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The Diabetes Solution

A group of families and doctors reveal a corporate cover-up in exposing the truth about Diabetes management, in this seminal documentary about the disease.

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John Lombardy Beckham

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Passion River Films

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These guidelines were given
to hospitals and physicians - The Diabetes Solution

These guidelines were given to hospitals and physicians

It's the guiding force behind
how people with diabetes - The Diabetes Solution

It's the guiding force behind how people with diabetes

The American Diabetes
Association is the preeminent - The Diabetes Solution

The American Diabetes Association is the preeminent

Through research from
various organizations, - The Diabetes Solution

Through research from various organizations,

Who, in turn, give them to
their patients with diabetes, - The Diabetes Solution

Who, in turn, give them to their patients with diabetes,

The largest of these
donors, ironically - The Diabetes Solution

The largest of these donors, ironically

No one has betrayed diabetics
more than the American Diabetes - The Diabetes Solution

No one has betrayed diabetics more than the American Diabete...

It's safe to say that
the American Diabetes - The Diabetes Solution

It's safe to say that the American Diabetes

They get millions of dollars
a year from multiple big food - The Diabetes Solution

They get millions of dollars a year from multiple big food

In order to keep
the large donors - The Diabetes Solution

In order to keep the large donors

And the diabetics are
the one ultimately - The Diabetes Solution

And the diabetics are the one ultimately

And, I mean, there
just aren't words - The Diabetes Solution

And, I mean, there just aren't words

[YELLING] - The Diabetes Solution

[BLOWING] - The Diabetes Solution

I was about ready to turn 18. - The Diabetes Solution

I was about ready to turn 18.

And I thought that the freshman
15 was totally a fallacy. - The Diabetes Solution

And I thought that the freshman 15 was totally a fallacy.

I could eat anything I wanted,
drink anything I wanted, - The Diabetes Solution

I could eat anything I wanted, drink anything I wanted,

Finally, somebody said,
you look like death. - The Diabetes Solution

Finally, somebody said, you look like death.

From diagnosis through pretty
much when I graduated from high - The Diabetes Solution

From diagnosis through pretty much when I graduated from hig...

And I-- - The Diabetes Solution

The roller coasters that
you see on CGM graphs now. - The Diabetes Solution

The roller coasters that you see on CGM graphs now.

We didn't have CGMs
back then, but that's - The Diabetes Solution

We didn't have CGMs back then, but that's

And I didn't-- I just
didn't feel good. - The Diabetes Solution

And I didn't-- I just didn't feel good.

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By the time I had
my fourth child, - The Diabetes Solution

By the time I had my fourth child,

I started noticing my
health deteriorating. - The Diabetes Solution

I started noticing my health deteriorating.

I feel like my pancreas was
sputtering at that point. - The Diabetes Solution

I feel like my pancreas was sputtering at that point.

So sometimes it would work,
and sometimes it wouldn't. - The Diabetes Solution

So sometimes it would work, and sometimes it wouldn't.

And I also have
gastroparesis, which - The Diabetes Solution

And I also have gastroparesis, which

I have trouble
controlling my bowels. - The Diabetes Solution

I have trouble controlling my bowels.

And then about seven years
ago for Mother's Day, - The Diabetes Solution

And then about seven years ago for Mother's Day,

It was infected lots
and lots of times. - The Diabetes Solution

It was infected lots and lots of times.

Why do they make
bathroom tiles white? - The Diabetes Solution

Why do they make bathroom tiles white?

I was always leaving
little red footprints. - The Diabetes Solution

I was always leaving little red footprints.

Because it would open
up, and I would bleed. - The Diabetes Solution

Because it would open up, and I would bleed.

I was told that blood glucose
of up to 180 was perfectly fine. - The Diabetes Solution

I was told that blood glucose of up to 180 was perfectly fin...

Every complication I have
was simmering and developing - The Diabetes Solution

Every complication I have was simmering and developing

Because that's too high. - The Diabetes Solution

Because that's too high.

I was told to not have
a lot of red meat. - The Diabetes Solution

I was told to not have a lot of red meat.

And to otherwise
just count my carbs - The Diabetes Solution

And to otherwise just count my carbs

I wasn't given a specific diet. - The Diabetes Solution

I wasn't given a specific diet.

Just told to inject and test. - The Diabetes Solution

Just told to inject and test.

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A dramatic evidence
of the suddenness - The Diabetes Solution

A dramatic evidence of the suddenness

The heart attack of President
Dwight Eisenhower in 1955 would - The Diabetes Solution

The heart attack of President Dwight Eisenhower in 1955 woul...

With a general rise in heart
attacks throughout the country - The Diabetes Solution

With a general rise in heart attacks throughout the country

One physiologist, Ansel Keys,
declared that saturated fats - The Diabetes Solution

One physiologist, Ansel Keys, declared that saturated fats

Even though his
scientific methods - The Diabetes Solution

Even though his scientific methods

The American Heart
Association then - The Diabetes Solution

The American Heart Association then

Which led to the food
pyramid, a recommendation - The Diabetes Solution

Which led to the food pyramid, a recommendation

I think the fundamental
problem is that the doctors are - The Diabetes Solution

I think the fundamental problem is that the doctors are

These myths have persisted
for many decades now. - The Diabetes Solution

These myths have persisted for many decades now.

Really during that time from
my diagnosis in 1977 through - The Diabetes Solution

Really during that time from my diagnosis in 1977 through

And that's when all the carbo
was starting to be pushed - The Diabetes Solution

And that's when all the carbo was starting to be pushed

Basically, it was OK to eat
bread or rice or this or that. - The Diabetes Solution

Basically, it was OK to eat bread or rice or this or that.

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Now, the FDA has determined
the scientific link - The Diabetes Solution

Now, the FDA has determined the scientific link

The connection between
diet and health - The Diabetes Solution

The connection between diet and health

But to make the
link even clearer, - The Diabetes Solution

But to make the link even clearer,

At its base are foods
like breads and pastas, - The Diabetes Solution

At its base are foods like breads and pastas,

Foods that should
be eaten sparingly, - The Diabetes Solution

Foods that should be eaten sparingly,

Mathematically, if you look
at the food pyramid and if you - The Diabetes Solution

Mathematically, if you look at the food pyramid and if you

So there's only one place to
go to fill those caloric needs, - The Diabetes Solution

So there's only one place to go to fill those caloric n...

I would either first
skyrocket and then probably - The Diabetes Solution

I would either first skyrocket and then probably

Or reverse-- I would
crash first and then eat - The Diabetes Solution

Or reverse-- I would crash first and then eat

The day that
Brooklyn was diagnosed, - The Diabetes Solution

The day that Brooklyn was diagnosed,

She started vomiting on our
17-hour trip down there. - The Diabetes Solution

She started vomiting on our 17-hour trip down there.

We just assumed it was
car sickness or the flu, - The Diabetes Solution

We just assumed it was car sickness or the flu,

[CHEERING] - The Diabetes Solution

I grab her underneath
her-- (SIGHS) - The Diabetes Solution

I grab her underneath her-- (SIGHS)

Had we not gotten Brooklyn
to the ER when we did, - The Diabetes Solution

Had we not gotten Brooklyn to the ER when we did,

[MUSIC PLAYING] - The Diabetes Solution

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They're hitting
her with insulin, - The Diabetes Solution

They're hitting her with insulin,

But yet, the insulin drip is
not keeping her blood sugar down - The Diabetes Solution

But yet, the insulin drip is not keeping her blood sugar dow...

When they moved us out
of ICU into a regular room, - The Diabetes Solution

When they moved us out of ICU into a regular room,

It was a personal
pepperoni pizza, - The Diabetes Solution

It was a personal pepperoni pizza,

The second meal
that they brought - The Diabetes Solution

The second meal that they brought

Then after that was a grilled
cheese, mashed potatoes, - The Diabetes Solution

Then after that was a grilled cheese, mashed potatoes,

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If you're feeding a ton
of carbohydrate food, - The Diabetes Solution

If you're feeding a ton of carbohydrate food,

Carbohydrate is the most
potent determiner of your blood - The Diabetes Solution

Carbohydrate is the most potent determiner of your blood

OK, if you have type 1 or
your kids have type 1-- - The Diabetes Solution

OK, if you have type 1 or your kids have type 1--

The patient asks the doctor,
aren't the complications - The Diabetes Solution

The patient asks the doctor, aren't the complications

It doesn't make sense, but
you're in the state of, - The Diabetes Solution

It doesn't make sense, but you're in the state of,

So it doesn't make sense, but
you don't know what's going on. - The Diabetes Solution

So it doesn't make sense, but you don't know what&...

Why would we pump our kids
full of food that challenges - The Diabetes Solution

Why would we pump our kids full of food that challenges

I have friends who
have severe nut allergies. - The Diabetes Solution

I have friends who have severe nut allergies.

They would never dream
of going near nuts. - The Diabetes Solution

They would never dream of going near nuts.

My daughter is essentially
allergic to carbs. - The Diabetes Solution

My daughter is essentially allergic to carbs.

She cannot, just like all
other type 1 diabetics. - The Diabetes Solution

She cannot, just like all other type 1 diabetics.

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A group of families and doctors reveal a corporate cover-up in exposing the truth about Diabetes management, in this seminal documentary about the disease.

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Director: John Lombardy Beckham

Writer: John Lombardy Beckham, Bethany McKenzie

Production: Passion River Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 09 Nov 2021

Awards: N/A

Homepage: http://edu.passionriver.com/the-diabetes-solution.html