Sri Lankan hospitals are packed full, choc-o-bloc with diabetic patients. It is a crisis. Many sugar addicts are biting the dust at an alarming rate. And the cost of treatment is shooting up through the roof. And only when you pull out your wallet or open your cheque book do you see the recommended so-called ‘remedy’ – a vast array of pharmaceuticals!
Sri Lankans think that the damage done by diabetes to them can be reversed by applying modern day pharmaceuticals. Don’t believe what they say! It is not true. It is a widespread misconception! The symptom of blood sugar can be reduced but both your inflammation and insulin resistance continue on doing their harm, unseen and unknown.
After celebrating a birthday party with chocolate cake – after that – check out your toes! Are they turning black? – prepare for amputation! Leg amputation and Chocolate cake are opposite sides of the same coin.
Businessmen are happy to feed your sugar craving, and doctors are willing to do the needful for a fee. That is the system that keeps millions of Lankans employed. Look at the adverts for sweets aimed at children – WOW!
It is a massive industry of supply and demand! And everyone is happy except the diabetic patient on the hospital bed with toes turning black. Even then, I speculate that he will demand to drink hot tea with sugar!
There is a lot of health information, given free on the internet by Doctors in the USA. They are horrified by the loss of life due to our carefree eating habits. But sorry, it is in English!
Diabetics have an extreme carbohydrate intolerance. Raised blood sugar levels are just a symptom of a much bigger problem – too much insulin in the body and cells unwilling to accept it. That is insulin resistance.
Sri Lankans need to learn to say ‘NO’ to sugar, and all the artful confectionery, chocolate and biscuits, – all the magically alluring, tempting and irresistible confectionery made available and put at your fingertips for your cash! All of which leads you to a slow death by step-by-step slices. Bye, Bye!
Pryantha Hettige 
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