Marv:

Thank you for sharing your results with Combetic and other
supplements. In my own personal case, I find it is easier to control
and maintain proper blood sugars as long as I maintain consistant
exercise and quality nutrition. I have been on Combetic since last
Summer and find no lack or decrease in effectiveness. There have
been many cases where a change in healthy diet and increased
exercise has helped reverse type II diabetes alone. Everyone is
different and I am interested in everyone's comments on what works
for them. If you need some advice on herbal dosages, I suggest you
contact an herbalist that may help you. We have a herbalist now that
is promoting Combetic. Her name is Marg Niren and you can e-mail her
at: healthfulling@...

The following is Dr. Joseph Khoo's comments:
We do not advise stopping Combetic altogether. Use should be
continued regularly and on a dosage that is as low as possible.
There is no reduction in the effectiveness of Combetic over time.
However, if Combetic is stopped for a period of time and for
whatever reason, ( including those who follow the advise given to
stop for a period and restart later), the blood sugar will go back
to high levels again.

In some, it is faster. For some, it takes longer for the blood sugar
to rise.

We do not object to those who want to take other supplements with
Combetic.We do believe that Combetic is sufficient to take care of
their diabetes. However, if supplements are taken for other reasons,
they can continue it.

--- In CombeticFamily@yahoogroups.com, Marv Graham <graham@t...>
wrote:
>
> I hav been able to reduce my daily morning glucose readings from
the
> 250-400 range by following the plan outlined below, but mainly
from the
> use of Combetic. My readings now are in the range 79-135 depending
on the
> quality and length of sleep I get and how far I stray from the diet
> recommended by the Eades book. I have followed Dr. Khoo's advice
and am
> now able to maintain these glucose readings using 1 1/2 tables
daily: 1/2
> at each of breaffast, lunch, and bedtime.
>
> I have been following the eating regamin presented in the
book "Protein
> Power Lifeplan" by the Eades. The book also contains a table of
suppliment
> dosages that has a special column for diabetics. The dosages in
that
> column exceed those for "normal" people, and I have been following
their
> recommendations for those suppliments.
>
> The table appears as a two page spread on pages 410-411. Her is
that table:
> Eades micronutriet recommendations from their book "The Protein
Power Lifeplan":
>
> Nutrient Basic health Diabetes
> Vitamin A (as Beta Carotene) 25,000 IU 25,000 IU
> Vitamin C 200 mg 500 mg
> Vitamin D3 400 IU 400 IU
> Vitamin E (mixed) 400 IU 800 IU
> Vitamin K1 100 mcg 100 mcg
> Thiamin 50 mg
50 mg
> Riboflavin 15 mg 15 mg
> Niacin 30 mg
30 mg
> Niacinamide 130 mg 130 mg
> Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxal 5' Phosphate) 15 mg
15 mg
> Folate 800 mcg
800 mcg
> Vitamin B12 500 mcg 500 mcg
> Pantothenic Acid 400 mg 400 mg
> Calcium 300 mg
300 mg
> Magnesium 400 mg 600 mg
> Chromium (as Niacin bound or Picolinate) 200 mcg 1000 mcg
> Selenium 100 mcg 100 mcg
> Zinc 15 mg 15 mg
> Copper 1.5 mg
1.5 mg
> Manganese 2 mg 2 mg
> Molybdenum 100 mcg 100 mcg
> Boron 3 mg 3 mg
> Potassium 99 mg 396 mg
> Alpha Lipoic Acid 200 mg 600 mg
> Bilberry 500 mg 500 mg
> L-Carnitine 2 grams
> CoQ10 100 mg 100 mg
> Vanadyl Sulphate 5-10 mg
>
> NOTE: I have aligned diabetes specific increased doses to the left
>
> I have also been following the recommendations on diabetic specific
> suppliments from the book "A Promise Made, A promise Kept",
chapter 7.
> There, the author recommends (without dosage specifications --
citing FDA
> edicts against that) for SEVEN things:
>
> Cinnamon
> Bitter melon
> Gymnema sylvestry
> Nopal cactus
> American gunseng
> Fenugreek
> Chromium
>
> I would appreciate any advice on dosages, which the book's author
says the
> FDA has prohibited him from giving.
>
> FINALLY, I have seen the suggestion that one refrain from
continuous use
> of some suppliments and recommending a monthly "vacation" from
some to
> reduce the tendency to develop a tolerance that necessitates
higher and
> higher dosages to get the same effect. I have NOT seen any
recommendation
> for or against continuous use of the SEVEN things above. Can
anyone please
> comment on this?
>