Mary figured out how to reverse diabetes . . . on her own

Mary shared her story of how she learned–on her own, at first–that foods that raise blood sugar, such as grains, cause you to “need” diabetes drugs. Not eating foods that raise blood sugar causes you to not need diabetes drugs. “I started going grain-free in December, 2014 as a last-ditch effort to get a handle on my diabetes. “My extreme reaction to metformin–stomach problems from diarrhea to esophageal spasms–made me give it up for good early last year. My blood sugars were out of control, but my doctor did not want to start me on insulin. My blood sugar numbers were regularly around 200 mg/dl and once in a while to nearly 400. I was then put on a medicine that is proven to cause bladder cancer and I just couldn’t force myself to risk it, as my father died from bladder cancer. Then I tried an injection, Byetta, that made me so sick I actually lost weight from not feeling well enough to eat. The warnings of side effects of pancreatitis and death were enough to make me stop after the 2nd month. “So I became a really good blood sugar checker, testing after everything I ate to see what would make it spike. I quickly discovered it was things like bread, oatmeal, corn on the cob, and rice. So I decided to just not eat them and noted a good dip in my blood sugar numbers. A week later, while channel surfing, I saw Dr. Davis on our local PBS TV station talking about ‘Wheat Belly.” So I got the book and read t...
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