Re: Chromium is essential for proper blood sugar

"As a final comment I really disagree with any strict diet, which includes low carb, high protein. Especially in diabetics. Diabetics are already at high risk for kidney damage from insulin. High protein diets put more load on the kidneys and increase the risk of kidney damage due to uric acid crystals that can shred the kidneys if not completely hydrolyzed. In addition, foods such as green leafy vegetables are good source of magnesium, which helps to prevent insulin damage."

You're going to have a very difficult time selling that to my diabetes clinic - Virginia Mason, Seattle.  Their diabetes research arm has been researching this disease since 1923 and they put all of their Type II patients on a restricted carbohydrate diet allowing only 15 per meal for a total of 45 per day.  That's fewer than the Atkins induction diet which allows 50 per day total.  I've personally seen the positive results in myself and several other of their patients as we met over time.  Humans were not designed for refined carbohydrates - let alone grains.  Even many of the "vegetables" that we eat were not available to the early hunter gatherers from squash, potatoes and other night shades, to loads of hybridized non-processed food.  The Inuit of Greenland ate a lot of fat and few carbohydrates and had no history of heart disease or stroke - until they began eating sugar and other Western foods in the past 40 or so years. 

Dr. Bernstein, a Type I diabetic has a very interesting background that required he become an MD at age 45 to have his program accepted by the medical community, many of who still don't accept it.  He is the originator of home blood sugar testing and closely followed his blood sugar swings from what he ate.  In his book "Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars" he advocates only 4 carbohydrates per meal - less than VM, with no restrictions on fat.  Very few people can follow his program but those who do control their diabetes much better than any other method.  There is nothing wrong with fats and oils, it is when you combine them with carbohydrates that you get into a heap of trouble.

Dr. Mercola's site is where I found that good article on carbohydrates.  Mercola has also written the book "The No Grain Diet" which advocates eliminating all grains from our diet.  I have a good friend who is a jogger and not overweight.  She followed Mercola's diet plan and lost 10 pounds in a week, all around her middle.

You can talk of hormones all you wish, but the biggest block to our health is our mouth which can be controlled by the owner's brain.  Carbohydrates kill - and that article, and my clinic, Dr. Bernstein, and Dr. Mercola are all in agreement on that point.