The onset of Type II diabetes mellitus is often associated with weight gain. That’s why losing weight via reduced fat intake (achieved by trying to eat less fat and taking Chitosan to remove a lot of fat we do eat) is often the “medicine” of choice for this disease. I’ve had a great deal of success with my Type II diabetic patients by just getting them to slim down with Chitosan and a healthier diet. The studies in the scientific literature back up my experiences.
Way back in 1927, Dr. Joslin, founder of the famous Joslin Clinic, wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “With an excess of fat, diabetes begins; and from an excess of fat, diabetics die . . .”" Today we know that the high-fat diet can make us less responsive to our own insulin.14 The body makes insulin to control the blood sugar. But if our body cells develop a resistance to insulin, our blood sugar levels soar and we develop diabetes. As I’m writing this, the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association has just arrived. In it is a report titled “Dietary Fiber, Glycemic Load, and Risk of Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in Women.”15 The authors of this study report that a low-fiber diet containing high amounts of sugar increases the risk of diabetes in women. (I’ve found that the same is true for men.) Here are the major ways in which the Fat Blocker Program helps prevent and/or treat this problem:
♦ Losing Weight Reduces the Risk of Type II Diabetes-According to the National Institutes of Health 1986 Consensus Development Conference,16 nearly 80 percent of those with Type II diabetes were obese when it struck. Increased weight, being obese for long periods of time, and extra fat stored in the upper body are all factors that increase the risk of developing this disease. Thin people can also develop Type II diabetes, but are much less likely to do so than their obese counterparts.
♦ Complex Carbohydrates Guard Against Diabetes—While fat is likely to accelerate the onset of Type II diabetes, eating a diet rich in complex carbohydrates will do the opposite. We know, for example, that diabetes is rare among African villagers who consume diets high in fiber, while it’s much more common among people in more “advanced” countries (like the United States) where a low-fiber, highly processed diet is common.17 Investigations into the way the body responds to various foods have found that diabetics do much better when they eat a high-fiber diet, especially one that includes a good amount of peas, beans, and lentils. When consuming this kind of diet, the diabetic body does a better job of controlling the blood sugar, and blood fats levels also improve.18 Therefore, the American Diabetes Association suggests that diabetics consume generous amounts of fiber and other complex carbohydrates while reducing their intake of cholesterol and saturated fat.19
By including Chitosan, really the only way in which many people can lose weight successfully, while also recommending that you fill up with healthful complex carbohydrates, the Fat Blocker Program acts as both a medicine for and a preventive measure against Type II diabetes. In addition, gradually increasing the exercise component of your life helps to keep body weight down and blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar under control, important factors for the prevention or treatment of this disease.
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