Sugars @ MindSay

What they don't want you to know about sweetners.  For sometime I've been a diabetic and take my meds on a regular basis. When I was first diagnosed as borderline I got rather paranoid at the thought of taking needles. Now I'm sure some of you can attest to this feeling anyway I began to take oral meds and that didn't control the situation. Eventually I was put on insulin after running away from it for two years. Needless to say its not as bad as I thought "but" I'm comming off of it. How you say ? Well thanks to some good friends of mine who care about me and my health this is what they shared with me and I'm going to share it with you here, [so listen up].

The first thing that I was shown was how to reduce my dependance on diet drinks such as soadas and others. If you take trat cranberrry juice and use the sweetner I'm about to reccomend or just delute it and drink it straight it will help cleanse your blood. The next thing is to start to use a lot of plain cinnomon in your plain yougart and on you oatmeal. Now this is just ins't any plain oat meal its [ steel cut oats ] that the whole oat cut with a steel blade its course full of natural fiber. You cook this just like regular oat meal every now and then you can add a few rasins or some plain almonds unsalted or some berries if you  wish to add some flavor. Two hard boiled eggs won't hurt either and a slice of a [Granny Smith] apple, it doesn't have a much sugar as other apples.

A lot of leafy green veggies will help also and some fruits not all. Green Tea is good, so is [Almond Express] milk made from almonds or [Soy Milk] or [Rice Dream] these are all natural milk products. No fried foods and no grease please.

Now for what they don't want you to know. There is a plant called the [Stevia Plant] and its a natural sweetner and a herb healer. I've started to use it for [3] three months now and my over all sugar count has dropped from 14 in December to 9.5 last monday. Thats  not quite [90] days. I use a little vanalla extract, lots of cinnimon in my oats and in my apple sauce and nutmeg alomeg along with the stevia

I want you all to read what [Stevia Extract] can do for the body. How it can cure and heal. Do you think the big companies want this known that something so old and small can be a great good ? Look at the money lost. After you read this see if it makes sense to you ? It did to me and lots of others, lets see if it makes a difference in your health and lifestyle. Oh [Butternut Squash] [Baked Sweet Patatatoes] are good also.  Pomegranates are great, not the juice because sugar is added.

Stevia Extract

Stevia extract is a super-sweet, low-calorie dietary supplement that helps regulate blood sugar and supports the pancreas. It is valuable for anyone with diabetes and hypoglycemia.

It is a wonderful aid to weight loss and weight management because it contains no calories. In addition, research indicates that it significantly increases glucose tolerance and inhibits glucose absorption. People who ingest stevia daily often report a decrease in their desire for sweets and fatty foods. It may also improve digestion and gastrointestinal function, soothe upset stomachs, and help speed recovery from minor illnesses...

Stevia also inhibits the growth of some bacteria and infectious organisms, including those that cause tooth decay and gum disease. Many individuals using stevia have reported a lower incidence of colds and flu. Many who have used stevia as a mouthwash have experienced a significant decrease in gum disease.

When topically applied, it softens the skin and smooths out wrinkles while healing various skin blemishes, acne, seborrhea, dermatitis, and eczema. When used on cuts and wounds, it promotes rapid healing without scarring.

Ever wonder if your an idiot or not?  Well I don't have to wonder anymore!  I am an idiot! Two years since I have played ball, have bad knees with my right knee in a bad need of being total reconstructed, six months into being recently dignoised with Type 2 diabetes and what do I do?  I slide into 3rd base and tore up my thigh! 

Pretty isn't it!  I am actually quite proud of that scrap or what ever you call it!  I hit a line drive right down the middle of left and rover that hit the fence.  Would have been nice if I had a base coach to tell me to run from second or third though!  I am one of these folks that just run!  I almost made it but rover on the other team had an arm and the third basemen just tagged my toe before I hit the base!

We lost both games but thankfuly my friend Cindy's dad is the coach and a back up player like her mom and he tells those who think they are going to be die hard about it to get over it and we are out there to have fun!  They make fun of me cause I go out to catch with a cig in my mouth and I go up to bat with a cig in my mouth.  I took my medicine on the way up so I couldn't have a beer but I still shouldn't have taken it!

I am glad I informed Cindy and her sister Shannon who also played that I was diabetic and I wasn't sure what playing softball would do to me.  My body is use to the taekowndo and walking so my sugars don't fluxate when I do those things but I wasn't sure what they would do playing ball.

The first game I subbed and was a hitter.  My knees swelled and were hurting but not so bad.  The second game I caught and hit.  That is when I got my hits and had to run the bases.  I came home twice and tagged out once and the fourth time I was benched because between my knees and tearing up my thigh; another highschool classmate ran to the concession stand for me to grab me a candy bar.  I started shaking and going woosy but I ended up having to hit because one of the back up wives that subbed in for me got out of batting order, I jacked it right at the second baseman and he threw me out.  Nobody held it against me.  Well one of the other highschool classmates of mine tried to get onery but my brother's highschool classmate that was pitching told her off and she went home early. 

After the games, they asked me if I wanted to go to one of the all night reasturants but I thought it was best that I got the kids home to bed.  Primo (the pitcher) and his wife followed me home to make sure I didn't have an accident because my sugars dropped so low and even after the candy bar they were low.  It really wasn't out of their way instead of taking one highway home they just followed me and made a circle back to their hiway by 5 miles.

The first picture is of the purty scrap before a bath.

The second picture is of it all cleaned up after soaking for about a half hour.  Sorry for an almost ass shot!  That is what you get with an 8 year old taking the pictures!

I made my girl stay up to take the pictures and help me banage it up.  I ended up taking a couple of my pain pills for my gallbladder because hell even sitting hurts!  I took my sugars again and ended up having to eat the rest of my steak from last night and drinking another soda.

I am such an idiot!  I am a 30 year old woman who is going to have to realize my body gave up on me over 3 years ago!  Or I am just going to have to get my knee done and work my way back up from walking to running.  If I play anymore ball I am going to have to cut the sliding out!