Now that I have finished the EFT eBook on menopause I'm looking into a similar thing looking, this time, at diabetes.

I notice on the video on Gary's site that one lady has found EFT to be so useful that she no longer has diabetes.

Now, while we can't claim that EFT can cure diabetes for everyone,  I have no doubt that it can help people to cope with the challenges that diabetes throws at them.

I will be following a similar format to the one that I have already used. This means that the first part of the eBook is effectively an EFT manual taking you through the background and rationale behind this deceptively simple energy meridian technique of 'acupuncture without needles'. With this knowledge you can apply EFT to practically any situation that can ever come up, with a high chance of success even if you are brand new to the technique.  

The next section will look at the background to diabetes, possible conventional causes and common sense ways that people can help themselves. I will be including the low carb approach and Dr Bernstein's WOE (Way of Eating). For those people who say that this WOE is not sustainable because people just can't help eating all the starchy foods, etc. - well EFT can help with overcoming the cravings and carb addiction.

The third section breaks diabetes down into its individual symptoms or challenges. I know when I first started I hadn't the faintest idea of how to go about making up relevant Setup Phrases which is one of the reasons I decided to train as an EFT Practitioner. In this section, having discussed the subject from both conventional and less conventional points of view (ie. what is your body trying to tell you, what message is it trying to get across?) I try to provide the reader with some Setup Phrases to get them started on their way. From there on, it depends entirely upon what comes up for you and you can then carry on with your own personal, unique Setup Phrases.

I would like to be able to produce a resource that might enable and empower people with diabetes to take charge of their condition, so if anyone is interested in letting me know what particular topics they feel are pertinent or would like to see covered, and/or would like to try things out in a guinea pig way   and give me feedback on the success or otherwise, I'd love you to get in touch.  

The subjects that immediately come to mind from my experience with my husband Alasdair and from what I've read on the Dr Bernstein Diabetes Forum, in no particular order of importance include motivation, cravings, weight, exercise, stress and anxiety, vision, kidneys, neuropathy, circulation and heart.

As I say on my website "Although I can make no claims of a cure, EFT can help to address problems of weight control, exercise and dietary compliance and general overall motivation. In turn this can mean that general improvements in these areas means that the diabetes is far better managed, reducing the risk of complications."

I've found with some of my clients that emailing can work very well if they need a helping hand or a pointer to move them on. If you are interested in participating but don't want to go public then please feel free to email me privately. Everything would be in confidence.

I think that EFT can be a very useful adjunct in the control of diabetes. Unfortunately, I can't promise miracles but with persistence and consistency of application the likelihood is that it can help to make things easier as you journey on through life. I'd certainly like an opportunity to see if it can and hope that the people on this forum might be interested in giving it a try. It can do no harm and may produce a lot of good.  

I hope to get some feedback from you.

Regards,

Hello there, Connie,

Welcome to the Forum. As you can see, it's a very quiet one, although I'm hoping to start blogging soon, which may help me to raise its profile.  

I have to say that using EFT for diabetic control is still to get off the ground. Partly a combination of lack of time; not a lot of feedback from others and a lack of success in fully engaging the husband in the process. However, just the other night he did express an interest in looking into it a bit more deeply. Sometimes we just have to wait for the right time.  

One piece of advice I would heartily suggest to you is to have a look at the Dr Bernstein Diabetes forum, of which I am a member. You do have to register and sign in like this one to view the forum.

There are a lot of very positive and well-educated people on there who share their experiences, the successes and the failures, and post lots of truly interesting information on research articles, etc. And there are loads of truly scrumptious recipes so you need never be stuck for alternatives.

I actually have an EFT thread that I started some time ago which you can find here.

Dr Bernstein advocates a very low carbohydrate diet, bearing in mind that it is carbs that turn to glucose as they metabolize down, and that someone with diabetes does not have the ability to metabolize those sugars. So it actually seems a very perverse thing to be told that you need to eat the very substances that are causing your problem. You don't hear anyone saying to an alcoholic "OK, it's fine to keep on taking the alcohol - just make sure it's the best quality and you divide it up through the day", which is effectively the conventional advice to diabetics.

You can read excerpts from his book, which I have in my library and thoroughly recommend, here. This can give you an idea of what the forum is all about. Following the advice given here and in the book, we managed to control Alasdair's diabetes symptoms for nearly 10 years before he had to go on Metformin.

Many of the detractors of this approach say that it's not sustainable (we've been doing this since about 2002 - Alasdair is not as good at it as I am, which is frustrating as he's the one who needs to control his BGs but he can and does generally keep up with it - it's just that he's out more eating on the hoof and there aren't always the best choices available) but interestingly enough, as more and more research is covering this approach, the ADA is no longer able to say that it's unsafe and are grudgingly coming around to say that it MIGHT help some folk. Really, it's all about choice, INFORMED choice. What works for one individual may not work for another, but unless you know about it and give it a try, you can never tell.

As you say, insulin is a fat-forming hormone, especially if used in large doses. Many diabetics seem to think, or are advised, that it's OK to eat what you like so long as you cover it with your insulin shots. And I've just done the conversion of BGs in the 400-500 range - that''s a staggering 22-27 mmol/l   I hate to think what the A1c level must be  . Many of the Bernies have A1cs in the 4 and 5s, they have such tight control that it's near normal - which is exactly what Dr Bernstein, himself a long-standing T1 diabetic, recommends to minimize risk factors.

It's known that BGs (Blood Glucose) levels above 140 for any period of time mean that there is a much higher risk for the diabetic complications to take hold, and Dr B sets BGs of 83 as a good one to aim for. Sounds impossible? Just check it out.

From the EFT point of view, have you checked out the diabetes articles on Gary Craig's site? I do have some links if you need them.

I have got a tapping list that I amended from one that Gene Monterastelli put together to help prevent colds and flu.

I've personalized it to suit our situation, including BG levels, blood lipid levels (ah yes, the cholesterol myth - more worried about triglycerides personally) and hormonal status as low testosterone levels are implicated in lack of diabetic control (recent blood test showed Alasdair's were in the low status) and low thyroid status can also complicate matters.

The idea is that you just tap away on all the shortcut points, starting at the eyebrow with the first line, the side of the eye with the second, etc. and keep going on until you have completed the list. I want to get the 2 page list laminated so it's easy to use. Alasdair has said he's OK doing this. Come to think of it, I need to do this as well as I've been plagued with a chest/throat infection and a cold these last few weeks, although they may also be the result of a lot of energy work I've been doing recently, a kind of cleansing detox. If that's the case, I must be in more of a mess than I thought     ).

I'll put the list in the next reply as I'm running out of room here.

I hope the above is of some use to you. If you have any specific aspects that you would like to ask about then please do so.

Karen,
Thank you for your detailed response.  I have visited Dr. Bernstein's site awhile back,  maybe a year or two, but didn't think it would get right with my husband.  I'll revisit it again soon and give it another look.  I'll also explore more of the EFT options and see where that leads us.  It all boils down to my husband wanting to do it and get over the disappointments over the years of going to regular Drs. and them not really addressing the weight gain effect....since blood sugars were in line. His Dad was always a big, big man and my husband was well on his way there and decided he didn't want to head in that direction......now much weight has come off...but as a consequence, the blood sugars are quite high.........I'll keep searching for a solution that works for him and try convincing him (without seeming to nag) that he needs to change his approach on this.
Thanks for your time.....I appreciate it.     Connie

Karen,
Thank you....I'll keep you in mind.       Connie