While manufacturers seek out "perfectly engineered food," the incidence of obesity and obesity-related health conditions has skyrocketed. Type 2 diabetes is one of the obesity-related conditions that have a significant impact on many of your bodily systems. People with diabetes have a higher risk of also having heart disease, stroke, glaucoma, kidney disease, and high blood pressure. It follows that if you could lower diabetes and obesity rates, you could reduce rates of these other conditions. That could save many people's lives, given that heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney disease are all in the top eight causes of death in the United States.