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Part 2

BUT ALL CAN BE PREVENTABLE.

(Continued from Part 1) Although these startling numbers represent undeniable facts and a reflection of the real suffering the majority of diabetics go through BUT THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE YOUR FATE.

YES YOU CAN PREVENT ALL THESE DEADLY COMPLICATIONS!!!

Now I got you thinking!! ' Wait a minute! Are you saying that as a diabetic I have a say in avoiding all of these horrible outcomes?'

THIS IS A BIG ABSOLUTELY YES!!! AND WE (health professionals) HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT.

If it weren't the case then you would not be receiving this report and I would not have spent the last 21 years during my pharmacy practice successfully counseling patients on how to do so and would not have spent the last 4 years of my life writing 'Lifestyle Makeover for Diabetics' which gives ALL diabetics (newly diagnosed or not) ALL the tools they need to manage ALL aspects of diabetes control, prevent its complications, enjoy and expect a natural lifespan and best quality of life, ALL in a single volume.

If diabetes and its deadly complications were not manageable and preventable then the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org), the World Health Organization (www.who.int) and all other governmental health agencies would not be making every effort and take every opportunity with whatever means at their disposal to send the message out that diabetes is manageable and preventable.

The next question that could cross your mind would be: 'If diabetes and complications are manageable and preventable then why are these devastating statistics so high, why the numbers keep on climbing and what is fueling all this?'

Answer: The main culprits fueling this ever growing epidemic and making it worse is none other than EXCESS WEIGHT, INACTIVITY and SMOKING.

Yes, people own daily choices, misinformed actions or inactions are the main contributors to this terrible outcome. What people bring home from food stores, what snacks they choose at home or work, how much activity they do during each day or the total lack of it are highly contributing factors. Whether people make any uninformed personal decisions about their medications, whether they appropriately monitor or don't monitor their vital and crucially important parameters which could lead to blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure levels rising unnoticed and unleashing a fury of deadly complications.

Whether diabetics lead highly stressful lives and not do anything about it combined to whether they are smokers and continue to smoke, whether they take no actions or misinformed actions or buy into the 'Diet' myth as solutions to their excessive weight, whether they buy into myths that diabetics have to be deprived of sweets for the rest of their lives (as a consequence most lash out and they start overeating sweets and everything else) and whether they act like their health is solely the responsibility of their doctor, ARE ALL PREVENTABLE FATAL FACTORS that each and every diabetic CAN AND MUST change to their favor.

During my 20 years in pharmacy practice, I passionately cared, counseled and helped people who are diabetics, have other chronic conditions such as high cholesterol and blood pressure, heart disease and those who are smokers, obese and have excess weight and leading a sedentary lifestyle.

Out of all these conditions, diabetics have to worry about many more issues and act on them all at the same time before they can bring diabetes complications to a halt. Not only that but the vast majority of diabetics suffer from any or all of the chronic diseases (mentioned in the previous paragraph) and to add fuel to the fire the overwhelming majority make unfavorable lifestyle choices, which to no one's surprise worsens diabetes control. These are all complex and numerous issues for any layperson to deal with.

The end result brings the sad reality that out of every 10 diabetics ONLY 1 or 2 diabetics have their condition under control. The rest suffer deadly complications, succumb to diabetes and become part of the heart breaking statistics mentioned previously. These were sad findings that I witnessed every day during my pharmacy practice and are confirmed by reliable statistics.

I am no bearer of bad news or using scare tactics. I am not here to deliver glooming and bad news either and this is no scare tactic. I am just delivering reality, facts and a lot of hope.

Hope? You might ask! How can there be hope after all this bad news? Yes, I am here to tell you that YOU can control diabetes and bring it under control and prevent ALL of its deadly complications.

(To be continued in Part 3)

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Copyright © 2008 by George Tohme All rights reserved.

About the Author:

George F. Tohme, pharmacist, graduate of Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA in 1987 and currently practicing in Texas. He is certified in diabetes and cholesterol management, smoking cessation, nutrition guidance, and a certified personal trainer. He is a lifestyle makeover expert and also conquered his own 17-year battle with obesity. Visit www.LifestyleMakeoverEbook.com to take a quiz NOW!

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