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\nHOW I OVERCAME DIABETES<\/strong>
\ncompiled by Laurie Lynch, N.D., Ph.D.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cDiabetes remains a prevalent and grave disease in the United States, responsible for at least a quarter of a million deaths a year.\u00a0 Most diabetics\u2019 lifestyles are still hampered by various associated diseases and side effects, including heart disease, high blood pressure, blindness, and kidney disease.\u00a0 Over 2 million diabetics have high blood pressure, and most diabetes-related deaths result from heart attacks\u201d\u00a0(Null, p. 242). “The World Health Organization and the International Diabetes Federation …warn that the number of people worldwide who have diabetes has exploded from 30 million in 1985 to 135 million in 1995 to 194 million in 2003”\u00a0(Jackson, 2005).\u00a0“One CDC report finds that between 1990 and 1998, there was a 70% increase in diabetes cases among those in the 30-39 age bracket and a 40% increase in the 40-49 bracket. And the number of children developing diabetes is dramatically rising”\u00a0(Davis, 2001).\u00a0“Diabetes is the third leading cause of death”\u00a0(Balch, p. 154).<\/p>\n

Now “the Diabetes Epidemic Has Doubled in America. In the past 30 years, new cases of type 2 diabetes have doubled, with most diagnoses occurring in people who are obese, according to findings from the Framingham Offspring Study.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>In the ’70s, 2 percent of women and 2.7 percent of men had diabetes. By the ’90s, the rates had grown to 3.7 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively. Likewise, by the 1980s the risk of developing diabetes had increased by 40 percent; by the 1990s, the risk skyrocketed 105 percent, compared to the ’70s<\/strong>\u00a0(Mercola, 2006).<\/p>\n

What is diabetes?<\/em><\/strong>
\nDiabetes is a chronic degenerative disease characterized by a malfunction of the pancreas. Diabetes is basically a matter of faulty metabolism that involves the body\u2019s inability to assimilate sugar properly. \u2026it may involve the failure of a portion of the pancreas to secrete enough insulin to metabolize glucose; the glucose stays in the blood until reaching various\u00a0receptor sites<\/em>, or\u00a0docking sites.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Here the glucose is \u2018loaded\u2019 into the body\u2019s cells, where it is needed to provide vital energy and maintenance of normal physiological functioning.\u00a0 If these docks or receptor sites are not open, however, glucose cannot enter the cells.\u00a0 The body is then deprived of its critical energy supply, and the glucose stays in the blood and creates\u2026 a high blood sugar level\u2026\u00a0 How do these receptor sites get unlocked so that glucose can get into the cells?\u00a0 In the normal individual, the pancreas secretes insulin for just that purpose.\u00a0 Insulin accompanies glucose to the dock site and actually \u2018unlocks\u2018the cell so that it can receive the glucose\u201d\u00a0(Null, p. 244).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are two types of diabetes; diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n