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The Problem

Problem #1 (The Disease)

Diabetes is a debilitating disease. CDC is now reporting that 1 in 3 people have Type II or Pre-Diabetes and that 85% of diabetics will die from heart disease or stroke. Calorie-restricted/low fat diets and chronic exercise will not cure you. Drugs will treat the symptoms but not the cause—the disease will progress to a tragic ending.
  • 85% of diabetics will die of cardiovascular disease or stroke (AHA April 2017)
  • 75% of diabetics have high blood pressure
  • Diabetes is now the leading cause of blindness (retinopathy) in the United States
  • Diabetic kidney disease (nephropathy) is the leading cause of End Stage Renal Disease/Dialysis
  • Diabetic nerve pain affects 60-70% of diabetics
  • Diabetes increases risk of stroke by 150%-400%
  • Diabetes is the leading cause of amputations—77,000 per year
  • Diabetics have a 3x increase in erectile dysfunction
  • 1 person dies every 7 seconds (European Assoc. for Study of Diabetes)
High blood sugar and Elevated Insulin levels are the root cause kidney disease and End Stage Renal Failure amonst Type 1 and Type 2 diabeticsDiabetes and High Blood Sugar will cause a narrowing of arteries and veins leading to restricted blood flow and amputations85% of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics will die of cardiovascular disease, heart disease or stroke

Problem #2 (Diagnosis)

A common test your doctor may perform is “Hemoglobin A1c.” Normal A1c is 4.5%-5%. Most doctors will not provide a treatment regiment until you reach 7% A1c. This is also the threshold that the American Diabetes Association has set as the point at which you now, officially, have diabetes. When your A1c passes over 5.5% your body has now lost the ability to properly manage your blood sugar (High blood sugar is toxic to the body and will rot every organ in the body). Most individuals will now spend the next 5,10 or 15 years in a state that doctors call “pre-diabetes.” Make no mistake… there is nothing “pre” about “pre-diabetes.” The majority of damage (see list above) will be done in those years leading up to when your doctor finally gives you the official designation of a diabetic at 7% A1c.

(CDC National Diabetes Statistical Report 2017—1 in 3 have diabetes or pre-diabetes. 86 million Americans have “pre-diabetes.” 70% of pre-diabetics will become Type II diabetics and the majority of others will experience the same diabetic complications)

Problem #3 (Thinking your doctor will cure you)

If you take away anything from any of this then my hope is that you will always remember this:
Diabetes is unique among serious chronic diseases, in that, it is the only condition where the patient with only a small amount of help from your doctor and no heroic interventions can achieve normal health. It is up to you to achieve normal health…no one is riding to your rescue.
(Blood Sugar 101 – Jenny Ruhl)
Most doctors will provide a treatment regimen…unfortunately, the majority of these regimens center around treating the “symptom” and not the “cause.” Along the “pre-diabetic” journey many will suffer from high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease/failure and erectile dysfunction before you are even diagnosed with diabetes. Your doctor will provide solutions in the way of medications and surgery for these “symptoms” but will do little to treat the underlying cause (high insulin levels–aka. hyperinsulinemia). Diabetes will cause a myriad of long term health complication including insulin resistanc, weight gain, high blood pressure, heart disease, erectile dysfunction, and dialysis At this juncture, you must ask the question “Is my doctor treating the underlying cause of my diabetes or is he/she treating the symptoms?” The underlying problem rests in the fact that diabetes is caused by the overproduction of insulin that leads to insulin resistance. Insulin Resistance is the single most important phenomenon that leads to rapid and pre-mature aging and all of its resulting diseases, including heart disease, stroke, dementia and cancer. No drug, no pill or no surgery will fix your diabetes…but you can! The key to winning the Type II/Pre-Diabetic fight is by attacking the cause. (Click here if you are Type I)

Note: If your doctor believes that 7.0% A1c is considered good blood sugar control then you MUST immediately find a new doctor who supports your goal of achieving normalized blood sugar. You can be sure that if you don’t then you will become one of the aforementioned statistics.

Problem #4 (Traditional Treatment Plans)

Clearly, traditional methods for treating diabetes have failed miserably over the past 40 years. Yet, the medical community continues to recommend the same failed approach of a low calorie/semi-starved, low fat diet and excessive exercise. As you will learn… this has never and will never work because it does not address the underlying cause of your diabetes, which is the overproduction of insulin (hyperinsulinemia).

Problem #5 (The Noise)

The level of misinformation and continual persistence in pushing failed approaches for diabetes is unprecedented. Let’s look at the most common form of treatment—Low Fat/Calorie Restricted Diet coupled with chronic exercise. We’ve been recommending this failed approach since the release in 1977 of the “The Dietary Goals for the United States” and was revised into the USDA Food Pyramid in 1992. Below is the success of that approach: In dealing with obesity, would you say this approach was successful over the past 40 years? (Figure 1—Obesity Rates) While obesity does not cause diabetes, obesity is a good barometer for insulin production and diabetes In dealing with rates of diabetes, would you say this approach was successful? (Figure 2—Diabetes) CDC report: Number and Percentage of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S. for 1958-2010

Problem #6 (The Myth)

The media and the medical community have been successful in convincing us that the reason you developed diabetes and became overweight is because you overate and you did exercise enough. Don’t fall into this trap…this is a convenient way for the medical community to shift blame onto the patient for their lack of understanding how diabetes develops and how to manage it. If overeating causes obesity/diabetes then why doesn’t “under eating” cure obesity/diabetes? If lack of exercise caused obesity/diabetes then why doesn’t chronic exercise cure it? Insulin… not calories, causes fat accumulation.

Summary

We are in the midst of the most debilitating, damaging and brutal life ending 40-year experiment in the history of mankind with the most accelerated and sharpest decline in the collective health of humanity. The government’s involvement in our dietary lives, beginning with the “Dietary Guidelines of 1977” then the USDA Food Pyramid in 1992, has literally decimated our population (Over 70% are overweight/obese and 1 in 3 are diabetic or pre-diabetic). The failed approach of a calorie-restricted/semi-starved/low-fat diet coupled with a heavy dose of chronic exercise continues to be the only offered up solution despite its epic failure. Traditional approaches and medication will do nothing but mask the symptoms. You are not diabetic and you are not obese because of calories or lack of exercise. When you learn and understand what causes diabetes/fat accumulation then you will finally and confidently know how to successfully manage it!

The Solution

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