I have always held the vision of bringing the highest quality medical nutrition for long term solutions for one of the most dangerous epidemics, which is the exponential growth in diabetes mellitus. We have dedicated ourselves and our company to action in its purest and most comprehensive form. Our new program “Beyond Type 2″ is my purpose driven attack against diabetes mellitus, which I think is depleting our communities’ quality of life. Our program is for pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes patients.
The components of the program go beyond what the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus presents. The program does not contain diet restrictions, or a strict medication regiment. Beyond Type 2 represents a freedom from the restriction and shortened life span in order to gain a quality of life that identifies our patients’ passions, goals, and talents. It’s about who they are rather than the word diabetic, they are more than diabetic and in Beyond Type 2 we use food support, real world nutrition, and gentle fitness. Our patients will easily find that diabetes is something they can manage and not just endure.
Beyond Type 2 addresses the physical, emotional, psychological, and nutrition elements. We treat eating as a game which allows patients to fit the food they like into their diet. Instead of avoiding foods, monitoring portion sizes or trying to figure out what an exchange is, we basically do it with foods our patients already understand. We use foods they like to eat, not challenging foods or foods they aren’t happy about. We do not change their food to diabetic food but add in foods that might lower the affect the food desire might have on their blood sugar.
We teach timing rather than don’t eat this or don’t eat that. If you’re going to eat cake, here’s how to do it. A piece of cake is better eaten after dinner with food in the stomach that keeps the sugar from going straight into the vein, allowing some padding and leeway. This enables patients to participate in life and recognize that diabetes is not a life sentence. Not being able to participate in the “coffee run” at the office or not eating birthday cake at a party is not going “Beyond Type 2”.
The exercise component of Beyond Type 2 allows the cells to be more receptive to insulin and sugar. Exercise helps cells open up to receive sugar rather than have it stay in the veins. If sugar stays in the veins, there is no energy; sugar must reach the cells for energy. Sugar must be removed from veins because it starts to deteriorate the integrity of the veins causing holes in the vein tissue, ultimately damaging nerves and causing blindness, and death of tissue, which could result in amputation.
The group component of Beyond Type 2 helps patients know that they are not alone and share frustrations about having this disease with people who understand. Family members know that you have the disease but they don’t really understand it. Often, diabetics don’t want to burden people by talking about diabetes all of the time, so they don’t. The group is the place to get it all out.
The one-on-one sessions with me enable each patient to talk about obstacles towards their best life and how to deal with them. It’s all about how to go beyond their diabetes to get to their best life.
I am really excited about our comprehensive program Beyond Type 2. If you or someone you love is pre-diabetes or diagnosed Type 2 I’d like to invite you to attend our educational evening June 19th at 7:00 pm at Ramey Nutrition. To learn more about the program, visit www.BeyondType2.com.
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