How the components of the actual food are causing new illnesses, such as diabetes?

Diabetes cases have significantly boosted in the last decades. It has been deeply studied and it has been thought that many of the cases could have been caused by what people tend to eat, due to the different food components. This chronic disease has been defined, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s website, as “chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy”. Developing this condition comes with the obligation of completely changing your lifestyle because of the things it implies. Mexico has been positioned in 2015 in the Top 10 Countries with the highest number of diabetes cases, leaving this as an important factor that has to be stopped. How the components of the actual food are causing new illnesses, such as diabetes? With the passing of the years, the industrial food sector has managed to manufacture their products with the usage of cheaper material. Using organic materials meant spending lots of money on things that could be chemically done in a more economical way. People may think, why are chemical ingredients cheaper than organic and natural ones? That is because organic food takes a lot of time to completely grow and ripen the ingredients, instead, chemically processed food can be obtained by means of processes that can be accelerated, involving less physical effort and time. It reduces the expenses that the industry makes by producing and gives them the chance to sell their products at a lower cost. The secondary sector prefers to buy from suppliers where they don't have to spend a lot of money. Their processes to generate their products are also often synthetic. These additives have become part of processed food such as, yogurts, breads, sodas and even salad dressings. Some of these supplements have caused a certain kind of addiction, creating the necessity for consumers to keep buying the brands that unconsciously are threatening their health. Society has picked to be able to generate money by selling things that will eventually end up harming people, rather than to be able to generate income not at such a high level but by being transparent with their products. For many years people never talked about what some food products were really made of, until nutrition started to become an important issue. Currently in Mexico, in order to inform people about the different ingredients that compose up food products, there are some seals that are required by the Mexican Ministry of Health to all companies that produce packaged food. This action taken by the country has been awarded by the United Nations, as it helps people to be aware of what they eat. The seals contain phrases that clearly indicate which products contain excessive amounts of these ingredients, such as "excessive sodium", "excessive calories", "excessive sugars", etc. , which have promoted the prevention of non transmissible diseases such as diabetes. There is one problem that has been detected with the usage of these seals. It is that every portion that has been sealed is because the selected product in an amount of 100 grams contains excessive amounts of sugar, sodium or calories. So if someone is about to buy something that has been marked, it may not contain immoderate portions of the previously mentioned ingredients, becoming a possible lost client to the business that sells it. Also, to prevent children from consuming sugar in high quantities from an early age, the use of cartoons or pets and characters on cereal boxes has been banned, as they tend to attract the attention of minors. México, being a country with many poor people, has been recognized as having provided many actions to help people in need who suffer from diabetes. Medical care provided by the public sector has been potentiated. This has also been of great help to all those who have developed diabetes at whatever stage and are not able to pay for private attention. Mexicans have valued everything that the health sector has offered to them. Conferences have been given, in which the victims have been told about their condition. It has been explained to them how their body works now that they have diabetes, so that they can understand the reason for the treatments and the different diets suggested. Not only obeying a regime that has been imposed on them. It is of extreme importance that the affected people fully understand what they are going through and what options they have in order to prevent diabetes from continuing to keep evolving. Generating awareness in those all who have not been part of the sector of population who suffers from this condition is critical for governments. Since health care is something that the authorities are obliged to provide for their inhabitants. If this part of the awareness is neglected, it will generate a lot of expenses that will probably affect the economy of the countries in a very strong way. Also empathy is a capacity that should be promoted. In case of illnesses, it is known that healthcare situations imply a lot of money. If we, as a society, learn and are taught to help as much as possible and to the best of our ability, we are going to be able to notice improvements in the quality of everyone´s lifestyle. The culture that has been generated lately, which involves a lot of greed, has to be rethought in order to stop spreading this attitude of selfishness and greed to the new generations. A clear advantage that has been presented to the newer generations is the ease to get information. By learning how to do great teamwork, solutions will be found and achieved sooner. It is not only a matter of knowledge, it is also about the abilities and soft skills a person has to offer and the support he or she receives while exploiting them. The generation that is next to start working, needs to make the most of those facilities, by supporting each other, in order to make an actual change.