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What you don't know about diabetes
By Dr. William Campbell Douglass on 09/28/2011
Did you know that even a little red meat causes diabetes? Or that if you swap that meat for some nuts and whole grains, you can slash your disease risk?
Yeah that was news to me, too.
And speaking of meat, it's a bunch of boloney.
Study links meat to diabetes
Because if you think the researchers came to this conclusion after conducting an honest-to-goodness clinical trial, you can think again. They did no such thing.
In fact, the "new" study is nothing more than a math project -- and certainly nothing you should be basing your health decisions on.
The researchers crunched numbers from hundreds of thousands of people who answered survey questions as parts of other studies.
Quick, how much red meat did you eat last week? Last month? Last year? What kind? How was it prepared? Now break it down by day for me.
It's ridiculous, but that's how these surveys work. And in this case, the survey says... just three measly ounces of red meat a day will boost your type 2 diabetes risk by 12 percent, while even smaller amounts of processed meats -- two slices of bacon, for example -- will cause your risk to shoot up by 32 percent.
But why do they have to hide behind surveys?
If they really think they can prove a link between red meat and diabetes, there's an easy way to do it -- and I can design the study right now: Put a group of prediabetics onto a strict low-carb diet rich in red meat.
Ask a second group to make no changes. And if you want a real laugh, put a third group on the American Diabetes Association's carb-heavy, low-fat diet.
Track them for a few years and see who makes out better. I can guarantee you right now that the red meat eaters will have the slimmest waists, the healthiest hearts, and the lowest rate of diabetes of anyone in the study.
Of course, that takes work -- more work than researchers are willing to commit to.
By the way, this study was published online last month -- but it won't be in the print issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition until October, when it will no doubt generate a second wave of headlines.
The casual observer might be excused for thinking, "Wow -- ANOTHER study linking red meat to diabetes? There must be something to this!"
Don't be fooled. It's not a new study. Just the same old re-recycled trash.
Related articles of interest:
Break that Link: No Link Between Red Meat and Heart Disease
Shooting Down Another Red-meat Myth
Red meat studies flaws lead to potentially unhealthy advice
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Anonymous
And all of this, is, just to send people to a vicious cycle that requires more medication as they follow these ridiculous guidelines and these so called none honest none goodness reports as they ridicule good meat. JAM
Boomer12k
This is a quote from WebMD, on type 2 diabetes. No Meat Mentioned...
"Type 2 diabetes is believed to have a strong genetic link, meaning that it tends to run in families. Several genes are being studied that may be related to the cause of type 2 diabetes. If you have any of the following type 2 diabetes risk factors, it’s important to ask your doctor about a diabetes test. With a proper diabetes diet and healthy lifestyle habits, along with diabetes medication, if necessary, you can manage your type 2 diabetes just like you manage other areas of your life. Be sure to continue seeking the latest information on type 2 diabetes as you become your own health advocate.
Other type 2 diabetes risk factors include the following:
* High blood pressure
* High blood triglyceride (fat) levels
* Gestational diabetes or giving birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds
* High-fat diet
* High alcohol intake
* Sedentary lifestyle
* Obesity or being overweight
* Ethnicity: Certain groups, such as African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Japanese Americans, have a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes than non-Hispanic whites.
* Aging: Increasing age is a significant risk factor for type 2 diabetes. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes begins to rise significantly at about age 45 years, and rises considerably after age 65 years."
I had high Triglycerides from too much ICE CREAM.
From University of Maryland Medical Center, on causes of Type 1 Diabetes.
"Genetic Factors
Researchers have found at least 18 genetic locations, labeled IDDM1 - IDDM18, that are related to type 1 diabetes. The IDDM1 region contains the HLA genes that encode proteins called major histocompatibility complex. The genes in this region affect the immune response. New advances in genetic research are identifying other genetic components of type 1 diabetes. Other chromosomes and genes continue to be identified.
Most people who develop type 1 diabetes, however, do not have a family history of the disease. The odds of inheriting the disease are only 10% if a first-degree relative has diabetes, and even in identical twins, one twin has only a 33% chance of having type 1 diabetes if the other has it. Children are more likely to inherit the disease from a father with type 1 diabetes than from a mother with the disorder.
Genetic factors cannot fully explain the development of diabetes. Over the past 40 years, a major increase in the incidence of type 1 diabetes has been reported in certain European countries, and the incidence has tripled in the U.S.
Viruses
Some research suggests that viral infections may trigger the disease in genetically susceptible individuals.
Among the viruses under scrutiny are enteric viruses, which attack the intestinal tract. Coxsackieviruses are a family of enteric viruses of particular interest. Epidemics of Coxsackie virus, as well as mumps and congenital rubella, have been associated with incidence of type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes Secondary to Other Conditions
Conditions that damage or destroy the pancreas, such as pancreatitis, pancreatic surgery, or certain industrial chemicals can cause diabetes. Certain drugs can also cause temporary diabetes, including corticosteroids, beta blockers, and phenytoin. Rare genetic disorders (Klinefelter syndrome, Huntington's chorea, Wolfram syndrome, leprechaunism, Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome, lipoatrophic diabetes, and others) and hormonal disorders (acromegaly, Cushing syndrome, pheochromocytoma, hyperthyroidism, somatostatinoma, aldosteronoma) also increase the risk for diabetes."
My observation is that there is no mention of RED MEAT!!!!!
I always thought it was caused by nutrient deficient diet from refined sugar and refined flour products, and so the body is clogged at the cellular level with inert compounds, from basically none usable stuff. Thus deficiency. In the herbal book, "BACK TO EDEN" by Jethro Kloss, he has a section on Diabetes. Causes, and recomended things to do for it. The following is quoted from that section....
"Resulting from a large consumption of meat, sugar, white flour products, etc., diabetes has become a common disease in the United States. Diabetes will continue to increase as long as people partake of artificial sweets, white flour products, tea, coffee, tobacco, liquor, Coca Cola, soft drinks, and all denatured food and harmful drinks.
Many of the food preparations that are used daily are prepared with Baking Powder and Soda. Soda decreases the activity of the pancreatic juices. These juices are used in the body to digest protein, fat, and carbohydrates. The Pancreas is one of the most important organs of digestion."
So he does mention meat in large consumption. He also cites pastries, and "junk" food, and things prepared with Soda, or Baking Powder. That would be some of your pastries. These things are HARMING the Pancreas, and having an effect on digestion.
Maybe to affect a PREVENTION or Intervention would be.....CUT THOSE THINGS OUT OF YOUR DIET AND EAT GOOD FULLY NATURED FOODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE BETTER OFF EATING AN APPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good advice in any case....
Be well and happy.
Steve
Anonymous
The best diet for everybody is the Paleo diet.I got off insulin(type II only) and all meds using this diet.My diabetes was drug induced.The list of deadly meds that induce diabetes is very long.
eenymeeny
People should go to Dr. Peter Osborne's website. He works in Sugar Land, Texas. He says that gluten sensitivity causes over 100 different ailments including diabetes and arthritis. He is a D.C. and a clinical nutritionist. I am borderline diabetic and if I stay away from breads, cereals, crackers, sugary foods and junk food, high in trans-fats then I am OK. To suggest that meat alone causes diabetes is totally false and misleading. Lean meats are better than fatty meats, so cutting out pork, greasy hamburgers and bacon is a big plus, but there is nothing wrong with eating lean red meat. We are being bombarded with lies that are totally false.
Cordier
Why to point the finger at any specific food when we talk about Type 2 diabetes without speaking about overeating (high-calorie total diet) in the long run?
Talaat
Eat a varied diet incl plenty of fruits and veggies, go easy on sweet things, dont smoke,
go easy on alcoholic beverages, do regular exercise incl
deep breathing - that is the best advice on can give for
a healthy diabetes-free life.
Does anyone agrees with this??
Anonymous
Diabetes Do we really know where it comes from? I think not, they are all just using the Blame Game Even our goverment. I don't believe it is the meat either, too many people had it long before that. I think it has to do with all processed food but no one really knows. Deseases come from Sin, find a cure and you will have another one take it's place
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