Yes, yes, praise God. I could stand up and shout for joy. The Lord is so very good. For almost 2 years, Richard's A1c has been creeping up. Despite increasing his Metformen and even adding Glipiside, just after Thanksgiving his A1c (the blood sugar that bonds to red blood cells) had reached 8.5 and the doctor told us that if he couldn't get it down below 7.0 he would need to go on insulin (injections). That was 6 weeks ago and on Friday, Richard had new blood work. The results were far greater than I could have hoped for. Praise God. Despite the time frame being over the holidays, his A1c is 6.9. I would have been grateful had it even been down to 8.0.
Our family can attest to the lack of sugar and a limited number of "goodies" this Christmas season. They are used to platters of cookies and other special treats baked special for the season. Instead, the only cookies were sugarless. Fruit cake was made from dried fruit (no sweetner or preservatives added), honey substituted for molasses, Slenda for brown sugar. No candied yams or sweet pickles adorned the table. The only candy in the place was sugar-free (aside from that sent on Christmas eve from Germany and enjoyed by all). We are watching carbs, not calories, but there is a lot of corrilation. Consequently, serving sizes are small. It worked. Now to keep it that way. This is not a fad diet, it is of necessity, a life style change. Please pray for me that I can continue in this effort. Richard's life may very well depend on it.
That's great! We all could start now in watching the sugars and carbs as Americans it is slowly killing us. There are so many health problems caused by the American diet. There are more obese people and diabetic's including children. It gets harder as we get older. I'm finding in myself I have to be more active in order to maintain my current weight.
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