Type 2 Diabetes Myths vs Facts

What myths people THINK is true about Type 2 Diabetes

• Type 2 diabetes myths number one is that it won’t happen to me.

• Type 2 diabetes only affects older adults.

• Only heavier people get type 2 diabetes.

• Type 2 diabetes isn’t that big of a deal. Just take the medicine.

• You can’t reverse or improve type 2 diabetes.

What is ACTUALLY true about Type 2 Diabetes

• In the US about 38% of adults have either pre-diabetes or diabetes. It’s estimated that about 23% more are undiagnosed.

• It’s estimated that type 2 diabetes in US youth has recently increased by 30%.

• Diabetes is an indication of carbohydrate intolerance. People with low body fat are not necessarily immune.

• Diabetes and it’s complications (including cardiovascular disease and kidney failure) are among the leading causes of death in the US.

• Using an ultra-low carbohydrate diet, it is possible to reverse type 2 diabetes.

• Statistics about type 2 diabetes are grim.

• Fortunately, turning things around is as simple as as adopting a low-carb or keto diet.

Decades of research – and thousands upon thousands of peoples’s lived experiences – are proof that removing sugar and starch from your diet (or cutting way back to just very small amounts) can help you achieve and maintain normal blood sugars whilce reducing your need for diabetes medications…….or possibly eliminating medications altogether.