Printable page in A4 size The Diabetes Business
This film demonstrates clearly what is wrong with the Type II Diabetes standard of care, in Germany, the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The "treatment" doesn't cure the disease. In fact excess insulin over time makes it much worse.
(46 minutes)
Published by: Deutsche Welle Documentaries (Germany) 8 July, 2022
In our modern consumer society, Type II Diabetes has become a widespread disease. Companies are developing drugs that are increasingly expensive, but not necessarily more effective.
Modern societies struggle to adequately treat many chronic diseases. Diabetes is a classic example, spreading rapidly all over the world. The disease destroys lives and puts a strain on public budgets. The UN is calling on governments to take action. Health authorities appear powerless when faced with a real health problem and the pressure to buy more and more pharmaceutical products.
With turnover of $46 billion, diabetes is a massive and extremely lucrative market. Constantly promised miracle cures have not led to satisfactory treatment, with patients either taking too many drugs or no longer being able to afford them. It’s a desperate situation, and the only ones benefiting seem to be pharmaceutical companies.
A medical focus on blood glucose levels has led to an over reliance on medication, sometimes without due concern for dangerous side effects. Patients become trapped in a cycle of treatment, which does not halt the disease’s progression. This can lead to amputations, blindness and heart attacks.
There are alternatives that could flatten the curve of the Type II Diabetes epidemic, while reducing health care spending. Improved diet can be a preventative measure, and a strict adherence to diet can also bring about remission in the case of Type II Diabetes.
But these solutions require effort, as well as a complete rethinking of chronic disease management.
Edited Public Comments
The Video is Outdated
But it does describe the standard of care for Type II Diabetes in the USA, in Europe, and across the English speaking world. Outdated and resistant to change.
H.O.J
The information in this video is only about 10-15yrs behind science. All anyone has to do is go on a ketogenic diet or carnivore zero plant diet to cure diabetes. Prior to the invention of insulin that’s what doctors used (starvation diets). It worked then and it works now. The cure is so simple, all people have to do is stop eating high carbohydrate foods and eat more fats. Combine this with intermittent fasting and you can be off your medications faster than you know. Anyone who’s interested go look up Nutrition With Judy, 
Diet Doctor, Dr Ken Berry, 
Dr Paul Mason on their YouTube channels to find out how to cure yourself of diabetes.
All this help is also FREE, no wonder big pharma don’t want you knowing about it. The only side effect from a ketogenic diet is you lose a lot of weight and get off all your medications.
Paul M
Interesting documentary but again completely misleading from the scientific point of view.
5:20 "people started consuming more fats and sugars...". They still blame fats for Type II Diabetes despite all scientific evidence to the contrary.
37:30 After having recognized that the diet is the culprit they seem to suggest replacing the standard industrial food by another industrial food !!! I hope diabetics will find their own way and eat real food instead otherwise there is little chance to change anything.
37:46 "Strong weight loss is generally needed to get Type II Diabetes into remission..." It's again an old myth and all backwards: Weight loss is not a prerequisite but a result of Type II Diabetes remission and comes after it, because insulin is lowered.
César Warrior
A beautiful documentary, and a sad reality, We are just human beings trying to live as best we can, but we are still tricked into believing lies. Sugar does much more damage than just making your blood sticky, it develops serious mental illness, Depression, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, and deep sorrows.
The DiRECT Study from the UK, has been given significance. Two notable people behind that study are Prof. Roy Taylor, and Prof. Michael Lean. The were both at the Swiss Re "Food for thought" conference in 2018.
A History of Human Diet
reevin riggin
In human evolution because sugar, and refined carbohydrates were not a thing 500 years ago and sweet fruit was rare (seasonal only) it took very little insulin to control blood glucose levels.
Eat like you ancestors, eat NO sugar or refined foods, very little starch (which is glucose once digestion starts) and the need for elevated amounts of insulin disappears.
STOP EATING SUGARS. EDUCATE yourself on WHAT is a sugar and what BECOMES sugar once ingested. That would solve the majority of the problem, for a majority of the people.
Type II Diabetics with some function of the pancreas generally still make plenty of their own insulin once the requirements drop to small levels through diet.
ResidualSelfImage
Diabetes is a dietary and lifestyle chronic disease. Before the wide spread availability of processed foods diabetes was rare disease that afflicted the affluent who could eat rich and sweet foods. Type II Diabetes was rare in China until the 1980's when economic affluence lead to more richer and sweeter food enhanced by the opening of China's markets to western processed foods.. restricting the use of fructose in processed food maybe a useful first step.
Addiction to Sugars
reevin riggin
I have diabetic friends who can hardly walk because of their feet issues, and they cram do-nuts down their throats all the time. I am stunned. Sugar is a poison. Sugar slowly destroys your metabolism, and causes painful vascular problems.
People are addicts. If not drugs, alcohol, cigarettes AND sugars and refined carbs. Probably all at the same time for many. The root cause for all of this is addiction. Plain and simple. Your choice?
Family Habits and Lifestyle
Bee West
I work at a health centre & we have two families where the whole family is diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. The WHOLE family. So what causes that? Genetics? or Lifestyle habits?
wallabumba
Diabetes has ravaged my family. I lost my older brother to complications of it. My mother was diabetic in her later years, and she still died young at 63 from leukemia. My father is also an adult onset diabetic, and he takes extremely good care of himself, but he is still losing a foot to the peripheral nerve damage/ulcer.
The Banting or LCHF Solution
James Thompkins
I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes in Sept of 2021. On Jan 13th of 2022, I no longer had Type II Diabetes. You CAN reverse Type II Diabetes rather quickly if you're serious about it.
Gerrit Hoevers
Drinking Hibiscus and Cinnamon tea on a daily basis, staying on a low carb diet and keeping myself active has kept my Type II Diabetes in check since I was diagnosed 3 years ago. I am lucky I don’t have to take insulin or any other drugs like Metformin. Get off the carbs and sugar. We don’t need to be eating the incredibly high amounts of carbs and sugar we consume on a regular basis.
Christine Robinson
This documentary does not place enough emphasis on cutting carbohydrate consumption to the unavoidable minimum. Losing weight is key, but how do you lose the weight? By cutting out carbs. Cutting carbs cuts the need for the pancreas to create insulin. The body switches to burning fat instead of glucose for fuel. Insulin resistance drops as insulin levels drop. Strict adherence to the diet is not difficult, as the craving for carbs disappears. Eating one meal a day that includes fat, meat, leafy greens, and green vegetables makes eating once a day easy without hunger. Avoid seed and grain oils that require extreme processing. Olive and Coconut oil are safe for use in salads and in cooking.
Mamudu Rashidat
This documentary shows the sad reality of diabetes, especially Type II Diabetes. I was so surprised at how fast my Type II Diabetes with HbA1C of 12 went to 5.3 in just 3 months after I drastically cut carbohydrate intake and eliminated processed food. Also did overnight fast of just 6pm to 9am on most days. I was shocked at how easy it was to reverse. Lost 18kg from 104kg at diagnosis.
It is criminal the way the health sector keeps selling the false notion that Type II Diabetes is chronic and lifelong and you have to be on expensive useless medication with terrible side effects for life. I hope more people get this and get the help they need to survive this greed in health care.
Some Nutrition Science
Sonny Darvish
Macronutrients are Fats, Protein and Carbohydrates. There are Essential Fatty Acids and Essential Amino Acids (part of protein), but there is absolutely nothing "essential" about carbohydrates (aka sugars). The body can generate the small amount of glucose sugar it needs for the brain (the process is called gluconeogenesis). That process is achieved by breaking down fats and sometimes proteins.
Before modern times, it was natural for humans and animals to experience droughts or winters when food is scarce. In a situation of scarce rations, the body burns fat for energy. The breakdown of body fat allows the liver to make a small amount of glucose, free fatty acids and ketones. These are fuels. People can live for a very long time, in a fasted state. You don't need to snack every two hours.
ResidualSelfImage
3:40 .. Half truth: the metabolism can burn glucose AND/OR ketones/triglycerides/fats. You are not dependent on nutritional glucose.
5:40 there is an extra step to burn ketones/triglycerides/fats while glucose in the form of fructose has one less step is burned immediately or stored in the liver if too much is consumed at once.
Enemchukwu Nonso
My father and uncle had diabetes both died from the complications. I made it a point of duty, never to come down with this monster, though I am overweight. I stumbled upon many videos on YouTube on how to reverse diabetes. The best way I've found so far is, fasting, intermittent fasting, plus a low carb and high good fat diet. I don't eat fruits, except for avocado and cucumbers. I make use of olive oil. My blood sugar is always lower than 100.
You can reverse diabetes. I have seen people who did. You don't need to keep buying the expensive drugs. No doctor wants you to be free from diabetes. If you become free, who will make them rich? Take your stand. Change your diet and move about more and diabetes will go.
kaunas888
Glucose in the blood drives insulin and creates the out of control system called Type II Diabetes. What creates glucose? Starch, carbs, sugar and anything sweet. If you want to greatly reduce or even eliminate you diabetes, then eat a healthy diet free of carbs/starch. Your body does not have to have carbs to be healthy. You can get your energy very well from fats and ketones which derive from the liver breaking down body fat. When you eat fat your body does not produce glucose and you avoid diabetes. So, eat a healthy high fat, moderate protein and very low/no carbohydrate diet. If you give it a try I think that you will be pleasantly surprised.
Unfortunate Medical Opinions
Evelyn Vigh
I’m a Type II Diabetic, but I’m trying my best to cut down carbohydrates and eat no sugar at all. I’ve used no medication for many years and my doctors are always amazed that I have no complications at all. I’m determined that I will not be a sick person even if I have diabetes.
In my country doctors have a really old approach to think the "magic number" sugar level is more important than everything else. They are always rude to me because I’m not going doctor to doctor because of my diabetes. But in the other hand they are unable to explain why I don’t have any compilations.
The report of the DiRECT Study in the video, gave me hope that what I’m doing is not utterly wrong and I can control Type II Diabetes myself without treated as a severely ill person.
Exercise Helps
Paola Grando
Prevention diminishes the possibility of getting Type II Diabetes. Daily physical activities and a better diet help for so many things. You don't need to go to a gym, just walk more. You can park your car further away from the shops, work or wherever you are going to and walk. When you can use the stairs instead of the lift or the escalator. In the evening doing 10-15 minutes of light exercise, instead of watching the TV or internet helps you physically and mentally. You don't need to make massive changes, just little ones that you can sustain before adding some more.
It's Your Diet Stupid
Christopher Lord's Insanity Fair
I have controlled hypoglycemia for 10 years with diet only. After I was diagnosed and prescribed drugs I switched to a diet of no sugar and no flour and very few other carbohydrates and it just went away.
I had been prescribed drugs but stopped taking them. At least in my case I don't believe that I now have Type II Diabetes. The hypoglycemia is a symptom, along with high blood pressure and obesity, of 'metabolic syndrome.' Treating the individual elements separately does not really work, and only serves to maximize the profits of the drug manufacturers. Intermittent fasting, exercise and a controlled diet are the answer but I appreciate it is difficult for many people.
I live in France and when I suggest to people that I meet who tell me they are diabetic that they should stop eating bread they look at me like I am crazy.
Follow the Money
ponkacbg1969
Just imagine you have a store and tell your clients 'If you buy this product you will never be hungry again'. You buy a product and never come back to buy again. Do you think that would last long?
The pharmaceutical industry won't create a product that will keep you healthy for good. They need a clientele that will keep coming back for more. As many mentioned already in the comments it is so difficult for people to get rid of processed foods from their diet. So they choose to swallow a pill or take a shot. They accept that Type II Diabetes is a lifestyle disease.
Type II Diabetes is nothing you could not regulate on your own. But you are made to believe that only the pharmaceutical "treatment" is what's gonna make you better. It's a scam in plain sight.
Reversal of Type II Diabetes
highrzr
The saddest thing for Type II Diabetes is it's just carbohydrate intolerance\carbohydrate toxicity. Eliminating all of the processed carbs and sugars from your diet can lead you to reversing Type II Diabetes. It's more effective than any of the drugs and it's really that simple. I know because I did it. My A1c went from 9.8% to 5.1% and I'm off all the diabetic medications.
Jo Brown
Thankfully when I was diagnosed with diabetes in Oct 2021 I did my own research and discovered low carb. Without any drugs or fasting in only 3 months I got my A1c down from 7.0 to 5.2. My blood pressure is normal; I'm only taking a very low dose of BP medication at this time but expect to be able to stop it soon. I've lost a lot of weight without trying, my cholesterol numbers have improved. I don't go hungry; I no longer get "hangry" and can delay eating for several hours if needed after I start getting hungry without getting the shakes. My boss managed to do the same thing going from A1c of 10.8 to 5.5.
Type II Diabetes Caused by Addiction
Val Erie
I know I have it in me to get my Type II Diabetes under control. I have been living with this for over 10 years now. The hardest was watching my dad who passed away 3 years ago from cardiac arrest. He lived with T2D for 30 plus years. All of his side of the family has it and now my generation. A life long commitment for sure. Another rewiring of the ol' brain again.
I had given up cigarettes which was the hardest, alcohol and marijuana were much easier for me. It's the rewiring that takes time. If I am going to get this under control. Each day it gets easier and after a while it just becomes the new normal everyday.
kaunas888
I reversed by Dad's Type II Diabetes by giving him a healthy high fat/low carb diet. In a few days he got off of his insulin and his meds. He also lost 21 pounds without even trying. His energy and mind improved.
Then he went back to the retirement community where he lives and his diabetes returned, because he could not stop his carb/sugar addition. Everyone in the retirement community was eating a high carbohydrate diet. Society encourages or tempts us to eat the addictive foods we like.
It is one thing to have the knowledge to conquer Type II Diabetes, it is another to be able to resist America's addictive processed food. So many people would rather die of Type II Diabetes complications than have to change their diet. The addiction and denial is that strong.
D.J. Girme
My age is 71. I have been a Type II Diabetic for the last 15 years. I was taking different tablets that is diabetic medicines to control my blood sugar levels. Even after taking medicine my average sugar levels were between 6.5 and 7. For the last 4 Years I tried a Paleo diet, Keto diet and now I am on a low carb diet.
I avoid any kind of Starchy food, no wheat products of any kind, which means no bread, millets, legumes etc. I make seed flour flatbread and eat eggs, chicken, fish, mutton, lots of veggies, salads and some fruits. Now I do not take any medicine for Type II Diabetic. My average sugar is between 5.5 and 5.7. There is a lot of literature on low carb diet on the Internet. This really works.
