I found a long, well-written article about soda pop, diabetes and the pandemic of obesity in this country. It is long, but well written. It’s scary even.

There are two types of diabetes, they are technically called Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Type 1 is genetic, the pancreas doesn’t work right and doesn’t produce enough (or any) insulin. This type of diabetic usually must use insulin their whole life to make up for what their body does not produce. This is also called juvenile diabetes, since of course it was something diagnosed in young people.

Type 2 has also been called adult-onset diabetes. It usually showed up in your 50s-60s. Whether for natural reasons or due to diets high in sugar and other useless carbs, a person’s pancreas would produce less and less insulin naturally. This (usually) milder form of diabetes can be treated with insulin and milder cases with other prescription drugs.

This Type 2 diabetes will need to have the name changed, because more and more children are getting it. How horrific is this?

Children are getting fed by their parents so badly that not only are they overweight and obese, but they abuse their pancreas so much that it has reached a level of damage as badly damaged by their teens as the level it took some adults 50-60 years to reach.

Do we really need any more evidence that we need to change our diet drastically if we want a healthy future? More to come.

Barbara