Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes Now Strikes One in Four Americans

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Found these two articles about the role of mercury and depleted uranium in

the onset of diabetes,

 

http://www.imva.info/med_dia_mercury_poisoning.shtml

http://www.imva.info/med_dna_mitochondrial.shtml

 

 

 

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:28 AM, virgil <virgil.7 wrote:

 

> The number of Americans with diabetes has grown to about 24 million

> people, or roughly 8 percent of the U.S. population.A report by the Centers

> for Disease Control and Prevention, based on data from 2007, indicates an

> increase of about 3 million cases since over just two years. The CDC

> estimates another 57 million people have a condition called pre-diabetes,

> which puts people at increased risk for the disease.

> Diabetes results from defects in insulin production that cause sugar to

> build up in the body. It is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S.

>

> Dr. Mercola's Comments:

>

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/19/diabetes-or-pre-di\

abetes-now-strikes-one-in-four-americans.aspx?source=nl

> I have been interested in diabetes for many years and actually did three

> months of an endocrinology rotation at Cook County Hospital during my

> residency, 25 years ago. I was even going to specialize in it after I

> completed my residency, but decided to pursue general family medicine

> instead.

>

> Interestingly, most of my paternal relatives (my dad included), have, or

> have died from, diabetes. In the late 90s I made the mistake of believing in

> Dr. Dadamo's work in Eat Right for Your Blood Type. I since realized that it

> is a flawed theory based on incorrect presumptions. However, at the time I

> thought it made sense, so I tried it on myself.

>

> I am blood type A, so I switched to a high grain diet and changed my high

> intensity aerobic type exercises to walking like he suggested. Well, in a

> few short weeks my fasting blood sugar rose to nearly 130. This told me two

> things. The first was that I had diabetes, and the second was that Eat Right

> for Your Blood Type is a flawed theory that helps some, but can really harm

> and damage others.

>

> Once I understood insulin physiology better and changed my diet and

> exercise, nearly ten years ago now; my fasting blood sugar is almost always

> around 90 or lower. This is far below the 125 required for a diagnosis of

> diabetes.

>

> My personal experience with diabetes and review of the literature made it

> VERY clear to me that virtually every case of type 2 diabetes is 100 percent

> reversible.

>

> And let me guarantee you, the cure for type 2 diabetes has NOTHING to do

> with giving insulin. Giving someone insulin with type 2 diabetes is one of

> the WORST things that can be done. Any physician doing this is suffering

> from profound ignorance of insulin physiology.

>

> Unfortunately, the vast majority of physicians are still seriously confused

> about this issue, which is why most doctors cause diabetics to D. I. E.

>

> Diabetes Epidemic Continues to Worsen

>

> The latest statistics on diabetes in the U.S. are sad indeed, and in my

> opinion, they are a very clear sign that conventional medicine has it all

> wrong, and their standard recommendations - both in terms of medication and

> nutrition -- are incorrect.

>

> At best, they simply do not work. At worst, they're aggravating your

> problem and speeding up the deteriorating disease process.

>

> By some estimates, diabetes has increased more than 700 percent in the last

> 50 years. What does this tell you about the advice you've been given and the

> direction you've been led in by conventional medicine?

>

> There's no doubt in my mind that if government agencies and the medical

> community would do the right thing; i.e. stop catering to the greedy demands

> of the industries of sugar, grain and pharmaceuticals, and start issuing

> recommendations that actually promote health rather than deteriorating it

> further, this modern epidemic would be curbed in fairly short order.

>

> The 2007 Stats on Diabetes

>

> The latest statistics on diabetes indicate that the U.S. now has as many as

> 24 million people with diabetes, or 8 percent of our total population.

>

> Juvenile-onset (type 1) diabetes accounts for 5 to 10 percent of all

> diagnosed cases of diabetes, with adult-onset (type 2) accounting for the

> remaining 90 to 95 percent.

>

> However, a closer look shows that the situation is more bizarre than that,

> because the average of 8 percent includes all age groups, including children

> under the age of 10, where the disease rate is still very low.

>

> When you look at the numbers of adults aged 20 and over, the incidence rate

> is almost 11 percent. And when you look at seniors aged 60 and up, the

> prevalence is over 23 percent! That's pretty incredible.

>

> (Add to that the fact that the average senior (65+) is on 28 pharmaceutical

> drugs and it's no wonder so few people live more than a decade past their

> retirement.)

>

> The statistics are even more grim when it comes to the prevalence of

> pre-diabetes (impaired fasting glucose).

>

> Almost 26 percent of U.S. adults over the age of 20 are pre-diabetics, and

> more than 35 percent of seniors, 60 and older. In total, that's 57 million

> Americans walking around with pre-diabetes, in addition to the 24 million

> that have already crossed the line.

>

> According to the population clock on the U.S. Census Bureau's web site, the

> U.S. currently has just over 304,554,800 people. So, by my calculations

> we're looking at a total of just over 26.5 percent of the entire U.S.

> population having either pre-diabetes, or some form of diabetes.

>

> Wow.

>

> Folks, this is no accident. These kinds of statistics clearly show that

> we're actively being led astray.

>

> You must understand and accept that aside from the juvenile-onset variety

> (which is relatively rare), type 2 diabetes is 100 percent preventable AND

> reversible by some fairly simple lifestyle changes, all of which are

> outlined and discussed in detail in my Total Health Program.

>

> Many of the conventional recommendations for treating diabetes are simply

> wrong, and I discussed the reasons why in this previous article. If you

> missed it, or need a refresher, please review it again.

>

> Why is Diabetes Such a Dangerous Disease?

>

> Diabetes has become so common that many don't even bat an eyelash anymore.

> It's almost as if diabetes has become " ok. " Just take your meds and you'll

> be fine.

>

> Not so!

>

> Aside from the potentially deadly side effects of diabetes drugs, which

> I've covered in previous articles, the additional health complications that

> diabetes fosters are multiple, and quite serious, including:

>

> a.. Heart disease and stroke - Death from heart disease and risk for stroke

> is two to four times higher among people with diabetes

> b.. High blood pressure - 75 percent of diabetics have high blood pressure

> (130/180 mm Hg or higher)

> c.. Blindness -- Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness

> among adults aged 20 to 74 years

> d.. Kidney disease - Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure. In

> 2005, more than 45,700 people began treatment for end-stage kidney disease

> in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and another 178,700 were living on chronic

> dialysis

> e.. Nervous system disease -- About 60 to 70 percent of people with

> diabetes have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage such as:

> impaired sensation or pain in hands or feet, poor digestion, carpal tunnel

> syndrome and erectile dysfunction

> f.. Amputations - In 2004, 71,000 lower limb amputations due to diabetes

> were performed in the U.S.

> g.. Dental disease -- Almost one-third of people with diabetes have severe

> periodontal disease

> h.. Pregnancy complications -- Poorly controlled diabetes before conception

> and during the first trimester of pregnancy among women with type 1 diabetes

> can cause major birth defects in 5 to 10 percent of pregnancies, and

> spontaneous abortions in 15 to 20 percent of pregnancies

> Putting a Price Tag on Diabetes

>

> There's yet another updated study that warrants mentioning here: the

> American Diabetes Association's (ADA) study on Economic Cost of Diabetes in

> the U.S. in 2007.

>

> The total estimated cost of diabetes in the U.S. in 2007 tallies up to $174

> billion. This includes $ 116 billion in excess (read: unnecessary) medical

> expenditures, and $58 billion in reduced national productivity.

>

> Having diabetes not only plunders your health, but your pocketbook too.

> People with diagnosed diabetes incur an average medical expense of $11,744

> per year, almost 2.5 times higher than those who do not have diabetes.

>

> Follow the Bread Crumbs

>

> The concept that diabetes is NOT a blood sugar disease is one that I keep

> striving to make well-known. As you can see by the numbers above,

> understanding the TRUE underlying cause of diabetes has the potential to

> save hundreds of thousands, even millions, of lives.

>

> Type 2 diabetes is a disease caused by insulin resistance and faulty leptin

> signaling, both of which are regulated through your diet.

>

> Until that concept becomes well-known in both the medical community and by

> the public at large, the misconception about what diabetes is and the

> appropriate way to treat it will continue to be promoted.

>

> Conventional treatment that is focused on fixing the symptom of elevated

> blood sugar, rather than addressing the underlying disease, is doomed to

> fail in most cases. Treatments that concentrate merely on lowering blood

> sugar while raising insulin levels can actually worsen rather than remedy

> the actual problem of metabolic miscommunication. It just trades one evil

> for another.

>

> Since most treatments for type 2 diabetes utilize drugs that either raise

> insulin or lower blood sugar, the tragic result is that the typical,

> conventional medical treatment for diabetes contributes to the additional

> diseases and the shortened lifespan that diabetics experience.

>

> For the last 50 years or so, Americans have followed the dietary

> recommendations of a high complex carbohydrate, low saturated fat diet.

>

> As an example, WebMD; one of the most visited medical information sites on

> the web, states that people with diabetes, who also have abnormal

> cholesterol levels, would be well advised to follow a diet that calls for 50

> to 60 percent of your daily total calories to be in the form of

> carbohydrates.

>

> That's absurd.

>

> They also state that table sugar is okay, as long as you readjust your

> medications to compensate appropriately (i.e. take more drugs to increase

> your fat cell storage capacity). Using toxic artificial sweeteners in lieu

> of sugar also gets the green light.

>

> Folks, many of these recommendations are not based on what's nutritionally

> healthy. They're based on industry lobbying - just like the USDA's Food

> Pyramid, which is fraught with industry conflicts of interest.

>

> The proof is in the pudding as they say, and concomitant with the standard

> nutritional recommendations the incidence of diabetes and obesity has

> skyrocketed, and has become one of the worst epidemics the world has ever

> seen.

>

> Eating a high " complex " carbohydrate, low saturated fat diet for health and

> longevity has been shown to be wrong. Minimal common sense would say to try

> something else.

>

> How to Avoid Becoming a Statistic

>

> Getting appropriate and regular amounts of exercise, and adopting an eating

> plan that emphasizes good fats, and reduced non-fiber carbohydrates and

> starches as outlined in my Total Health Program, can place you on the right

> path. Doing so will greatly improve and even reverse type 2 " insulin

> resistant " diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, many other chronic

> diseases of aging, all without the use of potentially dangerous drugs.

>

>

> Related Articles:

>

> How to Finally Make Type 2 Diabetes Disappear

>

> Nutritional Typing Prevents and Cures Diabetes

>

> The Diabetes Conundrum: What Physicians are Teaching You may be Killing You

>

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