What is Causing the Diabetes Epidemic?

Before we get into how to reverse diabetes naturally, I first want to talk a little bit about what is causing the diabetes epidemic. Let’s start with the most obvious cause – diet.

The average American consumes over 156 pounds (75 kg) of added sugar in a year – that’s 17 times more than what we ate 200 years ago. Processed foods, rich in carbohydrates and chemicals add to the refined sugar burden.

But it’s not just refined sugar causing the problem – it’s fat, too. Especially the combination of high fat and high sugar foods like cookies, cakes, donuts, pastries, etc.

According to Dr. Michael Greger from NutritionFacts.org:

“Lower the level of fat in people’s blood and the insulin resistance comes right down. If we clear the fat out of the blood, we also clear the sugar out. That explains the finding that on the high fat, ketogenic diet, insulin doesn’t work very well. Our bodies become insulin resistant. But as the amount of fat in our diet test lower and lower, insulin works better and better — a clear demonstration that the sugar tolerance of even healthy individuals can be impaired by administering a low-carb, high-fat diet. We can decrease insulin resistance, however, by decreasing fat intake.”