Could the Doctors Be Wrong?
Posted: Tuesday, December 09, 2008
by Toma
NutriCoach
There is growing evidence that the standard advice from doctors concerning treatment for type 2 diabetes is inaccurate. Two common myths are:
1. Once you have type 2 diabetes it will just get worse.
2. You have to have medications to control type 2 diabetes.
Myth number 1 is being proven wrong. There are a growing number of type 2 diabetics that are reversing their type 2 diabetes with diet. I am one of them. I see others on my site on a regular basis reporting similar results. Not only have the symptoms from type 2 diabetes reversed but so has the arthritis, suspected Alzheimer's, GERD and a number of other inflammatory conditions that are also linked to diet. I have written a book telling how I did it and so have other authors such as Dewayne McCulley, Julian Whitaker, and several others.
So why are these myths being supported by mainstream medicine? The obvious answer is that the Pharmaceutical companies have huge stakes in keeping the doctors prescribing the drugs. They have a cozy relationship with The Diabetes associations such as the American Diabetes Association which the doctors trust and where they get most of their information about treating type 2 diabetes as well as their relationship with regulatory agencies such as the FDA. Each of those topics could be a complete article in themselves. Suffice it to say, not only are the medications not the best answer for treating type 2 diabetes but in some cases are actually doing harm as in the deaths caused by Avandia and mere recently Byetta. (also complete article popics.) It goes to the money connection. There are huge profits to be made in selling drugs to treat the problem but not for teaching people how to eat properly to avoid the problems.
If diet is the best way to treat or prevent type 2 diabetes (and a number of other chronic diseases which are also increasing in diagnoses) why is that not common knowledge? Again there is a money connection. There are also huge profits in manufacturing and selling the foods that are contributing to the health problems. Unfortunately, There is not a single culprit that can be pointed out but many and all of them are huge profit centers. Just a few are the sugar industry, the soda pop industry, transfats being used in so many foods. (they are still there, just more carefully hidden.), the beef industry, the dairy industry and so many others.
If our food is so bad, why isn't the FDA, USDA, Health Canada and other regulatory agencies doing something about it? Do you really believe they are there to protect the public interest rather than the corporate interest of the industries that they are supposed to be regulating? Money talks and government beurocrats and politicians in the agencies doing the regulation have very cozy relationships with the food manufacturers.
That is why it is so important for all of us to become our own self advocates. There is a groundswell of people like me working at the grass roots level to try to raise the alarm, educate and influence people toward more healthy dietary practices. Two websites I recommend for more information about healthy eating are my own www.Diabetic-Diet-Secrets.com and Mike the health ranger's site at www.healthranger.org. There are several others with good information but I am not allowed to list them all here.
The main point is there are better answers than what we are being given by mainstream medicine. We each have to do our research and apply what is going to help us stay healthy.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)Hi Toma, great and helpful article..but I am concerned those that need to read it won't find it when Google searching with the existing title. May I respectfully suggest something which relates directly to the content? Perhaps 'Expelling Myths surrounding Diabetes' or some such.
ps. I gave you 5 stars!! Not sure why they've appeared as two :(Good comment about the title and the search engines. I will try to do better next time.The great thing about Searchwarp is we can edit our titles ;) I have changed a few of mine more than once to see how it affected traffic from search engines. It's fun dabbling!
5 stars here ;)
When I was first diagnosed, the nutritionist I saw twice gave me VERY bad info. I was so happy to find this site!I'm doing what I can to spread the word. Definitely a five star, Toma!a Big Fan
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