Diabetes: The Uncontrolled Epidemic
Every two minutes, an American dies from the complications of diabetes. That's over 300,000 individuals per year. Depending on whose figures you accept, it is estimated that 20 million Americans are diabetic. And, that number is increasing by about 1 million every year.
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| When Type I or Type II Diabetes is manifested, all approved treatments do is manually control the blood sugar with synthetic medication. None of the diabetic medications currently available exert any therapeutic effect to repair the blood sugar control system. |
Diabetes is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. and it is responsible for 10% of all hospitalizations, costing over $98 billion a year. And perhaps what's most disturbing, most people do not have a clue why they have it.
Diabetes, in its most basic terms, is an inability of the body to process blood sugar (glucose) either due to a lack of insulin (Type 1 Diabetes and some Type 2 Diabetes) or due to the body's resistance to insulin, known as Hyperinsulinemia, which develops into Type 2 Diabetes.The defining symptom of Hyperinsulinemia is the presence of excess insulin in the blood stream. This abnormal condition leads to excess Cholesterol, Arteriosclerosis, Heart Failure, Impotence, Stroke and eventually Type 2 Diabetes. High insulin levels appear in the diabetic blood stream long before high glucose does, yet high glucose remains the classic Diabetes symptom. Insulin levels are rarely, if ever, used as a diabetic marker, except by research scientists.
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| The rationale for the artificial control of blood glucose is to postpone and minimize the vascular damage. This rationale, however, makes the patient more and more dependent upon more and more of the medication until, eventually, no amount of medication will work. By this time, the accumulated damage to other bodily systems from both the disease and the synthetic medications induces a whole host of related diseases. |
A prolonged or chronic excess of either insulin or glucose will result in damaged blood vessels, cells, and other organs. Diabetes is the body’s blood sugar control system failing to keep these two elements at the proper levels within the body. When Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes is manifested, all approved treatments do is manually control the blood sugar with synthetic medication.
None of the diabetic medication currently available exerts any therapeutic effect to repair the blood sugar control system. The rationale for the artificial control of blood glucose is to postpone and minimize the vascular damage. This rationale, however, makes the patient more and more dependent upon more and more of the medication until, eventually, no amount of medication will work. By this time, the accumulated damage to other bodily systems from both the disease and the synthetic medications induces a whole host of related diseases.
TWO MAJOR TYPES OF DIABETES
Type 1 Diabetes (formerly known as insulin-dependent diabetes) currently affects about 700,000 Americans and is usually discovered in childhood. Type 1 diabetics produce very little or no insulin due to the destruction of insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas. Those who have Type 1 diabetes must use insulin — usually through intravenous injection or from an insulin pump.
Although genetics has a major role in the onset of Type 1 diabetes, there is also evidence that viral infections — such as rubella and coxsackie B — are also culprits in the development of this disease.
Type 2 Diabetes (formerly known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes) is estimated to affect between 15 and 17 million Americans. Although most Type 2 diabetics are over age 40, the number of Americans in their teens and twenties who are being diagnosed with the disease is increasing at alarming proportions. Unlike the Type 1 diabetic, Type 2 diabetics generally produce sufficient amounts of insulin, but they have developed a resistance to its action in the body (Hyperinsulinemia).
The defining symptom of Hyperinsulinemia is the presence of excess insulin in the blood stream. This abnormal condition leads to excess Cholesterol, Arteriosclerosis, Heart Failure, Impotence, Stroke and eventually Type II Diabetes.
High insulin levels appear in the diabetic blood stream long before high glucose does, yet high glucose remains the classic Diabetes symptom. Insulin levels are rarely, if ever, used as a diabetic marker, except by research scientists.
A prolonged or chronic excess of either insulin or glucose will result in damaged blood vessels, cells, and other organs. Diabetes is the body’s blood sugar control system failing to keep these two elements at the proper levels within the body.
Many risk factors, including genetics, obesity, diet, and age play major roles in the development of Type 2 diabetes. Approximately four percent of all American women develop gestational diabetes during their pregnancies. Even though these women usually notice a return to normal blood sugar levels after birth, they may be at additional risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life.
Several warning signs can alert people to the need to seek professional testing for diabetes. The earlier that diabetes is diagnosed, the more likely one is to avoid, or at least delay, the serious complications of this relentless disease.
