| Diabetes in the last few years has become | | | | get addicted to. Soon you're no longer |
| widespread. Once considered a rare disease, | | | | satisfied with the natural sweet taste of our |
| we all either personally know diabetics or | | | | great variety of fresh and dried fruit. And |
| someone whose loved one is battling it. What? | | | | veggies? Forget it! If you have to douse it |
| Have you been diagnosed with it also? In the | | | | with ketchup, marinated pickles or other |
| past, most diabetics used to be diagnosed at | | | | sweet condiment, chances are you won't eat |
| birth or very early in life with what is | | | | it, right? If so, you may be hooked on sugar. |
| known as Type 1 diabetes, due to the body's | | | | |
| inability to produce enough insulin. | | | | Is it too late to get the young generation |
| | | | turned around to wholesome nutrition? Anyone |
| Now it seems that majority of cases of the | | | | with either type of diabetes will attest that |
| disease are contributed to Type 2 diabetes, | | | | it's no fun! Being dependent on needles and |
| which is contracted later on in life. What is | | | | constant monitoring is not pleasant; neither |
| it in the North American Diet that | | | | are the consequences of blindness, pain and |
| predisposes you and me to Diabetes? The main | | | | amputations in severe cases. |
| culprits have finally been exposed. They are | | | | |
| widely known to be a combination of poor diet | | | | It's time to take back your natural God-given |
| and lack of proper exercise. | | | | taste for wholesome, natural food without |
| | | | additives, especially sugar. By gradually |
| Did you see it coming with the proliferation | | | | re-introducing more and more natural |
| of fast foods of all types? Did you notice | | | | fiber-laden food and fruit in your diet and |
| you children's gradual disinterest in the | | | | committing to regular exercise, like walking, |
| wholesome basic meat, potatoes and lots of | | | | you're on your way to regaining control of |
| veggies diet? I remember my young daughters | | | | your health. |
| checking out the mound of fresh groceries and | | | | |
| exclaiming: "there's nothing to eat!" What | | | | There is much information about the kinds of |
| they meant was there was no junk food! Their | | | | foods that are best for diabetics and those |
| taste buds had started to take on so many of | | | | who are prime candidates for it. Take your |
| their friends' tastes. Meals became a | | | | doctor's advice. However, do not neglect the |
| culinary challenge in our house to deftly and | | | | fact that proper nutrition can reverse the |
| as inconspicuously as possible combine | | | | trend. Doctors have the expertise to diagnose |
| nutrition and "fun food." It was a | | | | and treat the symptoms. As yet there is no |
| taste-testing season, where we all became | | | | medical cure. They can only try to stabilize |
| more exposed to many new and nutritious | | | | the insulin level in your body. |
| international dishes. Now our gals are much | | | | |
| more health conscious than I ever was! | | | | Nutritionists are experts in the power and |
| | | | goodness of food. You need both the medical |
| How about you? Do you know someone who may be | | | | and nutritional advice. By adding the right |
| totally hooked on junk food? Many people grab | | | | nutritional supplements, along with a more |
| fast food dinners all too often due to their | | | | balanced diet than you may have been used to, |
| busy lifestyles, being too exhausted to cook | | | | you can totally eliminate your diabetes. |
| a proper meal after a hard day's work. This, | | | | There's no greater feeling of power and |
| of course, inadvertently affects the younger | | | | relief than when, thanks to your taking |
| generation, who soon refuse to eat the "good | | | | nutrition seriously, you get a clean bill of |
| stuff." | | | | health from your doctor! Yes, it can be done! |
| | | | You can regain control over the deceit of |
| The main reason for all that, according to | | | | sugar addiction and wrong eating habits! Get |
| me, is the high content of sugar in junk | | | | back your power and stay in control of your |
| food, sauces and drinks. It's the sugar you | | | | well-being! |