There Is a Cure for Diabetes by Gabriel Cousens M.D

Author:Gabriel Cousens, M.D. [Cousens, Gabriel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-55643-974-2
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2010-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Vitamins

NIACIN (B-3)

As early as 1950, researchers had discovered that niacinamide could provide protection against the development of diabetes.85 These studies, and some performed thirty years later, sparked several human-based studies that have again demonstrated niacin’s ability to not only prevent Type-1 diabetes but, if given soon enough after diagnosis, to slow the progression of and sometimes even reverse the disease, restoring pancreatic function to the point that insulin is no longer required.86

Niacinamide has been shown to be effective in preventing the development of diabetes in high-risk children. Researchers divided a group of high-risk children into two groups; fourteen were given niacinamide and eight were not. All eight of the untreated children eventually developed diabetes, compared to only one of the treated children.87

Researchers have now shown that niacinamide acts as a protective antioxidant. It also inhibits components of the immune system that target the pancreas.88 Niacinamide also stimulates the pancreas to secrete more insulin and increases insulin sensitivity within cells.89

Enzymes that contain niacin play an important role in energy production and the metabolism of fat, cholesterol, and carbohydrates as a pre-hormone component in the sex and adrenal hormones, as well as a neurotransmitter precursor. Niacin is part of the glucose tolerance factor as well. Using niacinamide has had significant effects in Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes. There is some suggestion that niacinamide given within the first five years of the onset of Type-1 may help ameliorate the effect. It has also been shown to reduce total cholesterol and triglycerides, and increase HDL levels. It may turn out to be an essential part of any diabetic program.

Niacinamide has the capacity in vitro of disrupting the pathogenic mechanisms of NIDDM. Animal studies have shown significant beta cell protection from niacinamide. Many of these studies have been done since 1987 and have played a role in helping prevent the destruction of pancreatic beta cells in patients newly diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes. Niacinamide prevents the depletion of intracellular NADH.90,91 Low intracellular NADH levels contribute to the death of islet cells of the pancreas. Niacinamide does seem to help prevent pancreatic beta cell death, but it does not seem to intervene in the inflammatory process, which is why the live-food diet and Vitalzym X play an important role in reducing inflammation. B-3 is good for the functioning of glucose tolerance factor and it decreases lipid buildup.

Because of these interesting results, several pilot studies were designed to see if nicotinamide was a viable way to prevent Type-1 diabetes from manifesting, or after manifesting, to prevent the beta cells from further destruction or reduce the rate of destruction. In these studies seven participants were given 3 grams of niacinamide. After six months, five patients in the niacinamide group and two in the placebo group were not needing insulin. Their blood glucose levels and HgbA1c levels were normal. At twelve months, three patients in the niacinamide group and none in the placebo group remained diabetes-free.92 Could niacinamide prevent diabetes from progressing? There have been at least ten studies attempting to

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