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Lowering Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes Lowers Risk of Eye Damage

By Dietdoctor @DietDoctor1
Lowering Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes Lowers Risk of Eye Damage

Lowering blood glucose in type 2 diabetes using medications dramatically lowers risk of eye damage (diabetic retinopathy), according to a new study:

Health Central: How You Can Cut Your Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy Diabetes Journals: Persistent Effects of Intensive Glycemic Control on Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes

By keeping your blood glucose in check with medications, you can cut your risk of getting eye complications by half. The only tiny problem is that the study (ACCORD) also showed that the drugs increased mortality. That is, they killed more people than they saved.

Is there a better way than using drugs? For example, normalizing blood glucose using a simple dietary change? If so that would be fantastic.

Fortunately it's likely to be quite possible. Check out the links below.


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