is o@en minimized, pre- diabetes is very serious and needs to be addressed. 4. Full blown T2D - advanced progression of blood sugar condi=ons, where pa=ents require medica=on. High risk for HD, heart failure, neuropathy, kidney disease, etc. Tests for evalua=ng metabolic dysfunc=on: Fas=ng Blood Glucose - 90 mg/dl Abnormali=es in advanced lipid panel LiEle known physical signs and symptoms of metabolic dysfunc=on

3 Irregular periods PCO's Skin problems - discolora=on, =ny bumps "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day to not screw up" If you eat the wrong food (high carb) in the morning, you are more prone to blood sugar problems, and are more prone to food addic=on (especially sweets). If you eat breakfast the rest of the day is easier. Minimize carbs (less than grams) Include healthy protein and fat. For the rest of the day, follow steps for living healthy. Trans fats cause metabolic drag and weight gain in the mid- sec=on - avoid all vegetable oils because trans fats can hide in all these oils. Don't buy that avoiding fat is a bad idea because it forces the body to burn sugar for fuel which short circuits the metabolism. 10 Steps for Healthy Living: 1. Cut the carbs % of diet from carbs. Carbohydrates all turn into sugar (pasta is sugar) Eat healthy fats = 50 to 80% of calories diet from health fa. We have to watch quan=ty of carbs as well as quan=ty. The less processed a food is, typically the beeer for you. 2. Avoid Trans fats and hydrogenated oils 3. Don't buy fat- free, reduced fat foods 4. Eat Healthy Fats Nature doesn't make bad fats, factories do.

4 Healthy fat is any fat that is a nature made it. An unhealthy fat is a fat that couldn't exist without a factory. High in Omega 6 oil During hea=ng and processing, oils are mutated and become equivalent to edible radia=on. Unhealthy oils - typically have no flavor - corn, coeonseed, canola, soy, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed, rice bran oil Is not durable to heat, yet heated during extrac=on. Creates free radicals in the body which cause cell damage and dna damage promotes, inflamma=on and disease 5. Eat Vegetables with fat, salt, and acid - vegetables are loaded with vitamins, minerals and an=oxidants many of which are fat soluble. Eat veggies with fat and it helps us to absorb the micronutrients beeer. salt helps to emulsify the fats acids (like vinegar) help to ac=vate on diges=ve enzyme 6. Eat more vegetables than fruit. Sugar is sugar and the sugar in fruit can s=ll cause problems. 7. Learn to make bone broth Bone broth is made from boiling bones that contain car=lage in water, with some acid. It will extract nutrients called glycosaminoglycans. These are important for our car=lage and collagen forma=on. minimum of 2-3 cup 2 to 3 days per week 8. Ea=ng probio=c rich foods to support the diges=ve system is essen=al. It can improve a sluggish gut (gastroparesis), and prevent infec=ons. You can get this through food or supplementa=on. good food sources: yogurt, real pickles, sauerkraut, kim- chee, kombucha tea, kefir, pickled or fermented vegetables. 9. Variety of exercise: walking is not aerobic, but is s=ll healthy. For aerobic exercise walking or hill climbing (huffing and puffing) is aerobic exercise. Add on weights to stress connec=ve =ssue and s=mulate bones for improved bone density.

5 10. Sleep - has become almost a sin in today's culture. Sleep is when our bodies recover, restore and reset. Do not cut into sleep.

How many of you are currently concerned about developing heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc.?

How many of you are currently concerned about developing heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc.? Why should we care? What you eat and do now will have a major impact on your future! TOO MANY AMERICANS