Nicki Steinberger PhD - Wave Goodbye to Type 2 Diabetes: 16 Holistic Lifestyle Practices to Prevent & Reverse Diabetes & Reclaim Joy, Vitality, & Plenty

Before I tell you my story, lets start with a definition of type 2 diabetes. In simple terms, type 2 diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is a metabolic condition. It is the inability of your body to use the hormone insulin effectively. Produced by the pancreas, insulin is necessary for transporting glucose (sugar) from your bloodstream to your individualized cells.

This process gives you the vital, daily energy you need to function properly. When your cells are not receptive and do not allow glucose to enter, a condition known as insulin resistance occurs. When enough glucose is not removed from your bloodstream, your blood glucose levels increase. Over time, this can lead to a diabetic condition.

In March 2010, at age 45, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I didnt want to face the symptoms I was experiencingtremor-like shaking, incredible fatigue that left me crashed out in the afternoon, increased thirst, frequent urination, extreme mood swings, chronic yeast infections, and rashes on both sides of my body.

I was unsteady, having trouble focusing and two years deep into a doctoral dissertation in clinical psychology. I needed help fast. In fact, I needed a radical transformation.

A family member strongly suggested I get tested for type 2 diabetes. She knew the symptomshad experienced them with someone close to herand recognized them in me. I resisted getting tested for a couple of years. While I denied the undeclared diagnosis, secretly, I worried it might be true.

Years beforeit must have been 1997Id had a psychic reading from a well-regarded woman in the community where I lived. Her name was June. She had long, dark hair and a big Los Angeles smile. In her spacious Malibu Canyon apartment, I sat elevated on a platform with a large white wall behind me. She stood a few yards in front of me and proceeded to read the writing on the wall. She tuned in to the entities and ancients she felt in the room with us, and they gave her messages.

At the time, something she said stood out. She was trying to identify a message coming through to do with health and illness, but was having trouble. She said, No, its not diabetes.

I wondered for the longest time why diabetes had even entered her vision. Now, I realized it was because she had been picking up on something that was there, or that was on its way. But I still didnt want to get tested.

In 2010, 13 years after my psychic reading with June, a hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) test was ordered for me after my fasting blood glucose results came in at 132 mg/dL. (For reference, 100 milligrams per deciliter and over is cause for concern, although further testing is needed to determine a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.)

I clearly remember the day I sat down with my practitioner and she told me my HbA1c was 8.9%. Diagnosis confirmed.

My practitioner prescribed an oral diabetes medication called metformin. I left the office with the prescription in my hand, knowing very well I was not going to fill it anytime soonif at all. I am not suggesting this for you, as it was a personal decision, and the right one for me at the time.

I had what I call a healthy aversion to chemical pharmaceuticals . I did not believe they had the power to heal or help me. I also had a head start: I believed in the effectiveness of lifestyle medicine and had been studying and researching holistic health and natural living for many years.

Surprisingly, the diagnosis freed meand came as a relief. It was a blessing, because I finally knew what I was dealing with and could therefore get to work treating it.

(So much for timing! It took me two more years to finish my half-done dissertation. Saying it wasnt an easy task is a huge understatement.)

I was done avoiding my diagnosis. It was time to dive in.

Diabetes is a condition, not a disease. It thrives in a particular environment and diminishes in another. I made it my mission to create a diminishing environment and reverse my type 2 diabetes naturally holistically.

I researched everything on the topic I could find. I listened to and watched health educators, doctors, wise healers, and everyday people share what they knew about applying a holistic healing protocol to restore balance and create a healthy, thriving system. I felt inspired.

When I found a holistic diabetes recovery program in the Southwest, I was extremely excited. That is, until I noticed the price tag for the program was over $10,000. No way! No access for me. What was I going to do? I needed this. I discovered I knew the wife of the director of the program. Many years ago, she had been my first yoga teacher in Santa Cruz, CA, and we had had a great connection!

I considered writing her a letter asking if there were some way she could help me get into the program. Then I thought about all the other folks who did not have access, and I decided not to support a business that denied entry to so many everyday people. Disappointed, I let it go.