As I haven't posted on here very often until now, I missed jumping in at the beginning, but I feel one of the biggest problems is that we have become a very 'dependent' and in some ways 'brainwashed' society - having had the ability to think for ourselves overwhelmed by a plethora of 'Big Brother' tactics. We are told what to do in so many areas of our lives that we follow without question.
Since the induction of the Welfare System, the ability to think for ourselves on the subject of health has largely been taken over by the Medical Profession.
These days people tend to rely on their Doctor to give them the 'pill to end all ills', and never stop to even wonder if there is any alternative, or whether they could actually do anything themselves to help their situation or even prevent it in the first place.
Unfortunately, the medical profession is not about prevention, or cure. They are about maintenance. And the only people who really benefit from maintenance are the pharmaceutical companies.....
It is good to see that some people have taken back responsibility for their own health. It is quite liberating to realise that Doctors don't have all the answers, and that you don't have to follow the well-trod path of 'diabetic complications' and the inevitable slide into 'progressive' degeneration.
The other issue is that carbohydrates are very addictive. We are a very self-indulgent society. If we want it we have it. What we want, when we want it and as much as we want.
Food is such a necessary part of our life. We cannot avoid it - it's not like alcohol where you have a choice as to whether you drink it or not. We HAVE to eat food. But what type of food is completely up to us. We can listen to the 'experts' but what actually goes in our mouth is completely our responsibility.
Having the ability to put two and two together and realise that what goes in our mouth = how our body responds to it, is a big step forward.
People seem to think that the body is a bottomless garbage can. They can throw whatever they like at it and it 'can take it'. Not true. If your car can't run on Coca-cola then why would you think that you can? Not all food is good food. Not all food gives the body what it needs. Food can harm, or food can heal. Food can damage, or food can repair. Food can degenerate, or food can restore. The right food can also prevent.
What is garbage and what is good? Again we are too busy listening to the 'experts' to actually go away and find out for ourselves. Much of what we are told is 'right' has entered in to the public psyche through the media with little or no real 'evidence'. More brainwashing....
Something is causing the explosion in Diabetes and obesity. What is it? It can't be fat - Society has been eating low-fat for the last 40 years and that hasn't stopped it. Meat? Nope - there are plenty of societies that eat copious meat but don't get diabetes. Fruit and vegetables? There are plenty of communities that eat lots of fruit and veg that don't get diabetes.
So what's left?
I'll leave you to figure that one out for yourselves.....