What Causes Amputations, Kidney Failure, and Blindness With Type II Diabetes?

When you have Type II Diabetes, you become Insulin Resistant.  What exactly does “Insulin Resistant” mean?  Our cells in our body have Receptor sites.  These are sites that allow transport of a substance into the cell.  With Type II Diabetes, the Insulin Receptors become resistant to allowing sugar to go into the cell.  Sugar is used for fuel.  This is why persons with Type II Diabetes are so tired…their cells are not getting the fuel they need.  It’s like driving your car up to a gas pump, but there is no hose to pump the gas into your car.  The other bad news is that excess sugar circulates in your body and wreaks havoc.  This excess sugar causes damage to all your tissues through a process called “oxidation.”  The oxidation process is like rust…so basically what is happening is you’re rusting from the inside out!  This is why Type II Diabetes is so dangerous and can lead to horrible things such as amputation.  Unfortunately, drugs only artificially lower the blood sugar levels, but rarely stabilize it to the point where the oxidation process stops and is under control.  That’s why people on diabetic medication still suffer the awful consequences, but think their diabetes is “under control.”

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Article by Dr. Jade Malay, Type 2 Diabetes Professional, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX