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In Less than 10 years, Either You or Your Spouse Will have Diabetes

  • By 2020, 50% of Americans will be afflicted by diabetes.
  • The cost to America will be $3.35 TRILLION.
  • The direct medical bills, today at $11,700 per diabetic, will be about 10% of total healthcare spending by 2020.
  • There are 26 million diabetics in the US alone, and another 67 millions are what’s considered pre-diabetic.
  • Over 80% of prediabetics don’t even know they are at risk.

via Fooducate (and don’t forget about their iPhone app!)

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    this is some serious shit. ive watched both...my grandfathers and my uncle struggle with...
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    crazy, eh
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    This is such a scary thought… but it’s easy...see when you look around
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    Oh wow.
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