Diabesity... A new household name

As our country hastily moves more and more towards healthier foods, exercise classes and organic everything; our nation still declines.  It is no surprise that the health industry is a multi-billion dollar racket.  So, why are we still the subject of all that is wrong in health?  We see children struggling with their weight, we see young toddlers who are overweight inching towards obesity, while parents struggle to provide nutrient rich meals for them.  I find that we tend to believe that health is something we do, or something we live by.  This is not exactly the case, health and anything we act upon is based solely on our resolve.

This blogs purpose is to strengthen and exercise the mind, it is with the idea that once the mind is made over, the body can and will comply.  Though Rene Descartes, "I think therefore, I am" meant something a little different, it does imply that the genesis of all starts cognitively.  Our mind needs to be made new in things we want to see take shape.  This point is very important, "we will never be what we never think."


Movement of the mind is cognitive plyometrics geared towards developing what we see, how we see it, why you see it that way, and what really moves us to move...

As I digress, the health state we live in is poor (to say the least).  We have diet industries, exercise industries, health industries and wellness industries making small dents in a large challenge.  Mainly because the population in which we are aiding isn't thinking in the same way their healthier contemporaries are.  If we as unhealthy people aren't convinced to change then change will not come.

The new household name; diabesity actually is quite easy to adopt.  It rolls off the tongue as if obesity and diabetes proceeded IT.  Obviously the origin is clear, however the effects and the cause are not.  Dr. Mark Hyman a medical doctor from Massachusetts wrote a article in a Experience Life magazine about this topic.

The initial statement I loved was the fact that Dr. Hyman dispelled the "diabetes gene".  I often wondered how professionals taught that this hereditary disease, caused by personal lifestyle choices came from our parents.  Understanding our body is so important and, this article helps explain what insulin is and it's roll in diabesity.  He talked to the point that high energy and poor nutrient foods numb our cells and make them slow to respond or non-responsive to insulin, thus our pancreas has to produce more insulin to obtain the same effect, thus increasing diabesity in a person.

Dr. Hyman's article also states, "High insulin levels drive inflammation, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, poor sex drive, infertility, and increased risk of cancer, Alzheimer's and depression."  These are very serious side effects of insulin resistance.  Now keep in mind that our youth populations with high insulin levels will experience the same symptoms.

The article brings out (7) steps to reducing or treating diabesity.
- Boost your nutrition
- Regulate your Hormones
- Reduce Inflammation
- Improve Digestion
- Maximize Detoxification
- Enhance Energy Metabolism
- Sooth your mind

These (7) aspects overall will not only treat diabesity but even reverse it!  Taking back our health takes a mental resolve that starts by understanding and complying with information that empowers us to change.

I found the article fascinating and engaging.  Though, this isn't the answer, I feel that it's the best step yet in the right direction.  We still need programs in place that treat and test for pre-diabetes, we also need more community education and training on how to make better choices health-wise or this will be nothing more than an interesting article in a popular magazine.

Tell me what you think?