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
