[WendyA]

Interesting that diabetes is on the rise in Japan as well, yet, other than adopting some of our rather horrid western foods (Big Mac, KFC anyone?)
the diet hasn't changed for most, I have been wondering if it has to do with new, or modified strains of rice, which is eaten over there
much more than here...

Here is a hint, it's NOT the rice. It's the adoption of a crappy western diet.

The Japanese diet has changed drastically. Meat and dairy consumption have skyrocketed, rice consumption has dropped and diabetes has skyrocketed.



If you want to eliminate your diabetes remove all animal products from your diet and eat a whole food plant based no oil diet ala the Starch Solution.

Here is how to deal with type II diabetes while minimizing medications. They key is to minimize fat intake and cease all refined carbs. Whole food carbs are great.

Here is a synopsis of a randomized controlled study of the American Diabetes Assoc (ADA) diet versus a whole food plant based (very low fat about 10%) diet.

Here is the ADA's article in their journal supporting these results.

The amazing thing is the same diet that reverses type II diabetes also reverses coronary artery disease, obesity, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, autoimmune diseases, etc... View these success stories or read these success stories to hear from folks first hand accounting of how they restored their health.

For the vast majority of folks with type II diabetes (or heart disease) living with the disease is a choice completely in their control.

Watch Forks Over Knifes on Netflix for an excellent overview of the science and how normal folks reversed their disease. It's not rocket science, it's the food.