Dr. Mercola January 26 2006 718 views
The number of diabetics in America has swelled by a frightening 80 percent over the past decade, based on federal numbers.
Over that same time, however, the incidence of diabetes grew 140 percent in New York alone to some 800,000 adults -- more than one in eight residents. For comparison's sake, that's more than twice the number of the new patients diagnosed in Boston and higher than the rest of the nation by close to a third.
The Next Generation
Despite these astonishingly high numbers, New York doctors are even more concerned about the next generation of diabetes patients, who could cripple our health care system and economy. Aside from a few experts, however, public health officials have in large part ignored diabetes, to the extent that it was called "the Rodney Dangerfield of diseases" by one Boston doctor.
Underfunded Programs
New Yorkers spend disproportionately less on diabetes prevention programs (under $1 million) than they do on, for example, tuberculosis ($27 million). Tuberculosis affected at most 1,000 New Yorkers last year, contrasted with the nearly one million who will soon be affected by diabetes.
The epidemic is not, of course, restricted to New York. In the course of a single day, 4,100 Americans will be diagnosed with diabetes, 250 will lose limbs, and 55 will go blind.
You won't find a better example of diabetes at its devastating worst than New York City, arguably ground zero for this horrible epidemic, based on the reporting in the New York Times.
But New York is not the only place being affected by the diabetes epidemic. You are living in the midst of it.
By the year 2030, diabetes rates are predicted to double even if the rate of obesity remains steady. Researchers have estimated the total number of people with diabetes will rise from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030.
Diabetes is a devastating disease that destroys nearly every bodily system. Unfortunately, just about every "expert" organization and professional is clueless about how to treat this disease.
If you haven't yet read Dr. Rosedale's article on What Physician's Are Teaching You May be Killing You, I would strongly encourage you to do so as it highlights the profound level of basic science information most all physicians have about diabetes.
This is most unfortunate as type 2 diabetes, or insulin and leptin resistance, is one of the easiest diseases to treat. It has been my clinical experience over the past 20 years that nearly all of our compliant patients were able to radically improve, if not totally control, their diabetes.
Folks, diabetes -- at nearly any stage -- is very treatable and it doesn't have to devastate your health either. In fact, the steps for safeguarding your health from the destructive nature of diabetes are pretty simple:
In addition to the basic principles I outlined above, there are a number of dietary "secrets" that I have covered in the past eight years that are not obvious when you use our search engine. So I have compiled them all in one easy page and encourage you to review them.
If you haven't picked up my latest book, Total Health Program, you will want to seriously consider doing that, as it is an incredibly practical guide to implementing many of the most important principles to protect and preserve your health.