Diabetes - Children and Diabetes

Overview
I was recently diagnosed with adult-onset-diabetes Type 1 diabetes. Research shows a direct relationship to hormone-injected cow's milk and diabetes (milk can trigger type-1 in healthy individuals.)

After my close-call diabetes ordeal, I understand we need to start addressing the diabetes issues plaguing our children in increasing numbers.

Research Stats
Recent research statistics indicate that children with diabetes type 2 and type 1 (sometimes referred to as adult-onset diabetes or juvenile diabetes) is on an acute upward rise in every age group in every nation. In the United States a twenty-percent increase in diabetes is expected by the year 2020 if present trends continue—with type 1 diabetics expected to double.

It is further predicted, that the silent diabetes epidemic sweeping the globe has the potential to severely inflict financial hardship on an entire nation. However, due to our unhealthy eating habits and addition to fast-foods, we in the United States will be one of the nations hit the hardest.

In addition, the latest CDC statistics published in the NY Times this week indicated that over 70 million people in the United States suffer from food related illnesses each year, of which 300,000 are hospitalized, and another 5,000 actually die from food delivered to your local grocery market. The things now being served on the dinner table and fast-food establishments must all come under close scrutiny. Some of these foods and chemicals in the foods are under suspect to be the cause the rapid rise diabetes—particularly type 1 diabetes.

Strategy Solution : Inform At Early Age
An immediately step in the right direction is to start to inform our youth about this situation. They need to become educated. They need to become aware of the impending situation. They need to learn how their diet choices and food sources are effectively harming their lives causing horrible illness. A well-informed individual makes better choices.

How do we achieve this?
For our primary target of toddlers and younger kids, we start with a remedial velvet glove delivery approach (a moderate method in content delivery). We achieve this by transform difficult life circumstances and carefully craft this serious material into a story of adventure, education and triumph. The underling message in thought-provoking for our young readers.) We use character stories making the process even more entertaining to communicate the health-required-message.

You Are What You Eat – Junk Food In Diabetes Out

We will slowly start the process of modifying the eating habits of our youth. We will introduce a more organic and green diet concepts. We will introduce more time tested proven natural herbs and vitamins.

Description
When should this information sharing to our youth began?
Early as possible. If we wait for politicians and news media it will take 30-60 years and that will be to late—medical urgency is a concept they do not understand.

How should this task be under-taken?
The fact that the internet has the potential to reach a wide audience in a short period of time and second, the youth already utilize this vehicle, these strategic assets nominate the internet as a primary resource in implementing this goal. Our youth must become situation-aware of the impending crisis that they are in a large part inflicting themselves. Young children must start to ponder the wisdom of their food choices and food sources.

Goal
Start to make our children aware of the impending medical crisis epidemic.

Purpose
Help our children drawn their future without diabetes.

Fact Review
Since the introduction of this HFCS chemical into the USA food supply, diabetes has proportionately increased in humans. Stop the intake of hormone injected cow’s milk. It is a known fact that cows milk cause T1 diabetes.

Watch For
Find a doctor that understand and will help reduce insulin intake by helping you initiate a veggie & exercise program. It is a known fact that such herbs and vitamins such as Gymnema which can help control your blood glucose levels with no side effects.

Run Tippy Run - Draw Me Healthy Helping Kids Avoid Diabetes
A good children’s book written specifically for kids with diabetes and with the purpose to help prevent diabetes without actually using the word, is Run Tippy Run. The book presents true to form velvet-glove content delivery approach in presenting an otherwise serious topic material. The word “diabetes” is purposely not mentioned in the story. However, the content cleverly illustrates a direct link between food choices and health.

Recommended Resources
Diabetes Trends - CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/index.htm
Food Poisoning - NY Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/f/food_safety/index.html

Organic Food Sources
Backyard Gardening
Whole Foods Markets
Community Gardening