Something New

I have had high blood sugars (even though I have kept taking more insulin to bring them down) for the last few months. I have used essential oils, herbs, supplements, chakra balancing, etc. etc. etc. and have had somewhat lower blood sugar levels and a LOT more energy, but my blood sugars have still been too high. After watching Dave the Raw Food Trucker on Youtube (while staying home sick), I got inspired. He talked about the success he and other diabetic people (including two friends who are type I and others who were insulin-resistant) have had with green juices and using the program in the book "There is a Cure for Diabetes" by Dr. Gabriel Cousens. I have the book. Then I saw what Dave puts in his green juice, and my mind was blown. The man makes the greenest green juices I've ever seen!

After watching Dave make his juice, I made a new kind of green juice yesterday (actually closer to a dark reddish brown because of all the red bell peppers in it). It was nowhere near what Dave makes, but definitely a whole lot greener & more nutrient-dense than any juice I've ever made before! I drank the green juice all morning and into the afternoon, a couple of times alternating with water (to which I added ionic minerals). It was probably around 3 quarts of juice or so all together. I felt amazing! Not only did I feel energized, but my blood sugar went from 206 in the morning down to 99 at 4:00 pm - with no extra insulin!

I ate a raw dinner which included carbs, and my blood sugar went high (200+), but then it came down a bit when I took a correction bolus of insulin.

After the way I felt & the impact the juice had on my blood sugar, I wanted to do a juice feast. Since I don't have even close to $50 per day to buy the produce to make Dave's juice recipe, and then there's the additional cost of the blue-green algae and enzymes he adds to his juices...I got thinking of how I can afford to drink at least some green vegetable juices every day. I came up with a minimum amount of juice that I can fit into my budget.

This morning I woke up earlier & felt more energized than normal when I got up. I felt like it might be a good idea to take this experiment further than just juicing regularly. I have tried the Dr. Cousens approach twice in the past, but both times I ended up feeling poorly after two or three weeks of only the carbs in veggies, avocados, sprouts, etc. This morning I decided I can basically follow Phase 1.5 of Dr. Cousens's plan, because it allows for small amounts of low-glycemic carb-containing foods like buckwheat & blueberries, which may be enough carbs to keep me satisfied & feeling well. I may still eat cashews & nutritional yeast sometimes, but I'll be basing my diet around his low-glycemic recommendations, and I'll be drinking as much green veggie juice as I can!

My goal is 6 months.

We'll see how it goes!

My Intention

I have created this blog to keep track of my life in whatever way I choose. I want to dream, and I want to live with joy in every moment. I can't do everything I want to do. I was sad because of what I couldn't do today, until I recognized & found joy in the unexpected wonderful things I get to experience because of the choices I made about this day.