Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Diabetes - Let's Review Some Facts About Diabetes

You have probably heard of diabetes, but were unsure of what it really is. Basically, the body of a person with diabetes cannot properly absorb sugar. A common feature of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is the elevated levels of blood sugar, commonly known as glucose, that arise from inadequate amount of insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas.

Across the world, cases of diabetes are expected to exceed 250 million people by 2025, which will result in 35 million heart attacks, 13 million strokes, 6 million episodes of renal failure, 8 million instances of blindness or eye surgery, 2 million amputations, and 62 million deaths.

There are 21 million people with diabetes in the United States, according to the American Diabetes Association; in addition, some 54 million others have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, which greatly increases their risk of developing Type II diabetes. This equates to 75 million Americans having diabetes, or being at high risk.

The majority of doctors feel that diabetes cannot be cured. That's the "conventional wisdom." They were told that you have to 'manage' the diabetes with insulin or medication and that would be the 'best' you could hope for.

And they are correct... Most doctors' advise to merely suppress your diabetes symptoms with pharmaceutical drugs, but doing so will make diabetes incurable. Prescriptive medications have the ability to "artificially control" your blood sugar, yet they do nothing fight the core of the disease.

As we are all aware, prescription drugs (hypoglycemics) only disguise symptoms. Not only don't they cure but they worsen the problem since they debilitate your immune system What is designed to help you sometimes only makes the issue worse.

Diabetic drugs may increase the risk of heart disease: diabetics using medication are more than twice as likely to die of heart disease than diabetics who are following a special diet instead of using medication. There are some side effects of medication. The side effects consist of liver problems (jaundice), anemia, skin rashes and sometimes, and can possibly be fatal.

Insulin, as well as oral drugs for diabetes, is not the best options as far as the overall health and wellness of the person are concerned. They speed up the aging process, cause harm to your heart, liver and other organs, and may result in other problems.

The situation is not hopeless, however; Diabetes can be cured. However, treating symptoms with drugs that only exacerbate the condition will not cure it. It is important to understand that prescription drugs are a major fraud. The key is to tackle the root cause of diabetes by motivating your body to repair your pancreas and help it to naturally create more insulin, without the problems or side-effects of drugs and medications.

Why the American Diabetes Association doesn't publicize this information? Maybe because if people reversed there diabetic conditions, pharmaceutical companies would lose out.

Hector Milla at http://www.MyDiabetesSupply.com shows you how to get free diabetes testing supplies and gives you advises on how to lower naturally your blood sugar levels; website associated with http://www.thehighbloodsugar.org

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