Doctor Lie #1

No one knows what causes diabetes!

Strange but this seems to be the same mantra you get whenever you ask your doctor about the cause of just about any disease (other than infectious ones).

Doctors tell this lie to avoid having to tell the truth which would offend the industries that make their profits off the sale of these products.

What causes type II diabetes? Truth is, scientists now know that small particles of fats intrude into muscle tissue which blocks the normal function of insulin. Instead of allowing insulin to open the door and let the sugar in the blood into the muscle cells, the fat makes the muscle cells less sensitive to the effects of insulin.

The result is that less sugar (which the muscles burn for fuel) gets into the muscle cells. The individual feels muscle fatigue and the sugar backs up in the blood stream causing elevated fasting blood glucose readings which doctors use to diagnose type II diabetes.

Eating bad fats (fried foods, meat, trans fats and animal fats) increases the odds you'll be diagnosed with type II diabetes. If your doctor says that they risk offending a long list of food manufacturers who have a lot of influence in government.

Oprah Winfrey knows all about this as an offhand comment about beef resulted in a long and tiresome court battle with the beef industry.

Doctor Lie #2

The U.S. medical system is the best in the world.

While it's true that we have hospitals that can provide world class medical care, fewer and fewer Americans can get in the doors. While billionaires and rich government officials fly in from all over the world for high-tech operations, the price of health care for those of us who live here is rapidly becoming unaffordable.

In a comprehensive study out of 37 advanced industrialized countries the U.S. came in 36th just ahead of Cuba! In life expectancy we're ranked in 55th place and our infant mortality ranking is so bad - I'd be embarrassed to say.

Doctor Lie #3

Diabetes is a genetic disorder.

How convenient to blame such a terrible disease on our genes. Problem is - this is obviously a huge lie. In the last century diabetes grew comparatively slowly. These days the epidemic has shifted into high gear with around 2,000 new cases being diagnosed each and every day.

Our genes don't change that fast so the genetic explanation is nonsense.

Doctor Lie #4

Diabetes sufferers brought the disease upon themselves

They did this through their own bad habits. Blame the victim - we've heard this approach before.

Truth is - the government, the media and the food industry are all promoting the sale of highly-profitable but toxic foods. Government studies have shown that each year Americans eat more and more "convenience" foods. These are highly processed, prepared foods that can be eaten as is or after we nuke them in our microwaves.

One government study found that young women are rapidly forgetting how to prepare dishes from scratch. Making a healthy meal by hand is fast becoming a lost art.

As we consume the toxic fats (saturated animal fats and trans fatty acids) and the refined sugar that these handy foods contain, we will continue to suffer from more and more chronic degenerative diseases such as type II diabetes.

The food makers could turn out healthy foods but their bottom line profits would suffer as the ingredients would be more expensive than the cheap refined flour and sugar that can be used to make so many processed foods. Again we have a case of profits over people.

Doctor Lie #5

There is no cure for diabetes.

Since no one knows what causes type II diabetes it would naturally follow that there is no cure and never will be a cure. If we can't figure out what causes the disease how we ever find a solution?

Medical researchers know that diabetes is a largely reversible disorder. In China they've been curing type II diabetes and veterinarians have also been able to help many animals recover.

The doctors game is to make you feel hopeless and powerless and therefore dependent on them for your care. Studies have shown that newly-diagnosed diabetes patients often go through deep and enduring depression following their initial diagnosis.■