The diabetes setup

People are people…

But around the world there are some things that make us quite unique.

When you think of Norway, images of tall, beautiful blonde people come to mind…

Then there’s France — synonymous with rich food and red wine… and Japan, reminding us of ancient traditions, sushi and longevity.

But nothing reminds people of America more than baseball and apple pie… except maybe our growing diabetes epidemic.

Are we just fat, lazy Americans who excel at bad health habits, or is there something else at play here?

Lazy or duped?

Before I leave anyone offended, let me clarify: I don’t believe any of us are fat, lazy Americans.

I believe we are being duped into diabetes… specifically type 2 diabetes.

There are currently more than 30 million of us right now struggling to manage diabetes. But even more staggering — 84.1 million of us are waiting in the wings with prediabetes.

Prediabetics have elevated blood sugar, and those constant sugar spikes make them more and more insulin resistant. Unless, something changes they are at high risk of continuing on a disease trajectory straight to full-blown type 2 diabetes.

But so few Americans are getting the word from health givers that there’s anything they can do to stop it. In fact, the health advice they’re often given is pushing them closer towards diabetes and a lifetime of medication.

Hard to believe? Then, tell me what you had for breakfast?

There’s a big chance it was cereal. The average American consumes about 160 bowls a year, and most of us probably think it’s a good idea because cereals are fortified with vitamins and minerals…

But would you believe a nutritionist recently reported to The Chicago Tribune that pizza would actually be a better choice? That’s because even though it’s no health food, a slice of pizza contains much more protein and will boost your hunger satisfaction much better for the same amount of calories you’d get in a bowl of cereal.

Here’s the thing about cereal… most are made with fast-digesting carbohydrates that can cause your blood sugar to spike. They’re also laced with added sugars, most often in the form of high fructose corn syrup, and the grains have had most of their nutrients stripped away due to processing. That’s why the manufacturers have to fortify the end product. (And many of those vitamins are doing you no good if they’re the wrong kind.)

If it wasn’t cereal, it may have been a cereal bar, protein bar or old-fashioned doughnut. When it comes to how they affect your blood sugar, they won’t differ much.

My point is that the average American, like you and I, gets conflicting messaging about how to eat healthy to avoid the insulin resistance that leads to type 2 diabetes.

Very few items represented as health foods, actually are… and certain industries try awfully hard to lead us astray from other foods traditionally considered healthy…

Take eggs. I won’t go on too much because you may have read already how eggs are the perfect food for controlling your weight, getting crucial nutrients and helping you avoid diabetes and other chronic illness. But a few years ago that’s not what you were being told. Bad studies or bad motives?

Take coconut oil. After the initial hype about this superfood, the American Heart Association tried to tell us to hold our horses and back off of consuming coconut oil. Thank goodness for doctors like Michael Cutler, M.D., who explained why they are wrong and that coconut oil has heart protective effects, despite it being high in saturated fat. (Did you know more diabetics die from heart disease?)

Don’t fall for the lies

What do foods like eggs, coconut oil, and others you’ve been told to shy away from, like red meat and butter, have in common? They are whole foods, or food products made from whole foods that undergo little processing.

But in America, whole food nutrition has been replaced by the over-processed, pre-packaged and boxed meals for far too long, and diabetes and heart disease is the price we are paying.

Worse, drugs have blinded us — and mainstream doctors — to the sensible, natural ways to avoid and cure disease.

Back to breakfast…

In Sweden, the 8^th healthiest country in the world, the average citizen had eggs for breakfast this morning. Their neighbor may have had a sour version of yogurt known as filmjölk, sweetened with fresh berries and sprinkled with walnuts.

And if you were to look at a ranking of countries based on diabetes prevalence, you’d find the United States near the top of the list — about 110 spots above Sweden.

Don’t be duped into diabetes. The facts are clear that it is a disease that can be completely prevented — and reversed — starting with food.

Editor’s note: Mainstream medicine recently ‘announced’ that all type II diabetics will need insulin injections, eventually. Not so fast… I call that FAKE NEWS because you’ve just read that insulin resistance — even type 2 diabetes — can be helped naturally! The truth is they don’t want you to know the proven, simple tricks that lower your blood sugar found in Dr. Michael Cutler’s guide, Forbidden Secrets From Nature’s Pharmacy to Reverse Diabetes and Blood Sugar Problems! Get your copy today, plus 3 FREE gifts!

Sources:

1. Half of Americans have diabetes or a high risk for it — and many of them are unaware — Los Angeles Times
2. What the world’s healthiest countries eat for breakfast — Business Insider
3. Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) – Country Ranking — IndexMundi
4. POLL: What Americans Eat for Breakfast — ABC News