Don Colbert - Reversing Diabetes: Discover the Natural Way to Take Control of Type 2 Diabetes

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REVERSING DIABETES by Don Colbert, MD
Published by Siloam
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Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Bible. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., publishers. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked NLT are from the New Living Translation of the Bible, copyright 1996, 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189. All rights reserved.

Copyright 2012 by Don Colbert, MD
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Colbert, Don.
Reversing diabetes / Don Colbert.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61638-598-9 (trade paper) ISBN 978-1-61638-705-1 (ebook)
1. DiabetesAlternative treatment. 2. DiabetesDiet therapy 3.
DiabetesPrevention. 4. Naturopathy. I. Title.
RC661.A47C65 2012
616.462dc23

2011047098

Portions of this book were previously published as Dr. ColbertsI Can Do This Diet by Siloam, ISBN 978-1-61638-267-4, copyright 2010, and The New Bible Cure for Diabetes by Siloam, ISBN 978-1-59979-759-5, copyright 2009.

This book contains the opinions and ideas of its author. It is solely for informational and educational purposes and should not be regarded as a substitute for professional medical treatment. The nature of your bodys health condition is complex and unique. Therefore you should consult a health professional before you begin any new exercise, nutrition, or supplementation program or if you have questions about your health. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage allegedly arising from any information or suggestion in this book.

People and names in this book are composites created by the author from his experiences as a medical doctor. Names and details of their stories have been changed, and any similarity between the names and stories of individuals described in this book to individuals known to readers is purely coincidental.

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G ods desire is for you to feel better and to live longerand He will help you reach that goal! By picking up this book, you have taken a major step toward renewed energy and health. This will enable you to fight back against diabetes, which is afflicting millions of people at an ever-younger age. If you are prediabetic, this book is preventive, helping you avoid type 2 diabetes. If you have type 1 diabetes, the advice in this book can help you manage your glucose levels and ward off the long-term complications associated with the disease. However, you will require insulin injections daily. And if you have type 2 diabetes, this book can help you restore your health and many times reverse the disease.

You may be confronting the greatest physical challenge of your life. But with faith in God, good nutrition, and cutting-edge natural remedies, reversing diabetes can represent a great victory in your life! God revealed His divine will for each of us through the apostle John, who wrote, Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers (3 John 2).

Nearly two thousand years later, nearly 26 million American adults suffer from a disease called diabetesand a fourth of them dont even know they have it!

Why are we seeing such dramatic increases? It can be traced directly to the nations obesity epidemic: two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, and 30 percent of children age eleven or younger are overweight. This ought to alarm everyone, particularly everyone who professes Jesus as Savior and Lord. Surely we are missing Gods best. Why? The conventional answer: many physicians are looking for the next new-and-improved medication. I suggest that is not a solution. We need to get to the root of the problem, which is our diet, lifestyle, and waistline. Without addressing this reality, the alarming toll from diabetes will only get worse.

Fast food, junk food, convenience foods, sodas, sweetened coffee drinks, sugar-laden juices, smoothies, supersize portions, and skipping meals all contribute to the problem. The standard American diet is full of empty carbohydrates, sugars, fats, excessive proteins, and calories, and it is low in nutrient content. This diet literally causes us to lose nutrients such as chromium, which is crucial in regulating glucose levels in our blood. To put it simply: people suffering from diabetes have high sugar levels in their blood.

Combined with our poor diet is a lack of physical activity. Too many children no longer play sports and participate in outdoor activities. Instead they get entranced by video games, smartphones, text messages, social networking, online media, TV shows, and movies. Combined with their favorite fast food, reducing exercise to a flick of the finger spells ever-increasing weight gain.

Also, the excessive stress that most adults and many children labor under increases cortisol levels. As a result, many are developing toxic belly fat, thereby increasing their risk for incurring diabetes. Long-term stress eventually depletes stress hormones as well as neurotransmitters. This often helps unleash ravenous appetites, plus addictions to sugar and carbohydrates. Its like a nightmarish vortex, each bad habit working to ensnare sufferers in a downward spiral to poor health and disease.

Type 2 Diabetes Is a Choice Disease

Galatians 6:78 says, Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. Most Americans are unknowingly sowing seeds for a harvest of obesity, diabetes, and a host of other diseases by their choices of food and lifestyle habits.

The onset of type 1 diabetes is beyond anyones control. However, I often say that prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are choice diseases. In other words, you catch a cold or the flu, but because of wrong choices you develop obesity, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes.

Hosea 4:6 says, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. My previous books