Complementary medicine and diabetes type 2

Quoted message said:

Dear all, First happy new year to everybody. I'd like to know if acupuncture could help me to
reduce the amount of medication I am taking. And if it could help my body to heal from this
disease. Thanks and regards,
f.

I am told that Acupuncture may be helpful for the pain from peripheral neuropathy. Also, I hear that
it may help with the frequency and urgency of night-time urination.

If you are taking pain meds or meds for bladder control, Acupuncture _might_ make you comfortable
enough to reduce your medication.

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Subject: Complementary medicine and diabetes type 2
From: [email hidden] (Bewley)
Date: 1/6/2004 5:44 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Quoted message said:

I'd like to know if acupuncture could help me to reduce the amount of medication I am taking.
And if it

no

Quoted message said:

could help my body to heal from this disease.

no

however....losing weight..eating right..and exercising can help significantly...

hawki

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Quoted message said:

Dear all, First happy new year to everybody. I'd like to know if acupuncture could help me to
reduce the amount of medication I am taking. And if it could help my body to heal from this
disease.

Stress reduction can improve glucose control somewhat, so to the extent that accupuncture can reduce
stress, it might help modestly. Don't expect miracles, though, and don't use it as a substitute for
other forms of stress reduction like exercise, which will make a lot bigger difference (regardless
of whether or not it leads to weight loss).

(Bewley) said:

Dear all, First happy new year to everybody. I'd like to know if acupuncture could help me to
reduce the amount of medication I am taking. \

No. It's a lifestyle disease, and your lifestyle has to change.

The most effective treatment for type 2 Diabetes is a proper diet, regular moderate exercise, and
losing some weight.

Tsu Dho Nimh

--
When businesses invoke the "protection of consumers," it's a lot like politicians invoking morality
and children - grab your wallet and/or your kid and run for your life.

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Hawki63 said:

Quoted message said:

Subject: Complementary medicine and diabetes type 2 From: [email hidden] (Bewley)
Date: 1/6/2004 5:44 AM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: <77979c85.0401060544.3f9cd1db

Quoted message said:

I'd like to know if acupuncture could help me to reduce the amount of medication I am taking.
And if it

no

Quoted message said:

could help my body to heal from this disease.

no

however....losing weight..eating right..and exercising can help significantly...

And eating right may include adding cinnamon to the diet. This one's been all over the news
lately, but I haven't seen any of our "natural healing" lads and lasses bragging about how they
knew it all along...

-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always
correct. "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my
shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)

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Subject: Re: Complementary medicine and diabetes type 2
From: Tsu Dho Nimh [email hidden]
Date: 1/6/04 5:05 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <[email hidden]>

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No. It's a lifestyle disease, and your lifestyle has to change.

The most effective treatment for type 2 Diabetes is a proper diet, regular moderate exercise, and
losing some weight.

Probably the most honest and accurate statement I have seen from you. Bravo!

Now, just what is a "proper" or "correct" dietary that has been shown to produce the
desired results?

DrC PhD.

Does this mean Diabetes can be reversed? The reason I ask is because my friends father has had it
for 30 years. Anth

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Quoted message said:

(Bewley) said:

Dear all, First happy new year to everybody. I'd like to know if acupuncture could help me to
reduce the amount of medication I am taking. \

No. It's a lifestyle disease, and your lifestyle has to change.

The most effective treatment for type 2 Diabetes is a proper diet, regular moderate exercise, and
losing some weight.

Tsu Dho Nimh

--
When businesses invoke the "protection of consumers," it's a lot like politicians invoking
morality and children - grab your wallet and/or your kid and run for your life.

Quoted message said:

(Bewley) said:

Dear all, First happy new year to everybody. I'd like to know if acupuncture could help me to
reduce the amount of medication I am taking. \

No. It's a lifestyle disease, and your lifestyle has to change.

Once again, Acupuncture MAY reduce the amount of medication, but not the diabettes meds. Acupuncture
MAY reduce the pain of peripheral neuropathy, reduce nighttime urination, and help the person sleep
more soundly.

Quoted message said:

The most effective treatment for type 2 Diabetes is a proper diet, regular moderate exercise, and
losing some weight.

Yes.

Quoted message said:

Tsu Dho Nimh

(DRCEEPHD) said:

Quoted message said:

Subject: Re: Complementary medicine and diabetes type 2 From: Tsu Dho Nimh
[email hidden] Date: 1/6/04 5:05 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id:
<[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

No. It's a lifestyle disease, and your lifestyle has to change.

The most effective treatment for type 2 Diabetes is a proper diet, regular moderate exercise, and
losing some weight.

Probably the most honest and accurate statement I have seen from you. Bravo!

Now, just what is a "proper" or "correct" dietary that has been shown to produce the
desired results?

moderate protein, fairly low fats, heavy on the fresh fruits and vegetables and lightly processed
grains (oatmeal instead of Choco-Crunchies, foir example).

Minimizing processed foods - eating more things that are close to their natural form - is one way to
do this. Apples instead of apple pie.

Tsu Dho Nimh

--
When businesses invoke the "protection of consumers," it's a lot like politicians invoking morality
and children - grab your wallet and/or your kid and run for your life.

Anth said:

Does this mean Diabetes can be reversed?

Type 2 Diabetes can apparently be minimized, delayed or even reversed i the corrections to the
lifestyle are promptly applied.

Quoted message said:

The reason I ask is because my friends father has had it for 30 years.

It might help, but 30 years is a long time.

Tsu Dho Nimh

--
When businesses invoke the "protection of consumers," it's a lot like politicians invoking morality
and children - grab your wallet and/or your kid and run for your life.

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DRCEEPHD said:

Quoted message said:

Subject: Re: Complementary medicine and diabetes type 2 From: Tsu Dho Nimh
[email hidden] Date: 1/7/04 8:47 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id:
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Probably the most honest and accurate statement I have seen from you.

Bravo!

Quoted message said:

Now, just what is a "proper" or "correct" dietary that has been shown to produce the desired
results?

Quoted message said:

moderate protein, fairly low fats, heavy on the fresh fruits and vegetables and lightly processed
grains (oatmeal instead of Choco-Crunchies, foir example).

Minimizing processed foods - eating more things that are close to their natural form - is one way
to do this. Apples instead of apple pie.

Tsu Dho Nimh

Way to go TDN. I thank you very much.

I would offer the person interested in improving their health the additional recommendations of:
Learn how to avoid indigestion. Learn how to acidify the colon. Learn more about the body's
acid/alkaline balance.

Learn more about how your body goes to great lengths to ensure that its acid/alkaline balance stays
within very tight limits (and how you would die in short order if it did not).

-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always
correct. "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my
shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)