Diabetes

Are you concerned about your risk for diabetes? You should be. That is, if you are not eating properly! Did you know that diabetes has had a six fold increase during the past four decades? It is one of the leading causes of death by disease, and can lead to other serious conditions like heart disease and kidney disease. Not only that, but diabetes is also a large cause of limb amputations, adult blindness, and erectile dysfunction.

But there is hope! There is good news to this story! In fact, there is great news! Adult onset diabetes is a completely preventable disease! You can dramatically cut your risk of developing adult onset diabetes, just by making some changes in your lifestyle and eating habits.

Stop diabetes before it starts!
You may be headed there and you don’t even know it!

Most likely you have heard us talk about Syndrome X, or metabolic syndrome in some of our prior newsletters. You can look at Metabolic Syndrome as the precursor to diabetes and heart disease. In other words, these people are on the road to worsening health if they do not do something about it immediately. These are the "ticking time bombs," if you will. We see a lot of people in our office with Metabolic Syndrome, and many times he/she does not even know that he/she has it.

An estimated 1 in 5 American adults have Metabolic Syndrome. It is categorized by a group of medical conditions that seem to occur as a result of increased levels of insulin production. This is primarily due to excessive carbohydrate intake and overeating.

Some of the conditions associated with Metabolic Syndrome include:

1.	High blood pressure,
2.	Elevated blood sugar levels,
3.	High "bad" cholesterol and triglyceride levels,
4.	Low "good" cholesterol, and
5.	Increased abdominal fatness.

If you are already experiencing some of the above conditions, take this e-newsletter as your wake up call! These conditions are not just signs of "normal aging" that can be expected. I know some of you are experiencing these things and you are still in your 30’s! You need a comprehensive natural medicine evaluation by Dr. Hauser who can give you a complete overhaul! You need to make some changes in your dietary and lifestyle habits and come up with a plan now – before it’s too late!

Shouldn’t I just wait for my doctor to prescribe something?
Listen to what we are saying! Adult onset diabetes is preventable! But with that, comes change! It’s not about taking a little pill! It’s about getting healthy and CHANGING! Some of you have not eaten a vegetable for years! Some of you have left a permanent butt-mark in your couch or chair because you sit there so frequently. Eating the appropriate diet for your Diet Type, in addition to a rigorous exercise plan can stop you from developing diabetes, along with a lifestyle of checking your blood sugars and worrying about going blind!

Check this out! This study from the New England Journal of Medicine just looked at walking as lifestyle intervention. When compared to placebo, or to a popular prescription drug Glucophage, lifestyle intervention (150 minutes of brisk walking per week) was the most successful in decreasing the incidence of the onset of diabetes. Imagine what you can do with a more aggressive exercise regimen? In our opinion, walking is usually not enough to get people to their optimal health and fitness goals.

NEXT: Diabetes – Part 2