Even then many are not tested for diabetes, though the statistics indicate they obviously should be.

No tape measure, try the pinch your belly; if you can pinch an inch, you are at increased risk and should get a blood test called HBA1C.

  You also want to test your Triglycerides, because having high blood levels of triglycerides is a bad result you need to be aware of, that is also tied to diabetes.

We tell you that this all comes from one basic problem, your blood sugar rises too high because your food intake converts to blood sugar too fast.
Nothing wrong with you or your body defense parts, likely working fine. This causes your pancreas to release insulin in large quantities to try to dispose of and convert some of this high surplus blood sugar to triglycerides, which are poured into your bloodstream.

Understand that insulin is your bodies ONLY fat making hormone and turning high sugar into fat cells is just ONE of the ways it uses to dispose of high sugar.

This is a long story and an ongoing battle for kidneys, liver etc. all trying to keep from drowning in overly high blood sugar. You body in self defense to keep damage from drowning in sugar to a minimum produces very high blood levels of insulin which is your bodies defense to control high sugar levels.

So high levels of insulin by your body to try to control high blood sugar damage, actually constricts arteries, which is what raises blood pressure, so many people who have high blood pressure are also unknowingly pre-diabetic or full bore unaware diabetics.

High insulin levels constrict the arteries leading to your heart which "surprise" causes heart attacks directly.

You might think people with insulin resistance (diabetes) have a big increase in chances of dying because of high blood sugar damage.

They are more likely to be disabled by diabetes high blood sugar which is referred to as "diabetes complications," but It is the high blood glucose causing high insulin production however, that is the real cause of heart attacks, strokes and cardio vascular illness in general.

> High levels of insulin also cause clotting to increase your risk for heart attacks.

Therefore, not only to avoid diabetes and diabetes complications, be aware that to avoid heart heart attacks and the other "high insulin damages" you need to avoid sugar and flour, and other foods (high glycemic) (raise blood sugar rapidly) that cause a sudden rush of "peaks: of high blood sugar.

This then is further emphasis on the need to understand and fix immediately western diet food intake problem damages that has resulted in the obesity and diabetes epidemics.

Both epidemics caused entirely by "high sugar peaks," and the high insulin production you body makes to control it.

Latest figures are that 25% of the U.S. population is considered obese, while over 70% of Americans are considered overweight. (fat).

These rapidly rising obesity rates, duplicated almost exactly in a rise in diabetes, began their sudden rise at the very time the government and health authorities told us we must cut fat consumption and "eat low-fat," and the "low fat" myth began.

The resulting explosion of increased sugar consumption resulting, affected not only obesity, but also of related diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. (all sharp rises)