Healthy People 2010 Objectives (fwd)

[Laura Larsson]

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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 08:59:35 -0400 (EDT)
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Dear listeners! I agree that eating disorders should be addressed but I
believe one way to do that may be to target type two diabetes for
nutriton therapy. I have been investigating the treatment of type 2
diabetics for 4 years now and things do not seem much better from when I
startd in practice.
 The new
pharmceuticals are being prescribed and diet and exercise are still not
made to be important to the patient. These are recommended as the corner
stone of diabetic treatment. However, I do not see that in practice. The
agic bullet of the pill or shot is still the corner stone of diabetic
treatment in today's medical practice. 

I may be more productive to address this topic than the behaviors that
many times result in high blood sugars. This would not address every
maladaptive eating behavior but it would provide  results cannot be
argued. Many stuudies have show that diet and exercise should be the
corner stone of diabetic treatment. Quantitative measures of blood sugar 
and blood lipids are incontestible evidence. It is simple. Healthful diet
and
exercise reduces high blood sugar and nutrition therapy is effective. 

 A strong argument
can be made to promote healthful eating for diabetics through nutritional
therapy by a registered dietitian.In        
the process of nutritional therapy for diabetics ,
the dietitan usually treats eating disorders as well. Let's take a very
strong stance on the issue of recommening nutritional therapy as a regular
perscription for the type 2 diabetic not just a one or two shot deal. Let
use put dietitians in charge of patient care instead of the status quo
which is not working. Imagine, a tupe 2 diabetic patient population whose
medication is ancillary to healthful diet
and exercise.