At my church's yearly women's conference I roomed with a woman I never met before.  She is a diabetes counsellor and she said that diabetes can go undetected for ten years but silently the damage is being done.

She said that in all the years she has been a nurse she has never seen as many youngsters with Type II diabtes as she is seeing now.  She will give the patients advice on nutrition and exercise but never ceases to be shocked at how many of them don't want to change their habits and want to know if there is a pill they can take instead !

She says that she can forsee an epidemic of heart and other health problems due to out of control Type II Diabetes in people in their thirties and fourties.  Our tastebuds have become perverted and we are paying the

food companies to slowly poison us with food that is filled with additives and grown in depleted soils.  We are shocked that the Chinese put melamine in the dog food to up the "protein" content but where is the outcry about

the awful things we put is our own prepared food products for human consumption ?  We have become our own worst enemies because we don't question the ingredients in our food.  We get health problems and instead of being a detective and trying to find a cause and make some changes we want a pill...which leads to more pills because of side effects.  We have to be like chess players and think about the long term consequences of the choices we make.  When we are young and immortal we do and eat things without a care in the world but the consequences may not start showing up until you are fourty.  We need to be conscious and intentional in all that we do.

Dr. Mercola,

This is the kind of information that should be constantly presented to the public, in order to counteract the money-mongering, brainwashing bombardment we are subjected to by big business through the "normal" media day in and day out.  

I mean, the REAL #1 cause of death in the U.S. isn't the medical system - it's IGNORANCE!

So, when the ignorant feel a tickle in their throat, they are programmed to head down to the ER or make an appointment with their local AMA-programmed quack who uses cookie-cutter diagnostic modalities.

Which could prove to be far worse than their symptoms are... possibly lethal!

So, please keep exposing the lies of our government and all their cronies - to include the FDA, big pharma and anyone else who seeks to profit from misdirection, misinformation and manipulation of the masses.

I also agree that future presentations should absolutely include published, validated, peer reviewed (if necessary) references to back up the stats.

As for the plug at the end of the video, I thought it was perfectly appropriate.  For those of you who disagree, maybe you've forgotten that Mercola.com is a FOR PROFIT site.  Yeah, it's not a charity, they need cashflow to stay up and running.

To ensure that, they need a constant influx of new subscribers.  So, offering access to the Mercola.com newsletter at the end of the video is a MUST!  To do anything less would be downright foolish and a fine recipe for business failure.  

Personally, I want this site to be around for a LOOONG time, how about you?  So stop looking at this site like all the other "FREE" sites cluttering the web.  Yes, he provides volumes of free information.  And he is able to continue to do so through the proceeds from the sale of the PRODUCTS he offers.  Really, you'd have to look pretty hard nowadays to find a site of any real value that provides everything for free, without any type of advertisement or upsell.  Think about it.

I decided to read the responses rather than watch the video and must say I enjoyed many of the responses.   Guess i will have to watch the video.   I have known for sometime that i don not wish to trust my health care to allopathic medicine so managed to find a D.O. who happens to take my insurance - what a blessing.   This year I have been run through the medical mill having received a diagnosis of *** cancer in January.   The upside to all of it is, I will never have another "biopsy" done or anymore mammograms, fired my oncologist as he did not want to see me again until "after I had surgery" and am currently using a non-toxic approach to heal my body of this cancerous tumor that, by God's grace, is working!   We need to stop blindly trusting in this country's medical community to "take care of us" and learn God's design of our bodies and how He intended for us to take care of them.   Read the "Owner's Manual" - it's very enlightening!

I've been reading Mercola.com articles for probably 7+ years now, and I do very much appreciate the information he presents.  It's had a significant impact over the years on the way I eat, feed my children, exercise, etc.  But I kind of agree with some people that I get a little disappointed how much advertising he does for products.  I know it helps fund his efforts, but I think I remember years ago him saying he wouldn't advertise or recommend specific products, etc... said he wasn't in it for the money.  Now I get emails strictly trying to get me to buy something else with a cute little discount if I "hurry before supplies run out".  And I admit, I've bought many of his products.  In the big picture if it helps change the world for the better, I know I shouldn't complain.  I still do sometimes, but I probably shouldn't.  :-)  Thanks Mercola, for your dedication to the truth.

How profoundly sad that what we seek refuge in what causes such tragic results for so many. What a thought provoking video. The stats speak for themselves. Thank you Dr. Mercola!

Blessings to all

Dr. Trudy

Excellent video!  We need more doctors and nurses to think along this mind set!  We ARE what we eat and we DO have control!  I go to a physician for the testing / the diagnosis only,  then I do my research to find what I am lacking in my diet that causes the symptoms / disease process.  

Somehow, we need to find a way to stop the pharmaceutical giants from sleeping with the AMA and FDA and visa versa!

The point of the video is to get your attention, not to sit and critique the content.Looks like you have missed the point!!

I forgot to add on my last comment that I would also like to see some references for the figures cited in the video. I don't just take someone's word for things any longer. I stopped doing that with conventional doctors and I'm not going to stop just become someone has a reputation for being a non-mainstream mavrick.

sky

Great video.....the question I'm being asked by some I have passed it to....where do these figures come from?

I don't doubt that they are correct, but some will want to know this answer, as Dr. Mercola, you do usually provide sources, with your research.

Here in th UK, I suspect it is fast becoming much the same and I would love to know these FIGURES FOR THE UK......please, if anyone has them?

Thanks,

David.