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Join Date: Feb 2007
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1 in 3 Have Diabetes and Their Physician Is Clueless
"Nearly all physicians fail to appreciate the importance of insulin control in diabetes and as a result are destroying the health of millions" Video by Dr. Mercola What do you think? |
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 455
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First off, I'll just mention that too many people/medical Professionals think that Mercola is not playing with a full deck...whether that is true or not, I don't know. Maybe he is the genius... ...and no oneknows it yet. I'm not sure what you are asking here. I would say that many Dr's. are clueless about their Patients having Diabetes, Yes. 1 in 3? I doubt it. I disagree with the sentence in the quotation marks. I would like to comment on what he said about Drs. putting their Type 2 Patients on Insulin though. Most Type 2's are over-weight which puts a lot of stress on the pancreas so it is over-worked. The Patient is supposed to follow a diet, lose weight and exercise. This can keep them off oral meds. for a Very long time. This is not a cure but it will stall the process of the Diabetes from getting worse for some time. If they do not follow this regimen(and Yes, I know it it Very hard for some to do)then their sugars get out of control. When the sugars are out of control for too long, that is what damages the body and organs. (Some Type 2's just don't want to follow the necessary regimen). Then the Drs. have to put their Patients on the oral meds. first, to help get their sugars under control. If the drugs eventually stop working then the Patients have to be put on Insulin to help them out. These Type 2's were already Insulin Resistant long before they were put on Insulin however because of the extra weight. (I also think that in some cases the extra weight and IR originally started from a faulty gene in their body). There are some Drs. recently, who after discussing it with their Patients have put them on Insulin first to get their sugars under control and then put them on oral meds. afterwards. I do not know what results came of this since I have heard no more of it and I'm not a Type 2 so I haven't looked into it. If anyone would like to correct me on this subject(or on any subject for that matter) please feel free. I don't bite. Sorry, this is so long. |
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