Let Them Eat Chocolate! 12 Anti-Diabetes Superfoods

Type 2 Diabetes presents one of the greatest health risks to the population today.  It is the seventh leading cause of death in the US.  Diabetes are more likely to experience glaucoma, cataracts, and neuropathy (nerve damage to the feet that impacts ability to feel pain, heat and cold), is also the leading cause of kidney failure.

Recent research confirms that diabetes increases the risk of heart attack and stroke:

• women with diabetes have an 11% greater  risk of cancer mortality
• men with diabetes have a 17% greater risk of cancer mortality.

Diabetes experience higher incidence of cancer of the colon, liver and rectum. Diabetic women have greater incidence of stomach and endometrial cancers while diabetic men have higher incidence of bladder and pancreatic cancer.

Diabetes can be prevented and controlled through diet. People who are obese (i.e. have Body Mass Index of >30) are 400% more likely to suffer from Type 2 Diabetes (aka “diabesity”), and so are more likely to receive a cancer diagnosis or die from cancer.

Superfoods for Diabetics
A great step for diabetics and pre-diabetics: integrate the following 'super foods' into your regular diet and experience a prompt impact lowering blood sugar, cholesterol and heart disease risks (click here to see the list full size) 

Additional Resources

• Take the  Diabetes Risk Test in English or Spanish.
• Attend a free online medical webcast about weight loss surgery  -  attendees receive  $250 medical credits 
• Prevent, Control and Eliminate: Diabetes and Your Weight  
• Increasingly Obese and Diabetic, More Adolescents Getting Weight Loss Surgery 
• Internet radio:Lean and Green: New Green Zone LAP-BAND Improves Results!
• Diabetes and Job Discrimination: Know Your Rights
• Adult Stem Cell Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes