Six (6) Stage Medical Wellness Model
This model is designed to allow the diabetic and his/her doctor to better track their progress.
This model uses the medical standard for blood glucose testing combined with superior nutrition, proper exercise, frequent blood glucose testing/analysis, spirtual health, periodic doctor visits and physical exams. This model takes the best from Traditional Medicine and the best from Alternative Medicine to develop an optimum and user-friendly program for the diabetic, and for the doctor.
Note: The purpose of this model was not to reinvent the wheel, but to use the best that medical science has to offer, and frame it in a structured model that would allow for easier tracking and identification of the need for corrective actions -- to achieve sustained blood glucose stabilization, reduced insulin resistance, reduced inflammation, increased energy production, and optimum health.
The Death to Diabetes® Management, Control & Reversal Model
The foundation of this diabetes wellness program is a six-stage model that guides the diabetic through diabetes management, control and possible reversal.
Stage 1 No BG Control: is the stage where the majority of diabetics usually find themselves in the beginning, with an average fasting blood glucose (BG) level that is greater than 126 mg/dl or an oral glucose test measurement greater than 200 mg/dl.
Stage 2 BG Control with Drugs: is the stage where most diabetics transition to when they underestimate the disease and are unable to improve their cell health and control their blood glucose level with nutrition and exercise. During this stage the diabetic and his/her doctor are trying to use drugs to help lower the diabetic’s blood glucose level and eventually bring it within the normal range.
Stage 3 BG Control with Reduced Drugs: is probably the most difficult stage for a diabetic to reach once he/she and the doctor have chosen to use drug therapy to lower the diabetic’s blood glucose level and, hopefully, improve the health of the cells. It becomes a more difficult battle because the cells have to deal with the disease and the drugs, which bring along their own side effects and impedance to the body’s healing process.
Stage 4 BG Control without Drugs: is the stage that some diabetics reach when they are able to control their blood glucose with nutrition and exercise (and no drugs). They are able to reduce the amount of insulin resistance and inflammation in their cells, enabling the cells to repair themselves.
Unfortunately, many diabetics relax during this stage because they are not aware that there is still work to be done to actually reverse and eradicate the disease, or, at least, sustain blood glucose stabilization. As a result, they regress back to Stage 1 when their average glucose level eventually rises above 126 mg/dl and remains there.
Stage 5 BG & HbA1C Control: indicates that the average blood glucose level and hemoglobin A1C are both consistently within the normal range without the need for any drugs.
Stage 6 BG & HbA1C Tighter Control: indicates that the cells are healthy as the average blood glucose level and hemoglobin A1C are consistently within a tighter range without the need for any drugs; and, the disease is totally reversed – no insulin resistance and no inflammation. In addition, other critical health parameters are within their normal ranges, e.g. blood pressure, body mass index, minerals, enzymes, homocysteine, cholesterol.
Based upon the etiology of Type 2 diabetes, the analysis of its pathogenesis, and the sciences of disease, including pathophysiology, pathological anatomy, biochemistry, and psychopathology, the above diagram provides a high level overview of the six stages and the eight “living” elements of Type 2 diabetes control and reversal. This model is very flexible and can be customized to suit your health needs and lifestyle; and, can be used by you and your doctor to better track your progress.