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Diabetes and obesity go together as two of our biggest killers. Diabetes is the sixth most accepted cause of death in the United States and the biggest cause of diabetes is obesity.

Although diabetes is treatable with proper glycemic control and insulin therapy, it’s estimated that about a third of diabetics have never been formally diagnosed and therefore go untreated. So, the the question to ask is how do we stop this huge epidemic and how can those disposed to diabetes and obesity reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in their future?

The solution is fairly straight forward. Eliminating your sugar use, exercising daily, supplementing you food intake with good nutritional supplements, and taking control of what you eat will multiply one’s chances of a long healthy life. It sounds easy but as we “foodies” know, it’s easier said than done. We just have to make up our minds is it more important to fill our bodies with junk food or to have the quality of your life reduced to dependency?

For a long time now, diabetes has simply been thought of as ahereditary sickness, but now people of younger and younger ages are becoming affected. Diabetes is the primary reason for blindness among adults. According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes has the possibility, for the first time in over a century, shorten Americans life expectancy.

Eventually diabetes will affect us all, whether it is taking care of relatives with the illness or simply resulting in higher insurance premiums and taxes. In this couch potato society in which we live, there has been a sharp rise in cases diagnosed worldwide. So, what can we do to stop this and to raise awareness of this problem?

In addition to the things listed above, we also need to inform people to get a regular checkup by a doctor. Some signals that you could have undiagnosed diabetes are frequent urination; non healing wounds; extreme constant thirst; recurring skin, bladder, and gum infections; constant numbness in your hands and feet; blurry vision. Even though your not presently experiencing any of these symptoms, do not think that you’re off the hook.

A lifestyle change will have to be made to eliminate the possibility of the disease from possibly invading your future. Studies have shown that nearly 60% of newly diagnosed cases could have been eliminated or at least significantly postponed if the individual had simply got down to a health body weight. In this day of junk food and little or no exercise, it can be difficult to make the decision to eat healthy and get enough of exercise. Everyone has their excuses but we need to give them hope that it can be done and ideas of how to start.

As a nation we can curtail the epidemic of diabetes and obesity but only if we get the word out and encouraging those who are eating themselves to poor health

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