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Hello and welcome to my book on Crohn’s, Celiac, Colitis, Stoicism and Journaling. This book covers a lot of territory. Crohn’s, Celiac, and Colitis are lifelong conditions. There are genetic links between them and Diabetes. And, yet a 2013 study found there were no standard practices for screening Type 1 Diabetes patients for Celiac Disease. Of the facilities in the study that did screen for Celiac Disease, 60% only did so if there were symptoms present. The authors of the study suggested a uniform screening protocol be put in place. Additionally, dieticians should acquire further ...

ello and welcome to my book on Continuous Blood Glucose Monitors – CGMs, Insulin Pumps, and Diabetes. Insulin is a hormone that cannot be taken as an oral medication. It must be delivered by injection into the blood stream. To determine the correct Insulin dose to be injected, a reading of the current glucose level in the blood must be made first. Traditionally, this has been done by a Lancet Device, commonly called a finger pricker that jabs the skin of usually a finger and draws a small amount of blood. The blood is transferred to a test strip in a Blood Glucose Monitor. While blood ...

Hello and welcome to my book on Diabetes Distress and Diabetes Burnout. Diabetes Distress and Diabetes Burnout represent ongoing emotional and mental challenges in the face of a condition that requires continuous monitoring of blood sugars, food and drink, exercise and other life stye challenges. Diabetes is debilitating, managing it is mentally and emotionally exhausting. Diabetes is a lifelong condition. Diabetes Distress and Diabetes Burnout manifest differently for each Diabetic. But we also need to consider the distress and burnout affecting caregivers helping and supporting a Diabetic...

Hello and welcome to my book on insulin, Homeostasis and Diabetes. This book has been quite a learning journey. From the discovery of Insulin to how the body is designed to maintain homeostasis and what has happened over the past 25 years, I can see how becoming a Type 2 Diabetic was almost inevitable. Homeostasis depends on active regulation, with dynamic adjustments that keep the environment of your cells and tissues relatively constant. The brain is part of many homeostatic systems, providing signals that coordinate your body’s internal clocks and regulating hormone secretion by the ...

This book has been a learning journey. I’ve met diabetics who, after diagnosis, treat it as a medication-managed condition. I’ve always abhorred medication. The human body is amazing, and we can achieve so much in our short lives if we help and respect it. I was determined to lean about my condition, and the Life Style changes to help me manage it and make me medication-free. Chronic illnesses, which typically appear later in life, significantly impact life expectancy. A 55-year-old Canadian male, with no chronic medical conditions, has a projected life expectancy of an additional 23.3 ...

Hello and welcome to my book on Crohn’s, Colitis and Diabetes. Crohn’s Disease and Type 1 Diabetes are autoimmune conditions; there is a genetic link between them. There is no genetic link between Diabetes and Colitis; however, there is a synergistic link between Colitis, Crohn’s Disease and Crohn’s Colitis - Indeterminant Colitis are part of a family of conditions known as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases – IBD. In this book we start to understand Crohn’s, Colitis and Crohn’s Colitis, which is not a combination of Crohn’s and Colitis; rather it is a rare form of Crohn’s ...

Shamanism is the oldest religion on the planet!

In the Eastern Church a Female Pope reigns but it is not Lady Challis. It is the one she knew as Cardinal Sophyra.Pope Sophyra is a vampire unlike like Lady Challis. Lady Challis, like a vampire from Hollywood bites with fangs to inject the essential enzymes that allow her to feed, enslave, or kill. Cardinal Sophyra is of a previously unknown species of vampire, she spits her enzymes or “venom.” When it lands on the victim, it seeps through the skin into the blood stream. Powerful, intelligent, and scheming she and her kind not only drink the blood of humans, they harvest the body their...

Hello and welcome to my book on Aging and Diabetes. We may live longer than we did 100 years ago, but there are new limitations and challenges that earlier generations did not face. The Stoic philosophers will often be quoted in this book, they had a view of life that applies just as much today as in their time. Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life is short. You must make the most of the present with the aid of reason and justice. Since it is possible that you may be quitting life at this very moment, govern every act...

Reiki has a very ancient Shaman heritage. The heritage dates to a time long before Buddhism became the official religion of Tibet in the 7th century AD, a very long time before the early 1800’s and the discovery of the healing tradition in Sanskrit texts and Buddhist temples by Dr. Mikao Usui who is credited with bringing this wonderful heritage first to Japan, and then through his students, to Hawaii and the west.The Shaman healing traditions assimilated by early Tibetan Buddhism, Yogic traditions, and the power of Sanskrit as a written language to pass the oral Shaman knowledge down ...

Hello and welcome to my book on Owning Your Diabetes Diagnosis. I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes December 20, 2022. By November 2021 I was medication free. The diagnosis was a shock but also a huge motivation to change my life. I set a goal to make the lifestyle changes necessary to become medication free. My response to my diagnosis is set out in my book “Prevent and Reverse Naturally Type 2 Diabetes.” I succeeded in my response and I “owned” that response totally. Everything that went into it, good or bad, was completely mine. Owning my response to my diagnosis brought other ...

Shamanism is the oldest religion on the planet! In human existence it predates current day organized religions by many millennia. Shamans are traditional healers, guides and protectors. They are a universal expression of the interaction between people and the natural and super natural worlds. European cave paintings and carvings showing shaman date from the Paleolithic era and in 2016, a12,000-year-old grave of a female shaman has been uncovered in Israel. Shamans have played an essential role in the defense of the psychic integrity of their community for thousands of years. They defend ...

ello and welcome to this book on The Low Glycemic Index Diet and Diabetes, I hope you enjoy and find the information useful. You may be a Diabetic looking for information on the diet as a component of Lifestyle changes that will reduce or eliminate Diabetic medication. The book breaks down into several sections that collectively help a Diabetic understand how to eat better, Hydrate, and help reduce or eliminate Diabetes Medication. Reducing or eliminating Diabetes medication does not apply to Type 1 Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes is a different pathology from all other types of Diabetes. The ...

Hello and welcome to my book on Celiac Disease and Diabetes. My previous book, Crohn’s, Celiac, Colitis and Diabetes was an introduction to these lifelong conditions. This book concentrates on Celiac Disease and Diabetes. Coeliac disease (British English) or Celiac Disease (American English) is a long-term autoimmune disorder, primarily affecting the small intestine, where individuals develop intolerance to gluten. Gluten is present in foods such as wheat, rye and barley.[1] The impact of this damage is impaired absorption of nutrients from food and drink and can lead to a wide range of ...

Shamanism is the oldest religion on the planet! In terms of human existence, it predates current day organized religions by tens of thousands of years. European cave paintings and carvings showing shaman date from the Paleolithic era. Graves of shaman 12,000-year-old and older have been discovered in Israel and the Czech Republic.Shamans have played an essential role in the defense of the psychic integrity of their community for thousands of years.They are pre-eminently the antidemonic champions; they combat not only demons and disease, but also black magicians... In a general way, it can ...

Hello and welcome to my book about Alkaline Water and Diabetes. I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes December 20, 2022. It was a shock. However, a shock can be a great motivator to action and change. I started making lifestyle changes that would bring me to my goal of being free of medication. These are documented in my book Prevent and Reverse Naturally Type 2 Diabetes. By In November 2023, my doctor said I could stop taking Metformin, my Diabetes medication. My goal of being medication free had been achieved. However, there is a lot remaining to be done. What has to be done you may ask? ...

This book is an introduction to Soul Retrieval. Soul Retrieval is in the domain of the Shaman.In terms of human existence, shamanism it predates current day organized religions by tens of thousands of years. European cave paintings and carvings showing shaman date from the Paleolithic era. Graves of shaman 12,000-year-old and older have been discovered in Israel and the Czech Republic.Shamans have played an essential role in the defense of the psychic integrity of their community for thousands of years. They are pre-eminently the antidemonic champions; they combat not only demons and ...

This book is an introduction to the Soul, and to the Spirit. Our soul and spirit combine in our physical bodies to make us who we are. This is a book about living but when we talk about the soul and our spirit there also needs to be a conversation around what they mean at the time of our death. Some of this book refers to an ancient Tibetan book written in 8th century, The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Before the 8th century information in it was an oral tradition passed down by shaman and from which its heritage stems. But its tradition and information go much further back and is based on ...

Darwin’s proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational concept in science. He describes how all living things evolve in the face of survival pressures and opportunities by adapting and changing. Since Darwin’s original published work, “On the Origin of Species” in 1859, many advances have been made. Archaeology with its extended view of this planet’s fossil evidence shows how over long periods of time animals and plants change. Darwin’s finches who live on different islands in the ...

Mark Ashford is a Tibetan Usui Reiki Master Teacher. Reiki has a very ancient Shaman heritage. The heritage dates to a time long before Buddhism became the official religion of Tibet in the 7th century AD, a very long time before the early 1800’s and the discovery of the healing tradition in Sanskrit texts and Buddhist temples by Dr. Mikao Usui who is credited with bringing this wonderful heritage first to Japan, and then through his students, to Hawaii and the west. The Shaman healing traditions assimilated by early Tibetan Buddhism, Yogic traditions, and the power of Sanskrit as a ...