Diabetes Increase
The possibility of diabetes prevention using carotenoids becomes even more critical when we consider this recent data from the American Diabetes Association’s 66th Scientific Sessions:
In the past two decades, the number of people with diabetes worldwide has increased from 30 million to 230 million!
The New York Times report of these statistics states:
There are many factors driving the growth in diabetes worldwide, but most experts agree that changes in lifestyle and diet are the chief culprits, in addition to genetic predisposition. As developing countries rapidly industrialize, people tend to do work involving less physical activity. At the same time, the availability of food that is cheap but high in calories becomes more common. The combination causes weight gain, which leads to greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease.
Aargh… we’re doing it to ourselves! Lousy diets, not enough movement… the same old culprits.
I sometimes wonder if future generations will look back on this period in history and shake their heads in disbelief over the ways we killed ourselves.
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