Death To Diabetes in College Station Bryan
Take a moment to consider some key things about diabetes that could save your life!
Do you (or someone you know) in the Bryan College Station area take the drug metformin (Glucophage)?
Or, are you taking one of the other diabetic drugs such as glyburide (Micronase, DiaBeta), glimepiride (Amaryl) or glipizide (Glucotrol)?
Are you taking Actos, which is similar to Avandia, the drug that has killed thousands of diabetics and was taken off the market?
Are you aware of the studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine that demonstrated that most of these diabetic drugs were not helping diabetics improve their health?
Brazos Valley diabetics - Are you on insulin yet?
Are you taking any blood pressure drug such as lisinopril (Prinivil, Zestril), hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiuril), or metoprolol (Toprol)?
Are you taking any cholesterol-lowering (statin) drug such as Lipitor, Crestor, Mevacor, Pravachol, or Zocor?
Are you aware of the recent studies that show some statin drugs eventually cause diabetes by decreasing cellular insulin sensitivity leading to pre-diabetes, then full–blown diabetes?
Did you know that these drugs cause liver or kidney damage even though you feel fine and don't feel any side effects?
Are you aware that the long-term side effects and damage to the liver and kidneys caused by these drugs actually lead to more drugs, stronger drugs, and sometimes even the need for surgery?
Are you aware that these drugs do not stop the development of diabetic complications such as amputation, kidney failure, blindness, or heart attack?
Are you aware that these drugs are getting more expensive, and that the financial cost for being diabetic to you and your family goes far beyond the cost of the drugs themselves?
And, are you aware that you generate on average almost $210,000 of revenue during your lifetime for the doctors, hospitals, drug companies, and insurance companies?
That's right! You're seen as a "cash cow" by the medical industry.
FYI: Many people with diabetes (or any similar disease) rationalize what they're spending for medical care. They have no idea that it's going to get worse, much worse. It's really sad -- many people (not just diabetics) lose their homes because of medical debt ... It's one of America's dirty little secrets:
Medical debt is the Number 1 cause of bankruptcy in the good ol' USA. And, to make matters worse, medical debt is also the Number 1 cause of homelessness in the U.S.
Do you want to know how fast you're dying and how to slow it down?
Do you know the 7 critical blood tests that you should be getting from your doctor?
Do you have leg sores, leg ulcers or foot ulcers that don't heal?
Do you have tingling, numbness or burning in your feet or fingers (especially in the evening)?
A Common Doctor's Perception of a Diabetic
According to a panel of doctors, metformin is insurance for people who aren't following their diet and exercise plan. The message to Bryan College Station diabetics and pre-diabetics from their doctors: "We don't think you're going to help yourself, so here, take this pill."
Drug Scenario for Most Type 2 Diabetics
Based on working with College Station and Bryan diabetics, I hear the same story over and over. It goes something like this.
Once you're diagnosed with diabetes (and 90% of people go undiagnosed until it’s too late), your doctor may suggest that you try dieting and exercising, and may even refer you to a local diabetes educator, dietitian or nutritionist — with no real expectation that it will work.
You try to eat better and exercise, but life is just too busy to make a lot of changes — especially when you love certain foods that you've been eating for the last 20-30 years.
Eventually, your doctor tells you that you have to go on a diabetic drug like metformin (Glucophage), which is the most common drug (in pill form) for Type 2 diabetics.
Note: This is the most common method for treating diabetics initially, but it should be the least common method and should be used as a last resort!
Unfortunately, many of people choose drugs as the first option because drugs are convenient, and they believe that the drugs give them a free pass, so they can continue eating like they always have.
So, you start out taking one diabetic drug, usually metformin (Glucophage) — usually 500 mg or 1000 mg twice a day.
You may believe the drugs are really working because our blood sugar level comes down once you start taking the drug. And, you relax, thinking everything is okay.
Eventually, over a period of years, your diabetes gets worse, so your doctor gives you another pill. In addition, your doctor puts you on a high blood pressure drug (i.e. ACE inhibitor such as Lisinopril), a water pill such as hydrochlorothiazide, (HCTZ), and a high cholesterol drug (i.e. a statin drug such as Lipitor).
In the meantime, your diabetes gets worse because the drugs aren't really doing anything to fight the diabetes — but, you're now taking 4 or 5 or 6 different drugs! (Some people take as many as 16 different drugs!)
Then, it's just a matter of time before you begin experiencing one or more of the complications of diabetes. Usually, it's the kidneys (protein leaking in the urine) or the eyes (blurry vision), sores or ulcers on the legs or feet, or you begin feeling pain or tingling in your feet.
You may also begin feeling really tired all the time, you're gaining more weight, you notice sores and cuts are not healing as fast, and you lose interest in sex — not because you don't want to, but because you can't! Men especially suffer with erectile dysfunction — but, they just take another pill!
These complications lead to more drugs, and eventually kidney dialysis, surgery on the eyes, surgery on the lower limbs or feet (amputation), and more visits to the hospital, followed up by hospice or home care.
Unfortunately, during this time, the diabetic pills stop working, so your doctor eventually puts you on insulin. You're surprised and shocked that you have to go on insulin, but eventually you give in because your blood sugar is coming down.
Once you start taking insulin, you begin to gain even more weight! Why? Because insulin is a fat-storage hormone that makes us fat! And, as we get fatter, we require even more insulin! This is known as the "insulin addiction trap".
So, does any of this sound familiar to you?
The sad thing about all of this is that it was all preventable! And, you can still stop it today! It's not too late! However, you must want to stop it — you're the only one who can.
I know this is hard to believe, but, think about it: Have you ever heard of anyone really getting better once they started taking the diabetic pills?
Diabetic Complications
Diabetes and the diabetic related drugs don't kill you right away — they rot out your body from the inside out one organ at a time.
Diabetes gradually deteriorates the body over a period of years as the high blood sugar clogs and damages the small capillaries that feed the kidneys, eyes, feet, and heart. As a result, at least 4 out of every 5 diabetics develop one or more of the following long term diseases and complications:
• Kidney disease (Nephropathy)
• Eye disease (Retinopathy)
• Nerve disease (Neuropathy)
• Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Other Diabetic Complications
A few other nasty complications are excessive weight gain, high blood pressure, erectile dysfunction, depression, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high inflammation, and fatigue.
Don't think it's not going to happen to you — it will happen to you. That's the way the disease works.
The good news: it is likely that you can prevent all this from happening! All of this is preventable and reversible!
So do something different, and do it now to protect your physical health and your financial health.
If something doesn’t change you will still be diabetic a year from now, and it is likely that you could eventually suffer amputation, blindness, kidney dialysis, heart attack, stroke, or something even worse!
You see, it takes about 20 years to develop Type 2 diabetes. The dominos begin to fall. It happens silently and slowly with almost no warning signs. Your body eventually reaches a point where it can’t cope any longer, and your doctor gives you the diagnosis, and starts you on the path I’ve outlined above.
The good news is that for most people, the process can be reversed. The latest research shows that in just a matter of months, you could lose your diagnosis of diabetes and turn the clock back some 20 years!
NOTE: The above is for education only, not medical advice. Before changing anything about your health, the FDA and other government agencies want me to warn you to see your physician first. Do not stop or change your medications without competent medical advice and supervision. This blog post is NOT medical advice.
P.S. Ever hear of Type 3 Diabetes? Are you at risk for that?
Do you (or someone you know) in the Bryan College Station area take the drug metformin (Glucophage)?
Or, are you taking one of the other diabetic drugs such as glyburide (Micronase, DiaBeta), glimepiride (Amaryl) or glipizide (Glucotrol)?
Are you taking Actos, which is similar to Avandia, the drug that has killed thousands of diabetics and was taken off the market?
Are you aware of the studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine that demonstrated that most of these diabetic drugs were not helping diabetics improve their health?
Brazos Valley diabetics - Are you on insulin yet?
Are you taking any blood pressure drug such as lisinopril (Prinivil, Zestril), hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiuril), or metoprolol (Toprol)?
Are you taking any cholesterol-lowering (statin) drug such as Lipitor, Crestor, Mevacor, Pravachol, or Zocor?
Are you aware of the recent studies that show some statin drugs eventually cause diabetes by decreasing cellular insulin sensitivity leading to pre-diabetes, then full–blown diabetes?
Did you know that these drugs cause liver or kidney damage even though you feel fine and don't feel any side effects?
Are you aware that the long-term side effects and damage to the liver and kidneys caused by these drugs actually lead to more drugs, stronger drugs, and sometimes even the need for surgery?
Are you aware that these drugs do not stop the development of diabetic complications such as amputation, kidney failure, blindness, or heart attack?
Are you aware that these drugs are getting more expensive, and that the financial cost for being diabetic to you and your family goes far beyond the cost of the drugs themselves?
And, are you aware that you generate on average almost $210,000 of revenue during your lifetime for the doctors, hospitals, drug companies, and insurance companies?
That's right! You're seen as a "cash cow" by the medical industry.
FYI: Many people with diabetes (or any similar disease) rationalize what they're spending for medical care. They have no idea that it's going to get worse, much worse. It's really sad -- many people (not just diabetics) lose their homes because of medical debt ... It's one of America's dirty little secrets:
Medical debt is the Number 1 cause of bankruptcy in the good ol' USA. And, to make matters worse, medical debt is also the Number 1 cause of homelessness in the U.S.
Do you want to know how fast you're dying and how to slow it down?
Do you know the 7 critical blood tests that you should be getting from your doctor?
Do you have leg sores, leg ulcers or foot ulcers that don't heal?
Do you have tingling, numbness or burning in your feet or fingers (especially in the evening)?
A Common Doctor's Perception of a Diabetic
According to a panel of doctors, metformin is insurance for people who aren't following their diet and exercise plan. The message to Bryan College Station diabetics and pre-diabetics from their doctors: "We don't think you're going to help yourself, so here, take this pill."
Drug Scenario for Most Type 2 Diabetics
Based on working with College Station and Bryan diabetics, I hear the same story over and over. It goes something like this.
Once you're diagnosed with diabetes (and 90% of people go undiagnosed until it’s too late), your doctor may suggest that you try dieting and exercising, and may even refer you to a local diabetes educator, dietitian or nutritionist — with no real expectation that it will work.
You try to eat better and exercise, but life is just too busy to make a lot of changes — especially when you love certain foods that you've been eating for the last 20-30 years.
Eventually, your doctor tells you that you have to go on a diabetic drug like metformin (Glucophage), which is the most common drug (in pill form) for Type 2 diabetics.
Note: This is the most common method for treating diabetics initially, but it should be the least common method and should be used as a last resort!
Unfortunately, many of people choose drugs as the first option because drugs are convenient, and they believe that the drugs give them a free pass, so they can continue eating like they always have.
So, you start out taking one diabetic drug, usually metformin (Glucophage) — usually 500 mg or 1000 mg twice a day.
You may believe the drugs are really working because our blood sugar level comes down once you start taking the drug. And, you relax, thinking everything is okay.
Eventually, over a period of years, your diabetes gets worse, so your doctor gives you another pill. In addition, your doctor puts you on a high blood pressure drug (i.e. ACE inhibitor such as Lisinopril), a water pill such as hydrochlorothiazide, (HCTZ), and a high cholesterol drug (i.e. a statin drug such as Lipitor).
In the meantime, your diabetes gets worse because the drugs aren't really doing anything to fight the diabetes — but, you're now taking 4 or 5 or 6 different drugs! (Some people take as many as 16 different drugs!)
Then, it's just a matter of time before you begin experiencing one or more of the complications of diabetes. Usually, it's the kidneys (protein leaking in the urine) or the eyes (blurry vision), sores or ulcers on the legs or feet, or you begin feeling pain or tingling in your feet.
You may also begin feeling really tired all the time, you're gaining more weight, you notice sores and cuts are not healing as fast, and you lose interest in sex — not because you don't want to, but because you can't! Men especially suffer with erectile dysfunction — but, they just take another pill!
These complications lead to more drugs, and eventually kidney dialysis, surgery on the eyes, surgery on the lower limbs or feet (amputation), and more visits to the hospital, followed up by hospice or home care.
Unfortunately, during this time, the diabetic pills stop working, so your doctor eventually puts you on insulin. You're surprised and shocked that you have to go on insulin, but eventually you give in because your blood sugar is coming down.
Once you start taking insulin, you begin to gain even more weight! Why? Because insulin is a fat-storage hormone that makes us fat! And, as we get fatter, we require even more insulin! This is known as the "insulin addiction trap".
So, does any of this sound familiar to you?
The sad thing about all of this is that it was all preventable! And, you can still stop it today! It's not too late! However, you must want to stop it — you're the only one who can.
I know this is hard to believe, but, think about it: Have you ever heard of anyone really getting better once they started taking the diabetic pills?
Diabetic Complications
Diabetes and the diabetic related drugs don't kill you right away — they rot out your body from the inside out one organ at a time.
Diabetes gradually deteriorates the body over a period of years as the high blood sugar clogs and damages the small capillaries that feed the kidneys, eyes, feet, and heart. As a result, at least 4 out of every 5 diabetics develop one or more of the following long term diseases and complications:
• Kidney disease (Nephropathy)
• Eye disease (Retinopathy)
• Nerve disease (Neuropathy)
• Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Other Diabetic Complications
A few other nasty complications are excessive weight gain, high blood pressure, erectile dysfunction, depression, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high inflammation, and fatigue.
Don't think it's not going to happen to you — it will happen to you. That's the way the disease works.
The good news: it is likely that you can prevent all this from happening! All of this is preventable and reversible!
So do something different, and do it now to protect your physical health and your financial health.
If something doesn’t change you will still be diabetic a year from now, and it is likely that you could eventually suffer amputation, blindness, kidney dialysis, heart attack, stroke, or something even worse!
You see, it takes about 20 years to develop Type 2 diabetes. The dominos begin to fall. It happens silently and slowly with almost no warning signs. Your body eventually reaches a point where it can’t cope any longer, and your doctor gives you the diagnosis, and starts you on the path I’ve outlined above.
The good news is that for most people, the process can be reversed. The latest research shows that in just a matter of months, you could lose your diagnosis of diabetes and turn the clock back some 20 years!
NOTE: The above is for education only, not medical advice. Before changing anything about your health, the FDA and other government agencies want me to warn you to see your physician first. Do not stop or change your medications without competent medical advice and supervision. This blog post is NOT medical advice.
P.S. Ever hear of Type 3 Diabetes? Are you at risk for that?
3/5/2012 9:49:35 AM
Written by David N. Bailey, DC, MPH
A board certified chiropractic orthopedist, I also have training in functional medicine. I also earned a Masters in Public Health from Texas A&M University Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health.
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