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"A child with type 2 diabetes was almost unheard of. But type 2 diabetes has increased by 33 percent in the last fifteen years. To me, that's a tragic testimony to the impact our unhealthy diets are having. A Lancet study published in January 2005 drew a direct link between weight gain and prediabetes and fast food menus, but somehow, we're still feeding our kids junky, high-fat foods. Dr. Oz gave me the big picture on how excessive body fat can lead to diabetes. "The major task the body has to deal with is stress," he said. " - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"A more serious insulin resistance is known as type 2 diabetes. The clinical signs of type 2 diabetes include elevated blood sugar levels and insulin resistance. Cell membranes have insulin receptors. The sensitivity of this receptor to insulin can be improved by chromium. Insulin binds to the insulin receptor in the cell membrane to activate the receptor, as seen in Figure 13-4. The activation of the insulin receptor enables glucose and chromium to enter the cell. Chromium binds to the insulin receptor and enhances its activity. With available chromium, more glucose enters the cell." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.) "This is how chromium availability helps to relieve impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes. CHROMIUM DEFICIENCY Chromium deficiency is difficult to determine because of the lack of accurate tests for chromium status. Chromium deficiency may be a contributing factor in both type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance. Heavy exercise may increase the amount of chromium needed. Summary for Chromium Main function: assists insulin in controlling blood sugar. Adequate Intakes: adults, 20 meg to 35 meg. Toxicity: no reports of toxicity from trivalent chromium." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"A child with type 2 diabetes was almost unheard of. But type 2 diabetes has increased by 33 percent in the last fifteen years. To me, that's a tragic testimony to the impact our unhealthy diets are having. A Lancet study published in January 2005 drew a direct link between weight gain and prediabetes and fast food menus, but somehow, we're still feeding our kids junky, high-fat foods. Dr. Oz gave me the big picture on how excessive body fat can lead to diabetes. "The major task the body has to deal with is stress," he said. " - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"The high insulin levels of type 2 diabetes contribute to diabetes complications, including cholesterol abnormalities, diabetic eye disease, diabetic kidney disease, and vascular disease. Type 2 diabetes is like a car trying to pull a trailer that's too large. The car overheats, isn't fuel efficient, and wears out faster. You'd trade your car in for a truck that has towing capacity, but the problem is, you can't just go out and buy a larger pancreas to handle your diabetes. In animal studies, Dr." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Three years earlier doctors had diagnosed him with type 2 diabetes. The disease allows excess sugar to build in the blood. If not controlled, diabetes exacts a terrific toll on the body, causing disabling complications like blindness and even early death. Type 2 diabetes can often be managed, even cured, by exercising more and eating less. But many doctors don't explain this to their patients. They assume Americans don't have the willpower." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"This could be, in part, because if you have type 2 diabetes, you also face increased risk for two factors that can raise your risk of stroke: high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels. Rising blood pressure readings is no small matter either?about 73 percent of adults with diabetes have blood pressure values greater than or equal to 130/80 mm Hg or use prescription medication to help control high blood pressure. Keeping blood sugar levels steady will also help stabilize blood pressure and cholesterol problems. 6. Eat six to seven servings of fruits and vegetables a day." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "Eating too little fiber day after day has been associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes (as well as cancer, obesity, and heart disease). Fiber, particularly soluble fiber (the type that dissolves in water and forms a gel), helps regulate blood sugar, possibly by slowing down the absorption of other nutrients, including carbohydrates, eaten at the same meal. appears to improve the body's ability to secrete enough insulin to overcome insulin resistance. Saturated fat." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "At least 5 ounces a week of nuts and peanut butter might even lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, suggest results from the Women's Health Study, possibly due to the high unsaturated-fat content, which can help regulate blood sugar levels and insulin balance. þA review of nut studies (mostly involving almonds, peanuts, and walnuts) showed decreases in total cholesterol between 2 and 16 percent and LDL cholesterol between 2 and 19 percent, compared with subjects consuming control diets." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "Short-term studies have demonstrated that losing 5 percent of body weight (about 10 pounds for someone weighing 200 pounds or 15 for a 250-pound person) helps decrease insulin resistance and improve high blood sugar, high blood lipids, and high blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes. Sugar. To eat sugar or not to eat it, that's the big question for people with diabetes. The answer: Go ahead and eat sugar, but follow the ADA's recommendations. Sugar-containing foods can be substituted for other carbohydrates in the individualized meal plan." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Future research may show that coenzyme Qiq can help to neutralize this poorly understood "Syndrome X," which is the major cause of vascular dysfunction, vasoconstriction and eventually high blood pressure, and even type 2 diabetes. All of these conditions also predispose us to cardiovascular disease, causing symptoms of easy fatigability, fatigue, shortness of breath, atypical chest pain, or even angina pectoris—the hallmark of coronary ischemia. Angina Pectoris Angina is classically defined as a squeezing or pressure, or even a burning-like chest pain." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"The health risks associated with being overweight include increased risks of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, osteoarthritis (arthritis), gallbladder disease, high blood pressure (hypertension), sleep apnea, gout, pulmonary problems, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The most effective and long-lasting ways to lose body fat require time and effort, but the benefits are numerous. (See also exercise, athletic performance, and energy/endurance.) There are no miracle pills or easy methods." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"The link between diabetes and obesity and these two diseases' impact around the world is why we are hearing the term "globesity" now.) type 2 diabetes occurs when the body loses its ability to keep blood sugar levels under control. Insulin is supposed to encourage cells to take sugar out of the blood. When diabetes is present, the body becomes insulin resistant?unable to respond to insulin's efforts to reduce blood sugar. The major health consequences of diabetes include heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, pregnancy complications, lower-extremity amputations, and death." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"You're probably aware of the worldwide epidemic of type 2 diabetes, which kills by thickening and clogging arteries, leading to heart disease and deadening the nerves to the legs, which can ultimately require amputation. All are great ways to polish off those who take more than their fair share. Diabetes is just the beginning. How about arthritis? Easy. If it hurts to walk, you won't go get food, or you can't run to avoid being someone else's food. Cancer? In a macabre way, having your own cells eat you alive is a fast way to exit life." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Remember, type 2 diabetes is an epidemic these days! More and more studies document a high occurrence of low magnesium states in people with diabetes, as well as those with the syndrome called insulin resistance (IR) or Syndrome X. The good news is knowing this association gives us a new leg up for treating and preventing IR and diabetes, two very problematic endocrine problems." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "One small study in Western Australia of participants using supplemental magnesium taken from water with a high natural magnesium content, clinical benefit in type 2 diabetes was realized. In fact, I've been so won over by that letter, and the data, that I took a "hard stand" when my wife, Jan, suggested we soften our water a few years back. You see, the water from our well in Vermont is extremely hard. It contains abundant sources of calcium, magnesium, and other minerals." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"After the withdrawal of troglitazone because of its liver toxicity, piogli-tazone (Actos) and rosiglitazone (Avandia) were the only glitazones used for treating patients with type 2 diabetes, either alone or in combination with metformin or with sulfonylureas. Avandamet is a combination of rosi-glitazone and metformin. Many doctors use glitazones in combination with insulin, which improves glucose control while decreasing the amount of insulin required." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"This differs from the insulin resistance of type 2 diabetes. In the Netherlands thirty years ago, public health officials recommended rickets prevention via 2,000 IU of vitamin D a day (via cod-liver oil) from birth through a child's first birthday. In 1997, Dr. Elina Hypponen and her colleagues at the Tampere School of Public Health in Finland analyzed health records of babies who were born in 1966 in Oulu and Lapland, Finland, to check for development of type 1 diabetes." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Physicians have all too willingly participated in the prescription-writing frenzy that is often necessary to control type 2 diabetes. . . . Thus, the recent proliferation of effective oral therapies is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing for patients who are actively attempting to care for their diabetes and for the physicians who participate in such efforts." - Dr. Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry, The Diabetes Cure : A Natural Plan That Can Slow, Stop, Even Cure Type 2 Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Jackson, in the pages of the January 11, 2006 edition of the Boston Globe, aptly commented on the tidal wave of diabetes cases in the United States: "Type 2 diabetes is sweeping so rapidly through America we need not waste time giving children bicycles. Just roll them a wheelchair."14 In the United States, estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are 20.8 million diabetics diagnosed and about 20 million who are considered pre-diabetic. In 2004, about 1.4 million adults in the U.S. between ages 18 and 79 were diagnosed with diabetes." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "The American Dietetic Association (ADA), the world's largest organization of professional dieticians, published the following statements in June 2003 on a vegetarian diet and lifestyle:9 Vegetarians have been reported to have lower body mass indices than nonvegetarians, as well as lower rates of death from ischemic heart disease; vegetarians also show lower blood cholesterol levels; lower blood pressure; and lower rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"If you focus on enhancing beta-cell function, increasing insulin sensitivity, and controlling glycation, you can dramatically change the course of type 2 diabetes or even prevent it altogether. DIABETES: THE BASICS Diabetes is, unfortunately, a relatively common disease, and many people either know someone who has the condition or have it themselves. Therefore, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking diabetes "isn't a big deal." I actually overheard someone express that very sentiment during a recent scientific conference." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"They're also much more likely to develop chronic conditions like hypertension and type 2 diabetes as adults. Dr. Frederica Perera described the proportion of overweight children in our society as "astonishing." Being overweight as a child, she said, "brings with it an array of metabolic illnesses—diabetes, asthma. Children who are obese at age three will likely develop asthma when they're five." One of the most common, and most troubling, consequences of childhood obesity is diabetes, which has also risen at epidemic rates in this country over the last two decades." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "Overweight children and teens are also at a much higher risk of coming down with various chronic diseases later in life, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease. "The metabolic groundwork for the degenerative diseases of adulthood are really laid down in childhood," Dr. Michael Rosenbaum, associate professor of clinical pediatrics and medicine at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, told me. " - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Obesity is inextricably linked with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis, and is closely associated with liver disease, orthopedic problems, insulin resistance, depression, hypertension, sleep apnea, and asthma. There is also evidence that obesity is significantly higher among children with ADHD symptoms. Obesity appears to be particularly linked to problems with the D-4 dopamine receptor, the receptor that's most closely associated with ADHD symptoms. It's theorized that problems with this receptor interfere with feelings of satiety, or satisfaction after eating." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Each new day now, she was treating members of a generation of children who were suffering from horrendous new onslaughts of autism, ADHD, asthma, allergies, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, childhood cancers, Type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Every day she was trying to repair the bodies of kids who suffered from toxicity, brain inflammation, skewed immunity, depleted neurotransmitters, nutrient deficiencies, and inflamed bowels. Why was all of this happening? Why wasn't anyone in a position of power rising up to defend America's children?" - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Diabetes Both Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are increasing in incidence among America's children. Type I diabetes, the form of the disorder associated with an autoimmune attack upon the pancreas, which secretes insulin, appears to be increasing in children at a rate of approximately 30 percent per decade. About 13,000 American children are now annually diagnosed with the disease, which results in a decreased life expectancy of fifteen years. The most alarming recent evidence concerning Type 1 diabetes is its apparent link to childhood vaccinations." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Approximately 6 percent of the American population, or 16 million people, now have type 2 diabetes. It is the seventh leading cause of death in the country, and is one of the most frequent causes of limb amputations, blindness, and kidney disease. This rate of death and disablement seems certain to climb, as America's diabetic children reach adulthood. Obesity The obesity epidemic tracks the 4-A epidemics, as well as the diabetes epidemic, and is closely related to them." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"We call this situation insulin resistance and recognize it as a forerunner to type 2 diabetes and obesity. In chapter 3, we introduced the damaging and inflammatory effects of this high blood sugar and insulin scenario. It's an overlooked yet very serious risk factor for developing unhealthy arteries and thick blood. Not just heart health is at stake but brain function as well. It is vitally important that you regulate your insulin levels, reduce your glycemic load, and eliminate as many simple sugars as you can." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "Recent research in humans has also associated poor mitochondrial function with metabolic syndrome, the cluster of risk factors that lead to many health problems, including insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and CVD. The research suggests that if you happen to be genetically endowed with lesser mitochondria, you might be more likely to have a low tolerance for exercise and more prone to develop abdominal fat, diabetes, and cardiovascular problems." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

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