I often get asked, “Tyler, how can I control diabetes naturally?” So I thought I’d share my answer here today.
During all the years that I have dedicated to helping people use food as medicine, one of the questions that I hear quite a lot comes from people with diabetes and the concerns they have about fasting. I have to admit that this is a tough one because there are people who have too much sugar (hyperglycemia), and there are also those who don’t have enough sugar (hypoglycemia).
When it comes to fasting, I’ve helped many people with both Type I and many Type II diabetes through juice and water fasting. I feel it is a situation where most people with diabetes feel better if they are being assisted by someone who is experienced in fasting with these conditions.
Either way, the point is that if you’re a Type I or Type II diabetic, and you want to do a fast, it’s just a matter of monitoring where your blood sugars are at, and making sure to keep them within a comfortable level.
Watch For Blood Sugar Spikes
Typically, when Type I or Type II diabetics go on a fast, they’re drinking a lot of fresh-pressed juices, especially ones made from fruits, which might cause them to have a spike in their blood sugar immediately. However, what you’ll find is after two or three days it doesn’t spike as much because there’s not as much fat in the circulatory system that’s causing that blood sugar to stay there. So, it comes down to drinking small amounts of juice throughout the entire day, especially in the beginning.
Another crucial thing is to monitor and maintain balanced blood sugar levels! In that case, if it goes too high, you can go ahead and do your insulin. If it drops too low, you can just have some juice.
I know that after only three to five days of fasting I’ve helped dozens of Type II diabetics and even some Type I diabetics (all at different ages) to radically reduce the amount of insulin they were taking. I believe it’s possible to find the ‘sweet spot’ of how to maintain the fast without medication and instead, rely on your observations about when to drink juice, how much to drink and what kinds of juices to have.
Explore + Detox = Heal Thyself
Fasting for any person is always a kind of experiment of trial and error. Listening to the body, seeing what works. Let it be a sort of exploration for you. Be curious, but safe, and just monitor everything to find that ‘sweet spot’. Eventually, you will get to the point where your body will start really regenerating itself.
During fasting, our bodies produce embryonic-style stem cells. So, we’re not only detoxing the body, but we’re also giving it massive amounts of vitamins, minerals, micronutrients and antioxidants. I believe it’s actually one of the most healing states that a diabetic could go into on purpose. It just has to be navigated a little bit more carefully with them than with some other people.
If you are interested in fasting but feel like you would like some support, then you should definitely consider talking to one of my amazing Tolman Health Coaches. All my Coaches are personally trained and mentored by me and, using the Tolman Method of Healing, your Coach can support you to achieve your goals.
