Diabetes Busters Journal
This is the blog of our Diabetes Busters group. These are people who have begun or completed The 30-Day Diabetes Cure program.
Day 30: Larry Helveston
What can I say? I made it to the finish line! But in reality, I’m just beginning on a journey that will last me the rest of my life. It truly feels wonderful (continued…)
Day 29: Larry Helveston
Eliminating boredom. Don’t have time to be bored! With all this new cooking and going to the gym, who’s got time? I am busy though with this new mountain of information that I (continued…)
Day 28: Larry Helveston
Nutritional supplementation. Have been doing this all my life. With me being a chiropractic doctor and my wife a doctor of naturopathy we have a good grasp on supplements. I agree with Dr. (continued…)
Day 27: Larry Helveston
Green drink day. Well, I’ve already been doing this ever since my surgery. I knew the benefits of green drinks long ago, but chose not to drink it or got out of the (continued…)
Day 26: Larry Helveston
MORE EXERCISE? Who does this guy think he is, Jack LaLanne? Just kidding folks. It’s uncanny that I have already been doing what day 26 talks about each week I’m adding different types (continued…)
Day 25: Larry Helveston
Have been practicing a chemical free and toxin free environment at home for a long time. My wife is very sensitive to many chemicals and has had chemical pneumonia several times. We have (continued…)
Day 24: Larry Helveston
Getting and having support. Fortunately, I have a tremendous amount of support right here at home. My being a naturopath is all for eating all natural and healthy. We cook together and are (continued…)
Day 23: Larry Helveston
Self sabotage. Boy is this one a very real threat to your very existence! I remember a time before and right after my heart surgery I was the life of the party– my (continued…)
Day 22: Larry Helveston
Taking the plunge and going out to eat. Haven’t been there and done that yet, but I will seek out places that have the types of foods that I can have, and I (continued…)
Day 21: Larry Helveston
Being aware of my eating habits does make me quite conscious of what I am putting in my body and how much. Back when I was a sugarholic it seems I could never get enough (continued…)
Day 20: Larry Helveston
More exercise? Are you kidding?! Only joking! Yes, exercise is so essential. I’ve been doing exercise ever since my open heart surgery. Believe me, I would have never recovered without it! I’m not (continued…)
Day 19: Larry Helveston
Sleep. There was a time when I was very sick with my heart and diabetes, not knowing I had either of those problems, that I just would not sleep at all each night. (continued…)
Day 18: Larry Helveston
Yoga day. No, not the bear! Besides, his name is spelled yogi. I like doing this very much! I spend about 30 minutes every evening practicing yoga and it really does make a (continued…)
Day 17: Larry Helveston
Depression, a very serious condition that can wreak havoc in your life. Soul bearing time again: Yes, there was a time that I went through depression and it did greatly affect my life. (continued…)
Day 16: Larry Helveston
Very easy day for me. I’ve been using supplements all my life because my father was a chiropractor. Also I learned a tremendous amount from him in the field of nutrition. My wife (continued…)
Day 15: Larry Helveston
This one is very serious folks, it hits home for me. Back when I was very sick and I couldn’t practice anymore and the bills were piling up. There is nothing like financial (continued…)
Day 14: Larry Helveston
Oh boy, I’m from the south and we do love to eat them thar beans! I just never thought about eating them three times a day. But hey! They are great for breakfast– (continued…)
Day 13: Larry Helveston
This day was very easy for me. I have already been doing exercise at cardio rehabilitation since my surgery back in May of 2011. It’s made the difference in my recovery, no doubt. (continued…)
Day 12: Larry Helveston
This was a good day for me! Adding some bread and fruit back into my diet made my day. I now put a little fruit in my yogurt snack and we eat whole (continued…)
Day 11: Larry Helveston
This one wasn’t hard for me for I knew about bad fats. Now I say that about when we cook at home, but in my very recent past ( keep in mind I’m (continued…)
Day 10: Larry Helveston
My favorite day so far! I’m telling you, this diet is fantastic! Each day I’m feeling better and better! By the way, I’m off all meds. This was not done cold turkey or (continued…)
Day 9: Larry Helveston
I’ve always enjoyed good protein: Lean cuts of meat, organic chicken, and ocean fish. I used to not like salmon at all, but for some reason, I love it now! Ain’t that weird? (continued…)
Day 8: Larry Helveston
Snacks–yahoo, yay, Oh happy day! This is the day I’ve been waiting for! Snacks are great–especially if you choose those that are healthy and nutritious. My snacks consist of plain yogurt with some (continued…)
Day 7: Larry Helveston
Don’t do fast food lunches. I used to eat all the quick stuff, but look what happened! Do you really want that insulin shot after the Wopper or Big mac? Not me, I (continued…)
Day 6: Larry Helveston
Good breakfast– the most important meal of the day. I’m having fun trying different things. Boy, have my tastes changed! Love the omelets we are making. It’s neat how you can just add (continued…)
Day 5: Larry Helveston
Ooh, this is the hard one! I do like biscuits and gravy! But you know all I have to do is think back to how much pain I was in and what I (continued…)
Day 4: Larry Helveston
Kind of a repeat of yesterday, but now you need to drink healing beverages. My choice is good water, some coffee, green tea and one that I tried from the book-pomegranate juice with (continued…)
Day 3: Larry Helveston
Ah, eliminate soda’s and sugary drinks? No problem. I used to have an occasional diet root beer but it’s been so long I forgot what they taste like. I’ve cut my coffee way (continued…)
Day 2: Larry Helveston
Add cinnamon to my daily life. How cool is this? I’m putting cinnamon in everything–I just love it! Great in Gunpowder green tea from china. What more can I say, when is this (continued…)
Day 1: Larry Helveston
My name is Larry Helveston and I’m a retired chiropractic physician. My story began three years ago when I started becoming very sick and was forced to retire due to medical reasons which (continued…)
Paula and Frank Update
I had to let everyone know that Franks blood sugar was 80 this morning. OH MY WORD! He has not taken Metformin for a while now. In fact, he hasn’t had lisinopril, synthroid (continued…)
Day 30: Paula and Frank
First day. Doesn’t matter. WE DID IT! Last weigh-in results; Me:140, Frank:170. That is 30 pounds for me and 35 pounds for Frank. Frank’s glucose is between 92 and 95 everyday. He is (continued…)
Day 29: Paula and Frank
Just read day twenty nine. Very thought provoking. I am so excited to explore new things and I feel so alive! Thanks guys! I keep telling anyone who will listen that this is (continued…)
Day 28: Paula and Frank
We forgot to do blood sugar this morning but remembered to weigh. I am at 142.8. Wahoo! Frank is at 172. We had the steel rolled oats for breakfast with flax seed, cinnamon, (continued…)
Day 27: Paula and Frank
I told you that Frank’s sister bought the book and her husband was telling me about barley green on Thanksgiving. So we will definitely add that to our regimen. Today is housework catch-up (continued…)
Day 26: Paula and Frank
Omelets for breakfast and then shopping. (I don’t do the black Friday thing) We were both hungry by noon but waited until we got home around 2 to eat lunch. We shouldn’t have (continued…)
Day 25: Paula and Frank
I left the first ham at Frank’s Aunt’s house and gave the rest of the second one and the green bean casserole to my niece. We kept the pumpkin pie and it only (continued…)
Day 24: Paula and Frank
Thanksgiving day. Wow. I cooked two spiral hams, two batches of green bean casserole and two pumpkin pies and one chocolate pie. I had prepared all the veggies for a salad the day (continued…)
Day 23: Paula and Frank
My sister and her boyfriend drove from Wisconsin to surprise my mom and my niece for Thanksgiving. We took advantage and went to the Mexican restaurant my niece works at for her part (continued…)
Day 22: Paula and Frank
Made it to restaurant day. We can’t think of one to go to so we will wait until the opportunity arises with family or friends over the holidays. Concentrating on the Thanksgiving holiday (continued…)
Day 21: Paula and Frank
I fixed a big pot of old fashioned oatmeal last night. We both had oatmeal for breakfast. We added flax seed, cinnamon, crushed almonds, fresh blueberries and blackberries and a dollop of unsalted organic (continued…)
Day 20: Paula and Frank
Frank’s doctor had him wear a pedometer for a workday about five months ago. He had over 15,000 steps that day. It was a normal workday for him. So, I guess, I need (continued…)
Day 19: Paula and Frank
I have never had a problem sleeping. Frank, on the other hand, always has. He is sleeping much better now. I can see that the L-Tryptophan along with everything else we are doing (continued…)
Day 18: Paula and Frank
We have never done Yoga, but I did order a DVD called the “Stretchmatic Strength System” from Naturecast Products. Can’t wait to get it and add to my walking. Walking is the best (continued…)
Day 17: Paula and Frank
The “quickie burrito” is even better heated the next day! Thanks for that Jim. Having “15 bean soup” tonight. I did some reading about eating enough good stuff to keep my metabolism up, (continued…)
Day 16: Paula and Frank
Glucose was 124, Frank’s was a wonderful 92! I told him if he can keep that when our doctor says he can stop Metformin, we have it licked! Not sure what I could be (continued…)
Day 15: Paula and Frank
We had oatmeal with crushed almonds, raisins, cinnamon and a little 1% milk for breakfast. It was a nice change up and very good. Feeling fantastic today. Just tested my glucose and it was (continued…)
Day 14: Paula and Frank
Sailed through the day. Keeping chopped veggies and boiled eggs handy, we found, is definitely our answer. We were both busy at work all day. We also added a can of white beans (continued…)
Day 13: Paula and Frank
Repeat yesterday. We went to the store to replace salad stuff and got fresh organic broccoli, celery, bell pepper and onion. A little pricey, but well worth it knowing what we know now. (continued…)
Day 12: Paula and Frank
We have a room at a local flea market which we participate in each Saturday and Sunday. This weekend, we took salads and boiled eggs. We couldn’t finish it all even though we (continued…)
Day 11: Paula and Frank
We took the plunge and cleaned out the pantry and the refrigerator. There is now nothing in the house that we cannot enjoy! We hope this will make it even more convenient for (continued…)
Day 10: Paula and Frank
Wow, last day of phase one and we very easily made it! Tonight we’re having broiled cod and salad with romaine, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots and crushed dry roasted almonds. Frank has a lab (continued…)
Day 9: Paula and Frank
In our omelets this morning we included sautéed bell pepper, onion, mushroom and added artisan cheese. Yummy! The rest of the day we had veggies and left over quinoa paired with almonds and (continued…)
Day 8: Paula and Frank
Omelets for breakfast again, leftover salmon for lunch with a salad. For supper we had quinoa with spinach, brussel sprouts, broccoli, chicken, and cheese in a casserole. Oh my word, that was good!
Day 7: Paula and Frank
We had omelets for breakfast, leftover beans for lunch, and Wild Alaskan Salmon for supper. We also weighed ourselves. From 4 months ago he is down from 204 to 178. I am down (continued…)
Day 6: Paula and Frank
Went to the local Basic Foods store (organic, health foods, etc.) I found quinoa and several other things including cage-free eggs. We had omelets for supper and I must say we did not even miss (continued…)
Day 5: Paula and Frank
Fixed a big pot of 15-bean soup. Only added sautéed garlic, bell pepper and onion (and left over boiled chicken from the night before). Yummy for sure!
Day 4: Paula and Frank
We added boneless skinless chicken breast to our evening meal and we could not believe how fast we got full. Of course, drinking water before the meals helps too.
Day 3: Paula and Frank
Today was much easier on us both. We both love vegetables and salad so that helps. I got rid of the oil I had and bought Extra Virgin Olive Oil. I still need (continued…)
Day 2: Paula and Frank
We read a couple of days further and realized the program is a lifestyle change and we were not doing it right. So we ate more of the good stuff and we were (continued…)
Day 1: Paula and Frank
We jumped into this feet first and had only read up to Day One. We thought we would get a meal plan and stuff like that. So the first day we had boiled (continued…)
Day 14: Michael
Okay, Day 14: Add beans. No problem…for me! I like beans, but they don’t like me—the combination of which my family does not like at all. But after reading the chapter, I was (continued…)
Day 12: Michael
I love bread and I’ve always eaten whole wheat but didn’t really understand what the difference was between whole wheat and whole grain. Luckily, I really enjoyed dense, hard breads with nuts and (continued…)
Day 13: Michael
As I wrote in Day 12, I had already started exercising so there wasn’t much for me to change—another easy day! It was interesting to learn how a little exercise yields great results. (continued…)
Day 15: Susannah
It was a beautiful sunny day, and I kept busy, kept moving. I remembered to take the minced pork out of the freezer by mid-afternoon, but reckoned on it being defrosted in time for dinner. (continued…)
Day 14: Susannah
Tricky day: A while back, I promised to take the family out for lunch as promised. The children wanted McDonalds but they heard a resounding “No! NO! NO!” Headed for the pub again where I knew I could (continued…)
Day 13: Susannah
WHOO HOO, 8.5 this morning. GREAT! It needs to be lower though, so I need to work out how to get it down between 4 and 7 in the morning. Patience needed here, (continued…)
Day 12: Susannah
Well, this morning I’m disappointed. My sugar has gone up to 10.9. That’s not good news. It must have been the curry, possibly the tomatoes. Right, let’s get on with the day and (continued…)
Day 11: Michael
Day 11 (or Day 1 of phase 2): Eliminate Bad Fats and Oils As I commented earlier, my cravings for sweets and processed foods,pastries and anything but whole grain breads (which I still (continued…)
Day 11: Susannah
One more day and then I can start to reintroduce fruit and whole grains into my diet. I’m nervous! Actually, very nervous. I once joined a slimming club and was very successful, but (continued…)
Day 10: Susannah
My jeans need a belt and they are new ones too! Weigh in this morning, 6lbs gone. Amazing. I enjoyed my yogurt this morning, the walnuts have failed to annoy me by creating (continued…)
Day 10: Michael
Day 10: Healing Veggies I’ve always liked veggies but they weren’t my “go to” favorites. In this chapter I learned exactly how and why vegetables were the key to health. So naturally packed (continued…)
Day 9: Susannah
I am going Mexican this morning. Change from the yogurt routine. I wonder what refried beans would taste like with cinnamon on them…..mmmm, think I shall pass on that and save it for (continued…)
Day 9: Michael
Day 9: Eliminate Junky Protein As I progressed through this program I was amused by the up and down emotional ride I went through. One day I’d add something different, but good to (continued…)
Day 8: Michael
Day 8: Adding Healthy Snacks Here’s a chapter I can sink my teeth in! I’m all about snacks and there were few that I ran into that I didn’t like. The problem is, (continued…)
Day 8: Susannah
OK, I’m beginning to fantasize about a juicy fillet, grass fed bit of steak. PARDON? I don’t eat red meat. I haven’t eaten red meat for roughly twenty five years………so what’s brought this (continued…)
Day 7: Michael
Day 7: Eliminate Fast-Food Lunches Finally, a day that I was already 100% compliant with! I have never been one for fast foods, and almost never ate fast food for lunch. I knew (continued…)
Day 7: Susannah
Well, I’ve covered a whole week, I feel great, I’m not flailing about lacking energy, starving hungry, window shopping along the high street at bakery stores, starting to think about eating popcorn, drinking hot (continued…)
Day 6: Michael
Day 6: Diabetes-Healing Breakfasts Good morning Day 6! The first 5 days went by without a hitch. I feel a lot sharper mentally and my desire for sweets has diminished considerably. I (continued…)
Day 6: Susannah
OH NO! It’s SUNDAY. That means SUNDAY LUNCH……..parsnips, Yorkshire pudding, roast potato(es), stuffing…………..HELP. And here was my solution: Simple, I don’t need to cook lunch! Everyone gets to have what they want but they (continued…)
Day 5: Michael
Day 5: Eliminate all Fast Carbs Now wait a minute! My life was built around fast carbs. Being Italian I grew up on fast carbs (white/Italian bread, pasta, pastries, and sweets)! How could (continued…)
Day 5: Susannah
Today was going to be tricky, and so I needed to plan for it well in advance. I was meeting up with my two sisters in London to visit the Summer Exhibition at (continued…)
Day 4: Susannah
Today I was tired. I didn’t sleep well because I was hungry in the night, determined not to slip and anyway, there wasn’t anything in the house that would give that instant sugar/carb (continued…)
Michael: Day 4
Day 4: Add Healthy Drinks Another easy day for me. I already drank a lot of water and had changed over to black coffee. I liked tea although I didn’t drink enough of (continued…)
Michael: Day 3
Day 3. Eliminate Sugary Drinks Great news! I don’t drink sugary drinks. Bad news is I drink diet soda and diet teas which are loaded with artificial sweeteners. So I decided to drink (continued…)
Day 3: Susannah
OK I admit it, I was awash. Veggies, more veggies, salad, water and green tea……I’d better stock up on the bathroom stationery! ; ) During my excited reading of the book I somehow (continued…)
Day 2: Susannah
I have to make a confession now. I didn’t wait for Day Two to incorporate cinnamon into my diet. I had it on my yogurt on Day One. Tasty, and with a few (continued…)
Michael: Day 2
Day 2. Add Cinnamon Now here was something I could do very easily. I love cinnamon….but now what do I put it on? Thankfully the chapter had some good ideas on how to (continued…)
Michael: Day 1
I am a 52 year old male, one of 8 children, father of 3 and husband to Sue for 31 years. Growing up, I was always active; playing baseball, hockey, football, riding my (continued…)
Day 1: Susannah
I am so excited about this book by Dr Stefan Ripich ND, CNP and Jim Healthy! I bought the book, read it and couldn’t wait to get started…….but (there’s always a but, isn’t (continued…)
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