About this title: "There Is a Cure for Diabetes" presents a breakthrough concept of reversing the negative genetic expression of diabetes to a physiology of health and well-being. This is accomplished by resetting the genetic expression of a person's DNA through green juice fasting and a 100 per cent organic, nutrient-dense, vegan, low-glycemic, low-insulin-scoring ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Date Published: 2008-01-08
ISBN-13:9781556436918ISBN:1556436912
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Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781556436918ISBN:1556436912
Description: New. Diabetes has become a seemingly unstoppable national epidemic, affecting more than twenty million Americans. Conventional wisdom calls it incurable, but renowned Dr. Gabriel Cousens counters that claim with this breakthrough book. "There Is a Cure fo... read more
"Hmmm, this is a tough one. It's pretty interesting, and good to get Dr. Cousens' perspective. I have no doubt that drastically changing one's eating habits towards natural, unprocessed, nutrient-rich foods can and does reverse a lot of the problems associated with Type 2 diabetes. This is not a "miracle," just common sense and better nutritional education and knowledge. I am a Type 1 diabetic, which I do not believe is a diet-related disease, so for me, it's difficult to see some of the connections he draws. His evidence for Type 1 diabetics is shaky at best, it's as if he's just tacked us on to all the Type 2 patients, and assumed our bodies work the same way. The two diseases are very different, different causes, different treatments. For example, he claims that two of the people in the study were Type 1 and significantly reduced their meds. Ok, I'll buy it, I've even contacted one who swears by this method. However, after having had Type 1 for 15 years, I am pretty sure my beta cells are dead. There's no "reviving" them with raw plant foods, in turn "reversing" my disease. Also, one of the patients he cites as Type 1 came into the center on Lantus (by the way, whoever edited this book should have caught the fact that Lantus insulin is spelled with a "u" not an "i"! That one kills me. If you know your meds, you know it is not spelled "lantis")and Glucophage. Glucophage is an oral medication, and is not used to treat Type 1 diabetes! I found out later that this particular patient was mis-diagnosed with Type 2, so he was probably on Glucophage by mistake, but the book just glosses over that, or reports it inaccurately. With only 9 or 10 cases to follow, you'd think he could get those details right. Don't assume your reader isn't smart enough to catch on. One of my main problems with the book is that Dr. Cousens' posits all of these evils of modern culture, the Culture of Death, as he calls it, without a ton of evidence to back it up other than citing a bunch of rather inconclusive medical studies. He also operates under the assumption that all of us diabetics consider our disease a death sentence. Well, I don't, and I never have. Yes, I am interested in eating healthy, local, organic, natural foods and controlling my diabetes the best I can through diet, exercise, and diligence in my meds and monitoring. No, I do not believe that my life expectancy is getting shorter every day. I am already in good control. The other issue I have is that he has no control group. No group that simply ate a nutrient-rich diet, including moderate amounts of proteins, dairy, and eggs, and exercised daily. Perhaps they would have achieved similar results to the raw-foodies who ate nothing but raw plant foods? Perhaps not, but it would be nice to see some conclusive evidence other than the 9 or so people he wrote the book about and then decided to say were cured. This book definitely peaked my curiousity and I have done a lot of research on the subject since reading it. I will be curious to see what, if any, influence it has on the field of diabetes research, particularly Type 1. I would support further research on the subject, but I don't yet find Cousens' theory to be the end-all. Also, on a side note, the book is very serious and therefore a bit depressing. It could use a sense of humor, and a sense that Cousens actually exists in the same society I do. Yes, I am sure there are support networks and I could make new friends if I became a pioneer of raw-foodism, but what about the friends I already have and love? What about my other interests? So far, it's just not complete enough to convince me."
This book's title, and content, are dangerously misleading, and the author is not credible.
Knowing that, going into it, makes it hard for me to actually read it; however, my dad is OBSESSED with this book. I want to know more about Cousen's program, so I can have informed conversations with him concerning Cousen's raw food diet, and religious sect."
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