Diabetes and infertility

[Guest guest]

Diabetes is so common a disease these days, that even five year old

kids, especially girls, know why they should not eat chocolates,

cakes with icings etc. The knowledge comes out of love for parents.

An item so sweet, so mouth watering, but often one of the parents is

forbidden to eat! This sacrifice leaves a deep imprint in child's

innocent mind.

 

Though many effects of long term diabetes in depriving body of its

normal functions are well known, author feels that most important

function that diabetes hits is the fertility. The fist sign of

diabetes that is recognized as significant loss of health, is loss of

libido, erectile function. When one lives naturally, taking what

nature offers rather than processing it in a complex manner to make

it more palatable, more intoxicating or "fortifying" it, the result

is increase in fertility. The connection between processed foods,

chemicals in consumer items and cosmetics and loss of fertility has

been often hinted by this author in this list. Main theme treatment

of modern science for infertile women (PCOS) are anti-diabetic drugs

such as Metformin and Glucophage. While in U.S., one out of five

couple has to go through IVF for progency, in India too, this

proportion is approaching one-out-of ten in Metros. Diabetes does not

leave even pregnant moms and leads to "gestational diabetes" if they

are not doing any physical work. Researchers have warned that babies

born out of "gestational diabetes" tend to become "diabetic" later.

What author feels is that Diabetes is a "wrath" of superpower, which

wants to eliminate the race which just wants to live lavishly with no

physical work. One may compare the population living in affluence

to "affluent" society and third world tribals as "middle-class"

society in author's earlier post on Diabetes. "affluent" society,

without any physical efforts, wants to utilize the efforts of "middle

class" and thrive on wealth generated by them. Diabetes punishes only

such people. Though many reason can be given taking body as a

chemical plant, it is to be noted that even developing countries have

same pollutants, chemicals, pesticides, junk foods. Main difference

is that physical work keeps middle class glands working, making them

less vulnerable to diabetes epidemic.

 

It is unfortunate that the culture of physical work, as required by

an economic model mainly based on agriculture (without use of

mechanized farming) synergic with dairy (bullock cart, cow manure

etc) has been ignored by India and adoption of chemical fertilizers,

mechanized farming and industrialization producing only luxury goods

or chemicals (using plants pushed by devloping countries to avoid

pollutants) is giving rise to industrial sectors where only computer

work is adequate for livelihood; e. g. I-T industry, finance,

industrial-enginnering-management consultancy, producing and

marketing all white goods, high-tech hospitals and super speciality

health care, transportation, tourism etc. As long as MBAs will earn

more than farmers, engineers, salaried doctors, this state will

continue. If everyone is going to generate only computer pictures,

printouts or paper reports/prescriptions, who will do hard work? The medicine

for diabetes is physical work and natural living, rather than anti-diabetic

pills/bitter herbs. Human body totally regenerates in 9 months. glands may take

a little more time, but not life time.

 

These considerations would have been of prime importance when Mahatma

Gandhi wanted self-sufficient villages, natural and restrained living

with no emphasis on luxury, a society caring for each other. Gandhiji was very

much impressed by Naturopathy, hence the first naturopathy clinic in India is

inaguarated by him.

 

Once

Gandhiji saught an appointment with district collector, who had come

to nearby farm for crop inspection. He went thorugh his appointment

diary and asked Gandhiji to meet him in office, in say another

thirty minutes, and left in his official jeep. Gandhiji vitually did

fast running to keep the appointment time. When Collector reached

his office and in another five or ten minutes met breathless

Gandhiji, he came to know that Gandhiji came running! He apologized

for not offering Gandhiji a lift! Little he knew that this half naked

wiry frame man would make British quit India twenty years later and

appear on Indian currency notes even today!

 

Dr Bhate