Type-2 diabetes

Part 1

People who are overweight often go on to develop type-2 diabetes. For this reason, obesity is generally blamed for the condition. In fact, the two conditions are caused by the same thing: a diet high in carbohydrates. Obesity only seems to come first because it is easier to spot. As diabetics are much more prone to heart disease than non-diabetics, they too are told to eat a 'healthy' diet — which is actually what caused their condition in the first place.

Everyone knows that type-2 diabetes is an epidemic caused by the modern lifestyle and diet — everyone that is except doctors, according to a new study in which researchers discovered that doctors took a very casual view of the disease, often failing to suggest even a change of diet. [1]

Not that the doctor would have much to say even if he was prepared to offer advice from the goodness of his heart. Medical schools devote little time to diabetes treatment, and so doctors tend to learn about the disease while observing other physicians who, by and large, had the same teachers.

The scale of the problem

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