Discussion: Due to processed foods and beverages with stress and anxiety, type 2 diabetes has become an epidemic in China.

Combining an industrialized and processed diet with stress, anxiety, and a life devoid of leisure is particularly destructive. The Chinese diet, even today, is not rich in sugars. Diabetes type 2 patients rose from about 20 million in 2000 to about 110 million in 2015, with a forecast of about 150 million in 2040. By 1980, type 2 diabetes in China was an uncommon disease.

The leading cause is the transition from a plant-based diet to a highly processed and industrialized high-animal protein diet. Fifteen years is too short to allow for genetic and lifestyle changes; the most notable dietary change in the period under consideration is a dramatic increase in meat, dairy, pastries, and fast food. Chinese cuisine is based mainly on frying; switching to cheaply refined oils has turned them into trans fats.

The Chinese have been eating rice for many generations, at a relatively high dose, often three times a day. Rice has a medium-high glycemic index and insulin index. The outbreak of type 2 diabetes was not due to increased rice consumption but instead to processed and industrialized foods.

Links:
Type 2 Diabetes Natural Rehabilitation.
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Criteria for classification into industrialized, processed food and beverages.
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