My C-peptide was registering at 0.8.
Now, the range given by Quest Diagnostics is 0.8 - 3.85.
And so, I was registering at the low end, which my doctor had thought was still considered
the normal range, and that's why I was believing
that I was still producing insulin.
I knew it was low, but I thought it was still okay.
But what Cyrus was able to explain to me was that, that meant that my body wasn't producing
enough insulin to meet my own metabolic needs.
That by consuming any food I was going to go
high, because my body was not producing sufficient insulin.
And so, because of that, that one piece of information was essential, it was the critical
piece of information that was missing.
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My name is Anna and I was first diagnosed with diabetes 11 years ago, when I was pregnant
with my daughter, and during that first pregnancy my blood sugars were all over the place, and
with my second pregnancy I actually used insulin.
I was pregnant with my son, about 20 months later and after I delivered him, my blood
sugar never stabilized.
I started down the road of a lot of different medications.
So, first I was just on 500 milligrams of metformin once a day, then twice a day, then
a thousand twice a day.
Then Victoza started off at 0.6, worked up to 1.2, you know, every
few months I'd go back to the doctor, and up we go,
1.8.
So, eventually I was just on the highest dose of every medication.
Let's see, it was metformin, Victoza, Jardiance and Actos.
I think that's where we ended.
And when I saw the doctor at that point, he said,
"we've probably still got a few more medications we
could try."
I thought to myself, there has to be a better way, this can't be the best that I can do
for myself.
I had, all along the way, been trying everything I had done.
60-day juice cleanses.
I was, you know, barely eating anything.
I was hungry all the time, I was living on nuts, and seeds, and
eggs and thought I was doing, you know, a great job for myself avoiding carbs.
And of course I was getting sicker and sicker.
And it was right before Thanksgiving, and I watched "What The Health" and I googled
Dr. Barnard, and I got his book, on rushed delivered
from Amazon, and it's the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and arrived, I stayed up all
night reading it.
We left from my in-laws on Wednesday morning, and I was vegan, and from
that moment forward I hadn't eaten any meat.
And then I found the Mastering Diabetes program, and I talked to Cyrus, and one of the first
things he said to me when I listed all the things I've been doing, and how careful I
had been with my diet, was that I needed to have my C-peptide
test right away.
He said, "I think you probably are going to need insulin, given what you're
describing."
And I completely ignored that, and thought no, there's no way, I'll be able to
do this by just modifying my diet.
When I had my blood work done, C-peptide was registering at 0.8.
Now, the range given by Quest Diagnostics is 0.82-3.85.
And so, I was registering at the low end, which my doctor had
thought was still considered the normal range, and that's why I was believing that I was
still producing insulin.
I knew it was low, but I thought it was still okay.
But what Cyrus was able to explain to me was that, that meant that my body wasn't producing
enough insulin to meet my own metabolic needs.
That by consuming any food I was going to go
high, because my body was not producing sufficient insulin.
And so, because of that, that one piece of information was essential, it was the critical
piece of information that was missing.
It didn't matter how little I ate, there was nothing that I was going
to do, other than not eat at all, that would allow my body to have the insulin it needed.
Really, not even even if I had starved myself.
I mean, I was eating a vegan ketogenic diet, so I basically was just eating vegetables
and leaves, and it still wasn't enough to get
my numbers low.
And I was still taking metformin at the time.
So, even taking medication and not eating, I still was not producing enough insulin to
cover the food that I was eating.
And so, it just left me always feeling defeat, and feeling as if I had failed, because I
was trying to be so good with my diet, and so perfectly
restrictive, and so controlled with absolutely every
bite.
But then, to see those numbers on the meter, you know, 180, 160, 200, 250.
If I ate any beans at all, if I had eaten any beans at
all, my numbers would go up to 180, 190, 200, 250.
Any carbs would cause a tremendous increase in
my blood sugar levels.
And so, when Cyrus was able to explain to me, and he took the time, one-on-one on the
phone, during this small group coaching, to really
explain to me what was happening inside my body,
and why it wasn't working, it made so much sense.
It took me a while, at least 24 hours to process the information, because I had been so focused
on reversing my diabetes, and that was all I had cared about.
I just wanted to get off my medication, I wanted to be the person who
reversed their diabetes and got better.
And that was never going to be possible, but that was okay,
because I had a solution that actually worked.
Why I wanted to reverse my diabetes, was because nothing was working.
I would take these medications, but I still couldn't eat.
And so, the whole goal of trying to get off the medication and
reverse my diabetes, was I wanted to be able to eat and be healthy.
Now, I can eat and be healthy, and so it really is just the perfect
combination, you know, to be able to eat, to eat
healthy, vibrant, living food, and to feel good, and to have my sugars respond, my blood
sugar numbers respond, and to be perfect every time,
it's such a relief.
And so, I don't worry right now about getting off of this, or trying to use less of that,
or get off of it.
I'm using just the right amount for my body.
My body is incredibly insulin sensitive, I respond
immediately to insulin, so it's not like I have to wait a long time, and my numbers never
want to come down, because I follow the diet, and
because I follow their program, and I only eat green
light foods, and I really stay away from yellow light foods.
And then, if you go through their program, you'll see they have a whole formula of foods
that you can eat, and things that you can't, and
it's actually incredibly simple.
This isn't a complicated formula, food combining, and you
know needing to do certain things.
It's very simple, it's incredibly straightforward.
And because of that, and because of a support I've received, I've just been incredibly healthy
through this process.
I received so much support.
Every question that I've had, has been answered, and quickly, not like when I call
the doctor's office, and sometimes I have to wait over
a week for a reply, and call multiple times.
It just isn't like that, you'll have all the support you
need to be successful.
And sometimes success doesn't look like what you thought it was going to be.
For me, I thought I would be getting off of all these medications,
and the truth is, I did.
I got off all the medications, I just had to take one more, but it works.
And that was the problem, all those medications, year
after year, just increasing the dose, and adding another medication, every time I get
to the highest dose of a medication, then they would
add a new medication.
And every time I get to the highest dose of that, they just add another
one.
And I'm sure my endocrinologist have more in
store for me, but now I don't need them.
And it's a tremendous relief.
And it's great to be able to travel, and know that you can make healthy choices, and I don't
have to, what was happening before, I started on
the insulin, as I would just open up the refrigerator door and stare at all of this wonderful, healthy
food, and have no idea what to eat.
There was just nothing that I felt like was an acceptable
choice, that wasn't going to harm my body.
And so, I would open the refrigerator door, and stare at everything, and close it again.
And open it, look, be hungry and just close it, because
I couldn't figure out what was the right thing to eat.
So that C-peptide was essential.
And interestingly, in my 11 years of being diabetic, nobody had
ever ordered it.
I had to ask for it, and was turned down by my endocrinologist, and then had to
go to my primary care doctor, who doesn't specialize in diabetes, so she didn't even
know how to order it, or what exactly it was.
So, it really was the insistence of the program and Cyrus insisting that I get that done when
I started this process, that has made all the
difference for me.
And I'm so grateful for that.
Some of my favorite things to eat, since discovering this Mastering Diabetes program are
actually incredibly simple.
I love a big salad.
I thought I would miss the olive oil and fancy dressings, but I love it now, just drizzled
with some balsamic vinegar, I chopped some fruit up in
there, and I keep it incredibly simple.
The interesting thing with this program is, you don't have to do a bunch of complicated
meals, it really is so simple to just open up a big
pouch of salad, chop up a nectarine, or a peach, or
some oranges, throw a little balsamic vinegar on there, maybe some beans.
But I keep it incredibly simple.
I like to just be able to grab food and go.
I also enjoy a lot of fruits.
I have been loving cherries, and mangoes, and peaches, and
nectarines, and we're just getting in our Jersey blueberries, so those are delicious
too.
And it's so great to have all of this wonderful fruit
available.
And then hummus is actually the other thing that I've been enjoying.
I do try and get a good amount of beans in every day, and I find the
hummus is a really easy way to get them, and I just
mix it on a salad.
And, I eat a salad a couple times a day.
I buy a 1-pound tub of organic greens, from the supermarket, and I eat that every
day.
I do try and get in at least a pound of greens, I
usually go a little bit over that, and then I do a lot of chopped up raw vegetables.
So my time in the kitchen is really minimal.
It's so liberating, not having to think about cooking.
You just open up a package of lettuce, and eat it, and it's great: And I never, ever,
thought I would eat salad without a fancy dressing.
And it's amazing how much my taste buds have changed.
Things that I never really liked before, like a spring mix, I now enjoy thoroughly,
or like raw kale, I never thought that that would be the
kind of salad that I would crave.
But I really do enjoy it.
And whenever I travel away, and I have to eat food someplace else, I can't wait to
get back home to my own salads, that I like, that are
made just the way I like.
I stayed away from fruit or really limited myself, you know, small apple a day.
Well, now I am like, I don't know, like 15 pieces of fruit
a day.
So, it's more than an apple a day.
But, I just enjoy knowing that all those micronutrients, they're
getting into my body, and helping me be healthy.
So, it feels like I have a much less conflicted relationship with food.
I don't feel like food is the enemy anymore, that my body is betraying me.
My body's working exactly the way it's supposed to.
I think it's really important to understand that doctors are trying to do the best they
can, they really care about us, and they believe that
certain things are the healthiest for us.
And so, when they're responding in a negative way, as you
approached them about your Whole Foods, Plant- Based diet, low-fat, they're not angry, they're
just concerned.
They don't know what you're doing, they may not be educated.
I think there are a lot of doctors who are willing to listen, and
hear what you're doing, and kind of see, and let the numbers be the guide.
So that if you say, "let's just give it three months, and see what happens to my numbers",
I think there's going to be a willingness to consider
what you have to say.
I think there are also some doctors who aren't.
They don't have time in their busy practices to
educate themselves, or learn about what specifically you're doing.
They need their patients on the same medication so they can manage them,
and that's what they're comfortable with, and
that's what they know how to use.
And that's wonderful for them, and that works great for many
of their patients, and that's fine.
It just may not work for you during this program.
And so, I would say that it's also important to consider your own needs, that they are
valuable.
And if it's, you know, even if it's somebody a couple hours away, to make the time to make
that connection.
It really was helpful for me when I was taking the insulin, starting on the insulin, to
have a doctor who understood this program.
And so, it was worth it to me to travel a few hours.
It's not like I need to see him all the time, it really is only a couple times a year.
Although I will say that, with the Mastering Diabetes team behind you, it's really not
necessary.
This program is sufficient, and the information is really accurate.
For diabetes specifically, this program is exceptional.
It really gets the job done, in a way that nothing else does.
Because it really focuses on fat, in a different way.
A lot of the other programs include fat, or processed
foods, and that's really was eliminated in this program.
So, whereas other programs may promote the use of tofu, or using nuts at
every meal, this program really does not, and that has
made the difference.
And I can tell you that the few times that I try to incorporate more now my
blood sugar immediately increases.
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