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More than 100 million Americans have diabetes or are prediabetic[1]. The current scientific literature in cardiology suggests that insulin resistance is a key d
by tsdlts 6y ago
More than 100 million Americans have diabetes or are prediabetic[1]. The current scientific literature in cardiology suggests that insulin resistance is a key driver of cardiovascular disease[2]. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.(outside of COVID for this year). You're right, the fact that there's no outcry about any of this is a shame, and really any effort to regulate this here is going to be met with a lot of resistance.
1. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-diabetes-statistics-report.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-d...
2. https://cardiab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12933-018-0762-4 https://cardiab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12933-01...