Diabetes Epidemic: Part 1

Forty years ago Type 2 Diabetes wasn't heard of... now our health systems are overwhelmed with patients on dialysis, having amputations, and losing their sight. What has changed and why are we becoming sick? Ropata Adams-Walker put his health on the back-burner, but with a seventh child on the way he's ready to face a diabetes test and get his health back on track. Brian Kairau was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes sixteen years ago. He's on dialysis and is facing losing his foot.

[beautyinthedark]

The entire series was candid, eye opening and extremely sad. I loved Brian’ positive attitude throughout his ordeal. May he rest peacefully in heaven🙏🏾🥰

[MoonRhi]

3mins in was enough for me to pour my large bottle of coke down the drain

[quinthess]

My wife is samoan and a quarter chinese. She lost 90 lbs doing keto and doing intermittent fasting.

[KOTJ]

Nice documentary....I was pre diabetic & wake up call for me back in 2011...now, I’m pre diabetic free...I still enjoy my sweets but only on cheat days now. God bless everyone that’s struggling w/this....it’s not an easy habit (sugar intake) to break out of but it’s possible just like anything in life.

[brookebarclay]

Miss and love you Uncle Brian it's good to be able to hear your voice whenever we need to

[samt]

A change of lifestyle helped me.Change to a more plant based diet, remove as much processed food as you can and start walking.
Good luck.

[FightBackAgainstDiabetes]

*You Did Not Choose To Be Classified As Diabetic, But You Can Choose To Fight Back Against Diabetes* 💪

[blackalien]

This is such a motivator to stay healthy.

[anawkwardsweetpotato]

Aww, Ropata is such a sweet marshmallow! 🤗 I hope he's well on his way to becoming healthy and successful!

[bealtainecottage]

Probably better to speak to the patients about what they eat and drink rather than beat around the bush! Too many people are in denial about their unhealthy diets and lifestyles!

[ericnissani]

A lot of the victims are Polynesian Maori. I would say one gift that the Polynesians have is great potential to be physically strong. In addition to good diet and aerobic exercise they can turn some of that fat into muscle also. Maybe weightlifting would help

[andrewpetersen]

Diabetes is a huge problem in most countries yet the bad foods that cause it are freely available everywhere you look

[olgaprokopieva]

I lost some weight on a restricted diet. Generally, I exclude sugar and processed foods. Eating 2 meals a day, sometimes one meal a day and plenty of water or herbal teas. Some days I have just vegetarian days. I exercise and do general fitness.

[floradean]

Nice video, I use Libre and Blucon to monitor my glucose levels. The alarms are nice and are loud enough to wake me up. You can adjust your BG ranges to whatever you want. The best part of blucon is I can calibrate it for higher accuracy!

[sopyleecrypt]

Great doco. I think it might help if people had access to their traditional diets (for Pacific people, that’s lots of seafood, greens and taro), or adapted to a low-cost Mediterranean-style diet. You don’t want to replace a $1 pie with a lettuce. You want to replace it with a big place of brown rice, beans and a tasty sauce. But I get that pies and burgers are way more convenient.

[lafoaliu-wright]

Turkey tails must be banned again from Samoa. There are animals in the wild that can eat those you know. My grandfather died at 90 years old. He was never diagnosed with any form of diabetes, heart/liver/kidner failure, high blood pressure, etc.. He always had a balanced diet growing up and honestly I look up to him for that. Sadly, I can't say the same with my nana (his wife). My parent's also are diagnosed with diabetes. This need to stop. It's not just sugary food, but also fatty processed meat too.

[elizabethshaw]

I am 100% insulin resistant. If I am lucky I eat one meal a day because when this genetic disorder hit me it took my appetite right with the angels flew right out of my stomach! I do not eat too much of anything I'm vegan and if I'm going to eat a large meal it's going to be mostly Whole Foods. I voice type so that came up like the store but I mean the other. I have full body nerve damage and the pain that goes with it but not from diabetes. That comes from years and years of not knowing I was seriously B12 deficient and not because I was vegan because I wasn't vegan then. It's because of intrinsic factor. I had a toe amputated my large toe on my left foot but that was because I tripped on a coffee table and the knuckle exploded had nothing to do with my state of health I'm in pretty good health considering this genetic disorder and what it brings with it!

[JoshP]

"Once you chop, you can't stop." That's horrible. 😪

[jenniferpatterson]

Settler food makes us sick. We have the same problem in Canada, we can't keep eating that shit that our bodies don't know how to process. A return to a traditional diet should be our #1 priority.

[dramatriangle]

20:48 so cute! They're all enjoying lettuce instead of white bread rolls.