Where I live, poor people DO have access to healthy food. But they often*choose* not to use those programs in favor of eating cheap fast food. They *choose* this lifestyle, and then we have to pick up the pieces after they fall ill. It IS possible to eat healthy for less.

It’s not right.

Since when does healthy food cost more in ALL cases? This is a myth that always seems to reappear so people can whine that they have no choice but to eat chips for dinner. People have the CHOICE to buy crap or buy healthy stuff.

I’m going to assume there was a typo, and the bread is question was “whole wheat”, not “wheat”. ALL commercial bread is made from wheat, with the exception of speciality gluten free rice bread. Since when is bulk brown rice, bulk plain oats, canned tuna, canned beans, bagged frozen veggies, bulk lentils and other pulses,low fat milk, etc. “expensive”?!

These people are probably looking for processed “diet” foods instead of using their brain. They obviously don’t WANT to eat healthy, or need to take a remedial nutrition course. It is no wonder that most of the workd sees Americans as dumb. Filled with poor ghettos, minories, and soaring Type 2 diabetes rates.

The fact is, I bet 90% of these Type 2 diabetics would not even HAVE the disease or have any trouble managing it enough to NEED medication and frequent testing if only they ate a healthy diet and exercised.

It’s really that simple in most cases.

Sorry for the rant, but adding more drugs, devices, and other such complications to diabetes care is NOT a viable solution for these people. If a person cannot understand basic nutrition or label reading, how to you expect them to manage adjusting medication to glucometer results? Come on now.

1.) Poor people on Welfare should be given food stamps that can only be used for healthy food. No food money cheques. Period. I have seen so many poor people with $150 Nike running shoes eating McDonalds it’s ridiculous.

2.) Low income working poor should get tax rebates for all receipts of healthy food purchases, or some sort of program similar to above.

3.) All diabetics should have a mandatory education plan, and those who do not follow through without a great reason should not receive any healthcare. Why should tax dollars go into a program that people will not follow? Let them die if they refuse to help themselves. Survival of the fittest has turned into helping the weak survive and reproduce as much as possible. Now our current generation of children is having heart atacks in their 30′s because of the Type 2 diabetes and obesity epidemic…

No one ever handed me anything. And I can assure you that my life is hard. But those who survive do it because they are smart and determined. Again, how much can we baby people who are too slow or refusing to help themselves? Should we put them in special ed programs or jails?!

Hurried doctors: Thank Medicare for that.

Money is indeed a problem for many people. But sometimes it’s not the question of $50 for meds or $50 for the kids’ shoes — I see too many people who complain about a copay (or worse, about the $4 Walmart charges for most generics) while smoking and talking on the cell phone.

Cheers,
Felix.

I’m sometimes surprised at the lack of knowledge that other diabetics have. Where I live, newly-diagnosed diabetics are referred to diabetes educators by their doctors. I met with them several times over the first several months after my diagnosis, and they made sure I was well-versed in every single aspect of managing my Type 2 diabetes. They made sure to let me know that they were only a phone call away after the education was over, should I have any questions. I feel blessed to have been given that good start in learning how to manage this often confusing condition.