[Diabetes-talk] Allo

[d m gina]

I eat fruit and do the bran tabs after each meal to keep the parade moving.
I just love to know what is out there and what helps folks.

Original message:
> If you don't have troubles keeping glucose numbers in a certain range,
> I'd say you don't need to use something like this. It sounds like your
> friend runs higher, and a product like this may assist in dropping their
> sugars. If your doctor isn't recommending it, I'd say you don't need it.
> And if you are worried about dropping low, you would test frequently,
> take scheduled snacks and follow up with your doctor. But again, it
> sounds like your sugars are good enough that a product like this, if it
> truly works the way you say, would not be good for you.

> I agree with Mike though that it can be tricky truly determining what is
> effecting blood sugars when it comes to diet and oral supplements.
> There's always talk about organic supplements to treat a variety of
> things, but the science isn't always there to support it, and when
> considering more mainstream treatments known to help with diabetic
> management, it's just tricky to know how much something like an oral
> supplement helps. I would want to see more studies and quite frankly,
> proof of it.

> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of d m gina
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 5:28 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Allo


> Ah yes she keeps excellent control of doing her number testings, and I
> know she stays rite on top of it all.
> I just thought if anyone else was doing this, how was it working, as
> well as I wouldn't want to get to low.
> I'm entertaining enough, I don't need to be that entertaining. Smile.

> Original message:
>> Doubting Thomas Question: How does she *know* that it is keeping her
>> sugars down? How does she know it isn't something else temporary or
>> that she might be feeling the effects of defecating herself silly so
>> she's not eating as much?

>> Dietary cause and effect determination is exceedingly tricky.

>> Put bluntly, there ain't no magic answers even though most diabetics
>> seem futily to keep seeking them.

>> Mike Freeman


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of d m gina
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:59 PM
>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Allo

>> She spelled it wrong, it is spelled aloe.
>> She drinks three cap fulls during the day, and it is keeping her
>> sugars down. She is a type two I wasn't sure after she shared this
>> with me. I am hoping to learn more.

>> Original message:
>>> Perhaps you have the name wrong because allo is a plant secretion
>>> used for moisturizers. I doubt it has the ability to affect glucose
>>> levels, and I've never heard anyone taking it orally, but of course,
>>> I could be wrong. I would verify with your friend what they are
>>> speaking of.

>>> Sincerely,
>>> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>>> Read my blog at: http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

>>> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down." The

>>> Expected One- Kathleen McGowan


>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of d m gina
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:37 PM
>>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Allo


>>> I have a friend who just started Allo, what is it, a pill or a shot?
>>> She says it brought her sugars down from 210 to 83. She is taking
>>> this as well as her medicine. My fear would be one would drop to low.

>>> Do any of you take this, and if so how are you effected? I am in the
>>> one hundred range for the most part, in the mornings it is 120 to 123

>>> for me this is good. My high in the evening before a meal is 170 so I

>>> don't know if I would need this or not.
>>> I just like to learn what is out there.
>>> Also is this a given name or a generic name.
>>> Thanks,

>>> --
>>> --Dar
>>> skype: dmgina23
>>>   FB: dmgina
>>> www.twitter.com/dmgina
>>> every saint has a past
>>> every sinner has a future

>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Diabetes-talk mailing list
>>> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> Diabetes-talk:
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/bpollpeter
>>> %
>>> 40
>>> hotmail.com


>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Diabetes-talk mailing list
>>> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> Diabetes-talk:
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/dmgina%40s
>>> a
>>> mobile.net

>> --
>> --Dar
>> skype: dmgina23
>>   FB: dmgina
>> www.twitter.com/dmgina
>> every saint has a past
>> every sinner has a future

>> _______________________________________________
>> Diabetes-talk mailing list
>> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> Diabetes-talk:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/k7uij%40pan
>> ix.com


>> _______________________________________________
>> Diabetes-talk mailing list
>> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> Diabetes-talk:

> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/dmgina%40samo
> bile.net

> --
> --Dar
> skype: dmgina23
>   FB: dmgina
> www.twitter.com/dmgina
> every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future

> _______________________________________________
> Diabetes-talk mailing list
> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Diabetes-talk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/bpollpeter%40
> hotmail.com


> _______________________________________________
> Diabetes-talk mailing list
> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> Diabetes-talk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/dmgina%40samobile.net

-- 
--Dar
skype: dmgina23
  FB: dmgina
www.twitter.com/dmgina
every saint has a past
every sinner has a future