I’m now 62 years old, have several health issues, not because I was born with them, no, I ignored my health, and it went away. I saw a health counsellor with my mother many years ago. He prescribed some products which neither my mom nor I ever took.
He asked me what I had eaten in the past few days, and when I told him, he said, “That’s not food.” I didn’t know what he meant. Today, I do. Much of what we humans put in our mouths here in North America is not food: Boxed prepared meals, boxed pasta dinners, sugary sweets, pop, boxed cereals, and so much more. I ate everything I listed here.
There are chemicals in our food that we can’t pronounce. Some families’ budgets don’t allow them to purchase healthy food. What is healthy food? Fruits and vegetables, and grass-fed meats, to name a few.
When I left home at 28, I rarely had access to good food. I ate a lot of fast food and restaurant food. Drank beer and pop, but rarely drank water. When it came to sweets, I ate chocolate bars every day. I spent most days eating sugary snacks. Little did I know that my fate was being sealed. If you eat like I did, rest assured, it will catch up with you. Some people have their extremities removed because they overindulged in eating the wrong foods, which aren’t food at all. I could show you some horrifying images of people who had one or both of their feet amputated because of complications with diabetes.
The statistics for Diabetes are alarming. If our blood sugar levels remain high, not only can it cause lower limb issues, it can affect your eyesight to the point you could lose it.
I’m not trying to fear monger anyone, but for many of us our pancreases are slowly dying. When they die our bodies will get very sick. The only alternative is to take insulin. Something that I’m trying to avoid. My blood sugar levels with the metformin and meals from the Diabetic Small Meals page are now keeping my blood sugar levels below 7. I’m taking 1250 mg of Metformin a day.