In 2007, Professor Steve Nissan and colleagues published a landmark meta-analysis. This showed 43% increase in the risk of heart problems in the patients on Rosiglitazone.
In 2010 after much adverse reports from all across the world finally the drug Rosiglitazone was banned.
During this chronicle of events since the launch of Rosiglitazone it was very clear from the very beginning that it was causing much damage to the patients health but to camouflage it, GSK bribed doctors with gifts and hospitality. It paid doctors millions of dollars to attend meetings and to speak for them, in lavish resorts, it used, in the justice department’s own words, ’sale representatives, sham advisory boards and supposedly independent Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs. Finally, in 2012,
GlaxoSmithKline was held guilty and was fined $3 billion. But GlaxoSmithKline was still in profit out of the whole scam since the total sale of Rosiglitazone were $10 billion.
At the end of the day when the commerce wins over science, only the innocent patient losses.
With all the above evidences in front of you, as a patient of diabetes or as a well-wisher of a diabetic patient you might be in a confused state thinking whether to adopt the aggressive drug treatment or not; as you know that the patient with diabetes are more likely to experience heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease, loss of blood circulation to the legs and feet, nerve damage, vision loss and cognitive impairment.
So the physicians tries to aggressively control the blood sugar often by prescribing multiple medications, all with the hope of preventing the complications of diabetes.
But the truth is that, the patients under intensive treatment to lower the blood sugar with medicine actually fare worse and die sooner than those who follow less aggressive control.
A large study called ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) included thousands of patients over several years and was supposed to demonstrate that” tight control” with drugs would be superior to less stringent efforts. It did not work that way. The result of ACCORD shook the medical community to its core. At the time of writing this book many diabetes experts were still shaking their head in amazement about the unexpected and disappointing outcome of the ACCORD Trial .
In spite of the clear cut evidence, IDF still recommends much aggressive drug therapy to tightly control the blood sugar level.
And this is not the first time when the result against the intensive drug therapy is being demonstrated.
Over forty years ago when the medical science was not commercialized, a large study called UGDP (University Group Diabetes Program) also shocked the medical community.
It turned out that the people treated with diabetes drug were more likely to have heart attacks and related problems and more deaths than patients treated by diet alone.
So conclusively as a researcher in the field of diabetes, I can tell you is that what matters is bringing back the homeostasis of the body in a natural way without drugging the body and it takes just few hours to few days to free yourself of all the 3D’s that is Diabetes, Drugs and Doctors.
Chapter Four
Truth of Cure - Sabotaged It was 7th July 2014.
The place was one of the most exotic locations of the world , the Vong Tao Island.
More than 1000 spectators were gearing up for a very special event.
Among many internationally known performer and rock star band, crowd was eagerly waiting for the beginning of greatest celebration of its own kind.
The moment was the unveiling of the largest ever table full of delicious sea food.
It was gigantic 777 meters long and getting a chance to dine on the table was a matter of privilege.
Along with the obliged, more than 1000 privilege card holders (each worth approximately 100 dollars) and international media crew the organizers of the event the Pepsi Co. officials were waiting for the beginning of the celebration.
Finally as scheduled, the chief guest of the event arrived in black Mercedes Benz E-class.
Girls with a charming smile and beautiful flowers were all there to receive the chief guest and as I stepped out of the car and had the first glimpse all around, I was convinced that it was a perfect amalgamation of nature’s beauty and man’s creativity.
As a Chief Editor of Asia Book of Records and the Chief Guest of the event, I was on official duty to verify and certify the biggest table measuring 777 meter created by Pepsi Co.
Ltd. to popularize their brand 7up cans and cold drink.
I got the opportunity to ask the officials about, why to spend so much of money in promoting a brand which is already quite well known worldwide?
Here in his answer, lies the key to the human behavior.
Human brain is not motivated by what is known, but it is driven by what is repeatedly seen and experienced.
Your brain is not controlled by the logic and intelligence, more often it is triggered by what you are repeatedly exposed to.
Dr. Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury with PepsiCo Official
While writing this and waiting at the Singapore airport for a connecting flight I decided to buy some fresh fruits.
I was not only surprised rather amazed to know from the information desk that in this 5 km long airport shopping lounge, full of shops selling virtually all kinds of goods had no place for the poor fruits!
And it’s not the one and only case of world’s largest and most ultra modern airport in the world!
Same is the story with world’s holiest place called Haridwar (situated on the banks of river Ganges) which witnesses more than 10 million pilgrims every year from all across the world.
I spent 6 days in this city to conduct a training program on ’Mind Body Dynamics’.
Though I was staying in one of the best locations and hotel Grand Sai in the heart of the city, every day I had to travel nearly 2 km to buy fresh fruits for me and my family (which includes my 10 month daughter Ivy).
As I spend a substantial part of my life in the research of the human mind and memory (I have authored 25 books on the subject), I know my daughter will not be motivated and influenced much by what I will teach her but she will be more programmed and controlled by what she will experience around her on a continuous basis.
That’s how the human brain works.
If a human brain is repeatedly exposed to a lie as truth, the brain bypasses its own logical and intelligent analytical ability.
Because of this behavior of the human brain the
advertising industries (and not the actual benefit of the product) play an important role in the sale of health products even if it may be a serious health hazard.
For example, just recall the ridiculously insane advertisement of Complan, that the children who drink Complan grow two times faster in comparison to the children who don’t.
To understand the facts given ahead in this chapter you really have to overcome the present conditioning of the brain which may be under the influence of the over commercialization of the sponsored food science.
Here in this chapter you are going to witness a very simple, powerful, practical, scientifically proven, cost effective, pain free (unlike bitter pills and traumatic surgeries), quick acting and long lasting solution to your life long sufferings from various life style diseases including Diabetes (Type 1 & Type 2).
Many of you must have already spent much of your fortune in treating these diseases, as is evident from the World Bank Data which says, in India, every fourth family at some point of their life had to either take loan or sell their fixed assets to meet the expenses of the cost of treatment of their life style diseases.
The data also revealed that every year nearly 8 crore people go below poverty line under the burden of the life style diseases.
In spite of the human crisis, scientifically reliable and cost effective solution has a rare chance of getting adopted by the masses.
Because as already explained, for majority of us, our brain is not triggered much by a logical, true and intelligent idea.
Our brain is more oriented and driven by what we see around in a magnified and glorified way.
It takes a little courage and will power to adopt something new which does not have much reference in our vicinity.
And this is the job of a leader.
Today I invite you to be a leader once again (assuming that you had played the role of a leader before as well).
This means that you have to keep your mind open for any new outcome without being biased of past limiting beliefs.
So, with a positive mind-set let’s try to solve the puzzle of diabetes.
Imagine a person is trying to open the lock of a door with the key but is unable to do so. Now try to enlist, what could be the possible reasons :