A recent drug study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (”Serious Adverse Drug Events Reported to the Food and Drug Administration, 1998-2005,” Arch Intern Med. 2007; 167(16): 1,752-1,759), reveals that over the past 8 years, the number of prescription-drug related deaths has more than doubled.

This research provides yet further proof of our warnings about the serious (even deadly) “side effects” of prescription medications. (Note that this study didn’t even examine the many other serious “side effects” of meds… only deaths.)

Even more alarming is the fact that the majority of this increase in deaths was attributed to 298 out of the 1,489 pharmaceutical drugs studied. This group of drugs accounted for 407,394 of the 467,809 events. In other words, 20% of the medications were responsible for 87% of these prescription-related deaths.

No question, this alarming research should have made front-page news…

Yet the pharmaceutical companies — nor did the FDA — made NO moves to withdraw these 298 drugs from the market… Neither did they make any attempts to make the public or media aware of the grave dangers these medications pose.

Even scarier is the fact that many top health experts concede that fewer than 10% of prescription-drug related deaths ever get reported. Some place those figures at 1%-2%. Thus, a conservative estimate would put the actual medication-related deaths at well over 1 million annually.

It would appear that the billions upon billions dollars of profit of the powerful pharmaceutical companies is more important than the lives of a “mere” million Americans each and every year…

- Trevor K. Neuman

Over the last number of decades, diabetologists had been highly optimistic that tight control of blood sugar levels would lead to greater success rates… less artery disease… lower death-rates… fewer strokes and heart attacks… less blindness and kidney failure.  Yet these hoped-for outcomes have simply not panned out.

Indeed, the situation has become alarmingly more grim.

Even much of the information and many of the guidelines offered by the major diabetes-specific organizations, such as the American Diabetes Association, have proven unhelpful in regulating glucose levels — a key component in keeping diabetes in check.

And government research funding programs have become so politicized, that the integrity of independent research has largely been destroyed.  Moreover, powerful lobby groups have become so influential, that any government grants actually achieve little in terms of practical value to suffering diabetics.

No wonder so many diabetics are becoming increasingly frustrated and disillusioned!

Unfortunately, there are now scores of online companies advertising phony “miracle” products that allegedly cure diabetes. In fact, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have just recently sent out over 200 warning letters to many of these companies.

In a October 19, 2006 press release, Margaret O’K. Glavin, the FDA’s Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, says, “We will not tolerate practices that raise false hopes and bilk consumers of precious health care dollars. Diabetes requires effective treatments and aggressive management, not bogus and unproven products.”

And Lydia Parnes, Director of FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, states: “The Internet can be a great source of information, but it also is a billboard for ads that promise miracle cures for diabetes and other serious diseases.”

Clearly, the Internet offers tons of information — Google.com lists over 90 million webpages for the keyword “diabetes”. Yet…

How Can You Distinguish All The Mis-Information From The Facts?!?

That’s where this breakthrough research website comes in. The Diabetes12.com research team collects and analyzes Diabetes Types 1 & 2 research from literally hundreds of researchers and scientists world-wide… and then summarizes the most important information in an easy-to-understand format on this website via timely blog postings.

There is often a cascade effect from drug use, resulting from both drug interactions, and the nutrient depletion they cause.

A prime example: The high blood pressure and congestive heart failure that results from the use of drugs used to lower cholesterol. Many doctors routinely put diabetics on cholesterol medication as “preventative” measure… whether their cholesterol is high or not.

Your doctor would likely then place you on anti-hypertensive (blood pressure) medication for that problem. There are several blood pressure medications, each with their own set of problems (which I’ll discuss in the future). They are often prescribed in tandem (combination) today.

Incidentally, there are over 20 brands of beta-blockers, a popular blood pressure medication, and they all just happen to deplete the very same critical nutrient CoQ10 that is also depleted by the statin (cholesterol lowering) drugs, which would just make a bad problem even worse. CoQ10 is a natural and extremely critical enzyme used in every cell of the body for energy production. We will soon be discussing the importance of CoQ10 in considerable detail.

Although the combination of many prescription medications may be very profitable for the pharma companies, it just increases the potential for side effects for the recipients.

The congestive heart failure that can also be caused by statin drugs and results in edema (fluid retention) is then treated with diuretics. The problem with the diuretics is that they remove critical vitamins and minerals along with the excess body fluids. The most critical mineral depleted is magnesium, which often results in an irregular heartbeat, for which your doctor might then recommend installing a pacemaker.

That might sound like a stretch, but that is often standard protocol for modern medicine that considers drugs and surgeries as the only available options.

Regarding the pacemaker implant to resolve a temporary mineral deficiency, my aunt Daisie is a prime example. Over 50 years ago her doctor indicated that she needed a pacemaker. When she refused, he insisted that he would no longer be her doctor unless she agreed to the implantation. Fortunately, she didn’t give in, and is still alive today at 93, and without a pacemaker!

The question remains: Just how long can we allow this obvious deception to continue?

Millions of lives were already at stake, and even millions more are now with the more aggressive measures regarding cholesterol-lowering drugs in place. We will soon experience a dramatic increase in not only strokes and heart attacks, but also kidney failures requiring dialysis or transplants (if any available kidneys can be found).

Sadly, we are not the only country having this particular problem. The following article, regarding the frustrations of doctors in Britain, was taken from an emailed issue of the McAlvany Health Alert (October 23, 2004):

The Royal College of General Practitioners has accused drug companies of “disease-mongering” in order to boost sales.

The college, whose members include many of Britain’s 37,000 GPs, says the pharmaceutical industry is taking the National Health Service to the brink of collapse by encouraging unnecessary prescribing of costly drugs.

In evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, the college accuses the companies of over-playing the dangers of conditions such as mild depression or slightly raised blood pressure.

Dr. Maureen Baker, the college’s honorary secretary, wants the Commons health inquiry to investigate the companies’ practices.

“It would be fruitful to look into the increase in disease-mongering by them,” she told The Sunday Telegraph.

“It is very much in the interest of the pharmaceutical industry to draw a line that includes as large a population as possible within the ‘ill’ category. The bigger this group is, the more drugs they can sell. If current trends continue, publicly funded health-care systems will be at risk of financial collapse with huge cost to society as a whole.”

The college lists hypertension, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression as examples of common conditions that, in mild forms, are often inappropriately treated with drugs.

Sound familiar? I can only add “Amen!” That is my sentiments also. Britain is apparently experiencing the very same problems associated with the pharmaceutical industry that we in the U.S. have been dealing with. Apparently, they are now attempting to deal with the issue head on… and the problem in this nation will not go away unless we also begin to address this critical issue.

- Dr. David W. Tanton

About 80% of diabetics suffer from a hypothyroid (low thyroid) condition. In fact, according to clinical trials done by Dr. Broda Barnes, even when many of his diabetic patients were able to stabilize their blood sugar, most of the other symptoms of diabetes wouldn’t go away until they were given effective thyroid therapy.

He also notes: “Thyroid therapy prevented complications in Dr. Eaton’s diabetic patients twenty years ago and has been preventing the same complications in my patients, diabetic and non-diabetic, for twenty-four years” (Hypothyroidism – The Unsuspected Illness, 1976, p. 227). That was in my opinion, quite an amazing discovery, with tremendous potential for diabetics.

When the thyroid is suppressed, the metabolism is reduced, requiring less sugar to be used for energy. Less glucose would obviously be required to maintain a lower-than-normal body temperature, than if the body temperature was maintained at the appropriate 98.6 degrees.

If a person were still consuming the same foods, as well as the same amount, the result would be an excess of unused sugar in the bloodstream. This would then result in increased insulin production, leading to insulin resistance, increased fat storage, and eventually Type II diabetes.

Possibly the worst combination that could contribute to obesity would be an excess of insulin (which is very efficient in storing fat), plus a deficiency of the thyroid hormone (which is responsible for fat removal), combined with an excess of unused sugar. The elevated blood sugar can be potentially dangerous, so it must be converted and stored as abdominal fat (another contributor to insulin resistance).

Modern Medicine’s Flawed Thyroid Evaluation and Treatment

Many of the symptoms associated with hypothyroidism are very similar to those associated with hypoglycemia, and both are often experienced by diabetics, with depression, mood swings, and behavioral disorders being the most common. The question is: Could these symptoms possibly be even more pronounced, when experiencing both conditions concurrently?

If that holds true (which seems logical), depression would probably be even more serious, and a prescription for an antidepressant, (or possibly an additional antidepressant), would all too often be many doctors’ solution.

There are also other symptoms associated with hypothyroidism, such as: brittle nails, dry skin and hair, low metabolism or inability to lose weight, fatigue or low motivation, headaches, fluid retention, heat or cold intolerance, as well as depression and mood swings to help identify the condition. Unfortunately, most medical doctors fail to take the time necessary to properly diagnose the underlying problem, thus a prescription for an antidepressant is all too often the typical response.

If you went to your doctor, who like most medical doctors studied traditional (allopathic) medicine, a hypothyroid condition could easily be misdiagnosed to begin with.

Standard procedure practiced by most medical doctors (even endocrinologists, who specialize in hormonal disorders such as thyroid), would rely on the standard blood test evaluating your Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and possibly T4 thyroid levels. In many cases, the TSH and T4 thyroid levels would be considered as normal, and you would thus be notified that your thyroid is not a concern (although it very well could be).

Then, even if your doctor decided that thyroid supplementation might possibly be in order, he like most allopathic doctors, would likely prescribe Synthroid™, Levothroid™ or Levoxyl™, one of the artificial forms of T4 thyroid. The problem is you are likely not experiencing a T4 thyroid deficiency, and thus your medication will seldom work, and could at times make matters even worse, by shutting down even more of the active T3 thyroid that would normally be produced by the thyroid.

Following The Money Trail…
Why Thyroid Conditions Likely Remain Unresolved

The basic problem is: A low thyroid condition can potentially lead to many different of symptoms (thirty or more), which are likely due to a reduction in the enzyme action of all 3,000 enzymes in the body.

This then opens the door for a lot of prescriptions to deal with each of the potential symptoms. One of the most common symptoms associated with a hypothyroid condition is depression, and thus unnecessary prescriptions for antidepressants.

Unfortunately, the most common class, known as SSRI antidepressants such as Prozac™, Paxil™, Zoloft™, and Celexa™, etc., stimulate the adrenals to produce the stress hormone cortisol, which actually leads to elevated blood sugar.

The SSRI antidepressants can thus not only worsen existing diabetes, but are also known to contribute to the development of diabetes in non-diabetics, from their long-term usage. That’s not the only problem, as they also contribute to another serious condition known as adrenal fatigue, which is seldom properly diagnosed by most medical doctors.

- Dr. David W. Tanton

Although most doctors’ typical resources (drugs and surgery) seldom provide an effective solution, that doesn’t necessarily hold true when the proper natural approach is taken. Just because a “disease” is considered as incurable by traditional medicine, doesn’t necessarily hold true if true when proper healing principles are applied.

Natural solutions are often so surprisingly simple that it’s difficult to believe they could possibly be effective (but they are).

Although Our Creator provided us with a very complex yet extremely efficient body, He in turn provided us with many simple solutions for maintaining its health.

Even though the various nutrients are relatively easy to use, they are actually very complex, (just like our body). Fortunately, we don’t have to fully understand their complexity in order to benefit from their use. Many herbs and plant extracts have hundreds of constituents, many that scientists are still unable to identify, although they have proven benefits.

Diabetes, particularly as it progresses, brings with it other serious health problems such as heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, etc. As you learn the root causes of diabetes, you’ll quickly discover that there are surprisingly similar underlying factors which contribute to all these other diseases.

Thus, this site is not merely about reversing your diabetes. Our goal is to also help you reverse any of those other health problems and risks that most commonly accompany this deadly disease.

According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 75% of people with diabetes die from heart disease and stroke.

I bet you didn’t know you can stop either a stroke or heart attack in a matter of minutes (sometimes seconds), and do so very easily! I learned this amazing discovery from a brilliant doctor who claimed that it worked 100s of times with his patients, and never once failed.

I also discovered some additional supplements that would provide the further benefit of rapidly increasing the delivery of oxygen to both the heart and brain. I call this the “Stroke & Heart Attack Emergency Kit” (and will write about this some time in the future).

- Dr. David W. Tanton

The problem with the vast majority of diabetes information out there, is that much of it is the same old re-hashed stuff that’s put out by the “official” diabetes sources. However, as is revealed throughout this website (with clearly-documented evidence), a substantial portion of that information is based on seriously flawed research, and out-dated theories about diabetes treatments.

Granted, a small handful of these diabetes books and resources are indeed rather good. Nonetheless, they still don’t successfully address the deep underlying issue of what actually causes diabetes in the first place. Yes, they may talk about different ways to control insulin and blood glucose levels through:

• diet and nutrition;
• exercise;
• weight loss;
• eliminating toxins;
• etc.

Yet while these are all unquestionably important factors in overcoming diabetes, they still don’t truly get to the heart of what causes this destructive disease. As a result, many diabetics who follow the advice from those books may still fail to beat diabetes.

Millions of diabetics world-wide are desperately hoping for a way to break free from the Diabetes Trap. Many have already begun to recognize the appalling truth, that most doctors have no real answers for them.

That’s why the meticulously-researched information on this website is so helpful to diabetics everywhere.

- Dr. David W. Tanton

This website not only reveals the Root Causes of diabetes, but it also addresses numerous serious health issues directly related to diabetes… such as strokes and heart attacks… high blood pressure & high cholesterol… obesity… etc.

Here, you will find many comprehensive in-depth explanations (in simple terms) about the causes of diabetes and the various related diseases.

Although poor dietary habits are an obvious contributor to diabetes (and less than optimum health), you will soon discover that in many instances, your medications are quite often the greatest concern of all. Your body immediately recognizes them as the toxic chemicals they are. Drugs are typically designed to override important bodily functions in order to suppress symptoms.

Only when we begin employing natural organic substances that our body instantly recognizes as beneficial, can true healing possibly take place.

It’s important you understand that the symptoms we may experience are an important part of our body’s communication system, (or its cries for help), and thus symptoms should never be suppressed with any drug!

If it weren’t for the pain or discomfort, how could we possibly know when a problem exists, or when it is finally resolved? If we were not somehow alerted when a concern exists, the condition would gradually continue to worsen, although we would obviously be totally unaware of the fact.

That is exactly what we are doing when we resort to symptom-suppressing drugs, which basically makes a bad condition even worse. Unfortunately, when medications suppress or mask the symptoms of our health problems, we soon forget that a problem ever existed, thus allowing the problem to continually worsen undetected.

When you take insulin or other diabetes medications to “control” your health problems related to this disease, you’re not addressing the root problem(s) that caused your diabetes in the first place. In fact, as you’ll discover very soon in this book, they actually slowly make matters worse, by blocking your body’s natural healing powers.

That’s why virtually all diabetics will progressively be prescribed more and more medications in an attempt to “control” their diabetes. It just becomes an ever-escalating (and losing) battle.

Medications are notorious for creating other uncomfortable symptoms (side effects), which normally results in one or more prescriptions for additional medications (basically the domino affect). Drugs not only create many side effects, but in the process they also deplete many important nutrients critical to our health. The more medications you are relying on, the greater the risk will be.

This site will help you eliminate these risks.

Dr. David W. Tanton

Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with diabetes a short time ago, or you’ve already suffered for years (and perhaps have had your hopes dashed too many times to count)…Ground-breaking medical research finally offers realistic hope for a cure!  Pioneering research and discoveries like:

• An obscure Canadian biotech company that has recently discovered the biggest diabetes treatment breakthrough since insulin…
• Cutting-edge Nutraceuticals that provide a safe and effective alternative to existing, mainstream medications (which are typically accompanied by risky side-effects)…
• A “space-age”, Nobel-prize winning ingredient that hardly anyone knows about… yet a small group of leading scientists and doctors can’t stop raving about because of its “immune system boost”… and health-benefits for hormones like insulin…
• Researchers conducting molecular studies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, identifying a natural compound that has a bio-active component with the potential to prevent or overcome diabetes…
• An amazing scientific discovery that jump-starts and restores the pancreas’ natural function: producing insulin…
• A “smart” drug that senses when glucose levels begin to dangerously build up, and automatically jumps into action, bringing them down again…

And these remarkable breakthroughs couldn’t be coming at a more critical time.

The American Diabetes Association puts the number of diabetics in America at 20.8 million; with another 54 million having pre-diabetes, which places them at high risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.

Worse, according to a new report from the National Institutes of Health, nearly half of American men today either have the disease, or are on the verge of developing it.

Since 1980, diabetic cases in the United States have sky-rocketed by an already alarming 47 percent, and this shocking trend is expected to go ballistic over the coming decade.

In fact, conventional medicine is describing diabetes as a pandemic that’s become out of control:

And top medical researchers are sounding the alarm bells…

In fact, the situation is so serious, even some government officials are beginning to sit up and take notice…

Yet despite the undeniable diabetes epidemic already being reported by major media…

And despite the fact that top health researchers are frantically sounding the alarm…

And despite even government officials admitting there’s a massive problem…

And despite all the wake-up calls such as this one…

…are you prepared to take that risk… and WAIT for the government to get their act together, to actually DO something about this crisis situation?!

We all know how sluggishly government funding programs trudge along — it would take years, or even longer, if one waits for them.

And when it comes to your health, I’m sure you’re not willing to wait that long…

Especially when there are highly effective solutions available right NOW. Learn more about this breakthrough diabetes research here: Escaping The Diabetes Trap.