Diabetes and Arthritis:
    Diabetes (95% Type 2 and 5% Type 1) and arthritis (most common is Osteoarthritis (OA)) are becoming epidemic in USA and the world. United states has 30 million diabetes (23 million are diagnosed Type 2 diabetes) and about 54 million arthritis (31 million OA) individuals. There are 86 million pre-diabetic cases, of which 20%  (17.2 million) will be diagnosed as diabetic, in USA. Numbers of new diabetes cases diagnosed every year in USA is over 1 million. 
    There is no cure for diabetes and arthritis, they are only managed. Both the diseases are progressive and thus conditions deteriorate over time. Diabetes is associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure, retinopathy and blindness, neuropathy and foot problem, kidney disease leading to failure, arthritis, decreased immunity, depression and early death. Arthritis is a major cause of disability. 
    Although liver and pancreas are two major organs involved in glucose regulation, kidney, fat tissues, muscle, intestine and brain play significant role in this process. This makes Type 2 diabetes  very difficult to treat and manage. On the other hand, arthritis is primarily a chronic inflammatory disease. Inflammation is our body's natural response to tissue injury by pathogens or physical means and is an essential process to kill pathogens and heal wounds. 
   Scientific studies indicate that Type 2 diabetes is a chronic inflammatory disease like arthritis. Hence, reducing chronic inflammation may  improve glycemic control. Plethora of scientific studies suggest that root cause of many chronic diseases (including some cancers) is dysregulated inflammation.