Type II
diabetes continues to climb in the United States.
The
number of Americans with diabetes continues to increase, according to CDC's
most recent National Diabetes Fact Sheet. So does the number of Americans with
pre-diabetes, a condition that increases their risk of type 2 diabetes, heart
disease and stroke. The National Diabetes Fact Sheet, provides data on how many
Americans have diabetes, as well as information on age, racial and ethnic
differences in diabetes, and on complications of the disease. Below are some
highlights from the fact sheet.
Diabetes
affects 8.3% of all Americans and 11.3% of adults age 20 and older.
Some 27%
of people with diabetes – 7 million Americans – do not know they have the disease.
In 2010, 1.9 million Americans were first diagnosed with diabetes.
Pre-diabetes
affects 35% of adults age 20 and older, and half of Americans age 65 and older.
Pre-diabetes
is a condition in which blood glucose (sugar) levels are higher than normal,
but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.
The CDC
estimates that as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by
2050 if current trends continue. Type 2 diabetes, in which the body gradually
loses its ability to use and produce insulin, accounts for 90% to 95% of cases.
Risk
factors for type 2 diabetes include older age, obesity, family history, having
diabetes while pregnant, a sedentary lifestyle and race/ethnicity.
In The
New England Journal of Medicine, Robert Steinbrook, M.D. stated:
“The
diabetes epidemic in the United
States continues unabated, with a staggering
toll in acute and chronic complications, disability, and death.”
He continues…
“The
primary culprits are poor glycemic control over the long term and other major
risk factors, such as hypertension, cigarette smoking, obesity, and elevated
levels of cholesterol or blood lipids.”
Children With Type 2 Diabetes Now
Common
To make
matters worse, type 2 diabetes is no longer a disease of older adults, but
children and young adults as well.
In an
article published in July, 2008 in an issue of the Archives of Pediatric &
Adolescent Medicine, pediatric endocrinologist Joyce Lee, M.D. stated:
“Recent
studies suggest that there have been dramatic increases in type 2 diabetes among
individuals in their 20s and 30s, whereas it used to be that individuals
developed type 2 diabetes in their late 50s or 60s…”
Children Under 20 years of age:
215,000,
or 0.26% of all people in this age group have diabetes
About 1
in every 400 children and adolescents has diabetes
What is
so different in today’s society that seems to be causing this disease to be on
an increase?
People
with type 2 diabetes suffer from multiple nutritional deficiencies.
Biotin
Research
has shown, those with type 2 diabetes often have low levels of the vitamin, biotin.
This is a significant finding because biotin appears to be involved in the
synthesis and release of insulin.
In other
words, when there is a biotin deficiency, glucose (blood sugar) utilization is
impaired. It appears that biotin helps improve blood sugar control.
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An
article based on a study related to the pharmacological effects of biotin from
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry found that patients with type 2
diabetes had high blood glucose levels that corresponded to lower biotin
levels, whereas, the non-diabetic control subjects had lower fasting blood
glucose levels that corresponded to higher blood biotin levels.
In order
to see if an association existed, the patients with type 2 diabetes where given
a supplementation of 9,000 mcg/day of biotin for one month.
The
results were significant.
After one
month, their fasting blood glucose levels decreased by an average of 45%!
A study
done in 2006, found that biotin also seems to have an effect on lowering
triglyceride levels; in both the diabetes group as well as the control group.
“We
conclude that pharmacological doses of biotin decrease hypertriglyceridemia.
The triglyceride-lowering effect of biotin suggests that biotin could be used in
the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia.”
Yet
another study, involved patients who took biotin in combination with chromium
(a vital trace mineral used in the body for carbohydrate metabolism and insulin
regulation.)
The
result showed improvement in blood sugar levels, decrease in LDL cholesterol
and triglyceride levels, and an increase in HDL cholesterol levels.
Studies
like these prove the gross nutritional deficiencies that are so apparent in
today’s society. Poor diet, living on an over abundance of carbohydrate
processed foods, cereals, bagels, chips, sweets, sodas, is the bedrock of
faulty metabolism and leads to type 2 diabetes.
I’ve
found that the best way to eliminate type 2 diabetes is to lose weight and take
the right nutritional supplements. My patients with type 2 diabetes are placed
on my Jump Start Weight Loss Program and are usually able to eliminate all
their diabetes meds within 2-4 weeks of starting my program. It is not unusual
for my patients to lose 15-30 pounds in the first month of care. And with this
program not only are patients able to discontinue most if not all of their meds
for diabetes, cholesterol, and high blood pressure, they also keep the weight
off that they’ve lost. I’ve got patients who’ve lost 40, 50, even 100 pounds
and have kept the weight off one year later!
This
program has been a godsend for my diabetic and high blood pressure patients.
You can
read more about the Jump Start Weight Loss Program Here,
or by calling the clinic 205-879-2383.
Here’s an
entertaining and very informative past article about diabetes and the potential
dangers of the common drugs used to treat it-
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ReplyDeleteAs previously mentioned, Type 2 diabetes is not exclusive to overweight or obese individuals, nor is it exclusive to adults over the age of 40. In the modern-day, Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic status, and we are now learning how it affects us in more ways than we previously knew.
ReplyDeleteLet's take a look at Jordan, for instance. Jordan is 38 years old and works at a hotel. He alternates between working at the service desk and running common errands around the building, assisting the hotel's various guests. The nature of his job requires for the most part he is standing for most of his 10 to 12 hour workdays, and constantly moving and walking about. He is physically active throughout the day, and only gets a chance to eat during his 45-minute lunch break, and a quick snack during his 15-minute break later in the day. Because of this, Jordan has a lean physique, and is fortunate to be at a healthy weight as opposed to the majority of his peers.
Unfortunately, the nature of his job causes him to be constantly thirsty. Moving around all day inevitably takes its toll. Jordan knows he should be drinking plenty of water but instead, he chooses to drink soda since it tastes great and it gives him the sugar-kick he needs. The problem is, overtime, one 750 ml bottle of soda per day became two, and later on three. Nowadays, Jordan drinks between 4 to 5 bottles of soda a day. It doesn't help he's allowed to have as many as he wants from the hotel break room refrigerator.
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