Description: One of the fastest growing diseases in the western world, the condition of diabetes type 2 occurs when the body’s cells
become resistant to the pancreatic hormone insulin, resulting in sugars not becoming oxidised to produce energy. Symptoms include
thirst, loss of weight and the excessive production of urine. Hyperglycaemia, or an over-accumulation of glucose in the blood
(unregulated by insulin), can lead to diabetic coma.

Phillip Day: Sugars contained in natural, whole foods are easily metabolised by the body. Nature has ensured that fructose, for
instance, obtained when we consume fruits, has the necessary vitamins and minerals accompanying it to allow this type of simple
monosaccharide sugar to enter the bloodstream and become directly metabolised by our bodies for energy. Vitamins and minerals,
which accompany fructose, are essential for these complete assimilation and conversion processes to occur. 

The problems with diabetes can begin with how our bodies process foods that break down into another vital sugar – glucose.
Refined sugar, or sucrose, hydrolyses into glucose and fructose after consumption. Fructose, as previously mentioned, is metabolised
directly to produce energy. Abrupt intakes of glucose into the bloodstream however provoke a massive secretion of insulin, the
pancreatic hormone responsible for regulating blood sugar levels and storing excess glucose as fat. The result of this
over-production of insulin is a sudden drop in blood sugar, which, as I discuss in The Mind Game, can bring on mood changes and
behavioural upsets.

Now we have low blood sugar, we can get that wobbly sensation and become growly. What are we craving? Sugar! So, in go the
doughnuts, Twinkies, Ding-Dongs and Bear Claws; up go the blood sugar levels again; out squirts all that insulin to regulate the
glucose, and down come those blood sugar levels again with a thump. This spiky, chaotic pattern of blood sugar in the body will
eventually cause our cells to become resistant to all that insulin, resulting in the condition of type 2 diabetes. 

Sucrose and massive insulin secretions have long been known to cause type 2 diabetes. This condition usually occurs in adults, who
have had years of food abuse to render their cells insulin-resistant. Type 2 can be controlled with a combination of diet and exercise.
People with the condition not only lose their sensitivity to insulin, which regulates the build-up of blood sugar, but this repeated
overload of insulin and glucose can lead to an increase in systolic blood pressure, fainting and diabetic coma. 

Excessive consumption of refined, high-glycaemic carbohydrates, including items like white bread, white flour, chocolate, sweets,
pastries, white rice, breakfast cereals, as well as alcohol drinks, especially wine and beer, will all yield excessive sugars into the
bloodstream with the predictable, aforementioned insulin effects. 

Another problem is physical and emotional stress. This triggers what is known as Fight or Flight Syndrome. When we become
agitated, stressed or physically threatened, the body prepares for combat or flight by generating powerful shots of adrenalin. This
provokes the releasing of stored glucose into the bloodstream for energy to fuel explosive physical action. This in turn causes a surge
of insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. Notice how, in previous eras, the Fight/Flight response would resolve itself with explosive
physical action (either Fight or Flight!), which in turn would burn up the sugars. 

What about today? When we are stressed with money, relationships, hardships or work pressures, or simply getting our kicks
watching the FA Cup or playing video games, this Fight/Flight response still occurs and may endure for days or weeks.
Consequently, the amount of insulin produced by the pancreas in today’s stressful sugar-laden environment is substantially higher.
This excess energy does not tend to discharge itself through physical action. The results of this insulin response also can be diabetes.

Dr Joseph Mercola clarifies type 2 diabetes:

“The overall concept of insulin for Type 2 diabetes is absurd and makes absolutely no sense if one understands the way the body
is designed to work. However, since nearly all traditional physicians don't comprehend basic human physiology with respect to
diet and health, it is not surprising that they could come up with the prescription for disaster of giving someone who is already
overloaded with insulin more of what caused the problem.

The main reason most adult onset (type 2) diabetics have diabetes is that they have too much insulin. This is usually a result of
having too many grains. The solution in nearly all of these individuals is to consume a proper low grain [gluten] diet and to
exercise one hour per day.” (www.mercola.com)

Those with type 2 diabetes would do well to change their diets to incorporate high-fibre vegetables, pulses, legumes and nuts,
avoiding traditional western processed foods (processed meats and dairy products), especially the high-glycaemic carbohydrates,
such as grain products, bread, pasta, pastries, alcohol (beer and wine) and excessive amounts of potatoes, all of which yield glucose
as they break down. Water only should be drunk – 4 pints or two litres a day. Small amounts of low-glycaemic fruits, such as pears
and apples are OK, along with their seeds.

For the full facts on diabetes, how to avoid it, and what to do if you have it, please obtain the following resources from the
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