How I Reversed My Type 2 Diabetes Naturally

I have never been the type to run to the doctor. I believe that sometimes you have to give your body time to heal itself.

However, A few years ago, I changed health insurance, and one of the things they wanted me to do was an annual checkup at my doctor’s office. So, I decided to make an appointment and see about that.

Annual Health Checkup

At that appointment, we went through my history, and I had to answer all kinds of questions. Since I did not, and still don’t, use any medication, there was not that much to discuss. At the end, we decided to do blood work, since that was not done for many years.

Results Of The Bloodwork

A few days later, the doctor called me and told me that I had to start taking Metformin since I had full-blown type 2 diabetes. According to the test, my A1C was 7.7%.

For reference, an A1C below 5.7% is generally considered normal, 5.7% to 6.4% is considered prediabetes, and 6.5% or higher is in the diabetes range.

My Reaction

I was always under the impression that I was in good health since I used no medication and felt fine. I was not really overweight and was in pretty good shape for my age.

So, needless to say, this came as a big shock for me, and the facts needed some time to settle in my brain. I told the doctor I was going to hold off on the Metformin and wanted to do some research on the medication and alternatives.

I was at that time already convinced that many “modern” diseases were caused by lifestyle choices.

In my research, I stumbled upon low-carb diets and read about people reversing their Type 2 diabetes with that diet. Time to take action, and I decided to give that a 3-month try and then retest my blood.

My Low-Carb Diet

So, the first thing I had to find out was what foods had carbs in them. Surprisingly, there are many of them, and most of them were processed foods.

So, I cut out bread, pasta, potatoes, most processed foods, cookies, and chips. Not easy because I love bread and pasta.

I changed from Sugar in my coffee and tea to coffee and tea sweetened with Stevia

The second thing I found out was that, according to many alternative health authorities, the food pyramid was upside down. Fat was always portrayed as a villain and bad for us. Their statement was:

Your body has to learn to use fat as the fuel source and not carbohydrates.

So, what I did was add a lot of fat to my diet. I am talking bacon, sausage, and al all other types of fat such as real butter. I will tell you more later about the way I am eating now.

Intermittent fasting

In my research, I found that eating 3 meals a day and snacks in between was actually very bad for your system. Every time you eat something, your body has to produce insulin to bring down the spike in blood sugar.

I decided to go for what is called intermittent fasting. That means that I try to eat 2 meals a day in a time window of a maximum of 10 hours.

That means that my body has at least 14 hours without food and has time to process the food.

By doing that, you force your body to find energy sources such as stored fat in your system.

Nowadays I eat breakfast around 10.30 in the morning and dinner at 6.00 in the afternoon. No snacks and about 16 hours of fasting.

What I eat

Before I write down what I eat, I have to tell you that this is what I do. That does not mean it will be good for you. Talk to your health care professional before changing your diet.

Breakfast

As I mentioned, I eat breakfast around 10.30 in the morning. It usually contains:

• 4 eggs fried in butter
• about a pound of bacon or sausage
• Fresh sauerkraut.
• Big scoop of real butter.

Besides that, I use several herbs and seasonings. Hot sauce, Cayenne pepper, Turmeric, regular salt for the Iodine, Celtic salt for the macronutrients, and black pepper.

Dinner

Dinner we try to eat around 5.30 – 6.00 in the afternoon. It usually contains:

• Meat. Pork, beef, chicken, or fish
• Some low-carb vegetables
• Staples such as cauliflower rice.
• Yoghurt.

In my yoghurt, I add: black cumin seeds, hemp seeds, Chia seeds, and liquid stevia as a sweetener. Recently, I also added a scoop of beetroot powder to my yoghurt.

The Result

After about 3 months, I went back to my doctor, and we did a new blood test.

• My A1c was down from 7.7 to 5.4.
• I lost about30 pounds of body weight

So my A1C had dropped back into the normal range. What I also noticed was an improved energy level. I think even my mind was clearer.

Reversing My Type 2 Diabetes Naturally – My experience

That experience also made me curious about how health care developed and how we moved from traditional and herbal approaches to the modern medical system. I wrote more about that in The History of Health Care: From Herbal to Modern Medicine.

Let me start, again, by saying that this is my experience, and although I believe in a low-carb diet in combination with other healthy choices.

You should not take this as any medical advice.

Especially when you are on any type of medication, you have to contact your primary caregiver.

After my positive experience and reading more about alternative ways of healing and giving the body what it needs to stay healthy, I have made several other lifestyle changes. I will write more about them in other articles.

Eddie van Aken