Czy ktos sie zastanawial, komu zalezy aby konopie byly nielegalne i aby nie uzywac ich jako lekarstwa? Komu zalezy aby ludzie chorowali i nie bylo dla nich dostepnego najzdrowszego, naturalnego lakarstwa jakie Bog stworzyl dla czlowieka? Czy istnieje jakas globalna konspiracja, ktorej celem jest wyeliminowanie najlepszego, najtanszego i najzdrowszego leku na swiecie? Na to pytanie odpowiedzial Doug Yurchey w swoim eseju pt. "The Marijuana Conspiracy - The Real Reason Hemp is Illegal" (http://www.illuminati-news.com/marijuana-conspiracy.htm).
And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land.
- Ezekiel 34/29
Eksperci przestrzegaja przed epidemia cukrzycy
Znane kanadyjskie autorytety w dziedzinie nauk medycznych przestrzegaja przed zaniedbaniami i ostrzegaja, ze w chwili obecnej ponad dwa miliony Kanadyjczykow choruje na cukrzyce typu 2. prognozuja takze, ze do konca tego dziesieciolecia na cukrzyce bedzie chorych ponad trzy miliony Kanadyjczykow. Co jest grozne w tych prognozach? 50 procent pacjentow, nie ma w chwili obecnej odpowiedniej opieki zdrowotnej, a nastepne 600 000 moze w ogole nie wiedziec, ze jest na cukrzyce chora.
Organizacja The Diabetes in Canada Evaluation opublikowala w srode raport, w ktorym ostrzega, ze co drugi chory na cukrzyce nie bada poziomu cukru we krwi i w ten sposob utrzymuje chorobe pod kontrola. Choroba w swoim niekontrolowanym przebiegu moze wywolac ataki serca, wylewy, choroby nerek, powodowac slepote i doprowadzac do amputacji. Okolo 600 000 Kanadyjczykow moze nie zdawac sobie sprawy z tego, ze sa chorzy, poniewaz nie potrafia okreslic symptomow choroby.
Dr Steward Harris profesor w Sulich School od Medicine na Uniwersytecie Western Ontario, stwierdzil, ze mamy do czynienia z regularna epidemia cukrzycy. Harris, przy wspoludziale dr. Jean-Marie Ekoe przeprowadzili daleko zakrojone badania podsumowane wspomnianym powyzej raportem.
Obliczono, ze koszt walki z cukrzyca obciaza budzet przeznaczony na ochrone zdrowia kwota 13.2 miliarda dolarow rocznie. Harris podkreslil, ze epidemiczny rozwoj tej choroby w Kanadzie spowoduje, ze w 2020 roku koszt ten siegnie 20 miliardow dolarow (ZYCIE, 22-28 wrzesnia 2005).
DIABETIC DILEMMA
I have found, through independent study, that marijuana lowers blood sugar. That's how it gives people the munchies. I gave a guy that had diabetes a joint because he couldn't get his insulin. His sugar was 239 before he smoked and 198 after smoking one joint. The US government doesn't want people to know this because the taxes on diabetic products are in the millions per year, but weed is better than insulin. It doesn't cause the circulatory problems that insulin causes.
Kenneth Wade Cox ("Mailbag", HIGH TIMES, August 2005).
DIABETES & POT
Regarding the Mailbag letter "Diabetic Dilemma" [Aug. '05]: I was diagnosed with high-blood-sugar diabetes last November. My family doctor put me on Metformin, but I refused to take even one pill. Instead, I smoked and ate pot. Using my blood-testing machine, I noticed that when I got the hungry effect from marijuana and didn't eat, my blood sugar dropped dramatically - sometimes 40 to 80 units. I'm sure that if I didn't smoke or eat the herb in sugar-free treats, I'd be stabbing myself with needles by now. Have there been any studies on diabetes and marijuana, and if so, how can I obtain them?
Tim Bryant
Dr. John Morgan replies: For years, the hunger experienced by marijuana users was attributed to low blood sugar [hypoglycemia]. Such an effect could have been caused by an increase in insulin secretion. However, the theory wasn't supported by evidence and experiments disproved the presence of any hypoglycemia. There are a number of factors that determine blood sugar, both in people with diabetes and those without: for example, food and water intake, the amount of body fat and muscle, recent weight loss or weight gain, exercise, and drugs that alter secretion of insulin or the utilization of glucose. I checked for any publications relating THC to insulin and glucose and found nothing ("Mailbag", HIGH TIMES, November 2005).
Study tracks diabetes
Family doctors urged to try more aggressive approaches to treating the disease
VIVIAN SONG
Toronto Sun
Alan Marks grew to resent other diseases. He's been living with type 2 diabetes for 36 years and always felt a twinge of guilt and shame for what is widely known as a lifestyle-induced disease. "People are sympathetic to (other diseases). But there's not a lot od sympathy for people with diabetes," said the 66-year-old with a history of diabetes in the family. "The story I've gotten it's your own fault your're overweight and not exercising enough."
But as he listened to diabetes experts say doctors have become overly reliant on lifestyle changes to manage type 2 diabetes, Marks - who said he's never been obese - said he felt a little lighter.
The Canadian Diabetes Association released the largest diabetes study of its kind in Canada to media yesterday, touting the Diabetes in Canada Evaluation study (DICE) as "wake-up-call" on the runaway epidemic. "We need to get away from the blame game," study co-author Dr. Stewart Harris said in a press conference. "It's not the patient's fault, it's the fault of the disease. "The name of the game is get that blood sugar down," Harris said. "Family physicians need to implement more intense treatment strategies."
The report also called for governments to open accessibility to medicine and treatment for those who don't have the advantage of full benefits.
vivian.song@tor.sunpub.com
CRUCIAL FACTS ABOUT DIABETES
Key Findings of the Diabetes in Canada Evaluation study (DICE) include:
* Nearly half of patients with diabetes aren't at their target blood sugar levels.
* The longer a person has diabetes, the more likely the disease will be poorly controlled.
* Physicians place an overreliance on lifestyle changes to control diabetes when aggressive treatment like drugs is needed.
Facts about diabetes:
* 2,000,000 Canadians have diabetes and an estimated 30% don't know it.
* People with diabetes are two to six times more likely to suffer from heart disease.
* Diabetes costs $13.2 billion a year in Canada (TORONTO SUN, Wednesday, September 21, 2005).
Diabetes
Part IV - Treatment with Cannabis
"Common Medical Uses For Cannabis (Marijuana)"
Many cannabinoids act primarily to inhibit prostaglandins and COX-2, while providing powerful anti-oxidant properties to salvage free radicals, and inhibit macrophage and TNF. All of this means that cannabis is an excellent anti-inflammatory that lacks the side effects of steroids (which diabetics have to avoid), the NSAIDS, and the COX-2 inhibitors like Vioxx. This anti-inflammatory action may help quell some of the arterial inflammation common in diabetes.
Cannabis is also neuroprotective. It is believed that much of neuropathy comes from the inflammation of nerves caused by glycoproteins in the blood that deposit in peripheral tissues and trigger an immune response. Cannabis helps protect the nerve covering (myelin sheath) from inflammatory attack. Cannabis also lessens the pain of neuropathy by activating receptors in the body and brain. Some components of cannabis (perhaps cannibidiol) act as anti-spasmodic agents similar to the far more toxic anti-convulsants like Neurontin. This action of cannabis helps relieve diabetic muscle cramps and GI upset.
Two other major actions of cannabis can benefit the diabetic. The first is helping to keep blood vessels open and improving circulation. Cannabis is a vasodilator and works well to improve blood flow. The second action is how cannabis can reduce blood pressure ovet time. While cannabis is not generally thought to be an anti-hypertensive and is no replacemnet for ACE inhibitors, it does contribute to lower blood pressure which is vital in diabetes management.
Finally, cannabis used in food products not only provides long lasting blood levels of key cannabinoids but, in addition, cannabis butter and oil substitute triple bonded fatty acids for the saturated fats normally contained in these essential cooking products. This substitution will benefit cardiac and arterial health in general.
Most diabetics learn very early that maintenance of good blood sugar is most easily achieved when patients or their caregivers cook as opposed to eating fast food or prepared foods. Cooking not only provides superior nutrition necessary to treat diabetes but also is a form of physical therapy for diabetic hands that suffer from neuropathy. Of course, diabetics should take caution with any flames or hot objects.
Cannabis may also be used to make topical creams (mixed with aloe vera and/or emu oil) that can be applied directly to hands and feet affected by neuropathic pain and tingling.
Night time can be particularly difficult for diabetics. A syndrome known as "restless leg syndrome" (RLS) is common. Cannabis helps still RLS which is otherwise treated with quinine and /or muscle relaxants like Flexaril. For night time it is recommended that patients use a vaporizer or smoked cannabis to aid in falling asleep. If night time hypoglycemia is a problem then a cannabis cookie can be very helpful. Cannabis cookies are great treatment so long as portion control is exercised (http://www.letfreedomgrow.com/cmu/diabetes_5.htm).
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