Diabetes: Sugar Coated Crisis
Shirley Roe
November 21, 2007
Diabetes has reached catastrophic proportions in recent years. This is a book that is highly recommended by Allbooks Review.
Genre: Health/Well-being
Title: Diabetes: Sugar-Coated Crisis
Author: David Spero, RN
We are a product of our environment.” How many times have we heard that cliché?
Anyone who reads or watches the news is aware of the catastrophic epidemic of Diabetes, especially Type 2 (T2D). Diabetes has increased by 400% in the last 30 years, to become the fourth leading cause of death in the US.
With concise, understandable facts, Diabetes is presented as a social disease, largely caused by the individual’s loss of power, economically and personally. Food alone cannot be blamed, car travel instead of walking, sedentary jobs and increasingly high levels of stress are just a few contributing factors. Genetics and trauma that damages self-confidence have been proven on individuals as well as groups of people. Native Americans, African-Americans and other groups with historical trauma, pass the stress of grief, anger and fear down to the next generations as post-traumatic stress disorder.
The chapter, Diabetes 101 gives you basic knowledge of Diabetes itself. The body loses its ability to breakdown carbohydrates into our primary source of energy, glucose. We produce a hormone from the pancreas called insulin which facilitates the entry of glucose into body cells. It becomes our fuel or if there is extra glucose, it is converted into fat. In Type 1 Diabetes, the pancreatic cells have been compromised and no longer produce insulin. In Type 2, insulin is still produced but the cells don’t want any more so the glucose builds up in the blood stream. Refined sugar is an addictive drug because it raises the body’s level of serotonin, which fights depression and beta-endorphin, which is our own natural version of opiate drugs. These two chemicals give you a sense of control and calm therefore we crave sugar, “comfort foods.”
Our society is high in sugar and stress, low in social support and opportunities to exercise. Unfortunately, medical systems focus on genetics, biochemistry and drug therapy. Governments spend billions on researching cures when the money would be better spent on education and prevention.
David Spero, RN is an author who has gone to great lengths to educate his readers and provides a valuable self-care chapter and resource guide. While reading, you actually feel like he is sitting beside you, coaching the need to survive. He believes that by becoming more active, well balanced with relaxation and eating healthier, your self-esteem and self-empowerment will rise, ultimately creating better quality of life.
I highly recommend everyone read this enlightening book. Reviewer: Cheryl Ellis, Allbooks Review. Available through your local bookstore or Amazon.com
Title: Diabetes: Sugar-Coated Crisis
Author: David Spero, RN
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 978-0-86571-567-7
Pages: 223
Price: $16.95 US Nov. 2007
See many more interesting books on health and well being on our site.
Genre: Health/Well-being
Title: Diabetes: Sugar-Coated Crisis
Author: David Spero, RN
We are a product of our environment.” How many times have we heard that cliché?
Anyone who reads or watches the news is aware of the catastrophic epidemic of Diabetes, especially Type 2 (T2D). Diabetes has increased by 400% in the last 30 years, to become the fourth leading cause of death in the US.
With concise, understandable facts, Diabetes is presented as a social disease, largely caused by the individual’s loss of power, economically and personally. Food alone cannot be blamed, car travel instead of walking, sedentary jobs and increasingly high levels of stress are just a few contributing factors. Genetics and trauma that damages self-confidence have been proven on individuals as well as groups of people. Native Americans, African-Americans and other groups with historical trauma, pass the stress of grief, anger and fear down to the next generations as post-traumatic stress disorder.
The chapter, Diabetes 101 gives you basic knowledge of Diabetes itself. The body loses its ability to breakdown carbohydrates into our primary source of energy, glucose. We produce a hormone from the pancreas called insulin which facilitates the entry of glucose into body cells. It becomes our fuel or if there is extra glucose, it is converted into fat. In Type 1 Diabetes, the pancreatic cells have been compromised and no longer produce insulin. In Type 2, insulin is still produced but the cells don’t want any more so the glucose builds up in the blood stream. Refined sugar is an addictive drug because it raises the body’s level of serotonin, which fights depression and beta-endorphin, which is our own natural version of opiate drugs. These two chemicals give you a sense of control and calm therefore we crave sugar, “comfort foods.”
Our society is high in sugar and stress, low in social support and opportunities to exercise. Unfortunately, medical systems focus on genetics, biochemistry and drug therapy. Governments spend billions on researching cures when the money would be better spent on education and prevention.
David Spero, RN is an author who has gone to great lengths to educate his readers and provides a valuable self-care chapter and resource guide. While reading, you actually feel like he is sitting beside you, coaching the need to survive. He believes that by becoming more active, well balanced with relaxation and eating healthier, your self-esteem and self-empowerment will rise, ultimately creating better quality of life.
I highly recommend everyone read this enlightening book. Reviewer: Cheryl Ellis, Allbooks Review. Available through your local bookstore or Amazon.com
Title: Diabetes: Sugar-Coated Crisis
Author: David Spero, RN
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 978-0-86571-567-7
Pages: 223
Price: $16.95 US Nov. 2007
See many more interesting books on health and well being on our site.
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