Got Diabetes? This Column Is Required Reading

Stop whatever you are doing right now and go read this Men's Health column written by Adam Campbell. Whether you or someone you know has diabetes and believes they are stuck taking insulin shots for the rest of their life, this article will absolutely change everything you ever thought you knew about diabetes upside down on its head!

Campbell, who I previously blogged about being a supporter of livin' la vida low-carb, puts forth some very strong arguments for ignoring the dietary recommendations of the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) because they are only making the health problems of Americans that much worse.

In his brilliant column entitled "The Cure For Diabetes," Campbell looks at the medical practice of Dr. Mary C. Vernon, a renowned medical doctor who is going against all the recommendations that her fellow physicians are giving their patients and simply curing hers with the use of the low-carb lifestyle.

With the evidence mounting that low-carb diets are the most effective way to naturally manage diabetes without the use of drugs or insulin, Campbell does an excellent job of weaving this fact with quotes from the best and brightest scientific experts on the low-carb nutritional approach as Dr. Richard Feinman, Dr. William Yancy, and Dr. Jeff Volek.

Oh, you'll get the scripted answer from the ADA as well, but they're not buying the low-carb solution. Too fatty, too risky, takes away from them making money off of people with the disease. Oops, did I just say that out loud? Yep, I did, and it's as true blue as a cow goes moo! They also think people are too stupid to do the right thing with diet and exercise, so they push their diabetes pills like they're candy. What are these people thinking?!

Be prepared to get angry, frustrated and then relieved to know we have the answer for diabetics staring us right in the face: it's the low-carb lifestyle whether the ADA will ever admit to it or not.

By the way, Dr. Mary Vernon regularly answers questions about the low-carb lifestyle with her "Ask Dr. Vernon" blog and is delighted to offer her expert opinion to your questions in language that anyone can understand. She is on the frontlines of the low-carb battle as a treatment option for diabetes and obesity.

People who support the low-carb lifestyle owe this woman a great deal of support for being willing to stick her neck out for what she believes in. If it works and people are getting healthy, then why wouldn't the ADA want to have more Mary Vernons out there in the world, hmmm? It makes you really wonder what their priorities are, doesn't it?

THANKS again to Adam Campbell for this remarkable blow-by-blow piece that shows why now more than ever proponents of livin' la vida low-carb should be emboldened and proud of this nutritional approach that is quite literally saving the lives of those who have the guts to do it. Several studies have been made public confirming the low-carb diabetes treatment approach, including this, this, and this. And we already have carb-counting diabetes seminars beginning to take place in hospitals across the country.

Are you a diabetic who feels you are stuck sticking yourself with insulin shots for the rest of your life? Then perhaps trying the low-carb lifestyle could be the first step in bringing your blood sugar under control and quite possibly reducing or eliminating your need for insulin ever again. If you would like more information about how to do this, then pick up a copy of the book Atkins Diabetes Revolution, co-written by Dr. Mary Vernon. It could very well change your life forever!

Print out this article and post a copy of it on your refrigerator and freely distribute copies of it to every diabetic you know who needs to read the cold hard truth. The days of just settling are over. It's time for taking action that will make you better and low-carb may be just what the doctor ordered.