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The answer is that this most critical health care calamity is being driven by lifestyle choices which, when altered, makes diabetes almost 100% escapable. I, like almost every American, have been personally affected and am concerned about the public health crisis the massive spread in diabetes is causing. About 17 million Americans have diabetes. That's 6.2% of our populace or about one of every 16 people in the U.S. have diabetes. Roughly 2,700 Americans are newly diagnosed with diabetes Every Day, or about one million per year. If this were a communicable disease it would be considered a Countrywide Plague. Numerous years ago, a medical doctor and colleague of mine went into practice with a well known, highly successful luminary in his field of urology, a man suffering from diabetes. After a few years of working in the older doctor's office the standing joke with my associate and the staff was how to keep the good doctor from eating the dozen candy bars he kept stashed his desk at all times. Like the spouse or friend of the alcoholic who pours out the booze, they often raided his desk throwing out the candy, trying to no avail to help him control his obsession to sugar and his cravings for carbohydrates. A few years later I had a heartbreaking experience when visiting this brilliant man. While only in his sixties, he was sitting in a nursing home bed with both legs amputated. An outcome that was most surely avoidable had he been able to manage his weight through a healthy diet and exercise. Unfortunately, most of us see the power of the addiction to food all around us every day. Odds are, if you're a USA citizen, you're fat (2/3rds currently are). And I'm almost 100% positive you know someone who is obese. Why am I writing about obesity and ensuing diabetes epidemic? Because of the old axiom: "It's not what we are eating but what is eating us". Making the case for emotional eating helps to focus on the cause of the eating behavior not just the deeds. You can clearly see the relationship of food, lifestyle and obsessive behavior. How to break the dependence and eat to live instead of living to eat is the predicament. I know it's going to take altering not only our diet but also our thinking about food to help us dodge the threatening health debacle of obesity and diabetes. If you or someone you love experience the effects of over-eating, please understand there is a way out and you've found a means. Continue moving towards the key: watch free videos at: www.HealthAndWealthReporter.com/Diabetes_Videos.html and get ready to survive!
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