Diabetes: Crisis in Hickory Hills
Learn why Dr. Linda Ehlers, your Hickory Hills Chiropractor, recommends a comprehensive nutritional exam to help with Diabetes symptoms.
Diabetes is the 6th leading cause of death among Americans. It is the fastest growing disease in every age group. It is a silent, modern epidemic. Currently over 17 million Americans are diagnosed with some form of diabetes, while another 5 million are considered to be diabetic without their knowledge.
It is projected that 1 of 3 children born now will develop diabetes. This is tragic because most of these individuals may have been able to prevent the onset of the disease with proper awareness, diet, and exercise. |
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by elevation of fasting blood sugar or glucose. While the cause of the elevated blood glucose can be many things, chronically elevated high serum glucose levels are devastating and dangerous to the individual. Medication is often used to reduce the glucose in the blood stream to avert a crises but a very important question is: where does the glucose go when medications or insulin is used to lower the glucose? The Answer is that it gets forced into the cells of your body and the most delicate cells, mostly the eyes and kidneys, will be damaged the most.
Diet is not the only factor to consider with diabetes. Many medications cause or contribute to diabetes. Liver disease, mineral deficiencies, toxic elements, chronic infection and digestion problems may all be factors, which is why proper testing is so important.
Complications of uncontrolled blood sugar include increased risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, loss of nerve functions and amputations. We can help you slow or even reverse these potentially devastating outcomes. Objective, comprehensive evaluations can provide a different perspective in helping to determine the reasons for your uncontrolled Diabetes or need for medication. Diagnostic testing such as standardized bloodwork, biomonitoring [the practice of testing human blood, urine, or other fluids for the presence of environmental chemicals] and other tests are necessary to identify underlying conditions, nutritional deficiencies and proper diet and then retesting to determine progress and effectiveness of this program for you or you child.
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Contact us to learn more about how Dr. Linda Ehlers, your Hickory Hills Chiropractor, may be able to help with Diabetes symptoms using a comprehensive nutritional exam based on your blood, urine and hair.