Diane Kress' Metabolism Miracle

A Different Perspective on Carbs in Preventing and Controlling Type 2 Diabetes on diabetescare,net

dianekress — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:33:21 +0000

Publication Date: 1/27/2012

Diane Kress, RD CDE has authored a new book, The Diabetes Miracle, which takes aim at the national standard for daily carbohydrates and discusses how regulating carbs in terms of quantity, quality, and timing may be the answer to preventing and controlling the disease as well as aiding in permanent weight control.

By: John Parkinson, Clinical Content Coordinator, DiabetesCare.net

Diane Kress (pictured, left) was sitting at her desk one day thinking she was extremely thirsty. She realized she had been thirsty quite a bit of late and she was going to the bathroom more frequently. At that moment, she realized she was having the two telltale signs of the disease she had been helping her clients fight for years. She took out a blood glucose monitor and tested herself: her number was 200. She couldn’t believe it. She washed her hands and retook the test with the same results.

That week, Kress confirmed the news with her physician that she had type 2 diabetes. Kress was 38 years old.

She felt shock and disbelief. She had practiced what she preached during her years as a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator. But even with regular exercise, and following a 1,200 calorie diet using the American Diabetes Association (ADA) daily recommendations (50-55% carbohydrates, 20% proteins, and 30% fats), she had to admit that she had not lost appreciable weight or reduced her cholesterol, and blood pressure. And now, the ADA’s recommendations didn’t even protect her from type 2 diabetes.

Instead of unquestionably accepting the diagnosis, she began to research the forward progression of metabolic syndrome to prediabetes to type 2 diabetes. What she found was that the modern diet espoused by the USDA’s food pyramid as well as the ADA’s carb recommendation could send many people, including herself, down the road to a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

In a larger context, both the medical community and people with diabetes have been engaged in an ongoing, lively debate for years about the daily total allowance for carbs. There are those who still practice the ADA’s recommendations, and there are others who advocate for lower percentages of carbs in varying amounts. In her search for answers, and based on her years of research and development, Kress developed several new theories.

For starters, she believes the ADA’s daily carb recommendation is too high. She maintains that adding large amounts of carbs to a body with escalating hormonal imbalance is akin to putting kindling on a fire. Kress believes that the metabolic makeup of a person with type 2 diabetes cannot routinely handle high glycemic index carbs; hence, her program promotes low/medium glycemic choices that allow for a gradual rise in blood sugar. She also contends that the timing of carb ingestion is of paramount concern for those with insulin issues. And there must be a period of rest and rehabilitation for the overtaxed pancreas and liver before the body can reasonably handle carbohydrates again.

Kress reworked the diet protocol and developed her own program to rest, reprogram, and rejuvenate the metabolism of those with insulin imbalance. She offered a choice of learning this new program or the traditional program to her patients. After teaching and tracking over 3,000 patients, she wrote her first book, The Metabolism Miracle. Realizing she had struck a chord in weight management, but simultaneously witnessing the exploding prevalence of type 2 diabetes in U.S., she decided to turn her attention to the burgeoning epidemic, and has written a new book, The Diabetes Miracle (pictured, lower right).

This new book is written for those who have prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, and contains a three step program that begins with readers following a low carb program for 8 weeks to rest the overworked pancreas and liver. In Step 2, carbs are reintroduced based on glycemic index and glycemic load. After the desired weight goal is reached, blood sugar is in the healthy range with little to no medication, and the person likes the way he or she looks and feels, people move to Step 3: the maintenance or lifetime step.

In step 3, the daily carb allotment is based on the reader’s age, height, and desired weight. This last step promotes a truly “balanced” intake of about 30-35% of carbs, lean protein, heart healthy fats, and liberal servings of neutral vegetables. Instead of counting calories or every gram of carbohydrates, the reader learns the carb servings recommended per day as well as options to space them out to maintain blood sugar and insulin equilibrium.

With her differing take on carbs, DiabetesCare.net sat down with Kress to talk about how she came up with her unique program, her thoughts on why the ADA’s carb recommendation is too high, and how the quality and quantity of carbs can make a huge difference in peoples’ diets and their overall health.

DiabetesCare.net: Can you talk about why you decided to write The Diabetes Miracle?

Kress: I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would one day find it necessary to rework the traditional diet for diabetes that had been the center of diabetes teaching since the ADA began the “Exchange List Diet” in the 1950’s.

I taught “by the book” for over half my career, but I noticed something during those first 15 years. The patients I taught who were just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and those who had the disease for years before I met them, seemed to be on a train with a one way ticket to acquiring worsening blood sugar, more medications and a cohort of co-morbidities.

No one ever really improved despite following the prescribed diet and lifestyle program.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I thought that it had to be non-compliance. There should be no way these patients did not lose weight, did not improve their blood sugar for more than a honeymoon period, and got sicker with metabolic syndrome if they were living the program I taught them.

I practiced what I preached. I followed a 1,200 calorie diet with ADA low fat and low cholesterol recommendations. I chose that particular calorie level because I was gaining weight around the middle, despite my healthy diet and daily exercise.

No matter what, I still didn’t lose weight. I was never a saturated fat eater, and I hadn’t eaten red meat or used butter since I was in elementary school—and yet my cholesterol began to rise. Over the years, my once low blood pressure rose to normal and then hypertension. The coup de grace was a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

A quote I’d read many times over the years began to worry me: “if you are lucky enough to live long enough with type 2 diabetes, you will require insulin.”

At that point, I began to collect data on my patients. Sure enough there was a commonality. Most had increasing indices of metabolic syndrome that worsened on the traditional protocol. I spent years working on the ADA diet including taking apart its components, reviewing the physiology of diabetes, reworking theories, collecting more data, until at last, I had a prototype I wanted to test.

On the program I created my patients flourished. All of their objective markers improved, and they also told me that they had more energy, less depression, and looked younger and healthier than they had in years. The number of their medications and doses dropped. Many type 2’s on insulin were now on oral medication, and many oral medication patients required no medication.

After I taught the program to over 3,000 patients, I decided it was time to write a book. My plan was to begin the program for those with metabolic syndrome, and my book, The Metabolism Miracle was released in April 2009.

After writing a companion cookbook, I decided to write The Diabetes Miracle.This self management book is an all inclusive lifestyle program for anyone with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. It contains the core Miracle program but also covers all the components of information needed by someone trying to prevent or control type 2 diabetes.

DiabetesCare.net: Can you provide an overview of the book and what The Diabetes Miracle really means?

Kress: Dating back to the 1950’s, metabolic syndrome (midline adiposity, elevated blood lipids, elevated blood pressure, elevated blood sugar) is a real phenomena. Uncontrolled, it can lead to atherosclerosis, obesity, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes.

The theory had always been since patients with metabolic syndrome become obese around the middle and the fat levels in their blood rose over time, metabolic syndrome must be linked to excess calorie intake, inadequate physical activity, and excessive saturated fat intake. Thus began the birth of the controlled calorie, low fat, low cholesterol diet.

If a diet was to be controlled with calories and fat, it was natural that protein and fat would have to decrease, which left carbohydrates to increase. Afterall, the macronutrient carbohydrate is low in calories (4 kcals/gram) and contains no fat or cholesterol.

A dietary intake that is high in carbohydrates will not work for metabolic syndrome and, in my opinion, is a major cause of the epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

As it turns out, those with metabolic syndrome develop an inherent imbalance of insulin. Excess insulin causes increased fat deposition in the blood and on the body. Excess insulin and increased fat storage cause insulin resistance. The nutrient that causes insulin release: carbohydrates.

The core miracle program is broken up into 3 steps. Step 1 is a necessary 8 week “rest period” for the overworked pancreas/liver combination. A person’s carb intake is kept to a level that allows for rest of metabolic mayhem. Step 2 is the reintroduction of carbohydrates based on the following factors: a specific amount of carb grams; low glycemic index, low glycemic load of carbohydrates; and proper timing of carbohydrates throughout the entire day.

When you reach your desired weight, the program continues in maintenance fashion with a truly balanced diet.

The Diabetes Miracle discusses physical activity as a method to control weight by utilizing blood glucose and minimizing insulin release. However, no gym membership is required; I focus a lot on exercise that can be worked into a busy day.

DiabetesCare.net: The book was written for people with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Why the decision to address both groups?

Kress: Thankfully, we now know that there is often a period of time when fasting blood sugar is over the normal range, but is not yet high enough to be diagnosed as irreversible type 2 diabetes.

Years ago, this stage was called “a touch of diabetes.” We now know that this period (fasting blood glucose 100-125mg/dL) is a last chance to stop the train speeding down the tracks to type 2 diabetes.

Following this program can help return fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1Cc into their normal ranges.

DiabetesCare.net: One of the things you take exception with is the ADA’s daily carb recommendations. Can you explain why?

Kress: The problem is the 1950’s theory of calories and fat intake. When the position was taken that the healthy diet should be lower calories and fat the entire food line in the U.S. changed. Low calorie, low fat, fat free products were everywhere and the “balanced diet” was changed to a “food pyramid” with carbohydrates at the base of the pyramid!

However, after 60 years of data proving that this diet doesn’t work, it’s time to use the current science and open our minds to an idea that does. My program is based in real science, has no downside, and allows for objective measures.

DiabetesCare.net: Are there other specific elements to the American dietary problem that is leading to the increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes or do you see it mainly coming from too many carbs over an extended period of time?

Kress: I believe it’s a combination of a large daily carb intake, refined carbs (high glycemic index/high glycemic load), lack of activity, and lots of stress–all superimposed on genes that cannot tolerate this lifestyle that leads to metabolic syndrome and eventually type 2 diabetes.

DiabetesCare.net: In Step 2, you recommend 11-20 daily carbs. Why so low?

Kress: Well, you have to realize that Step 2 of the program follows eight weeks of a low carb diet that is intentionally limiting carbs to a point that the dietary intake of carbohydrate foods and the liver’s glycogen release cannot stress the pancreas for insulin release. (On The Diabetes Miracle, we don’t count every carb gram ingested; incidental carb grams in primary proteins, fats, and neutral veggies are not counted so the program’s Step 1 is not carb free by any means).

After this rest period, I found that it is not prudent to progress to a glycemic load over 20 net carb grams, nor is it beneficial to have a carb intake per meal of less than 11 grams. I worked and reworked this program until I found that 11-20 grams of lower glycemic index carbs gives excellent results; not too much to demand excess insulin, but high enough to keep the liver from releasing glycogen stores.

DiabetesCare.net: Can you explain why the traditional standard of carb counting and a low fat diet does not work?

Kress: One of the first steps an RD uses to configure a diet is to calculate the number of calories a person needs to lose or maintain healthy weight. Unfortunately, we haven’t been taking into account that a person with metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes doesn’t handle calories the way someone with a normal metabolism does.

If you are on a 1,200 calorie diet, for example, but you don’t take into account the macronutrients that make up those calories, it stands to reason you will most likely choose a high percentage of calories from carbs.

Since carbs have no appreciable fat or cholesterol and are lower in calories than fats or most proteins, chances are that a person on a calorie based, low fat, low cholesterol diet is going to be following a high carbohydrate diet. These carb choices are not necessarily unhealthy‑-whole grains, legumes, fruit, plain yogurt, brown rice are very healthy foods–but for those with insulin imbalance, excesses can wreak havoc.

In addition to over-responding to blood sugars rising from carbs, many people don’t realize that the human body has a “self-feed” survival mechanism. Whenever a person goes more than 5 hours without eating any carbs, the brain signals the pancreas to release the hormone glucagon. This hormone then signals the liver to release glycogen stores into the blood to raise the blood sugar.

This survival mechanism occurs whether a person has normal metabolism or insulin imbalance. The difference? Those with insulin imbalance will once again over-react with insulin. Excess insulin is released in response to the ingestion of carbohydrates and as a reaction to skipping carbs!

There is great hope in 2012 for those with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. It’s time we admit that the diet advice we’ve been revamping since the 1950’s has not met the test of time. We are facing a global epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Insulin imbalance is at the root of a great percentage of those who suffer from obesity and at the core of everyone with type 2 diabetes. In the world of those with diabetes, balance is everything.

To learn more about The Diabetes Miracle, visit: www.thediabetesmiracle.com.

http://www.diabetescare.net/content_upclose_detail.asp?id=446081

Oh, Paula….Oh Paula…..Regarding Paula Deen’s “Announcement” that she has type 2 diabetes….3 years after her diagnosis.

dianekress — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:16:03 +0000

Paula Deen has had the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes for 3 years. She announced her diagnosis after she secured a contract with a pharmaceutical company to promote a diabetes drug: Victoza.

Victoza is an injectable drug. It is injected daily. It has always had a black box warning linking it to thyroid cancer in rat studies. On June 15, 2011, the FDA issued an official FDA warning regarding pancreatitis as it relates to Vicotza:

“Clinical trials have shown more cases of pancreatitis with liraglutide than with other diabetes drugs, so the FDA recommended patient monitoring after starting liraglutide or raising the dosage, for symptoms such as persistent severe abdominal pain. This pain can sometimes radiate to the back and is accompanied by vomiting.

Liraglutide should be immediately stopped if pancreatitis is suspected and not restarted if the disease is confirmed.

The FDA urged a cautious approach in patients with a history of pancreatitis. The agency also highlighted the contraindication for liraglutide in patients with a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer or a personal history of multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2.”

In addition to informing about the FDA Warning, I want to post the information directly from the opening page of Victoza’s website. The site prominently features Paula Deen on the top of the page, smiling, telling us she uses Victoza to manage her type 2 diabetes.

Important Safety Information

In animal studies, Victoza^® caused thyroid tumors—including thyroid cancer—in some rats and mice. It is not known whether Victoza^® causes thyroid tumors or a type of thyroid cancer called medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in people which may be fatal if not detected and treated early. Do not use Victoza^® if you or any of your family members have a history of MTC or if you have Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN 2). While taking Victoza^®, tell your doctor if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, hoarseness, trouble swallowing, or shortness of breath. These may be symptoms of thyroid cancer.

Inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) may be severe and lead to death. Before taking Victoza^®, tell your doctor if you have had pancreatitis, gallstones, a history of alcoholism, or high blood triglyceride levels since these medical conditions make you more likely to get pancreatitis.

Stop taking Victoza^® and call your doctor right away if you have pain in your stomach area that is severe and will not go away, occurs with or without vomiting, or is felt going from your stomach area through to your back. These may be symptoms of pancreatitis.

Before using Victoza^®, tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, especially sulfonylurea medicines or insulin, as taking them with Victoza^® may affect how each medicine works

Also tell your doctor if you are allergic to any of the ingredients in Victoza^®; have severe stomach problems such as slowed emptying of your stomach (gastroparesis) or problems with digesting food; have or have had kidney or liver problems; have any other medical conditions; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. Tell your doctor if you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is unknown if Victoza^® will harm your unborn baby or if Victoza^® passes into your breast milk.

Your risk for getting hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is higher if you take Victoza^® with another medicine that can cause low blood sugar, such as a sulfonylurea. The dose of your sulfonylurea medicine may need to be lowered while taking Victoza^®.

Victoza^® may cause nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea leading to dehydration, which may cause kidney failure. This can happen in people who have never had kidney problems before. Drinking plenty of fluids may reduce your chance of dehydration.

The most common side effects with Victoza^® include headache, nausea, and diarrhea. Nausea is most common when first starting Victoza^®, but decreases over time in most people. Immune system related reactions, including hives, were more common in people treated with Victoza^®compared to people treated with other diabetes drugs in medical studies.

Knowledge is power: www.thediabetesmiracle.com & www.themetabolismmiracle.com

Manage your type 2 diabetes with all positive effects….and not one single dangerous side effect! The Diabetes Miracle.

THE MIRACLE BAND™…Wear it, Live it!

dianekress — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:41:10 +0000

Have you seen it yet? Very cool, don’t you think? I’m very happy to release the official MIRACLE BAND™.

Over the past few years, I’m sure you’ve seen people wearing bands to signify their support of certain causes like Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong band or Breast Cancer Awareness’ Pink band. People wear these bands as symbols of their support and/or dedication to causes that they strongly believe in, dedicate their time to, or align with in a meaningful way.

I’ve been thinking about the importance of spreading the word about Metabolism B, a real physical condition that, left uncontrolled, can lead to a myriad of serious health problems such as pre diabetes, type 2 diabetes, overweight/obesity, hypertension, atherosclerosis, fatty liver disease, PCOS, infertility, breast/prostate/colon/pancreatic cancers, Alzheimer’s disease, depression/anxiety, osteoporosis and the list goes on.

Have you ever heard of a physical condition that has roots in so many other medical problems? The impact of knowing or not knowing that one has Metabolism B can determine the difference between leading a healthy life or a life rocked by illness.

As people who live the Metabolism/Diabetes Miracle lifestyle, let’s join together and take a stand to spread the word and show our support of the program that can stop this syndrome in its tracks….and in many cases, reverse it! The core program in The Metabolism and Diabetes Miracle can save the lives and health of so many…and thankfully, the key is not found in pill bottles or written on prescription pads.

There are many reasons to wear the MIRACLE BAND™; Spread the word about Metabolism B. Show your support of The Metabolism/Diabetes lifestyle. Wear it as a very personal reminder to “stay on program.” And… It’s the official bracelet of Miracle-Ville!

A simple band, with a one word message….MIRACLE…..because healthy life is a true miracle.

PS..I’ve personally autographed each bracelet (on the underside) so you can “take me along” as you live the Miracle! Diane

CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR MIRACLE BAND™

Welcome to the world, The Diabetes Miracle!

dianekress — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:59:20 +0000

May you improve the lives and health of millions of people around the world by giving them the knowledge to make the right choices to influence their future. Read, understand, change your health/life/well-being and…..pass it forward.

Available online through Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, and most other online sellers as well as at your favorite storefront bookseller (can be ordered by your bookseller if not yet on their shelves).

Does the use of statins really INCREASE the risk of developing type 2 diabetes???

dianekress — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:35:24 +0000

The article: CLICK HERE TO READ

My response:

Sometimes the answer is right in front of you, and you don’t see it. Or….the focus of research is going one way and ignoring the obvious.

Type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease. It is typically a disease of older adults because it usually takes years to develop. These days, because the stressors that propel the train to diabetes are occuring earlier and more intensely, the age of onset averages 40 years of age.

Type 2 has genetic roots…multiple genes appear to be involved. We are born with our genes. Stressors appear to add up to trip the onset of metabolic syndrome…more stressors/longer time/greater intensity; pre diabetes…followed by more stressors/longer time/greater intensity; type 2 diabetes.

The stressors? emotional stress (family, marriage, economy, depression, anxiety) diet (high carb intake), weight gain (midline adiposity), physical stress (chronic pain, illness, surgery), inactivity (lack of physical activity), environmental stressors. As you can see, life in 2012 is full to the brim with stressors.

The candidates? Those with the genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes who have applied stressors for a period of time….older men and post menopausal women (older women).

Because type 2 diabetes is linked to metabolic syndrome, by the time it is diagnosed, a person typically has hypertension, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high LDL, low HDL, low Vitamin D….and then type 2 diabetes.

A patient is put on a statin for the elevated cholesterol….but this does nothing to stop the inevitable progression to type 2 diabetes….unless stressors are minimized before the diagnosis.

So…these postmenopausal women were started on statins….and then went on to develop type 2 diabetes. The statins did not cause the diabetes. The progression to diabetes was not halted and inevitably, diabetes ensued.

Does this mean we are “sitting ducks” just waiting for the inevitable diagnosis of type 2 diabetes because of our genetic roots? NO! Minimize or eliminate the stressors and decrease the chance of incurable type 2 diabetes.

Today, the world-wide release of The Diabetes Miracle. Read and learn as knowledge is power. www.thediabetesmiracle.com

Cancer Risk Higher for Those With Type 2 Diabetes!

dianekress — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:41:04 +0000

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2012/Jan/cancer-risk-higher-for-diabetic-adults-91567978.html

For years I’ve been reporting the clear link between certain cancers and type 2 diabetes. I will go a step further and link these cancers to long term pre diabetes, too. Pancreatic, breast, prostate, skin cancers are directly related to hormonal imbalances…the root hormonal imbalance being insulin. Colon cancer is also a higher risk for type 2 diabetics.

Along with the hormonal imbalance of insulin, I feel that the inflammatory state caused by blood sugar imbalance not only contributes to the development of these cancers, but their outcome. The human body is designed to be in a state of equilibrium, and uncontrolled insulin, blood sugar, pre diabetes, and type 2 diabetes are states of disequilibrium, inflammation, and internal chaos.

Most people realize the link between heart disease, heart attack, stroke, vascular disease from diabetes…as the majority of people with pre diabetes and type 2 diabetes have midline fat deposits, elevated cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, AND blood sugar….but just recently, the medical community is beginning to correlate uncontrolled diabetes to higher risk and incidence of many cancers, and their outcomes.

www.TheDiabetesMiracle.com

So proud of DTime™! OneTouch® and Diane Kress Team Up to Teach About Diabetes

dianekress — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:16:10 +0000

For those of you who don’t yet know, I’ve been working with OneTouch® in a series of videos to teach about diabetes! I recently filmed 5 videos as OneTouch’s Certified Diabetes Educator. It’s like having your own personal CDE. Some of the topics you can visit: Shopping, Monitoring, Record Keeping, Exercise, Portion Control of foods. Just go to www.onetouch.com/dtime and you can watch all the videos or those of interest to you!

At the end of December, I filmed 2 more videos in the DTime™ series (to be announced soon!) and had a lot of fun filming 2 videos in the kitchen with chef Sam Talbot. Those videos will be part of his “Down Home Cookin’” video series, sponsored by OneTouch®. I’ll let you know when they are online, too.

I have type 2 diabetes and really do use the OneTouch® meter! I love that it is accurate, fast, takes a small sample of blood, has a lancing device that really is gentle….but I must admit that I really dig that mine is a funky purple!!!!

For the Children

dianekress — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:31:14 +0000

Obesity is a disease. Obesity is an epidemic. Obesity kills. Obesity leads to chronic, debilitating diseases and early death. Childhood obesity has tripled in the past 30 years. Almost 75% of Americans are classified as overweight or obese. Obesity effects self esteem and is linked to depression. Obesity is currently the largest single cause for the discharge of uniformed military personnel. Obesity has been a contributing factor to approximately 400,000 deaths in the United States per year^. Obesity costs society an estimated $117 billion in direct (preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services related to weight) and indirect (absenteeism, loss of future earnings due to premature death) costs. For the first time, the generation of people being born today have a shorter life expectancy than their parents and this has been related to the effects of obesity.

If you woke up today with the CLEAR KNOWLEDGE that your child was in line to develop: diabetes, heart disease, stroke, breast cancer, depression, hypertension, vascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, osteoporosis, sleep apnea, arthritis, anxiety, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, infertility, PCOS, self esteem issues, gastric reflux, orthopedic problems, prostate cancer, nerve pain, ADD/ADHD, decreased immunity to disease, blindness, kidney failure….would you do anything to prevent these things from happening?

OBESITY IS PREVENTABLE and OBESITY IS TREATABLE.

The problem is that we are addressing this killer disease in the wrong way. Way back in the 1950’s, a decision was made that lowering calories, decreasing fat/cholesterol, and exercise would stop obesity and make us a healthier nation. What ensued was a campaign to sell low calorie, low fat, fat free foods. What occurred was the fast forwarding of all the above mentioned diseases. Why? Because over 55% of people cannot adequately process a diet that is high in carbohydrate. A low calorie, low fat diet is necessarily a higher carb diet.

Over 55% of the population will get fatter and sicker on a low calorie, low fat diet as they have in imbalance of the fat gain hormone, insulin. Excess insulin makes a person fatter (both body fat and circulating fat in the blood ie cholesterol/triglycerides). In time, fat cells stretch and a person becomes more and more resistant to their own insulin and their body ramps up insulin production higher and higher. Result? Obesity.

Obesity begotten from the body’s over processing of carbs is very, very dangerous. It fatigues the pancreas and lead to diabetes (hence we have obesity and diabetes epidemics), it is inflammatory in nature, it presses all the buttons for metabolic syndrome (cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, blood sugar, obesity). It is the ruination of our health and well-being.

It’s time to take a stand. The government needs to take the initiative (and deal with the criticism) and admit that for the majority of the population who struggles with their weight, the traditional low calorie, low fat diet is not only ineffective….but it promotes obesity.

The picture in the ad you will see on the link saddens me.

http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/georgia-childhood-obesity-campaign-draws-criticism-205800371.html_

It shows a sad girl, who has Metabolism B, who is destined to get fatter and sicker through no fault of her own. She will become obese, her health will suffer. And this is happening before our eyes.

We look at the “fatter” child and look down on them. Society sees them as lazy, underachieving, with no self worth. Society is letting every overweight child down. Society’s inability to say “maybe we were wrong” and “maybe we need to look at obesity through a different lens” is costing our country our very lives.

There is nothing good that will come of this ad, except to ostracize the overweight children even more. They will be bullied more because they are being singled out as weak and unhappy. There is no solution given…just a “WANTED” poster to help these children be identified.

Let’s help them. www.themetabolismmiracle.com. Knowledge is power.

A true Miracle for the New Year…for everyone who has, knows, or cares for someone with type 2 diabetes. THE DIABETES MIRACLE

dianekress — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:25:48 +0000

Type 2 diabetes IS an epidemic in the US and around the world. If left uncontrolled, this chronic disease is progressively debilitating and leads to major health complications involving the heart, blood vessels, brain, nerves, kidneys, vision, sexual functioning, and depression.

It’s a fact that:

-Uncontrolled diabetes negatively affects the entire body.

- Type 2 diabetes is controllable.

-Previous programs designed to control diabetes have been confusing, complicated, and ineffective.

Diane Kress, author of The Metabolism Miracle, the New York Times Bestseller that has changed the way people lose weight, get healthy and feel great around the world, now releases her groundbreaking book to help millions of people with pre diabetes or type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Miracle is sure to become the “essential guidebook” for self management of this epidemic disease as it helps readers prevent or control type 2 diabetes using little or no medication.

Kress, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator who herself has type 2 diabetes, has over 30 years experience working with patients to solve weight and blood sugar issues. Although trained traditionally, she ultimately realized that the “recommended” diets for diabetes really didn’t work! Over time, patients trying to adhere to these complicated and restrictive diets actually continued to gain weight and required more and more medications for diabetes as well as cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, depression. Some patients ultimately required insulin injections.

After years of painstaking research and development, as well as face- to- face counseling of over 6000 patients, she created The Diabetes Miracle: a 3-step, scientifically based, carbohydrate balanced plan that is instantly more effective than any other diet to control blood sugar and allow for weight loss and decreased medications. The reason? The Diabetes Miracle “rests, resets, and retrains” the body to react normally to changes in blood glucose while it decreases insulin resistance.

The Diabetes Miracle will be your “go to” diabetes reference for the latest information on the epidemic of diabetes, diagnosis, symptoms (even the lesser known “quiet symptoms”), medications, complications, the when, where, and how of blood glucose monitoring, target blood sugar ranges, lab tests, sample menus plus a complete section on exercise for the person with diabetes.

Real-life case studies and many helpful FAQ sections make this book enjoyable to read, easy to understand, and make diabetes control and management a reality!

More good news? Those who follow The Diabetes Miracle can join the subscription online support group at www.miracle-ville.com. Positive support from hundreds of followers, your questions personally answered by the author, video blogs, latest information, tips, tricks, recipes.

CLICK HERE for more information about The Diabetes Miracle

Calling all Met B’s!!! Let’s Commit /Recommit to start 2012 clean, fresh, and renewed with a little Step One Time!

dianekress — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:08:09 +0000

Hi Everyone. The New Year is a perfect time to rest, reprogram, and reset the metabolism with a stint in Step 1. Holiday time is lots of fun, but wreaks havoc on the Met B metabolism. You may already be feeling fatigued, slightly down and unmotivated. Just a week or two of wacky eating causes Met B’s to have trouble buttoning their jeans, become forgetful, have difficulty sleeping, and crave more and more carbs. As you know, Met B is progressive and when it spins out of control, there is one way to fix it! STEP 1. Are you in? If you are….say YES and decide how long you will stay on Step 1. Let’s do it!

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