India Facing Twin Epidemics of Diabetes, Hypertension

From Yahoo Health. This is what sugar through vegetarianism will do to you.

"India is facing a twin epidemic of diabetes and high blood pressure, doctors have warned, after the results of a countrywide study suggested that one in five people had both conditions.

The two-year study of nearly 16,000 adults in eight states found that 21 percent of patients with family doctors and consultants had diabetes and hypertension.

Just over a third (35 percent) had diabetes, while nearly half (46 percent) had hypertension, according to the Screening India's Twin Epidemic or SITE research, which was published on Monday.

Shashank Joshi, a consultant endocrinologist at the private Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, said in a statement that the results indicated that the conditions "are indeed becoming a twin epidemic across the country".

He added: "What is even more worrisome is that 70 percent of the patients surveyed have 'uncontrolled' diabetes, including diabetics who are currently undergoing treatment.

"This figure not only demands immediate attention but also the implementation of necessary measures."

The research, backed by Aventis Pharma, a unit of French healthcare group Sanofi, also found that seven percent of diabetics and 22 percent of people with high blood pressure were unaware they had the condition.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes affects some 346 million across the globe.

Both diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are affecting a growing number of people across Asia because of a combination of genetic factors, plus changing diets and a more sedentary lifestyle as a result of increasingly urban living.

The president of the Center for Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Disorders in New Delhi, Anoop Misra, told AFP in April this year that India has the highest number of diabetics in the world at just under 51 million people.

But he warned that number could increase by nearly 150 percent in the next 20 years."

Soy consumption just makes matters worse--soy is a KNOWN hormone disruptor, and insulin is...wait...you guessed it, a HORMONE. People can take their insulin shot, eat soy or a soy-containing food (like soy-fed meat), and it's just like they never took their insulin shot at all--their blood sugar remains just as high, or even goes higher.

I had to go through this when I was making cat food for my first diabetic cat--I had to source every single ingredient to make sure there were no grains, soy, or other ingredients that would send her blood sugar soaring. This meant calling organic meat producers, egg farms, supplement companies, and even her insulin manufacturer, but by god I did it. I finally found companies who could be relied upon for ingredients I could use.

When diabetic cat #2 came into our lives, I already had the hard work done.

When diabetic friends came into our lives, I gave them the rundown about soy, grains, and other harmful foods that were sabotaging their care, and they saw improvement in management after heeding my advice.

Now it's India's turn. :) I know beef is taboo, but other meats and eggs are not off limits to all. There are other forms of non-starch protein, such as insects, worms and grubs, rodents, etc. It's either find a way to increase protein and decrease (or eliminate) starch, or end up with a medical system like we have, where it CREATES sickness where none existed before, and leaves millions out in the cold.