Beat Diabetes With 2 Overlooked Minerals

By Al Sears, MD

Lowering your blood sugar should be your first goal to prevent or reverse diabetes. And there are two nutritional supplements I often give my patients to provide them with a powerful support system to help handle more blood sugar and restore good health.

Vanadium, a crucial trace mineral, mimics the action of insulin. That means it helps move glucose from the blood into the cells where it can be used as energy. It works by making cells more sensitive to insulin, which stimulates the movement of glucose into them. It also inhibits the absorption of glucose from the gut, reducing damaging glucose and insulin spikes. In one study, people with diabetes took a vanadium supplement for three weeks - and the average participant’s blood sugar levels dropped by 10 percent.

Chromium is another important mineral to help control or reverse diabetes. In one study, a group of diabetics took chromium picolinate for 30 days. By the end of that time, participants’ cholesterol had dropped an average of 19 points, with their LDL cholesterol (the kind that can contribute to heart disease) dropping by more than 10 points. Even more important, their average fasting blood sugar level fell by 26 mg/dL.

Take vanadium as vanadyl sulfate, 150 mg once a day with meals. The most effective chromium is chromium picolinate. Take 600 mcg once a day with meals. Both are widely available.

[Ed. Note: Dr. Sears, a practicing physician and the author of The Doctor’s Heart Cure, is a leading authority on longevity, physical fitness, and heart health.]
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Confidence!

By Peggy McColl

Years ago, when I was a vice president of corporate development, I created a system that was used to evaluate our employees and determine the amount of their yearly bonuses. And I found it curious that when the employees were measured against the standards of my system, very few had performed at the highest level.

While all of them had earned a bonus, only 10 percent had gotten the full incentive that was available to those who met all their performance goals.

I asked the president of the company, "If you look at the people in this top 10 percent who achieved the maximum bonus, what do you think they have in common?" Without hesitation, he said "Confidence. They exude confidence, so they get results."

Confidence is a belief in yourself and your abilities that delivers to you the things you want. What you desire may not come exactly when you expect it, or in the form you’d imagined, but make no mistake: Confidence is a tremendously powerful emotion that will change your vibration and bring you what you hope for.

Confidence will lift you up no matter what the challenge, helping you access all your personal resources. By feeling faith in yourself, you’ll be aware of your many gifts and be able to use them to make your situation better. If you’ve lost your job, you’ll remember all your strengths, talents, and connections with other people who can help you find a new and better one. If you’ve ended a relationship or friendship, you’ll know for certain that you’ll attract a loving, wonderful partner or friend, and your confidence will draw them in just as if you were a magnet.

Don’t talk yourself out of feeling self-assured, and don’t let anyone else try to either. Only you know what you’re capable of and the passion you have for your goal. Your confidence will be like a strong tailwind pushing you toward your destiny.

[Ed. Note: This article was adapted from Peggy McColl’s book, Your Destiny Switch: Master Your Key Emotions, and Attract the Life of Your Dreams.]
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It’s Good to Know: Your Rights as an Air Traveler

Delays, cancellations, and missed connections are a common feature of air travel, and passengers who don’t know their rights can be taken advantage of by airlines. Major carriers have filed "conditions of carriage" with the U.S. Department of Transportation that spell out what they will provide travelers with under various circumstances, including free meal vouchers, hotel accommodations, phone calls and other services, as well as booking substitute flights on other airlines and even full refunds.

Travel experts recommend that you carry a copy of your airline’s "conditions of carriage" when you travel. Don’t count on the ticket agent to have a copy… or even know his airline’s policies.

(Source: Mytravelrights.com)
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Word to the Wise: Efface

To "efface" (ih-FAYS) - from the French - is to (1) wipe out or erase, or (2) shyly/modestly make yourself inconspicuous.

Example (as used by Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar): "Glancing at her - myopic, spinsterish, effaced - I wondered how she knew she had graduated at all, and, unlike her clients, was whole and well."

Michael Masterson
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These articles appear courtesy of Early to Rise [Issue #2051, 05-25-07], the Internet's most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com/.