Diabetes

“Charcoal has been used in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus. The adsorption of glucose by charcoal occurring in the bowel has resulted in some patients being able to take a decreased dosage of insulin or oral sugar-reducing agents. Charcoal has also caused a reduction of signs of blood vessel and nerve pathology, the most dreaded complications of diabetes. There has been also a normalizing of the activity of digestive organs. The triglycerides in some studies tended to decrease and the atherogenic index went down.” Rx Charcoal (Drs. Thrash) p. 42

To insure there is no competition with any ingested food, charcoal can be withheld from one to two hours before mealtimes to two hours after.

John Dinsley

Born in British Columbia, Canada, John Dinsley has lived, and worked from South America to the North Pole, from Nova Scotia to Nepal. He is trained as a lifestyle counselor, teaches public health programs, home remedies workshops, and has operated a family care home. He and his wife Kimberly are the owners of Charcoal House LLC. They often travel together across the U.S. and internationally to conduct charcoal workshops. He is a carpenter by trade, has managed an organic market garden business, and volunteered in overseas development work. When he is not building, teaching or gardening, he enjoys writing.