Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal

by Anthony William

One other major factor is the type of food you eat. There’s a common misconception that diabetes is caused by eating a lot of foods with sugar in them. However, it’s not actually the sugar that’s the problem. It’s sugar and fat combined—mainly fat. For example, you could eat fruit all day and every day for the rest of your life and never get diabetes. (In fact, eating a lot of fruit is the most effective way to add years to your life, as I’ll explain in Chapter 20, “Fruit Fear.”) The problem is fat. Most people who consume processed foods and junk foods such as cakes, cookies, doughnuts, ice cream, and so on—or people who have a seemingly healthy main dish like chicken but follow it up with dessert—typically eat a lot of fat and a lot of sugar at the same time. While sugar that’s not attached to nutrients (e.g., that isn’t coming from fruit or vegetables) is definitely unhealthy, it’s the fat that strains your liver and pancreas. The first thing that will happen is that instant insulin