Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Diabetes Medical Conference - Segment #3 - The Doctor's Denial
Despite the dramatic improvement in his blood glucose and hemoglobin A1C tests results, DeWayne's endocrinologist felt that he would eventually be back on insulin within 3 to 6 months. That was back in August of 2002 ...
Because of his miraculous recovery and the success of his wellness program, DeWayne (who grew up in Western Pennsylvania and graduated from Pennsylvania State University, B.S./E.E.) continued to receive phone calls and emails from diabetics all over the country, asking questions about their specific health needs. One of the reasons why DeWayne wrote his book was to reduce the number of phone calls and emails. However, the numbers have continued to increase, leading DeWayne to start health coaching over the phone. That, in turn, led DeWayne and his company Death to Diabetes, LLC to join forces with a health services company. As a national diabetes educator and health coach, DeWayne conducts Death to Diabetes® workshops and seminars, and provides professional health coaching services to various companies, organizations, families, and individuals.
DeWayne's daughter Cynthia believes that he is a cross between Chris Rock and Dr Oz, because he's able to use humor and his medical knowledge to provide an entertaining lecture about diabetes. And, Cynthia believes that people love his message because it is inspiring and brings hope to so many people who identify with what her dad has gone through. And, because he faced all the problems that diabetics face, these diabetics identify with him, and they feel hopeful that now they can get healthier.
DeWayne, who has been featured in news articles and on radio shows in various cities, credited his success in Corporate America to strong parents, great teachers in elementary, junior and senior high school, and the blue-collar work ethic of the steel mills in Western Pennsylvania. DeWayne states emphatically, "For some strange reason, I was blessed with great teachers who reinforced what my parents had instilled in me -- that I could do anything as long as I was willing to put in the effort and do the work. Ironically, that work ethic mentality helped me to successfully fight and beat my diabetes."
The 6-Stage Death to Diabetes Wellness Model -- An Actual Cure for Type 2 Diabetes?
Mr. McCulley's 6-stage wellness model is the "heart" of his top-selling book "Death to Diabetes". This model is based upon using medical wellness protocols and leveraging several key engineering sciences as shown at the beginning of this video. This video also shows some of his diagrams demonstrating his knowledge of biochemistry, epidemiology, and etiology. The Diabetes Engineer's wellness model guides a diabetic through 6 stages, based on specific biomarkers, including blood glucose, blood pressure, homocysteine, and several other key markers.
The six (6) stages are as follows:
Stage 1 No Blood Glucose (BG)/ Insulin Control
Stage 2 BG Control)/ Insulin Control with Drugs
Stage 3 BG Control)/ Insulin Control with Reduced Drugs
Stage 4 BG Control)/ Insulin Control without Drugs
Stage 5 BG)/Insulin & HbA1C Control (without Drugs)
Stage 6 BG)/Insulin & HbA1C Tighter Control (without Drugs)
Also, Mr. McCulley looks at the "biology" and "biochemistry" of diabetes at the cellular level and uses other areas of medical science such as etiology, pathology, and epidemiology to help "quantify" diabetes and define measurable activities and tests that help to improve the health of a diabetic from Stage 1 to Stage 2 to Stages 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Mr. McCulley used his knowledge of statistics and data analysis to help him defeat the disease, but he also used this knowledge to demonstrate the cultural and financial impacts of this disease -- to increase diabetics' awareness of this disease beyond themselves.
Mr. McCulley realizes that some diabetics will not reach the "cured' stage (Stage 6) -- if they don't improve their biomarkers and blood test results over a sustained period of time. Unfortunately, most people don't realize or understand that Mr. McCulley's medical wellness model is metrics-driven and requires a diabetic to achieve specific measurements to move from one stage to the next. It's not an arbitrary progression from one stage to the next -- this is where Mr. McCulley used his engineering background to design a well-structured and systematic model that could actually be implemented by the medical profession since it is based upon their own metrics. This 6-stage model provides a "roadmap" for the diabetic on his/her journey to improved health.
Here's what Mr. McCulley has to say about "cure" in his book at the end of Chapter 1:
Author Sidebar: I do not consider my diabetes wellness strategy to be an official "cure" for Type 2 diabetes, despite all of the evidence. As an engineer, I do not believe in anecdotal data - I believe in the data from independent, qualified test labs and similar resources. A series of double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical studies need to be performed to properly validate (or discredit) my diabetes wellness program. Hopefully, there is a company that would be interested in pursuing this endeavor for the betterment of our country and the world.
But, several doctors have told Mr. McCulley that he is cured.
If you take a look at his 6-stage wellness model, it requires a diabetic to achieve Stage 6 with specific biomarkers and a complete repair of the defective cells that fuel Type 2 diabetes. During Stage 5, Mr. McCulley requires a Type 2 diabetic to eat pasta, ice cream, and other high glycemic foods as part of a controlled "stress test". If their blood glucose level skyrockets and remains high especially post-meal, then, they are still diabetic and can never achieve Stage 6 and be cured. In theory, if the body repairs the defective and inflamed cells (specifically, the insulin receptors), it can rid itself of the diabetes and achieve Stage 6. And, even if a diabetic doesn't achieve Stage 6, they are still much better off health-wise than what conventional medicine offers with its drug treatment that leads to more drugs and more side effects.
Drug treatment only addresses the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes, e.g. high blood glucose levels. Many of the drugs, including insulin, "cover up" the disease and create a false expectation that everything is fine. But Mr. McCulley contends that there is more to controlling diabetes than just controlling blood glucose levels. His program goes beyond just focusing on controlling the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes -- it gets at the actual root causes of the disease.
Note: Mr. McCulley is very careful when talking to diabetics to not set any false expectations that they can be cured. Instead he focuses on showing them how to improve their health in several key areas, not just their blood glucose levels.
For more detail, go to www.DeathtoDiabetes.com.
The six (6) stages are as follows:
Stage 1 No Blood Glucose (BG)/ Insulin Control
Stage 2 BG Control)/ Insulin Control with Drugs
Stage 3 BG Control)/ Insulin Control with Reduced Drugs
Stage 4 BG Control)/ Insulin Control without Drugs
Stage 5 BG)/Insulin & HbA1C Control (without Drugs)
Stage 6 BG)/Insulin & HbA1C Tighter Control (without Drugs)
Also, Mr. McCulley looks at the "biology" and "biochemistry" of diabetes at the cellular level and uses other areas of medical science such as etiology, pathology, and epidemiology to help "quantify" diabetes and define measurable activities and tests that help to improve the health of a diabetic from Stage 1 to Stage 2 to Stages 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Mr. McCulley used his knowledge of statistics and data analysis to help him defeat the disease, but he also used this knowledge to demonstrate the cultural and financial impacts of this disease -- to increase diabetics' awareness of this disease beyond themselves.
Mr. McCulley realizes that some diabetics will not reach the "cured' stage (Stage 6) -- if they don't improve their biomarkers and blood test results over a sustained period of time. Unfortunately, most people don't realize or understand that Mr. McCulley's medical wellness model is metrics-driven and requires a diabetic to achieve specific measurements to move from one stage to the next. It's not an arbitrary progression from one stage to the next -- this is where Mr. McCulley used his engineering background to design a well-structured and systematic model that could actually be implemented by the medical profession since it is based upon their own metrics. This 6-stage model provides a "roadmap" for the diabetic on his/her journey to improved health.
Here's what Mr. McCulley has to say about "cure" in his book at the end of Chapter 1:
Author Sidebar: I do not consider my diabetes wellness strategy to be an official "cure" for Type 2 diabetes, despite all of the evidence. As an engineer, I do not believe in anecdotal data - I believe in the data from independent, qualified test labs and similar resources. A series of double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical studies need to be performed to properly validate (or discredit) my diabetes wellness program. Hopefully, there is a company that would be interested in pursuing this endeavor for the betterment of our country and the world.
But, several doctors have told Mr. McCulley that he is cured.
If you take a look at his 6-stage wellness model, it requires a diabetic to achieve Stage 6 with specific biomarkers and a complete repair of the defective cells that fuel Type 2 diabetes. During Stage 5, Mr. McCulley requires a Type 2 diabetic to eat pasta, ice cream, and other high glycemic foods as part of a controlled "stress test". If their blood glucose level skyrockets and remains high especially post-meal, then, they are still diabetic and can never achieve Stage 6 and be cured. In theory, if the body repairs the defective and inflamed cells (specifically, the insulin receptors), it can rid itself of the diabetes and achieve Stage 6. And, even if a diabetic doesn't achieve Stage 6, they are still much better off health-wise than what conventional medicine offers with its drug treatment that leads to more drugs and more side effects.
Drug treatment only addresses the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes, e.g. high blood glucose levels. Many of the drugs, including insulin, "cover up" the disease and create a false expectation that everything is fine. But Mr. McCulley contends that there is more to controlling diabetes than just controlling blood glucose levels. His program goes beyond just focusing on controlling the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes -- it gets at the actual root causes of the disease.
Note: Mr. McCulley is very careful when talking to diabetics to not set any false expectations that they can be cured. Instead he focuses on showing them how to improve their health in several key areas, not just their blood glucose levels.
For more detail, go to www.DeathtoDiabetes.com.
How Xerox Engineering Helped to Save DeWayne McCulley's Life
The following will provide a better understanding and insight into Mr. McCulley's engineering background and how he used that background to shock the doctors and beat the odds, and become The Diabetes Engineer. Hopefully, people will appreciate the power and the gifts that engineering can bring to improving our health and the health of future generations.
During his 30+ year career in engineering with Xerox and Hughes Aircraft, Mr. McCulley had many different jobs. At the time, he didn't understand why he didn't specialize in just one field of engineering; and, how that morphed into this "diabetic engineering".
He was a diagnostic engineer which taught him how to diagnose and troubleshoot complex machines and figure out why they break down. He used his troubleshooting skills to figure out why he was dying.
He was a test engineer which taught him how to test machines, define the critical tests, collect the data, package the data into line, pie and bar charts; analyze the data, and draw conclusions based on those charts and the data. He used that experience to identify the critical blood tests and improve his health, and now uses that experience to help other diabetics understand their own blood glucose data and blood test results.
He was a biochemical engineer which taught him how to understand the biology, pathology, etiology, and pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes at the cellular level and the system level, as well as understand nutritional science far beyond what nutritionists/dietitians understand at the macro and micro levels. He has expanded this insight into biochemistry to increase his understanding of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and other systemic health issues. This also helped him to understand how the drugs really affect us, and why various blood/hormonal tests are important -- to show how the drugs are affecting us even when we feel okay.
He was a technical writer which taught him how to write and develop documentation. This helped him design and develop his first book, and is helping him develop his next series of books (a diabetes cookbook, handbook, and bootcamp program).
He was a field engineer which taught him how to answer phone calls from customers and technicians who had broken machines in their offices. He would ask questions and guide the technician to fix the machine. He now uses those same skills to help diabetics who call our wellness center with questions about their diabetes and their health.
He was a training analyst and a product trainer, which taught him how to design training programs and conduct training classes. He is now developing diabetes education programs, and conducting diabetes workshops that people just love.
He was a graphic user interface (GUI) designer which taught him how to design graphics, charts, diagrams, etc. This helps him design effective PowerPoint slides and diagrams for his lectures.
He was a reliability/statistics engineer which taught him how to analyze data to recognize data trends, failure modes of components and their failure rate data to predict when and why a machine would fail and break down. He used that experience to understand epidemiology and disease trends, and why our bodies break down and we become ill.
He was a financial planner for a short time, which taught him the importance of finances and how they impact us. He used that experience to evaluate the healthcare and financial impacts of diabetes.
All of this has helped Mr. McCulley to consider writing a new book about the "illusion of health" and the "insulin addiction trap". These are two critical areas that are sorely misunderstood and is driving a false sense of good health because we either feel good or we don't feel any side effects from the drugs we're taking, even the drugs we think are "good" for us -- such as insulin.
Note: Mr. McCulley's mother (a very spiritual woman) believes it was God guiding him to obtain all of this training to prepare him for this moment -- to help other diabetics and become The Diabetes Engineer.
For more detail, go to www.DeathtoDiabetes.com.
During his 30+ year career in engineering with Xerox and Hughes Aircraft, Mr. McCulley had many different jobs. At the time, he didn't understand why he didn't specialize in just one field of engineering; and, how that morphed into this "diabetic engineering".
He was a diagnostic engineer which taught him how to diagnose and troubleshoot complex machines and figure out why they break down. He used his troubleshooting skills to figure out why he was dying.
He was a test engineer which taught him how to test machines, define the critical tests, collect the data, package the data into line, pie and bar charts; analyze the data, and draw conclusions based on those charts and the data. He used that experience to identify the critical blood tests and improve his health, and now uses that experience to help other diabetics understand their own blood glucose data and blood test results.
He was a biochemical engineer which taught him how to understand the biology, pathology, etiology, and pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes at the cellular level and the system level, as well as understand nutritional science far beyond what nutritionists/dietitians understand at the macro and micro levels. He has expanded this insight into biochemistry to increase his understanding of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and other systemic health issues. This also helped him to understand how the drugs really affect us, and why various blood/hormonal tests are important -- to show how the drugs are affecting us even when we feel okay.
He was a technical writer which taught him how to write and develop documentation. This helped him design and develop his first book, and is helping him develop his next series of books (a diabetes cookbook, handbook, and bootcamp program).
He was a field engineer which taught him how to answer phone calls from customers and technicians who had broken machines in their offices. He would ask questions and guide the technician to fix the machine. He now uses those same skills to help diabetics who call our wellness center with questions about their diabetes and their health.
He was a training analyst and a product trainer, which taught him how to design training programs and conduct training classes. He is now developing diabetes education programs, and conducting diabetes workshops that people just love.
He was a graphic user interface (GUI) designer which taught him how to design graphics, charts, diagrams, etc. This helps him design effective PowerPoint slides and diagrams for his lectures.
He was a reliability/statistics engineer which taught him how to analyze data to recognize data trends, failure modes of components and their failure rate data to predict when and why a machine would fail and break down. He used that experience to understand epidemiology and disease trends, and why our bodies break down and we become ill.
He was a financial planner for a short time, which taught him the importance of finances and how they impact us. He used that experience to evaluate the healthcare and financial impacts of diabetes.
All of this has helped Mr. McCulley to consider writing a new book about the "illusion of health" and the "insulin addiction trap". These are two critical areas that are sorely misunderstood and is driving a false sense of good health because we either feel good or we don't feel any side effects from the drugs we're taking, even the drugs we think are "good" for us -- such as insulin.
Note: Mr. McCulley's mother (a very spiritual woman) believes it was God guiding him to obtain all of this training to prepare him for this moment -- to help other diabetics and become The Diabetes Engineer.
For more detail, go to www.DeathtoDiabetes.com.
Who is DeWayne McCulley?
DeWayne McCulley is an ex-diabetic engineer who survived a near-death, diabetic coma with a blood glucose level of 1337 -- more than 1200 points above normal!
Are you skeptical? (I would be!). Take a look at the doctor's medical report of DeWayne's blood glucose level and other health issues; or, watch a TV news video or read what DeWayne's doctor said in a newspaper article about his miraculous recovery.
Despite two blood clots, high cholesterol, pneumonia and four insulin shots a day, DeWayne was able to use his engineering and biochemistry background to wean himself off the insulin, Coumadin and Lipitor -- to reverse his Type 2 diabetes. He lowered his average glucose level to 92.5 mg/dL and his hemoglobin A1C to 4.7%, while losing 52 pounds to reverse his Type 2 diabetes within 4 months.
He credits his recovery to God, his doctors/nurses, his mother, his daughter Cynthia, a set of accidents (blessings), and his undying thirst for knowledge -- despite all of the "impossible" challenges he had to overcome. With a lot of encouragement from his daughter, his mother and people from work, the local churches, wellness industry, and the ADA diabetic support group he was facilitating, DeWayne decided to write the book, Death to Diabetes.
The Death to Diabetes book explains his experience with diabetes, the real root causes of diabetes, and the pathogenesis of the disease. The book also explains how to reverse Type 2 diabetes and its complications -- by avoiding the 5 "dead" foods, eating the 5 "super" foods, taking the 5 critical wholefood nutritional supplements; following the Death to Diabetes® Super Meal Model; and, utilizing the 7 wellness factors, including consistent exercise, blood glucose testing/analysis, stress reduction, and spiritual health.
His hope is that this book and his wellness training programs will inspire you the way he was inspired -- by people he never would have met if it weren't for his experience with diabetes.
Google Sites:
Beat Diabetes Now
Cure Diabetes Now
Reverse Diabetes Now
Death to Diabetes
DeWayne McCulley
Are you skeptical? (I would be!). Take a look at the doctor's medical report of DeWayne's blood glucose level and other health issues; or, watch a TV news video or read what DeWayne's doctor said in a newspaper article about his miraculous recovery.
Despite two blood clots, high cholesterol, pneumonia and four insulin shots a day, DeWayne was able to use his engineering and biochemistry background to wean himself off the insulin, Coumadin and Lipitor -- to reverse his Type 2 diabetes. He lowered his average glucose level to 92.5 mg/dL and his hemoglobin A1C to 4.7%, while losing 52 pounds to reverse his Type 2 diabetes within 4 months.
He credits his recovery to God, his doctors/nurses, his mother, his daughter Cynthia, a set of accidents (blessings), and his undying thirst for knowledge -- despite all of the "impossible" challenges he had to overcome. With a lot of encouragement from his daughter, his mother and people from work, the local churches, wellness industry, and the ADA diabetic support group he was facilitating, DeWayne decided to write the book, Death to Diabetes.
The Death to Diabetes book explains his experience with diabetes, the real root causes of diabetes, and the pathogenesis of the disease. The book also explains how to reverse Type 2 diabetes and its complications -- by avoiding the 5 "dead" foods, eating the 5 "super" foods, taking the 5 critical wholefood nutritional supplements; following the Death to Diabetes® Super Meal Model; and, utilizing the 7 wellness factors, including consistent exercise, blood glucose testing/analysis, stress reduction, and spiritual health.
His hope is that this book and his wellness training programs will inspire you the way he was inspired -- by people he never would have met if it weren't for his experience with diabetes.
Google Sites:
Beat Diabetes Now
Cure Diabetes Now
Reverse Diabetes Now
Death to Diabetes
DeWayne McCulley
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