You are here
Name
- Name
- Healthy Figures
Personal details
- Short Bio
According to a new full financial analysis published in the journal of the American Medical Association and diabetes the Washington Post leads a list of only 20 diseases and conditions that account for more than half of all health spending in the United States.
US expenditures on diabetes diagnosis and treatment totaled $ 101 billion in 2013 and have grown 36 times faster than spending on heart disease, the leading cause of death in the country, the researchers said.
University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor of Nutrition Barbara Gower, Ph.D., conducts research on the composition of diet and disease risk and says that diabetes can be prevented and reversed with a restricted carbohydrate diet.
Type 2 diabetes can be managed with diet alone in many cases. However, this message is not reaching patients; They are told to take drugs. A clinic at the UAB treats diabetics with a diet that dramatically reduces carbohydrates. In most cases, patients can eliminate all medications.
Related Stories
New Philips HealWell Lighting System Supports Sleep, Enhances Patient Experience in Sanitary Facilities
ACP clinical guidelines recommend an effective treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes
Pioneering UK health companies urged to take part in the medtech mission from ABHI to Texas
"They are excited to stop injecting insulin, and wonder why" no one ever told them "that they could control their diabetes diet alone," Gower said. "The conventional advice for diabetics is to eat carbohydrates, and then inject insulin - or take other drugs.
History
- Member for
- 9 years 5 days