The thing is though is to encourage people to look at their diets /lifestyles/ exercise etc before they get ill....
No matter whether people get diabetes or heart problems or other things. My hubby was told quite strongly by a private consultant operating on his knee to lose weight.. He did.. But only by being told by a consultant. He never went to GPs until his leg was playing up. He just made excuses. He knew he was overweight but he never listened to me telling him.
Something needs to be done besides getting illnesses as a whole.. Not just diabetes..
Why do tbe vast majority of humans now rely upon tablets and medicines rather than changing their diets.
Sure not all diseases are down to diets... But people with coeliac and crohns etc have to adjyst their diets so why is their so much trouble with changing advice for the rest of the population?
Is it that certain food really has become addictive?
Yes.
But not entirely because of the taste or effect.
Just it's easy.
And it's cheap.
After a busy day, everyone working, it's easy to load a cheap meal into the microwave.
It's easy to eat crisps in front of the tv.
It's easy to get gravel down over the garden, and park the car on it.
When you're bored, it's easy to fill by by munching on biscuits.
The last is my killer, when I'm not moving, boredom creeps in, and the nibbles wave at me.
I'm not hungry, I don't need them, I'm just passing the evening.
Then the next danger is passing the time with a drink or two instead.
Another thing to watch for, for me.
Spirits, wine, too cheap to say no to if you're not careful.