Summary: Mark-John Clifford is the featured guest on this week’s episode of the Carbohydrates Can Kill Show with Robert Su, MD. Welcome back! When I was a pharmacy and medical student during 1960’s, diabetes mellitus (DM) was a disease only found in about 5% of the US population. In 2007, 10.7% of it, aged 20 years or older was diagnosed with DM,. During the same period, 23.1% of it aged 60 years or older had DM. The total medical cost related to DM was 174 billion dollars for 2007. The rate for new cases of DM has increased rapidly each year. Worse of all, many people do not realize that they have developed DM, until their incidental blood and urine tests yield abnormal readings of sugars. By the time, when DM is diagnosed many of them have already developed other diseases, which are a result of hyperglycemia. If they had conducted semiannual or annual serial blood sugar tests, they would have found the mass of the insulin producing pancreatic beta cells is shrunk and could have restricted carbohydrates for preventing them from becoming DM. Mark-John did not know he was a diabetic even for a good while after he suffered from coronary artery syndrome. Worst of all, he could not improve his health conditions based on the ill dietary advices by the medical establishment. He finally had to do his own research and changed his dietary style for controlling his DM. With his terrible personal experience, he has initiated a crusade to raise public awareness of DM and its prevention. Do not miss this very revealing interview with Mark-John about Diabetes Mellitus. Web: https://1diseaseworldvoice.org
