Ask Dr Sears
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Ask Dr Sears is the trusted resource for parents
MENUMENU
  • Pregnancy & Childbirth
  • Feeding & Eating
  • Parenting & Behavior
  • Health Concerns
  • A to Z Topics
  • Blog
  • Books
  • About Us
  • Wellness Institute
  • Home
  • Topics
  • Feeding & Eating
  • Family Nutrition
  • Family Diabetes

Family Diabetes

family-diabetes

The Onset of Family Diabetes

Does your family suffer from family diabetes? The headline of the March 10, 2016, Los Angeles Times read: “Almost Half in the State are at Risk for Diabetes.”

While we have always thought that those “granola-fed Californians” are a bunch of health food nuts, researchers from UCLA have recently determined that 55 percent of California adults either have diabetes or pre-diabetes. This reminds me of a startling statistic from the Centers for Disease Control in 2000 in which health experts predicted:

Become a Dr. Sears Certified Health Coach

Unless American families change the way they eat and live, one-third of American children are destined to become diabetic.

Unfortunately and unhealthfully, this prediction is coming true.

Parents, we have a problem.  Imagine your child having a 33 to 50 percent chance of later becoming diabetic.

Traveling While Training

Parents, we also have a solution.  Around 90 percent of children with “diabetes” have type II diabetes, the most preventable type.  While type I diabetes is mostly genetic, type II diabetes is nearly completely due to diet and lifestyle.  Kids eat too much junk food and they sit too much.

Related Articles

  • Prevent Family Diabetes with Real Food
  • Standard American Diet (SAD)
  • Top Family Foods

My remedy is the same that the most trusted “physician,” Dr. Mom, said years ago: “Eat more fruits, vegetables, and seafood, and go outside and play.”

Dr Poo: The Scoop on Comfortable Poop

How to Prevent Diabetes

What is the prevent-diabetes diet?  Very simply, the real food diet – eat outside out of the box. Avoid chemically colored, flavored, and sweetened foods.  It’s as simple as that.  Also, white-out your diet: white pasta, white rice, white bread.  And, again, do what Dr. Mom said: “Put more color on your plate.”

As a reminder for parents to keep their children, especially their pre-diabetic children, from going on to develop diabetes, at the checkout counter in my office I have three big soda bottles re-labeled: “Diabetes in a bottle.” They get the point.

(Read more in our Family Nutrition section here.)


March 25, 2016 April 27, 2016 Dr. Bill Sears
Become a Dr. Sears Certified Health Coach
regular girl prebiotic fiber and probiotic blend for healthy natural balance

Juice Plus+ - The next best thing to fruits and vegetables.

Vital Choice

About Ask Dr. Sears

AskDrSears.com is intended to help parents become better informed consumers of health care. The information presented in this site gives general advice on parenting and health care. Always consult your doctor for your individual needs.

Recent Articles

  • Timeframe for Nursing Baby to Sleep
    Timeframe for Nursing Baby to SleepDecember 10, 20190
  • Tips for Baby Sleep Challenges
    Tips for Baby Sleep ChallengesDecember 5, 20190
  • Benefits of a Doula
    Benefits of a DoulaDecember 3, 20190

Resources

  • Sears Parenting Library
  • Dr. Sears Family Newsletter
  • Dr. Sears Wellness Institute
  • Prime-Time Health

Connect

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • support@askdrsears.com
  • Contact Ask Dr Sears
  • About Ask Dr Sears
  • About Dr. William Sears
  • Dr. Sears Wellness Institute
  • Media Relations Information

© 2019 AskDrSears.com All Rights Reserved.