Ellis wrote:
> As for insulin... I don't "cycle" insulin. I take Lantus,
> slow acting long lasting insulin, once in the morning, every
> morning, and once before I go to sleep. And I take Humalog,
> fast acting short lasting insulin, either before I eat or after
> I eat, if I have a peak in my glucose levels. I have taken
> so many blood glucose tests (probably more than 15,000 in
> nearly 8 years) that I can predict how much a meal that I am
> going to eat will raise my blood glucose... If I was Dr. Bernstein,
> I simply wouldn't eat it... but I am not Dr. Bernstein. So I eat
> it anyways... (maybe fruit with cottage cheese and yoghurt for
> dessert... maybe chocolate ice cream... maybe a bit of
> bread and cheese... etc.)
>
> I know what is my poison, and I eat it anyways, but I don't eat
> a lot of it. If I do not take insulin, my blood glucose might
> rise to 130... if I do take insulin, my blood glucose stays
> below 100. Ideally, I would like to have my blood glucose about
> 85 mg/dl.
>
> To put this into perspective: if I would drink ONE GLASS OF ORANGE
> JUICE, my blood glucose goes to about 150 or 160... If I would
> eat ONE SLICE OF PIZZA, my blood glucose goes to about 160, and
> higher with a second slice. If I would ask a DIABETES SPECIALIST
> (God forbid) of the American Diabetes Association persuasion his
> opinion of 130, he would say that 130 is GREAT and it is NORMAL...
>
> Dr. Bernstein would say it is too high, and I agree with Dr.
> Bernstein, it is too high... so I inject the correct dose of fast
> acting insulin to get it down to 85 mg/dl as fast as possible.
>
> I inject insulin several times every day, so that is not "cycling".

Idelle: Do you use Dr. Bernstein's technique precisely for
determining how much insulin to take?

Ellis: I do not use Dr. Bernstein's technique at all... Dr.
Bernstein does not recommend insulin for non-diabetics, he only
recommends it for diabetics. I am on my own, on this one.

Idelle: I recently read his book, but I don't recall his talking
about a combination of short and long-acting insulin for non-diabetics.

Ellis: His book is intended for diabetics, not for non-diabetics.

I learned to use long-acting and short acting insulin by myself.

I use Lantus the way that Dr. Bernstein recommends, which is
every 12 hours rather than a larger dose every 24 hours... I
think that is correct... and I use short acting insulin to
bring down the peaks, when they occur or when I know they will
occur... it makes sense to me, and I'm in Mexico so I don't need
Dr. Bernstein's or any other doctor's approval... So that is what
I do, and it works to perfection.

Dr. Bernstein is also not in favor of growth hormone for diabetics,
and I am in favor of growth hormone for diabetics if they first get
their blood glucose levels under perfect control. There are,
in fact, several diabetics subscribed to Rejuvenation who I know
are using growth hormone, including Richard Smith who invited me
to visit Dr. Bernstein with him... and they are all getting very
good results from using growth hormone, as I know they should...

But I don't recommend growth hormone to anybody who is diabetic
and does not have his blood glucose controlled. The reason I
don't is because I know their diabetes is going to advance, and
for sure they or their doctor are going to blame it on growth
hormone instead of his or her own ignorance.

Idelle: Have you considered metformin and/or januvia?

Ellis: No, I have not considered metformin anymore, since I
learned to use insulin. I used to use metformin when I began
to control blood glucose, because that is what I learned from
100% of all doctors... But now my blood glucose is very well
controlled with correct diet and insulin, so I don't see any
REASON why I should try to control my blood glucose with anything
that is not insulin. Metformin is not BAD, but insulin is
BEST, and cannot be improved upon.

There is absolutely no risk of hypoglycemia from using insulin,
for me. There might be a risk of hypo glycemia for somebody who
does not know how to use insulin correctly, but that is why I say
you must learn to use insulin correctly or else don't use it at
all. And it is very easy to learn to use it correctly, if you
do not have gastroparesis or some other diabetic complication
which makes STAYING ALIVE difficult.

In any case, what I advise is for me only. I tell you what I
do, I tell you how I do it, I tell you why I do it, and I tell
you my results, but I don't advise that anybody should do what
I do. But if you want to learn to do it, ask me and I will teach
you how to use insulin, because I think it will be great for your
health, if you learn to use it correctly.

Using insulin is like flying an airplane... You have to make
sure you have the proper altitude (blood glucose level) and
you have to make sure you are going the right speed (dose)
and you have to make absolutely sure there is fuel in the
tank (food in the stomach)... If you've got those three things,
flying an airplane is easier than riding a bicycle...

Oh... you've also got to know how to jump with a parachute...
I know what to do in case I ever get hypoglycemia.

Insulin is the hormone that my body uses to control blood glucose,
so it is as natural as it can be... Metformin is not better than
insulin, and I don't know what is Januvia, but it can't be better
than insulin... it simply cannot be better.

And Insulin is CHEAP... cheap cheap... like a few pennies per
day, cheap. And it is SAFE, if you use it correctly, which is the
only way I use it.

So WHY should I change something that is CHEAP and on top of that
is working perfectly well and without any problem, if it is working
perfectly well and without any problem and is CHEAP?

Thanks for writing. Whatever happened to your husband's book?
Did he publish it? - Ellis