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• Hayden’s Story: Stuffing the “Beties” Monster Back into its Box Hayden’s story begins as many T1D stories do. But that is where the similarities with most people end. The Hatston family went on a mission to vanquish the “beties” monster and put it back into the box from which it escaped to wreak havoc on their precious son. We know you will be as inspired as we are by their unrelenting love for their son and their commitment and dedication to finding a better way to treat Hayden’s type 1 diabetes.
• Next Workshop Scheduled: Finding the “Livable Zone” with a Diabetic Alkaline Lifestyle We have scheduled our next full day workshop. This highly interactive workshop will answer your questions about healthy alternatives to controlling all types of diabetes and equip you with proven strategies and techniques that may help you stop potential long term disease progression
• Evidence Supports Ban on Growth Promotion Use of Antibiotics in Farming There is overwhelming evidence that non-therapeutic use of antibiotics contributes to antibiotic resistance, even if we do not understand all the mechanisms in the genetic transmission chain
• U.S. Population On Track to Getting Even Fatter In 2020, the vast majority of adults in America will be overweight or obese and more than half will suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetic conditions, according to projections presented by Northwestern Medicine researchers.
• Delicious Food + Great Nutrition = Success The following is a message I received from a mom of a Type 1 Diabetic named David. I am so thankful to hear when the children are eager to eat delicious recipes that are healthy for them. That to me is a formula for success.
• This. Is. Work - But it IS WORTH IT! The diabetic-alkaline lifestyle is hard work, especially at first when you are busy transforming you lifestyle and habits to comply with this healthier way of living. Now it is second nature.
• Eat More Foods That Grow on Trees and Plants Now four years after changing our diet and lifestyle, I feel so much healthier overall as we eat nearly all of our food from trees and plants rather than those manufactured in plants.
• An Amazing Difference We recently received an email from a woman who has a young son with type one diabetes and Epilepsy. She has been transitioning to the diabetic-alkaline lifestyle and made the following comments:
• Happy Valentine’s Day! We hope your Valentine’s day is filled with the love of family and close friends. It is our desire that it also be filled with delicious, healthy food that keeps your blood sugars under control and your day running smoothly.
• "Something is Wrong. Your Son is Getting Better." We quit going to the pediatric endocrinologist who diagnosed Gabriel with type one diabetes after he called us one day to tell us, and I quote... "Something is wrong. Your son is getting better."
• Diabetes Mystery: Why Are Type 1 Cases Surging? For reasons that are completely mysterious, the incidence of type 1 diabetes has been increasing at rates that range from 3 to 5 percent a year. This illness has the potential to disable or kill people so much earlier in their lives.
• Are We Harming Our Children? People occasionally tell us that they are concerned we are harming our children by changing their diet. Unfortunately, the same people are not usually interested in hearing about the research and care we have put into the changes we have made.
• Daigan’s Story: Believing in & Battling for Better Blood Sugar Control Daigan’s story describes some of the ups and downs of managing type 1 diabetes. We tip our hats to this family's persistence in the face of adversity. Their commitment to the importance of well-controlled blood sugars is inspiring!
• Why We Don’t Do the OGTT People have asked us if we have had our two type one diabetic boys take an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to see how well they tolerate it. We do not think that is wise, even after 4 years.
• Food Fights About Type 1 Diabetes Management We believe that for type 1 diabetes food matters more than what we are led to believe at the time of diagnosis. While insulin and other medications are vital and can help manage the symptoms associated with diabetes, they are ineffective in treating the root causes of this disease.
• Diabetic Potential to Create Own Insulin: Type 1 Diabetes Patients Attempt to Replenish Beta Cells Results of new research reveal that the insulin-producing beta cells can proliferate in patients recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and suggest that, in the future, an intervention might be devised which could allow such patients to renew their own capacity to produce insulin.
• Interview with Dan and Sally Roman Recently, Sysy Morales, founder and editor of The Girls Guide to Diabetes blog, interviewed us and posed some tough questions, but graciously provided us the opportunity to answer them. She posted the interview on her web site, which we encourage you to read
• Gabriel's Four Year Anniversary Insulin Free! I think Gabriel and Nathan are healthier now than they would have been if they hadn’t been diagnosed with T1D. They rarely get sick, and they are vibrant, energetic - the picture of health. By most standards, they are considered in remission
• JDCA Report: Clinical Trials Show Few Working For A Cure Over several decades, there has been a combined total of 250+ years of experiments between the four major foundations concerned with type 1 diabetes put together & there is currently no cure for type 1 diabetes, nor is there one on the horizon.
• Out with the Old, In with the New The diabetic-alkaline lifestyle has given me hope that diabetes will not progress in 2012. I am thankful for this hope. It has resulted in great success with our boys. We would love to share that same hope and success with you.
• Happy New Year! No matter where you find yourself, or in what situation you may be placed in 2012, make it your resolution to spend your time in a balanced and healthy way.
• Happy New Year! The approach of a new year usually causes us to pause and reflect on the past and dream of a better future. The past is over. It cannot be changed. It can, however, be used as a learning experience; a building block to a better future.
• Join the Health-e-Solutions Affiliate Program We want your help in promoting HealtheSolutions.com so that we can get the good news out to more people about a better way to manage diabetes than simply following the standard plan of care. And we’re gladly willing to share our profits with you!
• Recovering Diabetic (Part 3) This January it will be 4 years since Gabriel was diagnosed. We want to our boys to achieve the best health possible by adhering to the diabetic-alkaline lifestyle at least long enough for the majority of their cells to be replaced by new ones in an optimal environment.
• “Recovering” Diabetics (Part 2) One question we get asked often is “If the boys (Gabriel and Nathan) have regenerated beta cells, why don’t they eat other healthy foods that have a higher carbohydrate count since they should have enough insulin to cover foods like this?”
• “Recovering” Diabetics (Part 1) Wrestling with how to respond to questions about Gabriel and Nathan’s medical status, the term “Recovering” Diabetics” came to my mind.
• A Grim Reminder of What We Are Fighting For Matthew Calderon, a basketball-loving 10th-grader at Fort Lee High School, died of complications of Type 1 diabetes Saturday at a Manhattan hospital. He was 16.
• Wheat Belly: On the Evils of Wheat In Wheat Belly, Dr William Davis exposes the harmful effects of what is actually a product of genetic tinkering & agribusiness being sold to the American public as “wheat.” He provides readers with a, step-by-step plan to navigate a wheat-free lifestyle.
• Type 3 Diabetes on the Rise in Africa Type 3 diabetes also called malnutrition diabetes is worrying health experts. Type 3 diabetes presents itself like Type 1 . Its cause is still unclear, but stress and poverty have been pointed out as factors for its cause.
• Health-e-Tip: VitaCost.com Sale on Carlson Products Save some money! Vitacost is having a sale on Carlson products his week. You can save an additional 10% on any Carlson products. We use the Carlson Fish Oil and the Carlson Vitamin D drops.
• USDA Gives Half Million in Taxpayer Dollars to AquaBounty to Promote GM Salmon AquaBounty Technology's genetically modified salmon just got a hefty financial boost from the USDA: The agency awarded the Massachusetts-based company $494,000 to study technologies that would render the genetically tweaked fish sterile.
• Callum's Story: From a Life Sentence to Freedom This wonderful story takes you on a journey. Beginning with the day Callum was “sentenced to a life of counting carbs and injecting insulin,” it brings you up-to-date on how Callum now lives an abundantly healthier and happier life of freedom!
• Revolutionary? Yes. Radical? It shouldn’t be. Ridiculous? No! The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) recently ran the following ad in the The New York Times and in The Washington Post: Piper has type 1 diabetes. One in twenty people like Piper will die from low blood sugar.
• Diabetes: From Ancient Egypt to Modern Pandemic Diabetes was first documented in 1550BC in Egypt. It was described as a rare disease. An Egyptian manuscript mentions “the passing of too much urine”, which historians take as the first reference to diabetes.
• Workshop Home Study Course Now Available! We understand that not everybody can make it to a live workshop, so we are bringing the core workshop to you! We have created a variety of home study course packages from which to pick the option that best fits your needs.
• What a Wonderful Workshop! What a wonderful time we had at our workshop this past weekend! It is so nice to meet families dedicated to managing type 1 diabetes in a more healthy and natural way.
• Type 1 Diabetic of 35 Years Gets Best A1c Ever on Diabetic Alkaline Lifestyle! Jan has been able to lower her insulin dosage and achieve her best A1c ever. Jan says, “Getting help with recipes and how to live the diabetic-alkaline lifestyle has been encouraging. I now have hope for a healthier future.
• CVD Risk Begins as Early as Adolescence for Girls with Type 1 Diabetes Women with type 1 diabetes are at four times greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) than those who don't have diabetes, and pre-menopausal women with diabetes do not seem to have the beneficial effects on heart disease risk factors that other pre-menopausal women do
• Diabetes Rate 'Doubles' - Research Suggests The study, carried out in conjunction with the World Health Organization, found that the diabetes rate had either risen or stayed the same in virtually every country. Of developed nations, the US had the highest prevalence. The diabetes rate was relatively low in Western Europe.
• Autopsy shows Orlando Brown had diabetic condition Former Ravens and Browns offensive tackle Orlando Brown, who died two weeks ago at age 40, was suffering from diabetic ketoacidosis, according to an autopsy report. Brown may not have known he had the disease.
• GreenPolkaDotBox Extends FREE One-Year Club Membership Offer to Oct 9 GPDB announced that their total pre-registered membership numbers are fast approaching 10,000! They should achieve this milestone before the week is over. The overwhelming response has led them to extend their FREE membership until midnight October 9th, so that those who did not get the chance earlier can sign up.
• Serena's Story: Hope, Success and the Beta Cell Mantra One of our alkalizing friends in OH wrote to us about their encouraging and compelling story of success and hope. We thought we’d share it with you
• Diabetes Rising, Self-Regulate Now In Dan Hurley’s book, Diabetes Rising, he discusses 5 leading scientific hypotheses that offer an explanation for the recent rise in the number of people with diabetes
• The Beginner's Guide to Natural Living Reading Larry Cook's The Beginner's Guide to Natural Living - and his website - will help you understand the basic principles of "natural living," a lifestyle approach to health based on how our bodies operate, not on which drugs can alleviate symptoms of larger underlying problems. You can either buy the book in print or electronic versions, or you can read it on his web site!
• Serena's Story: Reversing Type One Diabetes Serena’s mother, Diane, has graciously submitted her daughter’s story for us to post. We hope you are as encouraged as we were after reading it. Her daughter, Serena was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in July of 2009, and with Diane's incredible efforts, it appears she has reversed the progression of the disease!
• Last Chance For Free 1-Year Membership with Online Organic Foods Retailer Green PolkaDot Box Check them out and sign up for a free membership – since it is only free until the end of September, we encourage you to do it now - even if you don't think you will order from them based on what you see now (they are still pre-launch so many items are not yet online, and pricing is not yet final).
• 366 Million People Now Have Diabetes: Report The worldwide diabetes epidemic continues to worsen, with an estimated 366 million people struggling with the disease, 4.6 million deaths due to it each year, and annual health-care spending pegged at $465 billion
• Green PolkaDot Box Online Retailer to Make Organic, Non-GMO Foods Affordable Got organic? A new online retailer called Green PolkaDot Box is launching in about four weeks. It brings discounted organic and non-GMO foods to members across the entire USA, even helping those who live where organic foods simply aren't available.
• Youth Diabetes Cost: $9K Per Year Per Case Ann Albright, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention division of diabetes translation, says much of the additional medical costs for youth with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are due to prescription drugs and outpatient care.
• Audio & Video Home Study Course This is our complete Strategies and Techniques Workshop package and most robust option, giving you the flexibility to watch, listen or read, depending on your particular circumstances. This package includes well over 4 hours of video and an equal amount of audio to stream or download, as well as with the 81 page Home Study Notebook.
• Video Home Study Course With well over 4 hours of streaming or downloadable video and an 81 page Home Study Notebook the Strategies & Techniques Workshop for practical application of a diabetic alkaline lifestyle, this is a great option if you want to see, hear and read the course for maximum impact and benefit.
• Audio Home Study Course This package includes well over 4 hours of audio to download and the 81 page Home Study Notebook to help guide you through the Strategies & Techniques Workshop for practical application of a diabetic alkaline lifestyle.
• New Drug for Type 1 Diabetes ‘Developed’ Scientists claim to have achieved a major breakthrough in the fight against Type 1 diabetes by developing a treatment which would save the sufferers from a lifetime of insulin injections.
• Watch Our Slide Show: Remember This slide show video is an attempt at capturing in roughly 3 minutes the emotion of being newly diagnosed, and then discovering there may be another road – a road less travelled – by which to manage diabetes. This road, although it is not without its challenges, it may just change your life and give you a new day to remember. The music was composed by our son, David Roman
• Sorrowful News In the past few weeks, we have heard about the deaths of two type 1 diabetic girls. This was posted on a blog on Aug. 10:
• Young Man with Type 1 Diabetes No Longer Needs Insulin While on a Diabetic Alkaline Lifestyle A trip to the doctor led to the emergency room where his blood sugar level was nearly 600 and his A1c was 10.7. Chase also tested positive for Islet cell antibodies, GAD antibodies and insulin antibodies. His thyroid test results were also abnormal.
• Roman Boys’ Latest HbA1c Results: It's a Tie! We now have both boys’ latest HbA1c results – they tied! (not that they are competing or anything...) Both boys came in at 4.7. We could not be more pleased.
• A1C Results & Mountain Climbing We got our son Nathan's latest A1C results back. It was 4.7 – Wow! We are thankful every day for how their bodies have been restored and protected by the diabetic alkaline lifestyle. The picture is of Gabe (standing) and Nathan on top of a 7,500 foot mountain
• Our Story is On YouTube An updated version of the story of Gabriel and Nathan Roman’s story is now on YouTube. Gabriel and Nathan Roman were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2008. Since that time the Roman family has been able to manage their diabetes entirely by a healthy diet and lifestyle. This video update tells their story up to February 2011 in a heart-touching fashion, as it happened, from a parent's point of view.
• Super Simple Recipe e-Book Now available! We are excited to announce a new recipe e-book called Super Simple Alkaline Lifestyle Recipe e-Book. This contains 15 very simple ideas for when you are crunched for time. Here is the link: http://healthesolutions.com/estore/
• Diabetes Rate 'Doubles' - Imperial College and Harvard Research Suggests The number of adults with diabetes in the world has more than doubled since 1980, a study in the Lancet says. The total number of people with all forms of the disease - which can be fatal - has risen from 153m to 347m.
• Longest Walk 3: Marching Against Diabetes What can inspire ordinary people to walk over 5,400 miles in 5 months? Good health. What began as one local man’s neighborhood stroll has expanded into one of the longest marches across the United States
• What’s Wrong With this Picture? Buy a humongous bucket of sugary, high fructose corn-syrup laden soda to benefit diabetes research?
• Special Report - Top Ten Mistakes Diabetics Make with Food IS YOUR DIET KILLING YOU? Have you ever wondered why you feel so poorly all the time? Are you ready to make lifestyle changes …but you are unsure where to begin? Whether you have Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes, equipped with the proper information you will be able to make well-informed decisions for your health.
• Talk Radio: Managing Diabetes without insulin This Thursday we will be speaking with three doctors on a local radio station to share our story. We have provided the details below in case you want to tune in via radio, if you are local, or via the internet.
• Workshop for the Practical Application of an Alkaline Lifestyle for Diabetes was a Success! Wow!! We had the most wonderful time with all of the people that came to the workshop on Saturday! Most everyone stayed 10 or more hours, and that just wasn’t enough time because each one of you has become dear to us. We were SO sad to see everyone leave.
• Sotomayor Opens Up About Diabetes Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a life-long diabetic, told a crowd of children with type-1 diabetes that she was 7 years old when the first hints of the disease appeared in her life.
• “Diabetes Type 1 – Another Way” Fund-Raiser Bracelets A big THANKS to Debbie (from Texas)!! She created a very unique wristband that says,’ DIABETES TYPE 1” on one side and on the other side it says “ ANOTHER WAY”.
• Forks Over Knives - Warning: This Movie Could Save Your Life Please see "Forks Over Knives." It could transform your life in ways you never thought possible. And it may just help start the seismic revolution in health care this country so badly needs.
• Free Special Report: Top Ten Mistakes Diabetics Make with Food In this free special report, we discuss what we believe are the top mistakes people make with food in managing their diabetes. We equip you with a non-traditional but evidence-based perspective so you can make better-informed decisions for your health
• National Hug a Diabetic Day Do you know what day this is? It is National Hug a Diabetic Day!! So, hug those precious children and anyone else you know that has diabetes!!
• Thriving Eating Alkaline in the Grand Canyon I survived the trek to the bottom of the Grand Canyon along with 8 others half my age. I not only survived, I thrived - by eating alkaline food and drinking alkaline water!
• Eating Alkaline at the Bottom of the Grand Canyon I will be off the grid next week. I am going to try to eat all alkaline while camping at the bottom of the Grand Canyon for 4 days. This should be an experience. I will let you know if I was successful when I get back.
• Workshop Attendee's Labs, Antibodies Normal diagnosed with full-blown Type 1 Diabetes two and a half years ago. He now has been off insulin for two years. They just had him tested extensively, and all of his lab results came back NORMAL!
• Study Provides Insight into Beta Cell Development, Relevant for Generating Beta Cells for Replacement Therapies in Diabetes researchers have identified a gene critical for the development of cells in the pancreas, including beta cells that produce insulin.
• Roman Boys' Latest Labs All Normal! Nathan and Gabriel tested negative for 3 different auto-antibodies typically found in people with type 1 diabetes! While this is not a guarantee that they will never develop these antibodies in the future (Nathan had them in the past), it is joyous news to us in our fight against this relentless disease. By the way, their c-peptide, Thyroid panel, HbA1c and Vitamin D levels were all within normal ranges too!
• The Opposite of Prevailing Orthodoxy in Diabetes Treatment There is much research on beta cell regeneration these days. We want to preserve as many of our boys’ beta cells as possible. We believe, like Dr. Bernstein, that blood sugar management together with an alkaline lifestyle are critical components to preserving or even regenerating beta cells. If that means following a healthy lifestyle considered to be outside the mainstream of diabetology, then we do it with resolve.