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Thursday, September 10th, 2015

50 Percent Of Adults In U.S. Have Diabetes Or Pre-Diabetes, Study Finds

Author:     Robert Glatter, MD
Source:     Forbes
Publication Date:     Sep 8, 2015 @ 6:29 PM
 Link: 50 Percent Of Adults In U.S. Have Diabetes Or Pre-Diabetes, Study Finds
Stephan:   Our diet -- and this says nothing about the safety of the food -- is literally killing us. And it grows worse year by year, we don't seem to be able to get control of what is going on. It is, of course, incredibly profitable for Big Pharm and other elements of the illness profit system.
An obese woman, left, walks in New York, Monday, July 13, 2015. Credit: Mark Lennihan/AP

An obese woman, left, walks in New York, Monday, July 13, 2015. Credit: Mark Lennihan/AP

According to a study published online in JAMA today, nearly 50 percent of adults living in the U.S. have diabetes or pre-diabetes, a condition where a person already has elevated blood sugar and is at risk to develop diabetes.

Diabetes, a condition where blood sugar is elevated, may reflect lack of production of insulin to lower blood sugar, (Type 1) or insulin resistance (Type 2), generally the result of obesity, poor diet or lack of exercise leading to the metabolic syndrome.

Diabetes is a costly disease in the U.S, racking up an estimated 245 billion in 2012, related to consumption and utilization of health care resources as well as lost productivity, according to the researchers in the study. Diabetes can damage blood vessels, the eyes and kidneys, also resulting in poor wound healing and devastating soft tissue infections. And nearly 71,000 persons die […]

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3 Comments

  1. John Gabriel Otvos on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 3:30 am

    As Dr Michael Greger has pointed out time and time again; diabetes is a disease of toxicity of the kidneys liver and other organs it can be reversed through diet alone. Other forward thinking American doctors such as Dr. Neal Bernard, Dr. John McDougall and the two docs from Forks Over Knives state the identical thing.

    • John Gabriel Otvos on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 3:31 am

      That should read “fat toxicity” of the kidneys…

  2. Rev. Dean on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 6:49 am

    Exercise lowers blood sugar in either type 1 or type 2. A regular routine of exercise after meals is the best way to avoid obesity and help lower blood sugar. On the other hand overwork can make a diabetic’s blood sugar go too low so one must be careful. My wife’s family, on both sides, have had to live with this genetic condition all of their lives. If one wants to learn about diabetes, talk to one. Doctors who do not have diabetes can lead a diabetic astray. We had to fire our endocrinologist or she would have killed my wife with her stupidity in prescribing the wrong (and expensive) medications.