{"id":380359,"date":"2010-03-02T13:34:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T18:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f20\/why-you-should-skip-free-diabetes-test-40211\/"},"modified":"2010-03-02T13:34:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T18:34:13","slug":"why-you-should-skip-this-free-diabetes-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/380359","title":{"rendered":"Why you should skip this free diabetes test"},"content":{"rendered":"
Why you should skip this free diabetes test<\/b> <\/p>\n

When Oprah speaks, her flock leaps. And now, she wants her viewers to run, too — right out the door for a diabetes test. <\/p>\n

It’s a great big game of "Oprah Says," but no one wins this one…except for Oprah and her favorite sponsors. <\/p>\n

In her biggest act of self-importance yet, the queen of TV blather is trying to solve America’s diabetes problem by sending her viewers out to Walgreens for free blood tests. <\/p>\n

Hurry up, now…Oprah says. <\/p>\n

Pardon me for not feeling all warm and fuzzy inside, but I doubt Oprah will ever come close to even hinting at the kind of changes people need to make to avoid diabetes. <\/p>\n

She has advertisers to worry about, after all. <\/p>\n

The truth is, lowering your risk for diabetes is beyond simple: Swear off the sugar, cut the carbs down to the barest of minimums and eat a diet rich in fresh animal fats and protein. <\/p>\n

Works nearly every time…but that kind of crazy talk isn’t going to sell a lot of commercials, and it’s not going to make Oprah viewers feel good about their own carb-fueled misery. <\/p>\n

So instead, she’s teamed up with Walgreens — which has no financial interest in making America healthy. Ever walk the aisles in a big chain pharmacy? The "food" section is chips, cookies, frozen dinners, soda and ice cream. <\/p>\n

The healthiest thing in the store is probably the beer — and that’s only if local liquor laws allow them to sell it. <\/p>\n

Chain pharmacies make money by catering to sick fatties who will buy more chips and ice cream while they wait for their prescriptions to be filled. <\/p>\n

That, and overpriced dollar-store junk. <\/p>\n

Show up for that free blood test, and after your run the potato-chip gauntlet to get to the pharmacy in the back, you’ll be asked to sign a consent form. Take a look at the fine print — it says right on the bottom that they’ll share your information. It doesn’t say whom they’ll share it with, but it doesn’t take much detective work to figure it out — the list of sponsors on the Walgreens website reads like a Who’s Who of Big Pharma: Bayer, Merck, Sanofi Aventis, and Pfizer, just to name of few. <\/p>\n

You can bet your glucose they’re salivating at the idea of getting the names, addresses, phone numbers and blood-sugar levels of Oprah viewers who are at risk for diabetes. <\/p>\n

But go ahead, sign that form — Oprah says. <\/p>\n

If, on the other hand, you really want to eliminate your risk for diabetes, change the channel.<\/p>\n

William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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