| Insulin resistance affects over 60 million | | | | million. This means that you or someone you |
| Americans. Type 2 Diabetes will occur in one | | | | care about may already have Type 2 |
| out of four of these people.Insulin | | | | Diabetes.You may be developing Type 2 |
| resistance occurs when the body fails to | | | | Diabetes if you are :-Aging-Eating an |
| respond in a proper way to the insulin that | | | | unhealthy diet-Living a non-active |
| the pancreas is already producing. The cells | | | | lifestyle-Overweight.Type 2 Diabetes can |
| throughout the body become resistant to the | | | | occur at any age. Early detection and |
| insulin manufactured by the pancreas, making | | | | intervention are essential to the control and |
| it more difficult for the glucose (sugar) to | | | | prevention of complications.Dr. Messina |
| enter the cells, thereby causing elevated | | | | became a Board Certified Family Practitioner |
| glucose levels in the bloodstream. | | | | in 1985. He was in solo practice until |
| Researchers have not yet discovered the cause | | | | 1994.He then helped form a group Family |
| of Type 2 Diabetes or of insulin | | | | Practice in which he served as Vice |
| resistance.Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes: | | | | President.He left group practice in 1997 and |
| :-Family History of Diabetes-Obesity-Physical | | | | became the Medical Director of a Wellness |
| Inactivity-Older Age-Race (Especially Black, | | | | Center. He was responsible for coordinating |
| Hispanic, and American Indian) Type 2 | | | | the efforts of nutritionists, acupuncturists, |
| Diabetes Symptoms:-Excessive Thirst-Excessive | | | | massage therapists, exercise physiologists, |
| Urination-Excessive Hunger-Unexplained Weight | | | | and Chinese medicine practitioners into |
| Loss-Slow Healing Sores-Dry and Itchy | | | | integrated medical care plans that were |
| Skin-Loss of Feeling in the Feet-Tingling in | | | | individualized to the patient.He became the |
| the Feet-Blurry VisionType 2 Diabetes is | | | | Medical Director of an independent clinical |
| associated with increased risk for :-Heart | | | | research facility in 2000. He has been the |
| Disease-Stroke-Kidney Disease-Blindness-Limb | | | | Principal Investigator in over 50 clinical |
| AmputationThe World Health Organization | | | | trials involving osteoarthritis, diabetes, |
| stated that there is an apparent epidemic of | | | | hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, chronic |
| Type 2 Diabetes that is strongly related to | | | | pain, depression, anxiety, dry eye, migraine, |
| lifestyle and economic change. Over the next | | | | and diabetes prevention.He has served as |
| decade the projected number of diabetics will | | | | consultant to a nutritional company, and has |
| exceed 200 million, possibly reaching 250 | | | | formulated nutritional supplements.Visit Dr. |