Hmmm. I am finding some reduction of my blood sugar with resveratrol.
Isn't that the stuff from grape juice?
I have Northern European genes on both sides. I have for a long time
had this sense that fish would probably be the best thing for me to
eat most of the time I try to eat it often , but ya know, here we
are with our little "modernhomestead"
fish just isn't that local! But, as I said we have lots of our own
poultry these days and it needs to be eaten. So I will see if it
makes any difference
The other way that turmeric could work is that if it does reduce
iron, which then reduces Diabetes. and also the high undiagnosed post
prandial blood sugar, you will then have both less vascular
dementia and less AGEs which can be a cause of plaque formation in the
brain of Alzheimers patients.
Ellen
On 8/31/09, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@
> I'm not planning on adding grains either, at least not the
> wheat variety. My diet now is mainly meats and vegies
> and fruit. But I have cut down on "beef" as an experiment.
> I mean, we have chicken and goose and duck and lots of types
> of fish, and pork and lamb. I feel the best when I eat the most
> fish.
>
> Turmeric pulls iron out of the system: it's a "moderate chelator".
> This is mainly interesting in terms of India: the thought has been
> that the turmeric somehow prevents Alzheimer's, and now they
> are thinking that maybe the way this happens is that turmeric
> leeches iron out of the system.
>
> I don't really think this has been a problem for most of history.
> For most of history humans had gut parasites, and people with
> parasites are usually iron deficient. Also, there is a very good
> iron-regulating system inside people. The gut cells absorb iron
> and only release it to the blood as needed: the gut cells then
> slough off (they only live 3 days or so) and take the iron with
> them.
>
> However, a goodly chunk of the Northern European population
> has genes that prevent this. I'm not sure about other populations.
> But if you lack the "iron protection" service, then it's easy to
> overdose. On the other hand, if you DO have the iron protection
> genes, then it's unlikely you have too much iron. So it's not
> really something that one can guess at. It's very genetic.
>
> Also what isn't known is what blood ferritin levels SHOULD be.
> What is clear is that people in the higher ferritin level categories
> are more prone to heart disease and T2 diabetes. But there
> really needs to be more research on it.
>
> For myself though, I'm pretty sure that this is an issue in my
> family. I'll be getting the tests I think, including the genetic
> tests, then I won't be guessing. The thing is though, that
> when I eat beef, take turmeric, or VIt C, I start getting heart
> arrhythmia, which is often caused by high iron levels. My
> working guess is that those three things all change
> iron levels ... otherwise I can't see a connection between
> those items!
>
> BTW dark grape juice (and dark wine) also inhibits iron
> absorption. Which makes me wonder if this isn't part of
> the French diet issue: they drink wine always with
> meals, which by my theory would lower their levels
> of T2 diabetes and heart disease.
>
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