before you fill that script
GladdMD On Thursday, January 12, 2012 
Did you know that in a 5 year study, people who had their diabetes more aggressively managed with medication had a greater mortality?
Wow. Yet all the system knows to do is to keep writing scripts and increasing doses. Sure your A1C is down, but so is your life expectancy.
Time to get off the meds. You gotta give your doc a reason to do this. Start here:
1. Eliminate grains. All of them, for now. Eat vegetables, nuts, beans, eggs, non-breaded meat and fish from good sources without counting calories or worrying about amounts. Remember that anything from this list is better than a processed grain that spikes your blood sugar. Fruit in moderation.
2. Start with simple exercise that works muscles. Something like this workout.
3. Get a vitamin D level checked and start taking fish oil. I like 1 tbsp of Carlson's Lemon Oil
4. Rinse and repeat
Reader Comments (1)
I have been struggling with glucose levels up and down. I have been off gluten, dairy, corn, peanuts and meat. After reading Dr.'s blog on diabetes I am going to cut out fruit, since my glucose spikes no matter what whole fruit I eat. I use to be on meds for diabetes but fot off them a year ago. With the changes made there is no inflammation in my body. i am not looking at the numbers, but looking at how I am feeling both physically, emotionally. Doing 95% better. Thanks for the help.