By 2030 one in 10 adults may have diabetes!

That’s the prediction made by the International Diabetes Federation in its latest report. At the moment approximately one in 13 adults has diabetes.

These are startling figures. They include both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as well as the people who are not yet diagnosed. Both forms of diabetes are rising dramatically but the greatest increases is in type 2 diabetes; previously known as adult onset diabetes. That term is no longer in use because the disease is now commonly diagnosed in children.

Many people do not comprehend the seriousness of type 2 diabetes. Yes there are tablets available that can manage it but nearly every diabetic still suffers serious complications of their disease. An increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, vision loss, kidney failure and erectile dysfunction are all rampant among diabetics.

Most people don’t realise that if caught in the early stages, type 2 diabetes can be reversed. This is only possible with the right kind of eating plan though; one that is lower in carbohydrate and higher in both protein and fat. It needs to be the right kind of fat of course. Some fats increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, while other fats lower it.

There is an easy to follow eating plan in my book Diabetes Type 2: You Can Reverse It.

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