Day 5: Sugar can be a "big" problem

"Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up." ~Jesse Jackson

As some of you know, I am a Type II diabetic. One of my biggest fears was becoming diabetic because I have a huge fear of needles. I am not at the point that I have to take shots, but even just the testing process terrifies me.

Consequently, I have been reading more and more about natural cures and ways that they claim diabetes can be cured permanently and safely with herbs and things like that. I am not sure I believe that, but I want to try out all my options before I resign myself to a life of medication.

I received an e-mail today about unbalanced blood sugar. It was an advertisement for a natural herb remedy, but I thought some of the information they presented was interesting. It stated that unbalanced blood sugar...

"Makes it tough for you to lose weight, no matter how hard you try..."
"Drains you of energy, always leaving you tired and sluggish..."
"Puts a big strain on your heart, cholesterol, and arteries..."
"Negatively affects your memory and moods..."
"But the real shocker is: New medical research warns that too much sugar reduces your immunity by up to 92 percent!"

Wow! If this is all true, it certainly explains a lot of what has been going on in my life! I have had a tremendous battle losing weight, I am always tired and sluggish, my memory is shot (if I don't write it down, it didn't happen!).

The biggest thing for me was the thing about the immunity. I have been sick much of this past winter which has made it extremely difficult to keep up with walking or working out. In fact, I have done very little walking or working out since I first got sick in December. It was another sinus infection which I have been plagued by since my youth. I have since had at least two other sinus infections. The last one is still hanging on (going on 3 months now).

Well, I don't always believe everything I read, but if this is even half true, we really need to evaluate things, or at least I do. I have not been very conscientious about counting my carbs lately and this shows again that I need to do that.

I must also confess to you that I have been drinking soda pop again. I started drinking it again in February on a regular basis. I had stopped drinking it except on a rare occasion, last April. I have been limiting myself to only a can a day (sometimes two), but I know that I really need to cut that consumption off again. Pop is doing me absolutely no good!

Be good to yourselves! Remember you are the only you that you have.

(Sorry if this post seems a little scattered...It's that tired and sluggish thing....)