Diabetes may be a major, overlooked reason Americans are now dying earlier; A new study triples the estimate for the death toll from diabetes

(Marc) #1

What we’ll be missing because of our nutrition. From the article:

In 2015, a blockbuster study came to a shocking conclusion: Middle-age white Americans are dying at younger ages for the first time in decades, despite our advances in medical technology and the positive trends in other wealthy countries.
Now, a new study provides another clue about what’s behind the
backward sliding of American mortality: the hidden toll of diabetes.
Diabetes’ prevalence has exploded in the US over the past 20 years.
Nearly 30 million Americans live with the disease today — more than three times the number in the early 1990s.
That means that while diabetes is generally listed as the seventh most common cause of death in America, said Stokes, their results suggest it’s probably the third leading cause of death after cancer and heart disease.
“Mortality has been improving unusually slowly for about the last
eight to 10 years,” said Preston. “We know the opioid epidemic is part of the problem. But I don’t think it accounts for all of the
difficulties we’re facing. And an obvious place to look is obesity and
diabetes.”

(Jo Lo) #2

Not missing it entirely, my father died of it at 64, my brother got it at 55…
I’m here to tell ya, it’s a bad way to go…

(Marc) #3

I’m sorry to hear that. Diabetes is an epidemic in the world today. I’m glad you’re taking care of yourself. I believe you’re on the right track.

#4

Oh my goodness @trekkin1. So sorry to hear that. And thank you for sharing a personal story like that. It is a good lesson for all of us to learn about and understand the reality of this circumstance our modern society finds itself in.

(AnnaLeeThal) #5

As a Cardiothoracic surgery nurse I can tell you that diabetes is for sure a huge contributor to mortality and morbidity in our society. I am not surprised by this article at all.

We have the cure to T2 here at our fingertips.

(Marc) #6

I’m not in the health field, so I don’t know how those in the health field view low-carb eating. Do you find your colleagues look at low-carb eating as healthy? Do they shun fat?
I was going to say something when you mentioned a dairy free-month. I put coconut milk instead of cream in my coffee most of the time. As you know, coconut milk is mostly saturated fat. I would think that saturated fat may be something someone in the cardiology field would shy away from.

(AnnaLeeThal) #7

It seems like most are good with low carb, but it takes some convincing on the high fat part. Although I have one of my surgeons on Keto and he is loving it.

(Jake P) #8

I just listened to Gary Taubes on The Joe Rogan Podcast,
We are spending 1 Billion dollars a day on diabetes and obesity.

Insane.

(Marc) #9

I just listened to Gary Taubes on The Joe Rogan Podcast,
We are spending 1 Billion dollars a day on diabetes and obesity.

Insane.

Yup, couldn’t agree with you more. When you think about it, the way we’re eating (most Americans) now is just complete insanity.

(David K) #10

I just finished it, great show.

My Dad contracted T2D while in the Navy, died many years later from complications after having a heart valve replaced. His Doctor, not the surgeon, said Diabetes is always a contributing factor. The VA agreed with the Doctor.

(Marc) #11

@TacoRobot I just finished listening to the Joe Rogan podcast with Gary Taubes. It was an EXCELLENT interview. It’s long but it didn’t seem that long because it was so interesting. I would warn others that may want to listen to the interview that there’s swearing in the interview.

(Glenn Graham) #12

So sad that we are going down this path. As WE know, it is so treatable.

Below is another article on the study.

Thanks for sharing.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/875135

(Marc) #13

@Glenn_Graham, sorry, but I can’t get to the article. The page is asking me for a user name and password…

(Jo Lo) #14

“Those with heart disease but not diabetes are simply undiagnosed”-- Dr Kraft