Goodbye diabetes - Hello raw food!

Hey everyone,

For this post I will let the attached video clip do most of the talking:

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Let me begin by stating that I have explored different types of eating regimes (omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, raw vegan, thrive diet) and I am currently eating meat.  I will get into diet in later posts but essentially my current focus is on eliminating all forms of processed food from my diet.

If you have type II diabetes, I strongly recommend that you consider a raw food diet.

I obtained the following information on the cost of diabetes from the Canadian Diabetes Association.

• Approximately 80% of people with diabetes will die as a result of heart disease or stroke.
• Diabetes is a contributing factor in the deaths of approximately 41,500 Canadians each year.
• Canadian adults with diabetes are twice as likely to die prematurely, compared to people without diabetes.
• Life expectancy for people with type 1 diabetes may be shortened by as much as 15 years. Life expectancy for people with type 2 diabetes may be shortened by 5 to 10 years.
• People with diabetes incur medical costs that are two to three times higher than those without diabetes. A person with diabetes can face direct costs for medication and supplies ranging from $1,000 to $15,000 a year.
• By 2020, it’s estimated that diabetes will cost the Canadian healthcare system $16.9 billion a year.

I would like to remind people that type 1 diabetes is not preventable.  People with type 1 diabetes were born unable to produce insulin.  However, people with type 2 diabetes became resistant to insulin over time.  Insulin is a hormone that allows your cells to pull in sugar from your blood stream.

If you suffer from type 2 diabetes, I would recommend beginning by simply incorporating more fresh fruit and vegetables into your diet.

If you want to go all out and only eat a raw diet I highly recommend reading the novel: Thrive by Brendan Brazier.  The novel contains plenty of delicious recipes.  The downfall is that many of the meals need to be prepared from scratch, so be prepared to spend some time in the kitchen.  But given the consequences of this devastating disease, I believe the extra effort will pay off big time.

Free yourself!