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In reply to the discussion: Sweden Becomes First Western Nation to Reject Low-fat Diet Dogma in Favor of LCHF [View all]supernova
(39,346 posts)Statistics from The American Diabetes Association:
Data from the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet (released Jan. 26, 2011)
Total prevalence of diabetes
Total: 25.8 million children and adults in the United States8.3% of the populationhave diabetes.
Diagnosed: 18.8 million people
Undiagnosed: 7.0 million people
Prediabetes: 79 million people*
New Cases: 1.9 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older in 2010.
* In contrast to the 2007 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, which used fasting glucose data to estimate undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes, the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet uses both fasting glucose and A1C levels to derive estimates for undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes. These tests were chosen because they are most frequently used in clinical practice.
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/diabetes-statistics/?loc=DropDownDB-stats
So no, eating for blood glucose control and to prevent inflammation leading to diabetes and heart disease, is not an "outlier" experience. At least it shouldn't be. I would not call nearly 80 million, just shy of 1/3 of the American population, "outliers." By the way, "prediabetes" also goes by the names "metabolic syndrome," "syndrome X," Who knows how many of the uninsured are walking around undiagnosed?