Eek! My legs went all goosy when you said that about the table saw! I regularly uses machinery with big pointy things attached and have over the years had a few near misses myself. Only takes a split second.....
Been looking further into Amla and it's turning out to be something of a hidden gem for health in general and with diabetes in particular. I find it a little bitter so I need some tasty ways to get it into me, but definitely going to stick with it as most of what I am reading is positive and I am sure I can notice a difference in myself already. Still early days of course, but at worse there doesn't seem to be a down side. It has nutritional benefits, and it's hardly expensive. So a bit of a no-brainer?
On that website I also noticed a video about Flaxseed. Not as big an effect that the Amla is reported to have, but quantifiable all the same.
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseed-vs-diabetes/
What I am finding very curious is just how often herbals connected to diabetes also keep coming up when discussing NBE. At first I thought it was an interesting coincidence, but the hit rate seems to be way too high for just a coincidence. Wish I knew more about the chemistry involved (where are you Lotus? ;-) but there does seem to be an underlying link between hormones and diabetes and obesity.
Unfortunately with diabetes it seems the established wisdom is to point the finger and say you are too fat and then poke the pancreas with chemicals to modify insulin production. Rather than asking the question of why the pancreas stopped working properly in the first place?
Similar logic with the weight gain. "Fight the fat" they shout! Rather than deal with the actual reason the body's natural weight regulating systems went wrong? We all know of people who can eat ridiculous amount of food and not put on an ounce (gurrr!).
So I suppose business as usual then. Treat the symptom and not the cause?
The side effects and potential risks associated with diabetes meds scare the life out of me. Though I do accept there is a place for them and they can genuinely be a life saver in some circumstances. Thankfully I was diagnosed early and have managed to control it before becoming dependant on meds. But the more I am learning I now think it would be entirely possible to bolt together quite an effective NBE programme while managing diabetes. So providing an excellent (and genuine) cover story for those that need one, and look after our health too! Sounds like a bit of a win-win-win to me?
Been looking further into Amla and it's turning out to be something of a hidden gem for health in general and with diabetes in particular. I find it a little bitter so I need some tasty ways to get it into me, but definitely going to stick with it as most of what I am reading is positive and I am sure I can notice a difference in myself already. Still early days of course, but at worse there doesn't seem to be a down side. It has nutritional benefits, and it's hardly expensive. So a bit of a no-brainer?
On that website I also noticed a video about Flaxseed. Not as big an effect that the Amla is reported to have, but quantifiable all the same.
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseed-vs-diabetes/
What I am finding very curious is just how often herbals connected to diabetes also keep coming up when discussing NBE. At first I thought it was an interesting coincidence, but the hit rate seems to be way too high for just a coincidence. Wish I knew more about the chemistry involved (where are you Lotus? ;-) but there does seem to be an underlying link between hormones and diabetes and obesity.
Unfortunately with diabetes it seems the established wisdom is to point the finger and say you are too fat and then poke the pancreas with chemicals to modify insulin production. Rather than asking the question of why the pancreas stopped working properly in the first place?
Similar logic with the weight gain. "Fight the fat" they shout! Rather than deal with the actual reason the body's natural weight regulating systems went wrong? We all know of people who can eat ridiculous amount of food and not put on an ounce (gurrr!).
So I suppose business as usual then. Treat the symptom and not the cause?
The side effects and potential risks associated with diabetes meds scare the life out of me. Though I do accept there is a place for them and they can genuinely be a life saver in some circumstances. Thankfully I was diagnosed early and have managed to control it before becoming dependant on meds. But the more I am learning I now think it would be entirely possible to bolt together quite an effective NBE programme while managing diabetes. So providing an excellent (and genuine) cover story for those that need one, and look after our health too! Sounds like a bit of a win-win-win to me?