A diet that fights type II diabetes!

If you are obese or have a family member that was diagnosed with type II diabetes, The Lunch Box Diet may be able to help you.

You are certainly not alone.  As a matter of fact, the number of type II diabetes cases is expected to increase 50% over the next 30 years in Great Britain.  An estimated 5.2 million Americans have type II diabetes without even realising it.  Australians are expected to have a 72 % increase in cases over the next 30 years and Mexico can expect an alarming 184% increase in cases! 

Now, depending on the seriousness of your type II diabetes and whether or not you’ve been prescribed insulin, you should always check with your physician before starting a new diet or deviating from a plan that was set up by your dietician.  That being said, keep reading because I think you’ll find that you should at the very least bring the The Lunch Box Diet plan to your physician and see what he or she thinks.

Especially if you are looking to lower your risk of developing type II diabetes, The Lunch Box Diet may be just the thing for you to try. 

The risk of developing type II diabetes increases madly when poor diet and lack of exercise has made you overweight or obese.  The risk is increased even more if you have a primary family member who was diagnosed with type II diabetes.

In type II diabetes, the pancreas does produce small amounts of insulin, but not enough to do its job.  Insulin is sort of like a key that unlocks the door for glucose in the bloodstream to be transferred into the cells and used for energy.  As well, the cells may be resistant to the insulin in type II diabetes. 

The problem with type II diabetes is that because appropriate amounts of glucose cannot get out of the blood and into the cells, the blood becomes thick and sticky.  At this point, all sorts of adverse effects begin to take place:  clogged arteries leading to MI, stroke & aneurisms; kidney failure; blindness; limb amputation; nerve damage.

One contributing factor to type II diabetes may be the person’s inability to perceive sweet tastes.  This may be genetic, but more and more scientists agree that it’s a side effect of our diets that are extremely high in sugar. 

Here are a list of the major benefits of the Lunch Box Diet as it relates to the prevention, management and improvement of type II diabetes.

1. Weight Loss:  proven to help people lose weight
2. Foods in The Lunch Box Diet have a low glycemic index (they are not converted to glucose as quickly as foods with a high glycemic index)
3. High in antioxidants
4. Low in saturated fat and devoid of trans fat
5. Low in sugar
6. High in fibre
7. Offers a plan to retrain the taste buds
8. Small amounts of food are eaten throughout the day to maintain appropriate blood sugar levels and counteract overeating
9. Encourages exercise which can offset many of the side effects of type II diabetes 

So now that you know that The Lunch Box Diet is the number one choice for those with type II diabetes plus to help manage and prevent the cause, isn’t it time you got started?