This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
Diabetic Conspiracy
Less than 10 years ago, people were diagnosed with Type II diabetes if their sugar levels were over 10. Now the ‘norm’ is between 4 and 6. Here’s what I want to know – were these standards lowered just for the medical community to get an easy cash grab
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not too long ago people use to believe heroine was good for you and many people took a daily dose. Some went crazy and tried to genocide the Jewish people. Could be unrelated. Other people used to believe that a lunar eclipse was a dragon flying in front of the moon… photographs stole your sole… Now I’m near 100% certain that there is a money grab there somewhere but it’s probably not in lowering the level from 10 to 6 and selling $100 testers but probably somewhere in the millions and million spent on research.
The normal level is 4 to 7, according to what I was told. Anything over 7 is cause for some concern, as you might be showing signs of insulin tolerance, but usually, if you’re diabetic, I’m pretty sure the test will be more conclusive. You can always insist on a retest, if you think the result is an anomaly.I would think most doctors would look at a 7+ as a warning sign, but anything 10 or over as a definite diagnosis of diabetes. I wouldn’t quite go to the conspiracy theory stage yet, unless doctors are immediately looking to prescribe things at the slightest sign of a high test. Is that happening? I couldn’t say.
Well I’m not sure about the testing strips and all that. But Banting and Best made sure that no profit would ever be made from insulin!