| As I was surfing the web researching information | | | | dramatic lowering of blood sugar levels in those given |
| relevant to my web site where I sell buckwheat | | | | fairly small amounts of buckwheat every other day. |
| pillows, I stumbled upon some information that | | | | Being greatly encouraged by these results, they are |
| grabbed my attention. Two things I am greatly | | | | proceeding with setting up full scale scientifically |
| interested in. One is buckwheat, and the other is | | | | controlled studies on humans, indicating that based on |
| diabetes. The first interest would be obvious, | | | | the experiments with both the mice and the diabetic |
| because of my inter net business, but the second is | | | | people, they are quite expectant of achieving |
| a more recent interest, or should I say, concern? | | | | possibly dramatic results from these studies. |
| I have just been diagnosed as being borderline | | | | Having just been diagnosed as being borderline |
| diabetic, so when I came across this information, I | | | | diabetic, I thought I would start eating some |
| was all ears, or should I say all eyes? What are the | | | | buckwheat for breakfast, and see what results I |
| chances of finding one article which combines both | | | | might get.. I went to the local health food store |
| subjects which are the most important to me? | | | | (couldn't find anything except buckwheat pancake |
| "University of Manitoba researchers find links | | | | mix at the local grocery store) and bought some |
| between buckwheat consumption and absence of | | | | buckwheat groats (raw buckwheat). |
| diabetes in remote geographical area," or something | | | | I concocted a couple of recipes. For one I cooked |
| to that effect. | | | | about a third of a cup of groats in a bowl of apple |
| Researchers had become aware of this area that had | | | | cider. I knew that making oatmeal in apple cider was |
| virtually no diabetics. They sent researchers to the | | | | really good. Then I threw in a handful of raisins. I |
| area to see if they could isolate the factors that | | | | boiled that about ten minutes, tossed in some frozen |
| might be the cause of this. They had already | | | | berries, which helped cool it down so I could eat it. |
| ascertained that when people moved away from this | | | | Sometimes I pour a little low fat milk on it. Pretty |
| area, they soon became subject to diabetes in about | | | | good. Next I made some with a third of a teaspoon |
| the same numbers as the prior local residents, so | | | | of beef bullion powder, added some dried chives, |
| they knew it had to be some factor peculiar to that | | | | some parsley, a little garlic powder, a little lemon |
| particular area. | | | | pepper, two teaspoons of ground flax seed, a third |
| After spending some time there they found one | | | | cup of the groats, a shake or two of sea salt,and |
| fairly obvious difference. The only flour that was | | | | boiled that ten minutes in a bowl of water. As soon |
| consumed in the area was milled from buckwheat. | | | | as this was cooked I dropped in an egg, and quickly |
| Every conceivable food that would contain flour, was | | | | stirred it up in the "soup". The heat of the soup |
| made from it. They simply did not use any other | | | | cooks the egg, and I really like that recipe. |
| form of flour. Whether they were making bread, | | | | My results were very encouraging, but of course, |
| noodles, pancakes, pastries, biscuits, or gravy, it was | | | | anecdotal. I had had a blood test a couple of months |
| made with buckwheat flour. | | | | before I started eating my buckwheat breakfast. I |
| The university then conducted a test using diabetic | | | | had weighed 261 lbs., and my hemoglobin A1c |
| mice. Apparently, mice react to things pertaining to | | | | (measures your average blood sugar over the last 2 |
| diabetes, sugar, and insulin, in much the same way | | | | - 3 months) was6.9. After about 3 weeks of eating |
| that humans do. Giving buckwheat to half of the | | | | my buckwheat concoctions, my A1c was 6.1, and my |
| diabetic mice, and not to the other half, resulted in | | | | weight was 243. I had not been aware that eating |
| the half given the buckwheat recovering very quickly | | | | buckwheat also can cause weight loss because it is |
| from their diabetes. They then ran a small | | | | very high in fiber, and causes you to feel fuller, so |
| experiment with human diabetics, which resulted in a | | | | you eat less. |