If you are overweight, a diabetic, suffer from insulin resistance, or suffer from metabolic syndrome, we have news to share with you regarding conventional medicine and diabetes. Conventional medicine just may be making your condition worse. In fact, lowering your blood sugar may actually increase your risk of death. Findings in The New England Journal of Medicine indicates that treatment with conventional medicine for your elevated blood sugar levels may be doing you more harm than good.
Conventional Medicine and Diabetes:
The ACCORD Study
In 2008, a study known as the ACCORD Study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine and this study continues to revolutionize our understanding of diabesity. This published study is one of …show more content…
This study completely contradicts the way conventional medicine has been treating diabetes for a very long time. So, how could lowered blood sugar levels actually increase your risk of death? The answer is simple: elevated blood sugar levels are actually a symptom of an underlying biochemical, metabolic and physiologic process that are out of balance. Because of this, lowering blood sugar levels with medication is not going to address the underlying issues that caused the high blood sugar levels in the first place. It may also come as a surprise to you that many of the methods used to lower blood sugar levels, such as oral hypoglycemic drugs and insulin, are actually making the problem of diabetes worse by increasing insulin …show more content…
There is a continuum from optimal health to imbalances in your health. This can lead to serious illness. Whenever possible, we need to address these issues, this way we can intervene and reverse the process. Keep in mind, that the sooner we address the process the more likely we are to determine to optimal health.
When addressing diabesity, most doctors are just going to look at your blood sugar levels. Keep in mind that your blood sugar levels actually rise very late in the progression of diabetes. Conventional medicine tells us that if your blood sugar is 90 or 110, you do not have diabetes. However, if your blood sugar is over 126, you do have diabetes. This does nothing to help the problem of diabetes. Given our current level of understanding of diabesity, we need to stop watching and waiting. This leads to diabetes and in some cases, this can be deadly. For this reason is why diabesity is
Conventional Medicine and Diabetes:
The ACCORD Study
In 2008, a study known as the ACCORD Study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine and this study continues to revolutionize our understanding of diabesity. This published study is one of …show more content…
This study completely contradicts the way conventional medicine has been treating diabetes for a very long time. So, how could lowered blood sugar levels actually increase your risk of death? The answer is simple: elevated blood sugar levels are actually a symptom of an underlying biochemical, metabolic and physiologic process that are out of balance. Because of this, lowering blood sugar levels with medication is not going to address the underlying issues that caused the high blood sugar levels in the first place. It may also come as a surprise to you that many of the methods used to lower blood sugar levels, such as oral hypoglycemic drugs and insulin, are actually making the problem of diabetes worse by increasing insulin …show more content…
There is a continuum from optimal health to imbalances in your health. This can lead to serious illness. Whenever possible, we need to address these issues, this way we can intervene and reverse the process. Keep in mind, that the sooner we address the process the more likely we are to determine to optimal health.
When addressing diabesity, most doctors are just going to look at your blood sugar levels. Keep in mind that your blood sugar levels actually rise very late in the progression of diabetes. Conventional medicine tells us that if your blood sugar is 90 or 110, you do not have diabetes. However, if your blood sugar is over 126, you do have diabetes. This does nothing to help the problem of diabetes. Given our current level of understanding of diabesity, we need to stop watching and waiting. This leads to diabetes and in some cases, this can be deadly. For this reason is why diabesity is