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Unbalanced Blood Sugar & Diabetes

The Facts About Blood Sugar & Diabetes

Data from the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet (released Jan. 26, 2011)

Total prevalence of diabetes

Total: 25.8 million children and adults in the United States—8.3% of the population—have diabetes.

Diagnosed: 18.8 million people

Undiagnosed: 7.0 million people

Prediabetes: 79 million people*

New Cases: 1.9 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older in 2010.

Who is susceptible to Diabetes?

Under 20 years of age

  • 215,000, or 0.26% of all people in this age group have diabetes

  • About 1 in every 400 children and adolescents has diabetes

Age 20 years or older

  • 25.6 million, or 11.3% of all people in this age group have diabetes

Age 65 years or older

  • 10.9 million, or 26.9% of all people in this age group have diabetes

Men

  • 13.0 million, or 11.8% of all men aged 20 years or older have diabetes

Women

  • 12.6 million, or 10.8% of all women aged 20 years or older have diabetes

Do you have symptoms of unbalanced blood sugar?

Fatigue

Belly Fat

Irritability

Craving for sweets or coffee

Afternoon headaches

Light headed or dizzy if meals delayed

Excessive appetite

Forgetfulness

Dizziness

Poor Circulation

Do you realize that this can result in diabetes if left untreated?

Do you know that you do not need to suffer needlessly of this condition?

What happens with sugar in the body?

Refined sugars are not a nutritional essential. In fact re- fined sugar, and its “cousin”

white flour, are primary causes of the leaching of healthful nutrients from our bodies – while

at the same time leading to many unfavorable conditions such as those mentioned above.

Sugar’s empty calories create changes in body chemistry and accompanying nutritional deficiency,

bringing on discomfort, degeneration, disease and death at a greater rate than any of the wars this country has ever seen.

Yet every man, woman and child in America consumes an estimated 158 pounds of sweeteners per year.

This incredible amount of sugar does not take into account the nutritionally empty carbohydrates from cookies,

crackers, breads and so called “fruit drinks.” Some studies estimate that Americans eat an additional 100 pounds of refined

carbohydrates, bringing the total to nearly 250 pounds consumed per year.

What does the consumption of empty carbs and low quality foods lead to?

The Center for Disease Control reports:

65% of Americans are considered overweight and 30% obese

7% have diabetes 11% have heart disease

31% have hypertension

21% have arthritis

40 million office visits are made to doctors for mental health per year (2002)

Additionally, the leading causes of death in America (2001) are linked to states of overweight and obesity and each

of these killers could be turned around with a simple change in diet to the Nutritional Essentials.

They are:

Heart Disease: 696,947

Stroke: 162,672 Diabetes: 73,249

How do refined carbohydrates and sugars cause so many problems?

The body is a like a factory that needs all the “parts” to complete its purpose of maintaining health. Nature provides nutrients

in complexes such as vitamin complexes, minerals, trace minerals, fats, enzymes and coenzymes, making available all the

“parts” needed to metabolize food and to complete important health building functions. When the refined forms of these “foods”

are ingested, the body attempts to gather all of the missing nutrients from other food you have eaten or from your body tissues

to make them complete before assimilating them. These foods literally suck the vital nutrients out of your body. The essential

nutritional deficiency that remains leads to health problems.

I don’t have any of those diseases mentioned above – why should I care?

For a disease condition to develop many stages of degeneration must exist. First the body must become depleted of the

nutritional essentials for health. Once this occurs, organs and glands begin to struggle to maintain health and symptoms begin.

Over time this degeneration leads to disease and sometimes death. In rare occasions the first symptom experienced is severe.

For example, in a third of people who suffer heart attacks their first symptom of heart disease is DEATH.

What are the symptoms I should watch out for?

Fatigue – the feeling of needing the boost that sugar brings. Dizziness upon standing up, allergies, lightheadedness if

meals are delayed, craving of sweets, afternoon headaches which eating relieves, emotional instability, heart palpitations,

headaches, coated tongue, nervousness, depression and/ or anxiety, leg cramps after exercising, indigestion, joint stiffness and more.

What Can I DoTo Have Balanced Blood Sugar?

At Duve Wellness Center we offer a 10 Day Blood Sugar Program whereby specific products are selected to target the organs and glands

that will assist you in maintaining desirable blood sugar levels. This program consists of high quality whole food and herbal complexes that

contain many beneficial nutritional constituents that are essential to our health as opposed to synthetic vitamins that are missing the naturally

occurring enzymes and complexes. On this program you will recognize many foods such as kale, brussels sprouts, beets, barley grass, etc. If

these plants are not on your plate on a daily basis then supplements are needed. Most people can manage to make changes for 10 days and when

they are feeling the benefits they will want to continue.

So if you have symptoms of unbalanced blood sugar ask your medical doctor, osteopath, chiropractor, acupuncturist, naturopath, or other holistic practitioner

to help assess your sugar levels and symptoms and begin a dietary program today.

For a list of foods and their carbohydrate content visit www.duvewellness.com.

We are happy to co-treat and assist other doctors in treating unbalanced blood sugar issues before it results in debilitating conditions like diabetes.

If your doctor does not offer these services you may reach us at Duve Wellness Center, 201 W Queen Isabella Blvd., Port Isabel, TX 78578 956-943-2300

Wellness is a Choice, Not a Chance!

Be Well,

Dr. Susan Duve

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