Treating Diabetes with Low Level Laser Therapy is a new and exciting alternative. Diabetes is a serious disorder and during 2002, 224,092 deaths in the United States were directly related to complications from Diabetes. Many people (nearly 1 in 3) are not even aware they have Diabetes until they develop one of the serious and sometimes life threatening complications, including:

• High blood pressure
• Heart disease
• Stroke
• Blindness (Diabetic Retinopathy causes 12,000 to 24,000 new cases of blindness each year making Diabetes the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults 20-74 years of age)
• Kidney disease (an estimated 175,000 people are living on chronic dialysis or with a kidney transplant)
• Nervous system disease
• Amputations
• Dental disease
• Complications in pregnancy
• Sexual dysfunction
• And various other complications

There are two major types of Diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 results from the body’s failure to produce insulin, the hormone that “unlocks” the cells of the body, allowing glucose to enter and fuel them. It is estimated that 5-10% of the over 20 million Americans who are diagnosed with Diabetes have Type 1 Diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes results from insulin resistance (a condition in which the body fails to properly use insulin), combined with relative insulin deficiency. Insulin is the hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life.

Fortunately most Americans who are diagnosed with Diabetes have Type 2 Diabetes which is easier to treat than Type 1. The cause of Diabetes continues to be a mystery to orthodox medicine. Genetic factors, environmental factors, poor diet, obesity, and lack of exercise appear to play important roles. Usually Diabetes is diagnosed with either the Fasting Plasma Glucose Test (FPG) or an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). The American Diabetes Association recommends the FPG because it is easier, faster, and less expensive to perform. Fasting blood glucose levels between 100 and 125 mg/dl, are a red flag and over 41 million Americans are estimated to have this pre-diabetic condition. A person with fasting blood glucose level of 126 mg/dl or higher has Diabetes.

In the OGTT test, a person’s blood glucose level is measured after a fast and two hours after drinking a glucose-rich beverage. If the two-hour blood glucose level is between 140 and 199 mg/dl, the person tested has pre-diabetes. If the two-hour blood glucose level is at 200 mg/dl or higher, the person tested has diabetes. There is a big push for early screening. Testing includes blood pressure, weight, blood and urine tests, eye, dental and foot exams. Education to change life styles is the treatment of choice. Unfortunately, orthodox medical cures have not proven very effective for either type of Diabetes. Type I Diabetes is treated with insulin. Controlling the insulin amount is difficult but has been improved with various time released insulin pump techniques. Type 2 treatments consist of various drugs to lower high blood pressure and glucose levels. But these drugs have a long list of detrimental side effects – many of which are worse than the disease.

Alternative medicine offers different methods of diagnosis and treatments that include many nutritional and homeopathic remedies. Of all the available alternative medical options available, Low Level Laser Therapy may be the most promising. Just how Low Level Laser Therapy can be used for either Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes is rather interesting. Research has shown that our cells emit low level infrared light called biophotons. Biophotons allow for intercellular communication. When two exact biophotons cross they form a wave called the Soliton Wave. A Soliton Wave has higher amplitude than the waves from the two individual biophotons and moves through the body rather easily (Soliton Waves carry information and energy). All cells are composed of atoms which have a nucleus composed of a protons and neutrons with electrons moving around the nucleus. When electrons leave the atom – the atom is negatively altered and you now have disease. The new altered atoms and cells are reproduced via DNA and the disease becomes chronic. Low Level Lasers that produce SolitonWaves carry electrons back to the damaged atoms and cells. This facilitates regular DNA composition and normal, positive Soliton Wave communications between cells. This process is how Low Level Laser Therapy can be effective for Diabetes. Remember that Type II Diabetes results when cellular receptor sites have been altered and will not allow insulin to attach. This reduces the cell’s ability to produce adequate ATP – the cells energy blocks. When this damaged cell is reproduced millions of times, the result is Type II Diabetes.

Low Level Laser Therapy produces Soliton Waves that carry electrons to the damaged cells, restoring their capability to function normally. There are lasers that encompass 29 pre-programmed frequencies that have proven effective at restoring intercellular communication and helping to reduce blood sugar levels for Type II diabetics. Robert a 76 year old rancher had been treating his Type II Diabetes for twenty five years with various oral drugs and diet, and still his blood sugar levels were over 250, and he was facing the unpleasant (to him) option of being required to start an insulin program. Instead of following the traditional medical insulin model (which he believes had caused the death of two of his friends), he bought a Low Level Laser and began treating himself.

Robert's Testimonial:
We came home and I started using the laser on my back, and my blood sugar started dropping about 20 points every day! It went from 245 to 220, down to 210, down to 180. On January 1 it was 184, then dropped to 161 and then again to 153, then to 136, then to 133. Today it was 96 on one machine and 121 on the other. That’s down from 254 in a week’s time! I test my blood with two different instruments – a One Touch and a Dex machine. The One Touch is supposed to be accurate, but you have to handle the glucose strip with your fingers, which can possibly contaminate the strip.

I just used it one 3-minute cycle per day on the lower left side of my back beneath the 1st and 2nd rib. My daughters have been buying me everything they can think of to help with my Diabetes – none of that garbage worked! I’m going to stop using this other garbage and will continue to use the laser. In follow-up contact with Robert, we learned that he was able to maintain normal blood sugar levels for over a year by using the Low Level Laser just a couple of times per week. Robert admitted he “kind of forgot to use it” as often as he did when he first got his Low Level Laser.