What Causes Diabetes?

What causes diabetes is the question that has stumped diabetics, doctors and researchers have for years. I believe diabetes could be called a lifestyle disease.

Type 1 diabetes has been said to be an auto-immune disease. Type 1 diabetics bodies just don’t produce vital insulin. We do know that type 1 diabetics can reduce their insulin use by avoiding harmful foods and eating a more alkaline diet of whole foods and raw veggies.

Type 2 diabetes has several factors that I believe may cause the disease or contribute to insulin resistance.

When I consider what is the cause of type 2 diabetes I like to talk about it’s root causes:

• Acid foods - Consuming too many.

• Alcohol - Excessive drinking.

• Alkaline foods - Not consuming enough.

• Cellular Toxicity - This is known as Insulin Resistance.

• Diet- Eating a diet that is full of processed, overly acidic and fattening foods. See Foods that make you fat.

• Exercise -

Lack of enough exercise.

• Hereditary - Odds are 15% greater that you will get diabetes if it's in your your family tree. This may be somewhat because of similar eating habits.

• Omega 3 & 6 Imbalance - It has not yet been proven but speculation is that our over-consuming fried foods has us deficient in omega 3 essential fatty acids and may be clogging our cells leading to insulin resistance. Learn about essential fatty acids.

• Over-eating - See Fast Food and Obesity • Processed foods - Processed foods release sugars too fast. See

Effects of Fast Foods.

• Raw foods - Not eating enough raw fruits and vegetables.

• Smoking - Smoking now linked to to high risks for glucose abnormalities.

• Sodas - Over-consumption of sodas and refined sugary fruit juices. See dangers of diet soft drinks.

• Stress - We live fast paced lives without proper rejuvenation.