Insulin Doubles Death Rate in Type 2 Diabetics: Studyselfnews Post It seems so intuitive: People with diabetes should inject insulin. In the case of people with type 1 diabetes, in which the pancreas doesnt produce insulin, thats probably true. However, modern doctors routinely give insulin to people with type 2 diabetes simply because it reduces blood sugar levels. When sugar levels can be reduce by a healthy diet and utilizing something like Dexcoms diabetes monitor. The reality, though, is that type 2 diabetics who take insulin injections die at more than double the rate of those given non-insulin treatment! The Study The study, Mortality and Other Important Diabetes-Related Outcomes With Insulin vs Other Antihyperglycemic Therapies in Type 2 Diabetes, investigated 84,622 primary care patients with type 2 diabetes from 2000 to 2010 and compared the results of these treatments: These groups were compared for risks of certain severe adverse events: cardiac, cancer, and mortality. A primary outcome was defined as any one of these events occurring, but each such event was counted only once and only if it was the first adverse result. Any one of these events happening at any time, plus microvascular complications, counted as a secondary outcome. The results were dramatic. Those on Metformin therapy had the lowest death rates, so that group was used as the reference. In terms of primary outcome that is, consideration of first adverse events only: When considering any of these events happening, whether they were the first event or a subsequent one, the results were even more dramatic: Medical Hubris Modern medicines hubris allows it to make claims that simply are not supported. Based on those unsupported claims, thousandsand in the case of diabetes, millionsof people are placed on drugs and regimens that have never been demonstrated to have any beneficial effect. The result is that the general public becomes a mass of guinea pigs for medical experimentationexperimentation that isnt even documented and analyzed! The use of insulin in type 2 diabetics is only one example, but its been clearly demonstrated again and again with disasters like Vioxx. Redirection to Markers The method by which these treatments are justified is a little redirection away from what really counts. What matters is whether lives are improved and lengthened. But drugs are rarely tested on that basis. The excuse generally given is that it would take too long. But if that were a valid explanation, then surely wed see the regulating agencies keeping careful and formal oversight over the experiences of all new drugs for the first few years of use. That, though, simply doesnt happen. Instead of looking at the outcomes that matter, substitutes are used. Theyre called markers, which are intermediate results that are assumed to be indicative of benefit. In the case of insulin, the marker is blood sugar level. Insulin is required to transport glucose (blood sugar) into cells so that they can produce energy. Thus, insulin reduces blood sugar levels. If artificial pharmaceutical insulin brings blood sugar to more normal levels, then the treatment is considered successful. Invalid Markers As this study has demonstrated, markers are simply not a valid way to determine effectiveness of a treatment. In type 2 diabetes, the problem isnt a lack of ability to produce insulin; neither is it high blood glucose. The problem is the cells ability to utilize insulin to transport glucose from blood into cells. The problem is that cells ability to use insulin has deteriorated. So, how can it be beneficial to give more insulin when cells are unable to utilize whats already there? Clearly, thats counterproductive. Yet, thats precisely what doctors do! They give insulin to replace insulin, when a lack of insulin isnt the problem! It should come as no surprise that the real concerns of anyone being treated for diabetes are not answered by insulin treatment. As this study has demonstrated, forcing insulin into the body actually results in worse outcomes. How many decades has this treatment been in vogue? All that time its been justified because it reduces blood sugar. But the effects that countquality of life and longevityhavent been considered. Theres one lesson to be learned here: Health isnt found in pharmaceutical drugs, not even old tried-and-true drugs. Resources Heidi Stevenson is Allopathys Gadfly. Shes an iatrogenic survivor whose prior career in computer science, research, and writing was lost as a result. She has turned her skills towards exposing the modern medical scam and the politics surrounding it, along with providing information about the effectiveness of much alternative medicine, without which she would not be here today acting as Allopathys Gadfly. Find her work on GaiaHealth.com This article first appeared here on GreenMedInfo.com 