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Diabetes And Obesity Are Responsible For A Nationwide Scourge Of Unprecedented Importance

25th September, 2008 - Posted by health news - No Comments

Diabetes and obesity go hand in hand as mass killers of society. Diabetes is the sixth most universal cause of death in the United States and the primary cause of diabetes is obesity.

Although diabetes is controllable with proper glycemic control and insulin regimen, it has been estimated that about a third of diabetics have never been identified and therefore go untreated. So, the big question is how do we prevent this huge epidemic and how can those disposed to diabetes and obesity reduce the risk of death and sickness in their future?

The solution is fairly straight forward. Taking the sugar out of your diet, exercising daily, nutritional supplementation, and taking control of what you eat will greatly enhance one’s chances of living a healthy life. It sounds simple but as we “foodies” know, it’s not quite that simple. We just have to decide is it more important to fill our bodies with high fat snacks or to have a few toes amputated in the future?

For a long time now, diabetes has simply been thought of as a relatively benign sickness of the old, but now people of younger and younger ages are becoming affected. Diabetes is the primary reason adults go blind. According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes has the possibility, for the first time in over a hundred years, reduce Americans life expectancy.

Sooner or later diabetes will affect us all, whether it is taking care of relatives with the illness or simply paying the higher insurance premiums and taxes. In this sedentary day in which we live, there has been a pronounced increase in diagnosed cases worldwide. So, as a society is there anything can we do to stop this and to call attention of this problem?

Besides what we have already talked about, we also need to inform people to get a regular checkup by a doctor. Some signs that you could have undetected diabetes are frequent urination; non healing wounds; constantly thirsty; recurring skin, bladder, and gum infections; constant numbness in your hands and feet; blurred vision; and constant tiredness . you may not experience any of these symptoms, do not think that you’re safe.

A change of lifestyle will have to be made to prevent the disease from showing up as an uninvited guest in your future. Studies have shown that nearly 60% of newly diagnosed cases could have been eliminated or at least significantly postponed if the person had simply lost some weight. In this day of junk food and little or no exercise, it can be hard to make the choice 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