Top Diabetes Diet Cuts Risk of Heart Attack in Half
The rate of diabetes has doubled over the past 10 years, and many people remain unaware that they have become victim to this silent, killer disease. Millions of people are pre-diabetic, indicating a failing metabolism which will lead to full blown diabetes, typically in 6 months to 2 years time.
Surprisingly, the diagnosis of diabetes doesn’t have the same impact on patients as other potentially lethal diseases, due to the subtle manifestation of symptoms before the disease progresses fully. Because of this, people are less likely to take diabetes seriously, placing them at high risk for heart disease and a host of debilitating diabetic complications.
Diabetes Doubles the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
Information from a study published in The Lancet finds that a diagnosis of diabetes doubles the risk of developing life-threatening events such as a heart attack or stroke. Type II diabetes is largely a disease caused by poor lifestyle choices and is perpetuated by a diet of processed junk foods which leads to complete metabolic dysfunction.
Fortunately, diabetes can be controlled, and even reversed, by following a strict meal plan which drastically limits high carbohydrate foods and sugary drinks. Many people have been able to minimize and resolve blood sugar surges and neuropathic complications by eliminating specific foods which create metabolic imbalance, and cut their risk of a heart attack in half.
Carbs Count, So Count Them!
The most important thing to understand when working to prevent or treat Type II diabetes is that the low fat, high carb diet you’ve been prescribed by your health care professional is based on an ancient understanding of the disease and will promote disease progression. The only way to take charge of diabetes is to track and monitor every morsel of food you eat, and keep track of the carbohydrate count.
Carbs, regardless of the dietary source, cause blood sugar to rise and insulin resistance to develop. Once this metabolic imbalance begins, the only way to keep it on track is to severely limit carbohydrate intake. Fats and protein have a limited effect on blood sugar and actually help to flatten blood sugar spikes.
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