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"Based on the research and information I have on August 06 the following makes sense to me," Harlan Jacobsen Copyright © 2006

In addition we have been keeping an alert eye open for everything that cuts body inflammation.

A recent study by the USDA shows 2 teaspoons a day of cinnamon lowers glucose plus Triglycerides, (blood fat) and cholesterol, but best of all helps cut inflammation.  The original main study (there have been several) used 3 1/3 teaspoons of cinnamon per day. It takes 40 days to accumulate and register the full effect.  More than one teaspoon a day that study said did not seem to not improve the results. 

Toxicity does not seem to be a problem though using water soluble version seems to be a requirement.

Best way to take both of these seems to be adding to a liquid drink.

Best inflammation fighter and all around helpful is flavonoids and anti oxidants.  We will be doing an article on these but keep in mind, Dark chocolate cocoa powder, especially processed is out doing even blue berries. 

See our articles (now extensive) on using dark chocolate cocoa.

Afternoons I do a cup of hot chocolate with two teaspoons, a half teaspoon of cinnamon and a couple shakes of cayenne pepper.

The adding in a pinch of cayenne pepper or other capsaicin such as Tabasco sauce, chilly peppers etc., livens it up. Montezuma used a mixture of hot spices and reserved it for royalty as a "drink of the Gods".

We have two books on the curative powers of capsaicin (active ingredient in cayenne pepper etc) and intend to articles on how you can use it to help your diabetes. For now just liven up your dark chocolate cocoa enough to "speed up" your metabolism with a little capsaicin.

Recent book says you should slow down your metabolism, but not doped out the reasoning on that one yet.

Be realistic about your expectations.

The San Diego study using a half grapefruit to lower blood sugar 20% eaten before meals makes a lot of sense to me, since I see grape fruit very high on the "alkaline" body affect chart.

A friend of mine wont eat citrus because it was acid and would add to his "acid reflux" digestion problem. pH factor actually has nothing to do with stomach acid but citrus including lemons, all wind up as being "alkaline" in affect on your body.

I do so many these helpful little "natural" things to lower my BG that if that added up thing worked I would have a minus 50% blood sugar.  

Pharmaceuticals usually have an affect in a day or two. Cinnamon, Dark Chocolate, Cloves, Capsaicin, etc… may take as long as forty days to show full affect. Do not bet the ball game on pleasing the BG meter – there is a lot of other factors just and as maybe even more important. One of these is blood pressure and another is triglycerides which is how much fat you have floating around in your blood steam.

Go to Wal-Mart or many drug stores have free blood pressure machines. Start checking and following your blood pressure progress. Dark Chocolate has very little caffeine, but I note it really wakes up my mental processes. It lists four other caffeine type components in dark chocolate but is not in other drinks for comparison. It really improves my thinking or problem solving abilities.

Whatever it is, it works and there have been dozens of "chocolate" studies, all arriving at the similar results. It works in affecting darn near everything you have been hoping to affect. You wont find anyone with a prescription drug that tops this.

Do you know that many prescription drugs were the company just figuring out what ingredient or component, (substance) was in a supplement etc that did a natural cure affect.

I received a stock promotion thing about a company that was a great stock buy because they were figuring out what was in cinnamon that helped diabetes and were going to market that substance and make big bucks.

Your doctor then would apparently prescribe it, your pharmacist would sell it to you and nobody would tell you that you can get the same thing in cinnamon for practically nothing.

You will soon hear them announce this "new" substance they have isolated, as a big new miracle drug

The inflammation fighting of all these should start to show results, not only in diabetes (Keep it from progressing by stopping increasing insulin resistance) but in arthritis, cardio vascular and maybe even Alzheimer's since we are starting to see some who now maybe advanced as "Type 3" diabetes. 

Some recent research shows Alzheimer patients with insulin related abnormalities long associated with advanced stages of diabetes.

To our knowledge these common substances such as apple cider vinegar have been around for centuries and have been used extensively without adverse side affects.

The ASU study used two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before meals, resulting in over a 20% percent in drop in BG. This is not easy to take and we recommend you make a salad dressing using apple cider vinegar and virgin olive oil.  There is no value to this vinegar program unless we can get you to use it regularly.

Next in the simpler to take is the study showing two handfuls of walnuts a day will lower BG up to 20%.

Almonds work as substitutes but DO NOT substitute peanuts or cashews.

A study out last week shows fiber cuts inflammation big time. The easy one that makes sense is adding Psyllium Husks Fiber to your routine before each meal.

The problem with a diabetes food processing is sugar is released from most foods faster in digestion than the body can handle it.

It requires only about a teaspoon mixed in glass of water before meals to lower blood sugar peaks by as much as 20%.

This also makes you "regular" and with your cave man, more vegetables diet this should no longer be one of your problems.

The big news is that this also cuts inflammation and I am really enthused about pushing something that lowers both blood sugar and inflammation.

Why do I and others write so much about getting off diabetes medication?

For example – I was on Metformin also known as Gloucophage. (banned in Canada, was banned in US for a year but reinstated) That was not quite cutting my BG – (blood glucose) enough. My doctor prescribed a combination Gloucophage (Metformin) and a sulfornglures that forces your pancreas to make "extra insulin".

Looking that combinations up, I found diabetic studies showing diabetic deaths went up 91% in those taking the combinations.

I went into Hypoglycemic Shock twice (too low a blood sugar level) (once at a movie) and immediately quit all medication as being more hazardous to my health than the disease. (what if that happened while I was driving)

My foot doctor had recommended a substance to help my foot neuropathy.

It was supposed to have helped with my neuropathy but I cured that during a period I was not taking it so it gets no credit.

It took 2 to 3 weeks of experimenting with supplements and some of these other steps I list here to get my BG below what it had been on medication.

I went off the medication by cutting the pills in half originally and then when I got below the levels obtained previously with full medication I went off completely.

Medicare saves a lot of money on not buying me medication, and I live longer (its working so far).

My daughter will put out a memorial issue of the Diabetes newspaper and my son will do a memorial page for me on the web site so you will know if all this stuff I am doing stops working.

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