Tech | October 23, 2010 | 21 comments

Study: U.S. diabetes cases could triple by 2050

source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/10/22/diabetes.report/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_sour...

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Currently 1 out of every ten adults is diabetic. Studies show at current obesity rates that could increase by 2050 to 1 out of every three adults, which means if you have a child there is a higher risk that they could grow up to be a diabetic adult based on current obesity trends. This is a healthcare crisis that is also tied to our environment, our food system and our own habits, as well as a wake up call that we need to see change in all of them.
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21 comments // Study: U.S. diabetes cases could triple by 2050

  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • http://current.com/entertainment/movies/91423781_why-food-matters-reversing-diab...

      There is hope for many who can benefit from diet changes as this video shows.

      Also see:

      http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/98/1/3

      "Currently, modern chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, Type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cancer, are the leading killers in Westernized society and are increasing rampantly in developing nations. In fact, obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are now even commonplace in children. Clearly, however, there is a solution to this epidemic of metabolic disease that is inundating today’s societies worldwide: exercise and diet. Overwhelming evidence from a variety of sources, including epidemiological, prospective cohort, and intervention studies, links most chronic diseases seen in the world today to physical inactivity and inappropriate diet consumption. The purpose of this review is to 1) discuss the effects of exercise and diet in the prevention of chronic disease, 2) highlight the effects of lifestyle modification for both mitigating disease progression and reversing existing disease, and 3) suggest potential mechanisms for beneficial effects.

      cancer; diabetes; coronary artery disease; hypertension; metabolic syndrome

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      CHRONIC DISEASES ARE EPIDEMIC IN MODERN WESTERN SOCIETY
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      CHRONIC DISEASES ARE EPIDEMIC...
      GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
      LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION CAN...
      CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
      HYPERTENSION
      DIABETES
      METABOLIC SYNDROME
      CANCER
      CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      REFERENCES

      Chronic diseases develop over one’s lifetime, with clinical sequelae occurring many years after the underlying pathogenesis of the disease has occurred. As we move ahead in the 21st century, cardiovascular diseases [i.e., coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension, stroke, and heart failure], Type 2 diabetes (diabetes), metabolic syndrome, and cancer are the leading killers in Westernized society and are increasing dramatically in developing nations (83). Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control document that cardiovascular diseases, various forms of cancer, and diabetes combine to make up 70% of all deaths in the United States (15). Additionally, overweight and obesity [as defined by a body mass index (BMI) of >25] has been estimated to be present in 60% of the adult US population (107, 261, 262), and obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome are now common in children (381).
      Chronic diseases present an enormous burden to society by increasing medical costs and human suffering (153). Recent data estimate that physical inactivity and poor diet caused 400,000 deaths in 2000, ranking second only to tobacco, and that it is likely that inactivity and diet will soon rank as the leading cause of death in the United States (263). This number may be an underestimate given that it reflects deaths attributable only to those with obesity, and physical inactivity and inappropriate diet impact mortality at any BMI (45). Although these health problems (CAD, diabetes, etc.) have been virtually nonexistent in underdeveloped countries, they are on the rise as these people change their diets and become more sedentary (83). Physical activity and diet are effective interventions, for what Booth and coworkers (51, 53) have coined "the war on chronic disease." Clearly, there is overwhelming evidence linking most chronic diseases seen in the world today to physical inactivity and inappropriate diet consumption."

    • 1 year ago
  • Varex_Sythe
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  
    • Varex_Sythe:

      Yes, specifically Eli Lilly, Monsanto's GM partner. Imagine if you have one side making the food causing and exacerbating the diabetes, and the other side making the insulin (genetically modified of course)... what a profit match made in heaven. It's absolutely frightening what is being done to us without our knowledge. I believe there is absolutely no reason why diabetes cannot be reversed by diet over time. Matter of fact I know of people who have done this and gotten off of insulin and feel much better. Cutting out processed foods, sodas, high fructose corn syrup for starters along with exercise can do wonders to decrease the risk of getting diabetes in the first place. And that is Type 2, for those who can't help but jump on every post I type here because of the _stuck up their _.

      Some risks of GM insulin.

    • 1 year ago
  • lucidlyacting56
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    • JanforGore:

      If you have Juvenile Diabetes (type 1) a simple change in diet does not reverse the disease at all.... If you have (type 2) Diabetes caused from obesity, obviously, a diet can reverse it. With that said, I think you are offending a lot of people with type 1 diabetes, to say that it can be cured by diet. Type 1 is when the pancreas completely shuts down and produces 0 insulin. Type 2 is caused by being so obese that your pancreas can't distribute insulin well enough through out the body. The only way type 1 can be cured is through stem-cell research. We would need to find a way to make new pancreases or get the old shut down ones to start producing insulin.

      Sadly enough, type 1 patients are dependent on Eli-Lilly and their insulin because there is no other option.

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
  • Mariased
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      Mariased  

    • While this is a terrible epidemic, I look forward to hearing Wilford Brimley say "diabeetus" more. I giggle every time.

    • 1 year ago
  • koenigsegg
  • JanforGore
  • CalgarC
  • mindcruzer
  • JanforGore
  • mindcruzer
  • JanforGore
  • CalgarC
  • Mariased
  • postlapsaria
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      postlapsaria  

    • I'd worry about that "if you have a child..." line, technically one of us in this house will have diabetes; but then I remind myself that there are families of five that are fat, unhealthy, and don't care. so at the very least, they're offsetting the averages.

      But I agree with the previous posters, diabetes, our cancers, strokes, autism, aside from the obvious problems associated with diet like the heart disease and such can be blamed and solved by our diets.

      it's a shame that for the sake of helping life become easier we've screwed ourselves for the future.

    • 1 year ago
  • s_peak
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      s_peak  

    • Exactly what I've been saying for at least 6 months on here. Want another prediction for the future? Cancer will exponentially increase, too. We keep eating garbage, and our genetic code just drifts away into some mutant hunk of crap through the generations. It's not hard to understand. We know now that genetics can change based on stressors in the environment (epigenetics) to some degree, too... and that doesn't help us.
      We keep getting told that breads and wheat are on the "food pyramid" and it's all bullshit. Those things are cheap and abundant... that's the only reason we are told to eat them.
      Our body is not meant to function on sugars and carbs effectively. That diet actually changes our thought patterns, too. Our body burns fat more efficiently... and until recently... nutritionists still thought we needed lots of Omega6, and we now know that isn't true. We need a balance of Omega 3 and 6. They thought we needed Omega 6 because it was prevalent in chimp brains, but one of the (Slight) differences between us and chimps is the presence of more omega 3 and less omega 6.
      We're just poking holes in our DNA. Diet and toxins are the culprit... and I'll throw exercise in there, too.

      I think what we're seeing now is the "human deevolution" associated with burning the wrong kinds of "fuels" in our "machines". Try not eating any sugars or carbs for a month. (Eat green or fibrous vegetables, eggs...) I guarantee you... you'll think clearer, your memory will be stronger... and you'll be calmer. It's incredibly hard to do. I've fallen off the wagon recently... but trust me... our bodies are the product of millions of years of evolution and tuning. When you start trying to burn grain alcohol in a car that's built for petroleum... well... you get the metaphor.

    • 1 year ago
  • mindcruzer
  • Varex_Sythe
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      Varex_Sythe  

    • We need to get over our McDonalds and overly processed food obsession in this nation. It is not really a matter of cost either, it is a matter of laziness. Too many U.S. citizens don't want to prepare healthy food from scratch. Many would rather have the quick and easy microwave meal.

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
  • CalgarC
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