The Massive Cost of Diabetes – Probably a Million Dollars per hour in Australia!

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The Massive Cost of Diabetes – Probably a Million Dollars per hour in Australia!

It is spiraling out of control.

The United Kingdom is spending the equivalent of $2.7 MILLION PER HOUR or $44 thousand per minute on the management of Diabetes.

Australia has about a third of the UK population which puts us close to a Million Dollars per hour spent on trying to manage People with Diabetes – most of that is on the complications of the condition.

(And yes I am putting the Type 1’s in there before anybody gets sensitive about me not differentiating Type 1 and 2)

There is only one answer and that is PREVENTION. Addressing lifestyle and particularly diet WILL prevent, treat and potentially reverse Type 2 Diabetes.

A LCHF dietary approach is the best practice for control of blood glucose in Type 1 and 2 Diabetes. The Type 1’s are still going to need some insulin.

I still believe that a long term decrease in inflammation has a role to play in the prevention of Autoimmune disease and may benefit the whole Type 1 population.

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