At the seminars you will enjoy six sumptuous, low-fat meals made with whole-plant foods. When asked at the end of the seminar if the participants would enjoy eating this way the rest of their life their unanimous answer is "Yes." Most are totally surprised that healthy food could taste so good. You will never go hungry and never skip a meal. You do not count calories nor exchanges. You will lose weight — slowly and permanently. Blood sugar levels will drop requiring the decrease and eventual discontinuance of oral medications and insulin.
This is a Menu that Works
The food plan that has been proven to work is very simple. It's best described as a whole plant food diet. It is based on complex carbohydrates such as whole grain breads and cereals, potatoes, brown rice, yams, lentils, and more. This provides the proper fuel for the diabetic. It is the way your body was designed to function best. To this base are added vegetables, nuts, seeds, and some fresh fruits to provide all of the vitamins and minerals that the body needs. The diet is low in protein.
A high protein diet puts a tremendous strain on the kidneys and most diabetics can avoid going on dialysis by keeping the protein intake below 40g per day. This lifestyle eliminates meat and dairy products, which are high sources of protein as well as high in fat and the carriers of many diseases. This is low in fat but it is not a fat-free diet. It contains all of the essential fatty acids in the right proportions by including nuts olives and avocados. It avoids all of the harmful saturated fats and cholesterol found in animal products.
No Refined Foods
It takes 15 ears of corn (a very healthy food) to make one tablespoon of corn oil or margarine. When corn is being processed into corn oil all of the fiber (very important for diabetics) has been removed and the essential vitamins and minerals have also been removed. Then it is often heated to high temperatures that further alter its chemical structure. This concentrated, altered, and vitamin depleted chemical is now added back to the diet in larger amounts than the body was ever designed to handle. Two or three tablespoons of oil in a meal are the same as 30 to 45 ears of corn!
The same thing happens with sugar cane. It takes 30 feet of sugar cane to make a candy bar. It would take a month to eat that much sugar cane. But how long does it take to eat a candy bar? White flour is wheat with over 20 essential vitamins and minerals removed as well as all of the fiber. It has been found that when we return to eating plant foods the way they were created, with all of the fiber and vitamins still in them, that diabetes will reverse.