I've completely overhauled my diet as well. I'd still like to do more, but the primary thing I've done is cut way back on all carbs. I thought I was eating healthy before with all my whole grains, beans, rice etc..., but I was wearing out my pancreas with all that carb "goodness." It was a horribly difficult change at first, but I've adjusted.

If any good has become of my SFN, I've hopefully taken myself off the path to diabetes. The latest stats on the disease in the U.S. are sobering.

Prediabetes

- 37% of U.S. adults aged 20 years or older have prediabetes
- Only 11.1% of Americans with prediabetes have been told they have it

Diabetes

- 29.1 million Americans, 9.3% of the population, have diabetes
- 8.1 million Americans have undiagnosed diabetes (27.8% of diabetes is undiagnosed)

http://professional.diabetes.org/adm...cts_3-2015.pdf

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