Cream Cheese Danish

“Maria, Kathy and I have to let you know what the time with you has done for us. As you know I am a type 1 diabetic and am always looking to improve my eating habits. And like most Americans, we are also trying to fight the onslaught of cheap easy food and what it does to us. My goal as a type 1 diabetic was to reduce my insulin intake and to stop taking drugs that doctors feel are necessary for diabetics take just because we are diabetics. In my search for better meals and healthier eating a friend of mine recommended you.

From our very first session I learned, I was close. But, the little changes I made were a world of difference. And as continue making changes that are in line with your teaching I continue to heal my body. For example, before we changed our food combinations I was taking up to 40 units of insulin a day. The changes started lowering the amount of my daily use of insulin on the very first day. I am now down to using between 15 and 20 units a day. That means my body is storing less fat and I am beginning to fuel my body with protein instead of carbs. What is more impressive is that I have never been under 20 units of insulin a day in five years as a diabetic. I thought the first day was a fluke. But, it is now the norm. And most important I am eating as much if not a little more food each day. I am not starving at all. My wife is not as strict as I am. However, she is making the changes I am making everyday. She is also losing weight and getting closer to her natural body weight. There is little to no effort to make the changes.

The only things that are hard for her to give up totally are wheat bread and a little Diet, Dr. Pepper, a week. However, she is taking steps every day to change her life over and plans to be completely changed in the next few weeks.

Thank you, Maria, for helping us get on the right path to better health. Marc”

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COLITIS AND CROHN’S

When you do an internet search for Colitis or Crohn’s, you most likely will find the “White Diet” plan. In this plan, you are not supposed to eat whole grain bread…. eat white bread. No brown rice…. only white rice.

The WHITE DIET consists of Rice, Egg Whites, White meat of chicken, White bread, White kind of cheese, White beans, Non-fat milk. They advise following this diet for only three days.

Let me explain why this is not the way to go…Colitis is a disease that causes inflammation in the intestines and other areas of the body. The overactive immune system of the colitis patient and daily bouts of diarrhea coupled with blood loss during an active flare-up drain the body of major nutritional needs, such as iron and vitamin B-12. ALL OF this is linked to gluten allergies. Gluten in the gut causes an autoimmune response; increasing inflammation, pain, malabsorption of vitamin b-12 and iron. The intestines look like a “shag carpet” (the villi should be long and wavy)…as you consume gluten, vegetable oils, and genetically modified foods, your “carpet” gets cut. You digest foods with your “carpet.” As your carpet gets shorter and shorter, you start to have absorption issues, gas, pain, diarrhea, and other serious issues. You need to HEAL the carpet with low starch, anti-inflammatory diet, along with l-glutamine and other supplements that help your “carpet” to grow.

NOTE: you digest dairy at the end of the carpet, so a gluten allergy and dairy sensitivity usually go hand in hand, but if you grow your carpet back, you usually can start to consume quality dairy (not skim milk!) again after you heal. Healing time will depend on how strict you are with your diet and supplement regime.

People suffering from this disease are also very depleted in good gut bacteria because diarrhea causes you to lose the bifido and acidophilous in your intestines…which makes flare-ups happen more often because we need probiotics for proper digestion of our food.

If Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are caught before serious damage has been done, both conditions can be treated simply by restricting carbohydrates. This chart clearly shows that when carbohydrates are limited, both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis respond very quickly. Carbohydrates, sugar and vegetable oils are extremely inflammatory and terrible for our intestinal health. Could the increase in carbohydrates and sugar be the cause of all these problems??? In 1840 the average person consumed 2 tsp of sugar a day and in 2009 a typical person consumed over 63 tsp every day!!!

The main things to avoid is gluten and Long Chained Triglycerides. Long-chain triglyceride impairs the healing time in active Crohn’s disease. These fatty acids are substrates for inflammatory eicosanoid production. Polyunsaturated oils: Red meat has long been wrongly blamed for IBS. A study published in December 2009 shows that linoleic acid harms the gut but news reports and health websites mislead by blaming ‘red meat’ — which contains the least linoleic acid. It’s the polyunsaturated fats and oils, derived from seeds such as sunflower, safflower, soy, and corn, which are the major dietary sources of linoleic acid; they are the most harmful oils for those with intestinal problems because they increase inflammation.

When it is absorbed in the intestinal lining, linoleic acid is transformed into arachidonic acid, which is a component of the cell membranes in the bowel. Arachidonic acid can then be converted into various inflammatory chemicals. High levels of these chemicals have been found in the intestinal tissue of people suffering from intestinal disorders.Long chained triglycerides come from VEGETABLE OILS…this means anything that is pre-packaged; salad dressings, roasted nuts, “baked” chips, popcorn, crackers, cereal…you name it! We have been wrongly pushed to replace healthy saturated fats like coconut oil with harmful fats such as canola!

HOWEVER, coconut oil is a medium-chained fatty acid. MCFA are broken down almost immediately by enzymes in the saliva and gastric juices so that pancreatic fat-digesting enzymes are not even essential. Therefore, there is less strain on the pancreas and digestive system. This has important implications for patients who suffer from digestive and metabolic problems. Since it is easily absorbed in the digestive tract it also helps other essential healing nutrients become absorbed as well. Ulcerative colitis often begins with a virus or a bacterial infection and that the body’s immune system malfunctions and stays active after the infection has cleared. Coconut has antimicrobial properties that affect intestinal health by killing troublesome microorganisms that may cause chronic inflammation. Coconut oil resembles breast milk more than any other food…breast milk helps keep babies healthy!

People with the highest intake of omega 3 fatty acid also known as docosahexaenoic acid reduced the complications of Crohn’s and colitis by 77%. Omega 3 fatty acid is found in oily fish such as salmon and sardines.

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