As I was browsing on the net today, I came across an article about Diabetic in Malaysia.The obesity epidemic has created a generation of children and teens who have type 2 diabetes, and a new study hints that the solution to this problem is not going to come easily. Because type 2 diabetes among children is a recent development, many treatment decisions have relied on what is known about adults with type 2 diabetes. In order to cure their sickness, diabetes drugs metformin and Avandia proved more effective than metformin alone or metformin plus lifestyle changes for keeping blood sugar at normal levels. Still, the combination failed to help most of the patients who took it.Below is a picture of metformin and avandia.
Metformin
want to know more about metformin please go to this link http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a696005.html
Avandia
want to know more about metformin please go to this link
This is an average follow-up of nearly four years after taking these medication:
In an editorial published along with the study, Allen argues that efforts to teach children to make healthy lifestyle choices is influenced by the environment they live in.
"Fifty years ago, children did not avoid obesity by making healthy choices; they simply lived in an environment that provided fewer calories and included more physical activity for all," he writes. "Until a healthier 'eat less, move more' environment is created for today's children, lifestyle interventions like that in (this) study will fail."
After reading the article it makes me wonder, what will happen if stevia was introduced to us earlier? Will there be any type 2 diabetics in the world?? I dont know. But one thing that I' m sure of is that it would have make the world a better place for us to live in.
Sugar?? Stevia?? U decide.
Food for thought
