Peaceful Unschoolers: Day 15~Raw Food Challenge.

Peaceful Unschoolers: Day 15~Raw Food Challenge.

17 Days & Strong.

    Well, we seem to be regular raw food eaters now.  I'm very thankful for this challenge and never realized how good I could feel by becoming a raw food eater. Chloe's insulin doses were steady all day today, but the other night at her 2am check, I had to actually lower her 'basal' (amount of insulin drip from her pump in a hour) to the lowest it has ever been.  Her pre-dawn basal is a little higher then her night time basal only because our bodies naturally release glucose from our liver before dawn to give our body energy for our morning. ( The Pre-Dawn Effect).  I am finding that in the early afternoons her requirement for insulin has dropped as well. Her body is regulating itself on its own for evening. Yay!
   Autumn seems to be adjusting, but I find that I have to remind her to eat.  She is never hungry, and although that is a first for all of us, she needs to eat. She is reading a lot more and keeping herself occupied with her studies which is fabulous. She is swimming laps now in the pool daily and finds herself more energetic. She does have headaches every now and then, but she was a big time caffeine drinker up until two weeks ago so I am sure she is still detoxing.
   Donald is losing weight and continues to support the family by remaining a raw food eater even while running a restaurant.  I can not imagine that torture, but he does have access to some pretty healthy raw salads so it can not be that bad.  His gout is flaring up though and this is driving him nuts. We are trying to pinpoint the source of the uric acid problem, but so far can not. He is drinking cherry juice and doing all that he can to help his pain. (Frozen cabbage soaks)
   Me, well, I'm reading a ton, swimming a lot with both girls and find myself cleaning the kitchen constantly! Raw food eating is messy! Fruit flies and stinky trash cans. It's all good. :)

Day 15~Raw Food Challenge.

Well, we've made it half way through the challenge and we are all doing terrific! Chloe's insulin dosages continue to decline and our family is feeling great.  Autumn continues to explore new recipes she finds on youtube and has also started her own blog.  In the beginning of this challenge I think the only real struggle for Donald, Autumn and I were the caffeine withdrawals. The headaches for all three of us were horrible. Chloe was the only one who was already a vegan and caffeine free so she didn't have the pain.  It feels good knowing that we are doing everything we can to help Chloe live with type 1 diabetes and at the same time we are all experiencing something incredibly miraculous. I'm thrilled.

RAW~ Our Thirty Day Challenge.

Over two weeks ago a friend of mine emailed me a link regarding a Raw Food Eating Challenge and it's benefits with the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.   My daughter Chloe, age 10 was diagnosed 6/06 of type 1 diabetes, so this challenge naturally caught my attention. Since our physicians have never mentioned this method of treatment, I was extremely skeptic. Well, we went for it and here are the results just after 12 days.
Day 1:
*Insulin Basal: 24 units per day. 20-40 units for food a day.
Day 2:
*Insulin Basal: 12 units per day. 5-8 units for food a day.

Chloe's insulin has already been cut more then half just after 12 days!

I keep getting grilled on the protein factor of raw food eating.  Here's the skinny!

                      Protein from meat.  Myth!  Here is a short list of food that can provide your body with protein besides meat.

1. Sprouts
2. Spinach
3. Kale
4. Broccoli
5. Parsley
6. Cucumber
7. Artichokes
8. Celery
9. Hemp Seeds
10. Flax Seeds
11. Pumpkin seeds
12. Tomatoes
13. Almonds

For  anyone interested in more information regarding our families challenge, please watch the documentary provided in this link.

http://www.documentarywire.com/simply-raw-reversing-diabetes-in-30-days

More later,

Kimberly

First post...revised a million times! :)

   Almost four years ago my daughter Chloe started breathing rapidly.  Since Chloe had been diagnosed earlier that year with asthma I thought she needed a breathing treatment. I was very wrong. When her breathing became worse, my husband Donald and I decided to drive Chloe to the hospital. After reaching our local hospital, Chloe was then put into another ambulance. She was driven to The Childrens Hospital in New Orleans. Chloe was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, a diagnosis that we never expected, but were able to digest. We would all need to learn about the disease and how to take care of Chloe in a entirely different way.

   Donald and I started thinking about homeschooling both the girls after the diagnosis but we had so many concerns. Could we possibly provide our children with a proper education at home? What about the laws on homeschooling?  Cost? What would family members say?  Looking back now it all seems so silly.

   While all of the drama with Chloe was unraveling,our daughter Autumn sat patiently.  Autumn hated school even though she was a straight A student and had tons of friends. Autumn felt that if Chloe were going to have the choice to homeschool then she wanted that right too!   

The most difficult challenge for our family when we started homeschooling was the bullying of the outside families.  


We started home schooling the girls in August of 2006.

"The basic right of all human beings is the right to choose what to learn and think." ~John Holt

Going vegan.

It has been over three weeks since Chloe decided to become a vegan and an animal rights activist. Being her mom I felt I should follow along.  Have you ever eaten vegan? Nightmare for me at first. But, once we tossed out all the food products in our house and restocked the shelves with better choices, things became easier.  I must say that I  actually like cooking with fresh veggies,beans and tofu. I used to never cook, only microwave.  Yuck!