I just received  press release about diabetes. It's very sad. The reason that it's so sad is because type 2 diabetes is almost always a preventable disease. From the press release:

If you have diabetes, these are some of the complications:

• heart disease
• stroke
• kidney disease
  
• blindness
  
• amputation

Now consider this:

• 24 million children and adults in the United States live with diabetes
• 57 million Americans are at risk for type 2 diabetes
• 1 out of every 3 children born today will face a future with diabetes if current trends continue

This disease is avoidable. It is a known fact that the American diet is a major contributor to type 2 diabetes.

If you have it, I certainly recommend that you read Dr. Neal Barnard's book about reversing diabetes.

Read Jack Lalane's quote below. It says it all.