If Diabetes has become an epidemic, what is the cure?
July 8, 2009 · Filed Under Diabetes
creativus_maximus asked:
If all the health and fitness commericials and talk shows on eating and obesity aren’t making a difference to reducing diabetes, what will?
If all the health and fitness commericials and talk shows on eating and obesity aren’t making a difference to reducing diabetes, what will?
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Simple – make healthy food more affordable, especially in urban areas (where the incidence rate of diabetes is much higher). I mean, it’s ridiculous that a 3L bottle of soda is $.99 and a carton of orange juice is $2.99. Two honeybuns for a dollar – two apples for $2. A bag of chips for 50 cents, dried fruit for $2. The disparity in price and availability in the city between junk food and healthy food is the real reason behind this nation’s obesity.
Do you really think people are eating chips and soda because they’re more affordable than Granola and Tofu?
No.
It will take a cultural shift where sugar is viewed in the same way as tobacco. Just watch a sitcom from 40 years ago and you see a tremendous shift in the public view of tobacco. If the same thing happened to sugar, you’d see a drastic reduction in the % of diabetes cases. I just hope it can be done without the media attacks, politcial correctness and demonization that occured around the “tobacco wars” of the 90s. That kind of demagoguary is not good for America.
Studies show that consumption of just 1 12oz sugared soft drink each day increases a woman’s chances of contracting diabetes by 80% !!
Processed food contain a lot of salt and sugar – the added sugar hidden in our diet is the cause of a lot of diabeties – so we need to be more aware of the need for fresh food, avoid highly processed foods and dump the sugar.
First of all you must understan that there are 2 types of diabetes.
Type one: The body does not produce any insulin. The most hopeful cure is islet cell transplants. This is done by injecting islet cells from a cadaver into the pancreas of the individual with type 1 diabetes. The process needs cells from about 10 cadavers and now is about 70-80% effective for eliminating the need to use insulin.
Type 2 diabetes has a few causes. The body does not produce enough insulin or the body does not use insulin effectivley. There is some medication and insulin available to control this.
Either one of these can develop from a family history or by living a certain lifestyle. The best way to control, delay and or prevent this is from proper dietary habits. Portion control,eating healthy foods and exercise are still the best options.