With over 194 million people suffering worldwide and the ranking as the 6th leading cause of death in the western world, it stands to reason that people are more than ever anxious to find a natural cure for diabetes. Recent figures from the American Diabetes Association reveal more than 20 million Americans are afflicted with the disease, while approximately six million more live undiagnosed and another 40 million or more may be considered pre-diabetic.
Natural remedies for diabetes have been around for many years and there is a large body of evidence that suggests the combination of supplements, appropriate diet, weight loss (type 2) and moderate exercise can be a successful treatment plan for many sufferers.
Diabetes And Drugs
Conventional pharmaceutical treatments for type 2 diabetics are aimed at restoring euglycemia (normal blood glucose concentration), and thereby attempting to keep both short-term and long-term diabetic complications associated with the disease to a minimum. The main classes of diabetic treatment drugs (oral agents) include glitazones, sulfonylureas, biguarides, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, thiazolidinediones, and meglitinides.
Many diabetics benefit from taking two or more of these diabetes drugs, each of which targets a different problem. Combination treatment is so common now that some pharmaceutical companies market pills containing a combination of these oral agents.
The more serious side effects of these synthetic drugs include:
Death
Heart complications
Blackouts
Fluid in the lungs
Hypoglycemia
Convulsions
Allergic reactions
Yellowing of skin or eyes
There are numerous common nasty side effects including:
gastrointestinal problems
Bloating
Diarrhea
nausea
low blood sodium levels
headache
possible dehydration
weakness
fatigue
dizziness
respiratory effects
abdominal pain
lack of appetite
dark colored urine
muscle pain
anemia
and so on!
The FDA approved diabetes drug Muraglitazar, was found to double the risk of heart attack, stroke, or death, according to a study released on the Journal of the American Medical Association’s website. Oral drugs, such as Pioglitazone and Rosiglitazone, have been shown to cause or exacerbate heart failure and pulmonary edema.
The key point here is that drugs commonly prescribed to treat diabetes only suppress the systemic damage that has already occurred, and often creates further deterioration and weakening. Given these frightening realities it makes sense to look for natural cures for diabetes.
Natural Cures For Diabetes – Most Effective Herbals
Herbal extracts have been used to treat diabetes for thousands of years. Published clinical data has confirmed the efficacy of many of these extracts and shown the most effective to be:
Gymnema Sylvestre
Bitter Melon
Banaba
Pterocarpus Marsupium
While these herbal extracts from an important part of a scientific natural formula for diabetes they must be backed up by ingredients which not only target nutrient deficiencies which may have attributed to the condition in the first instance but also assist in better absorption and distribution of sugar in the blood stream.
The main problem with virtually all natural diabetic supplements on the market today is they do not contain enough of the most effective nutrients and therefore do not address diabetes from a holistic perspective. They only focus on blood sugar control. There should be ingredients aimed at helping strengthen the liver and eliminating toxins, along with other nutrients to help calm the body and help regenerate the cells within the pancreas, which, in turn may help improve the manufacture of insulin. This requires additional herbal extracts and other specialty nutrients.
Targeting The Root Cause Through Multi Action Ability
The most effective holistic diabetes formulas must contain the key herbal extracts listed above which in turn must be supported by at least the following herbals, vitamins, minerals and specialty ingredients, all combined in a synergistic way to enhance the efficacy of each other. This requires the expertise of highly qualified bio-scientists or chemists. Be sure that any diabetes formula you consider using have not been put together by marketers or doctors.
Valeriana wallichii extract
Milk Thistle Extract
Luteolin
Chromium
Copper
Zinc
Calcium
Magnesium
Manganese
Alpha Lipoic Acid
A broad spectrum diabetic supplement not only helps to control blood sugar levels and promote efficient insulin production and secretion, manage effective glucose metabolism (blood sugar uptake) and reduce the risks of potentially fatal diabetic complications, but also helps protect the body from serious diseases such as:
Kidney failure
Heart disease and stroke
High blood pressure
Non-traumatic amputations
High cholesterol
Nervous system damage
Cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and blindness
Natural Cures For Diabetes - Don’t Forget Your Omega 3’s
Any natural cure for diabetes should be complemented with omega 3 fatty acids. They are a key component in any diabetic’s treatment arsenal. Omega 3 fatty acids have been extensively scientifically proven to have significant cardiovascular benefits by lowering triglycerides and blood pressure, thus helping reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. With the health risks now associated with the intake of fatty fish, rich in omega 3’s, the easiest way to incorporate omega 3 fatty acids into your diet is through molecularly distilled fish oil supplements. Healthy people should aim for 1000mg of Omega 3 per day.
While living with diabetes can be a debilitating and difficult struggle, it does not always have to be treated with high risk pharmaceutical drugs. The market is full of supplements posing as a natural cure for diabetes but as mentioned above most of these full well short in what they contain. This is because the majority of supplements are manufactured to a price. There is however a few supplement companies out there not burdened by shareholder pressures and long distribution chains. These companies have fewer costs meaning they can include more of the ingredients that should be there while still managing a reasonable profit. To learn more about this topic please visit www.nutritional-supplement-truths.com/natural-cures-for-diabetes
Brett Seagrott is a health researcher who previously worked for a manufacturer in the nutritional supplement industry and is the author of http://www.nutritional-supplement-truths.com In his site Brett reveals a number of industry secrets that supplement manufacturers don't want consumers to know. He has evaluated leading, well known multi ingredient nutritional supplements and presents in-depth, fair and transparent comparisons of these along with no holds barred reviews. This allows consumers to see which health and wellness vitamin supplement emerges as the best in the market and why.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Diabetes Walking Tips
Walking is a great exercise for a diabetic person to participate in. If you have diabetes then you should set a goal to walk each day about two miles or more. You should take it easy when you first start your walking exercise program. Don’t jump in too fast but start slow. A diabetic should gradually increase their walking to their goal. Just remember that participating in exercise is an excellent preventative measure to take against the diabetes disease.
Walking Shoes and Pedometer for the Diabetic
A person with diabetes should make an investment in a good pair of walking shoes and also a pedometer. The pedometer is a small device that is attached snug onto the person’s belt. The purpose of the pedometer is to count each and every step that the diabetic takes. This will enable the person to see how many steps they take during their daily walk. The steps can then be converted into miles. It is a very good way to monitor your exercise progress.
The Diabetic Should Gradually Increase the Walking Distance
As previously mentioned, the diabetic needs to start your walking exercise slowly if you are not in shape. Start with one hundred steps and increase at a comfortable rate each day. Write down the number of steps you take each day on a sheet of paper. You can easily determine how many steps you should take each day by looking at your recorded pedometer information.
More Walking Tips for the Diabetic
The following are tips that can help the diabetic improve their physical conditioning through daily walks.
1. You should always wear good walking shoes. Replace them when they start to get excessive wear.
2. Take your walks with a friend. This will help you enjoy the walk. A family member or good friend is a likely choice.
3. If you work outside the home environment, take your walk during your lunch hour instead of just sitting around. The diabetic needs to make certain they get their daily exercise every day.
4. Walking up and down stairs is another good form of exercise. You can help improve your fitness level by taking the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator.
5. Try to increase your steps measured with the pedometer so that your total walking distance increases each week to your goal level. It’s possible to improve your fitness level by turning your walk into a slow jog.
6. In addition, try parking your car so that you have a longer walk through the parking lot to get to your work building or store. Stay away from the close-up parking spots.
F. Terrence Markle is a successful webmaster and publisher of information on Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. For more information try visiting http://www.Diabetes.PrimeOnlineInfo.com, a popular website that offers tips, advice and resources on diabetes.
Walking Shoes and Pedometer for the Diabetic
A person with diabetes should make an investment in a good pair of walking shoes and also a pedometer. The pedometer is a small device that is attached snug onto the person’s belt. The purpose of the pedometer is to count each and every step that the diabetic takes. This will enable the person to see how many steps they take during their daily walk. The steps can then be converted into miles. It is a very good way to monitor your exercise progress.
The Diabetic Should Gradually Increase the Walking Distance
As previously mentioned, the diabetic needs to start your walking exercise slowly if you are not in shape. Start with one hundred steps and increase at a comfortable rate each day. Write down the number of steps you take each day on a sheet of paper. You can easily determine how many steps you should take each day by looking at your recorded pedometer information.
More Walking Tips for the Diabetic
The following are tips that can help the diabetic improve their physical conditioning through daily walks.
1. You should always wear good walking shoes. Replace them when they start to get excessive wear.
2. Take your walks with a friend. This will help you enjoy the walk. A family member or good friend is a likely choice.
3. If you work outside the home environment, take your walk during your lunch hour instead of just sitting around. The diabetic needs to make certain they get their daily exercise every day.
4. Walking up and down stairs is another good form of exercise. You can help improve your fitness level by taking the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator.
5. Try to increase your steps measured with the pedometer so that your total walking distance increases each week to your goal level. It’s possible to improve your fitness level by turning your walk into a slow jog.
6. In addition, try parking your car so that you have a longer walk through the parking lot to get to your work building or store. Stay away from the close-up parking spots.
F. Terrence Markle is a successful webmaster and publisher of information on Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. For more information try visiting http://www.Diabetes.PrimeOnlineInfo.com, a popular website that offers tips, advice and resources on diabetes.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Care And Treatment Of Diabetes
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There are three different types of diabetes and each requires different treatment. Diabetes is not curable, it is a life long disease that can however be kept under control with proper care. Type 1 diabetes care – this type of diabetes is also known as insulin dependant diabetes; it often starts in childhood or before the age of 20. This type of diabetes occurs when one’s immune system gradually attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.
These are the typical symptoms of Type 1 diabetes: frequent urination excessive thirst unexplained weight loss unexplained hunger blurred vision numbness of lower limbs or tangling sensation tiredness and fatigue dry itchy skin sores that are slow to heal nausea, vomiting and stomach aches
People with Type 1 diabetes must use insulin daily failing which, can lead to glucose fluctuation in the blood stream and that can turn into an emergency situation at times. Proper monitoring of the blood sugar levels can alleviate the fear of having to be faced with such an emergency. The control of the sugar level can now be done right in your home with a specialized easy to use machine.
Type 2 diabetes care – in this case of diabetes the body fails to use properly insulin which is needed to take and use sugar from the blood cells, thus, causing high blood sugar.
Treating type 2 diabetes often needs planning your meals carefully in order not to raise blood sugar in the blood; when this step is not enough you will need to take specific medicines to bring down the blood sugar. In due time diabetes can cause severe side effects such as:
kidney failure – which can be treated only by kidney transplant Heart attack Amputation of limbs Blindness
The main way to take control of your diabetes is to educate yourself and learn how to efficiently keep down the blood sugar levels in your body. This requires perseverance on one’s part especially if you are taking care of a minor. Constant checking of your blood sugar level, often 4-5 times a day will help you take charge and not have to deal with an emergency situation.
Kerry Ng is a successful Webmaster and publisher of The Diabetes Info Blog. Click here for more helpful information on Diabetes: http://www.diabetes-info-blog.com/
There are three different types of diabetes and each requires different treatment. Diabetes is not curable, it is a life long disease that can however be kept under control with proper care. Type 1 diabetes care – this type of diabetes is also known as insulin dependant diabetes; it often starts in childhood or before the age of 20. This type of diabetes occurs when one’s immune system gradually attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.
These are the typical symptoms of Type 1 diabetes: frequent urination excessive thirst unexplained weight loss unexplained hunger blurred vision numbness of lower limbs or tangling sensation tiredness and fatigue dry itchy skin sores that are slow to heal nausea, vomiting and stomach aches
People with Type 1 diabetes must use insulin daily failing which, can lead to glucose fluctuation in the blood stream and that can turn into an emergency situation at times. Proper monitoring of the blood sugar levels can alleviate the fear of having to be faced with such an emergency. The control of the sugar level can now be done right in your home with a specialized easy to use machine.
Type 2 diabetes care – in this case of diabetes the body fails to use properly insulin which is needed to take and use sugar from the blood cells, thus, causing high blood sugar.
Treating type 2 diabetes often needs planning your meals carefully in order not to raise blood sugar in the blood; when this step is not enough you will need to take specific medicines to bring down the blood sugar. In due time diabetes can cause severe side effects such as:
kidney failure – which can be treated only by kidney transplant Heart attack Amputation of limbs Blindness
The main way to take control of your diabetes is to educate yourself and learn how to efficiently keep down the blood sugar levels in your body. This requires perseverance on one’s part especially if you are taking care of a minor. Constant checking of your blood sugar level, often 4-5 times a day will help you take charge and not have to deal with an emergency situation.
Kerry Ng is a successful Webmaster and publisher of The Diabetes Info Blog. Click here for more helpful information on Diabetes: http://www.diabetes-info-blog.com/
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
5 Diabetes Causes And Treatments
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The following notes show some interesting possible causes and suggested treatments of diabetes.
Causes:
1) Men with testosterone levels in the low normal range are much more likely to have diabetes than those with higher levels, independent of obesity.
2) Young couch potatoes have more to worry about than just their weight. New research shows that watching TV and not getting exercise increase children's risk of later developing type 2 diabetes, as well as heart disease and other conditions.
3) Some common blood pressure drugs can substantially increase the risk of diabetes, especially among those already at risk for the condition, U.S. researchers report.
4) People who suffer from job burnout (i.e. emotional exhaustion, physical fatigue, and cognitive weariness) may be prone to developing type 2 diabetes, according to a report published by Tel Aviv University in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.
5) A new study says passive smokers may be at higher risk of developing diabetes according to the American study, published in the British Medical Journal. Toxins in cigarette smoke could affect the pancreas, which produces the blood-sugar regulating hormone insulin.
Treatments:
1) The American Diabetes Association's general exercise recommendations for people with type 2 diabetes include at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 90 minutes of intense aerobics each week, spread out over at least three days. It also recommends strength training on three days each week.
2) U.S. researchers reported recently that soy yogurt, especially with fruit in it, may help control both type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. The researched studied certain plant compounds that affect enzymes targeted by diabetes drugs, notably alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase.
3) Researchers from New Zealand's Auckland University of Technology found that combining resistance training (e.g. weight lifting) with aerobic workouts appears to be the most beneficial for type for long-term control of blood sugar control than either form of exercise alone. Exercise is an important part of therapy for type 2 diabetes since physical inactivity increases diabetes risk.
4) An effective management of Type 2 Diabetes includes a close attention to a balanced diabetes diet with regular exercise. The diet must consist of the right amount of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins. A high fiber with low salt and sugar regime would be very useful.
5) A good exercise includes brisk walking or cycling for about 20 to 30 minutes each day for about three days a week. A proper diet with adequate exercise should allow you to control both your weight and blood sugar. Sugar level should be measured and monitored regularly. It is advisable that you acquire your own BGM (Blood Glucose Meter).
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The following notes show some interesting possible causes and suggested treatments of diabetes.
Causes:
1) Men with testosterone levels in the low normal range are much more likely to have diabetes than those with higher levels, independent of obesity.
2) Young couch potatoes have more to worry about than just their weight. New research shows that watching TV and not getting exercise increase children's risk of later developing type 2 diabetes, as well as heart disease and other conditions.
3) Some common blood pressure drugs can substantially increase the risk of diabetes, especially among those already at risk for the condition, U.S. researchers report.
4) People who suffer from job burnout (i.e. emotional exhaustion, physical fatigue, and cognitive weariness) may be prone to developing type 2 diabetes, according to a report published by Tel Aviv University in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.
5) A new study says passive smokers may be at higher risk of developing diabetes according to the American study, published in the British Medical Journal. Toxins in cigarette smoke could affect the pancreas, which produces the blood-sugar regulating hormone insulin.
Treatments:
1) The American Diabetes Association's general exercise recommendations for people with type 2 diabetes include at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 90 minutes of intense aerobics each week, spread out over at least three days. It also recommends strength training on three days each week.
2) U.S. researchers reported recently that soy yogurt, especially with fruit in it, may help control both type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. The researched studied certain plant compounds that affect enzymes targeted by diabetes drugs, notably alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase.
3) Researchers from New Zealand's Auckland University of Technology found that combining resistance training (e.g. weight lifting) with aerobic workouts appears to be the most beneficial for type for long-term control of blood sugar control than either form of exercise alone. Exercise is an important part of therapy for type 2 diabetes since physical inactivity increases diabetes risk.
4) An effective management of Type 2 Diabetes includes a close attention to a balanced diabetes diet with regular exercise. The diet must consist of the right amount of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins. A high fiber with low salt and sugar regime would be very useful.
5) A good exercise includes brisk walking or cycling for about 20 to 30 minutes each day for about three days a week. A proper diet with adequate exercise should allow you to control both your weight and blood sugar. Sugar level should be measured and monitored regularly. It is advisable that you acquire your own BGM (Blood Glucose Meter).
John Woon (Sung-Liang) is Rubber and Latex Consultant, with about 30 years' experience as a senior rubber technolgist and scientist in the rubber and latex industries.
1) Click Here to learn the Best Ways To Burn Off Belly Fat!
2) http://diabetics-guide.blogspot.com/
3) http://healthysite.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
More About Child Diabetes And How To Combat The Disease
When a child in the family suffers from diabetes, parents and family members will be heart broken. There has been a sharp rise in the number of cases related to child diabetes in the past 30 years.
In the opinions of most physicians, diabetes in children is resulted directly from the consumption of junk and fast food, a trend which is growing among the younger generations and is a cause for concern.
The development of child diabetes, also known as Type 1 Diabetes, in a very large extent, is attributed to lifestyles and eating habits. For instance, children prefer spending time watching TV to exercising and eating junk food to taking proper meals. This is the reason why so many children are becoming obese.
The symptoms of diabetes in young children are very similar to those of the adult sufferers. The most common ones are fatigue, weight loss and frequent thirst and urination. Sometimes, the child can have frequent stomachaches, headaches and irritable behavior.
With the manifestations of these symptoms, the child should be taken for a thorough medical check up. This will ensure that the child can receive proper treatment if found to have developed diabetes.
Other than insulin injections, a proper diabetes diet for children is the greatest tool to combat the disease. With a correct diet, the child with diabetes can live and breathe like other normal kids. Consult a professional dietician for a correct diet for the diabetic child.
While keeping an eye on the blood sugar levels of the diabetic child, the diet plan should have all the nutrients that are crucial for the growth of the child. It is rather challenging to have the diet worked out in the first three to four months.
Parents and the dietician will have to work together to come up with the right quantity and combination of food. It is indeed a balancing act, as on the one hand blood sugar of the child must be kept at the right levels while ensuring that the child is kept active and able to lead a normal and healthy life.
For more information on Diabetes Care and Diabetes Symptoms in Children please visit http://diabetescare.healthorfitness.com/, a site that provides useful resources and information on Diabetes.
Juvenile Diabetes info blog
In the opinions of most physicians, diabetes in children is resulted directly from the consumption of junk and fast food, a trend which is growing among the younger generations and is a cause for concern.
The development of child diabetes, also known as Type 1 Diabetes, in a very large extent, is attributed to lifestyles and eating habits. For instance, children prefer spending time watching TV to exercising and eating junk food to taking proper meals. This is the reason why so many children are becoming obese.
The symptoms of diabetes in young children are very similar to those of the adult sufferers. The most common ones are fatigue, weight loss and frequent thirst and urination. Sometimes, the child can have frequent stomachaches, headaches and irritable behavior.
With the manifestations of these symptoms, the child should be taken for a thorough medical check up. This will ensure that the child can receive proper treatment if found to have developed diabetes.
Other than insulin injections, a proper diabetes diet for children is the greatest tool to combat the disease. With a correct diet, the child with diabetes can live and breathe like other normal kids. Consult a professional dietician for a correct diet for the diabetic child.
While keeping an eye on the blood sugar levels of the diabetic child, the diet plan should have all the nutrients that are crucial for the growth of the child. It is rather challenging to have the diet worked out in the first three to four months.
Parents and the dietician will have to work together to come up with the right quantity and combination of food. It is indeed a balancing act, as on the one hand blood sugar of the child must be kept at the right levels while ensuring that the child is kept active and able to lead a normal and healthy life.
For more information on Diabetes Care and Diabetes Symptoms in Children please visit http://diabetescare.healthorfitness.com/, a site that provides useful resources and information on Diabetes.
Juvenile Diabetes info blog
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Pregnancy and Diabetes
When you are pregnant, there are many things that you can do to ensure your health and the health of your baby. When you have diabetes, it is essential that you take extra precautions to have a healthy pregnancy. Studies show that babies born to women with diabetes are at a greater risk for birth defects because high blood glucose levels and ketones can pass through the placenta to the baby.
The most important thing you can do to ensure a healthy baby is to make sure that your diabetes is in control before you get pregnant. The better control you have of your blood glucose levels, the less chance your baby has of being born with a birth defect. Many of your babies organs are formed before you even know you are pregnant so the time to take control of your diabetes is before you try to conceive a child.
During pregnancy, careful monitoring of your diabetes will help your pregnancy to progress smoothly. If you have type 1 diabetes, being pregnant will bring changes to your insulin regiment. While you are pregnant, you will need more insulin, so your doctor will put you on a schedule to slowly increase the amount you take each month. As the placenta produces certain hormones, it causes your body to require more insulin. These hormones are important to your baby’s growth, but they block the action of your insulin, meaning you will have to increase your dosage.
If you have type 2 diabetes, you might have to switch the type of oral medication that you take. Some medications, such as metformin are safe during pregnancy, but not all diabetic medications are recommended for pregnant women. Some women with type 2 diabetes are given insulin shots for the duration of their pregnancy, because it is safer than oral medication. If you control your diabetes through diet, you might need to see a dietician to help you plan menus that take into account your baby’s nutritional needs.
You can also help your doctor treat you by maintaining careful records of what you eat, exercising regularly, and making sure that you eat at regularly scheduled times. If you don’t have a regular exercise routine before you get pregnant, don’t start a strenuous program. Choose low impact exercises such as walking, low impact aerobics, or even swimming.
Once your baby is born, your blood glucose levels may be hard to monitor. The hormones that are going through your body can make your glucose levels unpredictable, but continue to monitor them and take your medication. If you plan to nurse, talk to a dietician about planning a menu that provides the extra nutrients you need and helps keep your blood sugar levels stable.
Having a baby is a wonderful experience. Making sure your diabetes is under control when you are pregnant helps you to enjoy your pregnancy more.
DiabetesCondition.com provides information on pregnancy and diabetes, diabetes management, diabetes treatment, diabetes supplies, glucose meters, diabetic testing supplies, self-help, identification and prevention of immediate and long-term diabetes complications, and other information to help with the prevention and management of diabetes.
The most important thing you can do to ensure a healthy baby is to make sure that your diabetes is in control before you get pregnant. The better control you have of your blood glucose levels, the less chance your baby has of being born with a birth defect. Many of your babies organs are formed before you even know you are pregnant so the time to take control of your diabetes is before you try to conceive a child.
During pregnancy, careful monitoring of your diabetes will help your pregnancy to progress smoothly. If you have type 1 diabetes, being pregnant will bring changes to your insulin regiment. While you are pregnant, you will need more insulin, so your doctor will put you on a schedule to slowly increase the amount you take each month. As the placenta produces certain hormones, it causes your body to require more insulin. These hormones are important to your baby’s growth, but they block the action of your insulin, meaning you will have to increase your dosage.
If you have type 2 diabetes, you might have to switch the type of oral medication that you take. Some medications, such as metformin are safe during pregnancy, but not all diabetic medications are recommended for pregnant women. Some women with type 2 diabetes are given insulin shots for the duration of their pregnancy, because it is safer than oral medication. If you control your diabetes through diet, you might need to see a dietician to help you plan menus that take into account your baby’s nutritional needs.
You can also help your doctor treat you by maintaining careful records of what you eat, exercising regularly, and making sure that you eat at regularly scheduled times. If you don’t have a regular exercise routine before you get pregnant, don’t start a strenuous program. Choose low impact exercises such as walking, low impact aerobics, or even swimming.
Once your baby is born, your blood glucose levels may be hard to monitor. The hormones that are going through your body can make your glucose levels unpredictable, but continue to monitor them and take your medication. If you plan to nurse, talk to a dietician about planning a menu that provides the extra nutrients you need and helps keep your blood sugar levels stable.
Having a baby is a wonderful experience. Making sure your diabetes is under control when you are pregnant helps you to enjoy your pregnancy more.
DiabetesCondition.com provides information on pregnancy and diabetes, diabetes management, diabetes treatment, diabetes supplies, glucose meters, diabetic testing supplies, self-help, identification and prevention of immediate and long-term diabetes complications, and other information to help with the prevention and management of diabetes.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Recognizing Diabetes Symptoms
If you happen to be a diabetic or know one who is, recognizing what diabetic symptoms are is important. This is also true if you have a strong family history of diabetes; you’ll want to be aware of the symptoms in case you develop the disease, too.
It’s important to know that not all cases of diabetes will show diabetes symptoms unless the diabetes is severe. Others will have early symptoms that can be picked up if one is vigilant. For example, one symptom of early diabetes is that of episodes of “low blood sugar”, also called hypoglycemia. With this symptom, a person will experience shakiness, sweating, hunger pangs and dizziness because the insulin has overshot the target blood sugar.
Those with diabetes symptoms related to very high blood sugar often feel a general sense of illness, weight loss and nausea. They can also feel dizzy or light-headed. When these symptoms occur, the blood sugar is often greater than 300 mg per deciliter but can be as high as 600 milligrams per deciliter. Blood sugars above 600 milligrams per deciliter can cause an altered sense of consciousness and a diabetic coma.
Those with Type I diabetes have slightly different diabetes symptoms. These individuals have some of the same symptoms of Type II diabetes but can get into much more severe symptoms such as diabetic ketoacidosis. This occurs when byproducts of metabolism, called ketones, build up in the body. This causes stomach pains, generalized loss of consciousness and coma, which can be fatal. Type I diabetics can also have symptoms of low blood sugar if they take too much insulin.
Diabetics can develop diabetic symptoms, even if they are in moderate control. Diabetics carry a risk of losing nerve function to the nerves of the legs, a condition called peripheral neuropathy. This results in the inability to feel things with one’s feet. Diabetic foot ulcers can develop as a result of poor nerve and circulatory function.
Diabetics can develop the diabetic symptom of poor vision. This is because untreated diabetes causes changes in the blood vessels in the eyes so that the vision becomes poor. The condition is called diabetic retinopathy and can be treated by using laser treatments to the retina.
Kidney disease is another diabetic symptom. This generally happens when the diabetes is poorly treated. There may or may not be actual symptoms, like water retention, but tests will show that the kidneys are failing. This can lead to needing a kidney transplant or dialysis if the symptoms are severe.
The cardiovascular system can play a role in diabetes. Peripheral vascular disease, or poor circulation to the legs, is a diabetic symptom. This can result in cold feet or foot ulcers in diabetics. The heart can also be involved. Diabetes is a risk factor for having a heart attack. This is the biggest reason why early and careful control is important for diabetics at all stages of the disease. In fact, most of the complications of diabetes can be improved by improving the various diabetic symptoms early.
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It’s important to know that not all cases of diabetes will show diabetes symptoms unless the diabetes is severe. Others will have early symptoms that can be picked up if one is vigilant. For example, one symptom of early diabetes is that of episodes of “low blood sugar”, also called hypoglycemia. With this symptom, a person will experience shakiness, sweating, hunger pangs and dizziness because the insulin has overshot the target blood sugar.
Those with diabetes symptoms related to very high blood sugar often feel a general sense of illness, weight loss and nausea. They can also feel dizzy or light-headed. When these symptoms occur, the blood sugar is often greater than 300 mg per deciliter but can be as high as 600 milligrams per deciliter. Blood sugars above 600 milligrams per deciliter can cause an altered sense of consciousness and a diabetic coma.
Those with Type I diabetes have slightly different diabetes symptoms. These individuals have some of the same symptoms of Type II diabetes but can get into much more severe symptoms such as diabetic ketoacidosis. This occurs when byproducts of metabolism, called ketones, build up in the body. This causes stomach pains, generalized loss of consciousness and coma, which can be fatal. Type I diabetics can also have symptoms of low blood sugar if they take too much insulin.
Diabetics can develop diabetic symptoms, even if they are in moderate control. Diabetics carry a risk of losing nerve function to the nerves of the legs, a condition called peripheral neuropathy. This results in the inability to feel things with one’s feet. Diabetic foot ulcers can develop as a result of poor nerve and circulatory function.
Diabetics can develop the diabetic symptom of poor vision. This is because untreated diabetes causes changes in the blood vessels in the eyes so that the vision becomes poor. The condition is called diabetic retinopathy and can be treated by using laser treatments to the retina.
Kidney disease is another diabetic symptom. This generally happens when the diabetes is poorly treated. There may or may not be actual symptoms, like water retention, but tests will show that the kidneys are failing. This can lead to needing a kidney transplant or dialysis if the symptoms are severe.
The cardiovascular system can play a role in diabetes. Peripheral vascular disease, or poor circulation to the legs, is a diabetic symptom. This can result in cold feet or foot ulcers in diabetics. The heart can also be involved. Diabetes is a risk factor for having a heart attack. This is the biggest reason why early and careful control is important for diabetics at all stages of the disease. In fact, most of the complications of diabetes can be improved by improving the various diabetic symptoms early.
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Sunday, February 04, 2007
Studies on Chromium Supplementation in Diabetes
High blood sugar in diabetes is due to less insulin production or resistance to insulin (body does not respond to insulin). Increase blood sugar can lead to complications of diabetes. Studies have shown that nutritional supplements like chromium and alpha lipoic acid plays an important role in the management of diabetes along with standard treatment of diabetes.
Chromium is an essential trace mineral, a mineral that is required by the body in small amount. It is required for metabolism of carbohydrate and fats, and it also helps cells to respond properly to insulin.
Chromium increases insulin binding to cells and insulin action on cell, which results in improvement of blood glucose control in diabetic patients. It also increases insulin receptor number on cells, a small structure on cell surface to which insulin binds and produces its effects on cell. Since chromium acts by increasing insulin efficiency, so lower amount of insulin is required in presence of chromium.
Studies have shown that high blood sugar in diabetes decreases chromium concentration in blood, so supplementation of chromium along with standard treatment of diabetes has been recommended in several clinical reports. Some latest clinical studies have also proved the safety and therapeutic value of chromium supplementation for the management of high cholesterol and sugar in subjects with diabetes.
A clinical study published in ‘Diabetes Care. (2006, August)’ has shown that chromium supplementation in subjects with type 2 diabetes significantly improves insulin sensitivity and glucose control. Chromium supplementation also reduced body weight gain and fat accumulation.
Reduction in blood sugar & improvement in insulin sensitivity with chromium supplementation decreases the risk for diabetes complications.
A review article published in Diabetes technology & therapeutics (2006 December) has mentioned that 13 of 15 clinical studies involving a total of 1,690 subjects reported significant improvement in at least one outcome of glycemic control. (Glycemic control is a medical term used for blood sugar levels in a person with diabetes). Chromium supplementation had reduced blood glucose, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels and reduced requirements for drugs for diabetes.
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of chromium supplementation in elderly diabetic patients (published in International journal for vitamin and nutrition research, 2004 May). Chromium supplementation was given along with standard treatment for diabetes. Results of the study have shown that supplementation with chromium was beneficial in improvement of blood glucose control and also lowered blood lipid levels like cholesterol levels.
Along with chromium, alpha lipoic acid, vanadium and some other supplements like evening primrose oil, herbs like fenugreek also help in the management of diabetes.
Author is a freelance writer on health topics. For detail information on supplements for diabetes and for scientifically formulated supplement, please visit http://www.truevalue4money.com/diabetes/supplements.html
Chromium is an essential trace mineral, a mineral that is required by the body in small amount. It is required for metabolism of carbohydrate and fats, and it also helps cells to respond properly to insulin.
Chromium increases insulin binding to cells and insulin action on cell, which results in improvement of blood glucose control in diabetic patients. It also increases insulin receptor number on cells, a small structure on cell surface to which insulin binds and produces its effects on cell. Since chromium acts by increasing insulin efficiency, so lower amount of insulin is required in presence of chromium.
Studies have shown that high blood sugar in diabetes decreases chromium concentration in blood, so supplementation of chromium along with standard treatment of diabetes has been recommended in several clinical reports. Some latest clinical studies have also proved the safety and therapeutic value of chromium supplementation for the management of high cholesterol and sugar in subjects with diabetes.
A clinical study published in ‘Diabetes Care. (2006, August)’ has shown that chromium supplementation in subjects with type 2 diabetes significantly improves insulin sensitivity and glucose control. Chromium supplementation also reduced body weight gain and fat accumulation.
Reduction in blood sugar & improvement in insulin sensitivity with chromium supplementation decreases the risk for diabetes complications.
A review article published in Diabetes technology & therapeutics (2006 December) has mentioned that 13 of 15 clinical studies involving a total of 1,690 subjects reported significant improvement in at least one outcome of glycemic control. (Glycemic control is a medical term used for blood sugar levels in a person with diabetes). Chromium supplementation had reduced blood glucose, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels and reduced requirements for drugs for diabetes.
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of chromium supplementation in elderly diabetic patients (published in International journal for vitamin and nutrition research, 2004 May). Chromium supplementation was given along with standard treatment for diabetes. Results of the study have shown that supplementation with chromium was beneficial in improvement of blood glucose control and also lowered blood lipid levels like cholesterol levels.
Along with chromium, alpha lipoic acid, vanadium and some other supplements like evening primrose oil, herbs like fenugreek also help in the management of diabetes.
Author is a freelance writer on health topics. For detail information on supplements for diabetes and for scientifically formulated supplement, please visit http://www.truevalue4money.com/diabetes/supplements.html
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Eli Lilly Suppressed Information That Its Drug Zyprexa Was Linked To Obesity And Diabetes
Drug companies will never learn their lesson. The front page of today's New York Times( Sun., December17th, 2006) disclosed that Eli Lilly suppressed information that its drug Zyprexa was linked to obesity and diabetes.
Apparently, Eli Lilly kept important information from doctors about its drug Zyprexa causing weight gain, links to obesity and risk factors for diabetes. Consumers need to learn the lesson of "Follow the Money". Zyprexa is by far Lilly's best selling product, with sales of about $4.2 billion, and about two million people worldwide taking the drug.
The documents, given to the New York Times by a lawyer representing mentally ill patients, show that Lilly kept important information from the medical community. As early as 1999, the documents show that Lilly worried that side effects from Zyprexa, whose chemical name is olanzapine, would hurt sales.
“Olanzapine-associated weight gain and possible hyperglycemia is a major threat to the long-term success of this critically important molecule,” Dr. Alan Breier wrote in a November 1999 e-mail message to two-dozen Lilly employees that announced the formation of an “executive steering committee for olanzapine-associated weight changes and hyperglycemia.” Hyperglycemia is high blood sugar.
When it was introduced, Zyprexa was the third and most heralded of the atypical antipsychotics. With psychiatrists eager for new treatments for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and dementia, Zyprexa’s sales soared.
But as sales grew, reports rolled in to Lilly and drug regulators that the medicine caused massive weight gain in many patients and was associated with diabetes. Of course Lilly has denied any wrong-doing, despite years of criticism from the American Diabetes Association.
Some psychiatrists say they no longer believe the information Lilly offers.
This is Vioxx deja vu all over again.
Charles Donovan was a patient in the FDA investigational trial of vagus nerve stimulation as a treatment for chronic or recurrent treatment-resistant depression. He was implanted with the vagus nerve stimulator in April of 2001. He chronicles his journey from the grips of depression thanks to vagus nerve stimulation therapy in his book:
Out of the Black Hole: The Patient's Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression
His all inclusive book prepares depression sufferers to make an informed decision about this ninety-minute out-patient procedure. It is a "must read" before you discuss this treatment with your psychiatrist. A prescription for the procedure is required from an M.D. and it is covered by most insurance plans.
He is the founder of the http://www.vagusnervestimulation.com/ Web Site and Bulletin.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Diabetes: Symptoms and Treatment
Diabetes can be difficult to understand unless you first learn about the way your body functions. As you begin to understand how the body fuels itself and how the digestive system works, you can realize that when one of the many parts of this system breaks down, there can be major problems.
Digestion is the process of our body breaking down the food we consume into usable nutritive substances. There are three main categories of these substances in the food we eat. These are fats, proteins and carbohydrates and they are all important to the nutritional support of our bodies. Vegetable oils, cheese, some dairy products and meat contain fat. Our protein is found in meat, eggs, fish and dairy products. Starches and sugars are found in pasta, fruits, vegetables, bread and grains and this is the way we ingest carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are broken down by the digestive process and turned into glucose or blood sugar. The things we do that require energy, such as walking, running or other aerobic exercises, all rely on carbohydrates to give us the energy to do them. Insulin is the substance that our bodies use to absorb the blood sugar into our cells. Our insulin and other digestive enzymes are provided for our bodies by the pancreas which is close to our stomach. Alcohol abuse and various diseases can cause our pancreas to stop working properly and sometimes it may be necessary to remove it surgically.
If a person is diabetic, either their cells have become insulin resistant, or their body may not be producing enough insulin. When this happens, the glucose will not be absorbed by the cells and will back up into the body. This causes the body to urinate frequently in order to try and eliminate the excess blood sugar. Having to go to the bathroom very often is one of the signs of diabetes. Proper diabetes treatment is absolutely necessary to avoid dangerous complications. A lot of people who suffer from Type 2 diabetes get one of a variety of those complications.
Diabetes results from an inability of our body to regulate blood sugar in our system. Insulin is produced by the pancreas and is the necessary key to let our liver, fat cells and muscles absorb glucose which is needed to produce fuel for energy. The glucose may cause great harm to tissues and organs if it does not move into our cells and continues to maintain a high blood sugar level.
Type 1 diabetes is what you have if your body does not produce enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels at the right amount. In the United States, Type 1 diabetes, (also called diabetes mellitus), is what approximately ten percent of all diabetics have. This is normally discovered when people are children or young teens and can also be called juvenile onset diabetes. If your pancreas is made useless by some type of illness or taken out surgically, then type 1 diabetes can happen to an adult. This type of diabetic must have insulin daily in order to stay alive.
Type 2 diabetes is the type that the other 90 percent of diabetics have. This is usually diagnosed in adults who are 45 years of age or older but it may be found in younger people as well. This type is when the body has become insulin resistant for some reason and it may be able to be controlled through diet, exercise, weight loss or some medication taken orally. However, some people who have this type may still need to take daily insulin.
The number of Americans who are diabetic is becoming greater all the time. Some people may not even be aware that they have this disease. Great harm to the tissues or organs of the body may be done before they even realize that they have diabetes. Be sure you are on the lookout for symptoms, especially if you know that others in your family have had it. Contact your physician if you are urinating more frequently, have increased thirst or a sudden gain or loss of weight, all of which are diabetes symptoms.
Dennis Harris has a health related site that provides help for a wide range of medical and health related issues. You can visit his site at http://www.healthissuestoday.com/
Digestion is the process of our body breaking down the food we consume into usable nutritive substances. There are three main categories of these substances in the food we eat. These are fats, proteins and carbohydrates and they are all important to the nutritional support of our bodies. Vegetable oils, cheese, some dairy products and meat contain fat. Our protein is found in meat, eggs, fish and dairy products. Starches and sugars are found in pasta, fruits, vegetables, bread and grains and this is the way we ingest carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are broken down by the digestive process and turned into glucose or blood sugar. The things we do that require energy, such as walking, running or other aerobic exercises, all rely on carbohydrates to give us the energy to do them. Insulin is the substance that our bodies use to absorb the blood sugar into our cells. Our insulin and other digestive enzymes are provided for our bodies by the pancreas which is close to our stomach. Alcohol abuse and various diseases can cause our pancreas to stop working properly and sometimes it may be necessary to remove it surgically.
If a person is diabetic, either their cells have become insulin resistant, or their body may not be producing enough insulin. When this happens, the glucose will not be absorbed by the cells and will back up into the body. This causes the body to urinate frequently in order to try and eliminate the excess blood sugar. Having to go to the bathroom very often is one of the signs of diabetes. Proper diabetes treatment is absolutely necessary to avoid dangerous complications. A lot of people who suffer from Type 2 diabetes get one of a variety of those complications.
Diabetes results from an inability of our body to regulate blood sugar in our system. Insulin is produced by the pancreas and is the necessary key to let our liver, fat cells and muscles absorb glucose which is needed to produce fuel for energy. The glucose may cause great harm to tissues and organs if it does not move into our cells and continues to maintain a high blood sugar level.
Type 1 diabetes is what you have if your body does not produce enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels at the right amount. In the United States, Type 1 diabetes, (also called diabetes mellitus), is what approximately ten percent of all diabetics have. This is normally discovered when people are children or young teens and can also be called juvenile onset diabetes. If your pancreas is made useless by some type of illness or taken out surgically, then type 1 diabetes can happen to an adult. This type of diabetic must have insulin daily in order to stay alive.
Type 2 diabetes is the type that the other 90 percent of diabetics have. This is usually diagnosed in adults who are 45 years of age or older but it may be found in younger people as well. This type is when the body has become insulin resistant for some reason and it may be able to be controlled through diet, exercise, weight loss or some medication taken orally. However, some people who have this type may still need to take daily insulin.
The number of Americans who are diabetic is becoming greater all the time. Some people may not even be aware that they have this disease. Great harm to the tissues or organs of the body may be done before they even realize that they have diabetes. Be sure you are on the lookout for symptoms, especially if you know that others in your family have had it. Contact your physician if you are urinating more frequently, have increased thirst or a sudden gain or loss of weight, all of which are diabetes symptoms.
Dennis Harris has a health related site that provides help for a wide range of medical and health related issues. You can visit his site at http://www.healthissuestoday.com/
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Diabetes Treatment - Maintain Your Normal and Healthy Lifestyle Even With Your Disease
In the early days, it is hard to treat diabetes to save the lives of the patients. In fact, the absence of proper treatment or medication resulted to the patient’s death one year following the diagnosis.
Today, however, evolution in the medical science has completely changed that. With the discovery of newer treatment and diabetic management methods, patients are no longer doomed to cut their lives sooner than needed. If they could be administered with these treatments properly and earlier, they could live longer years as they can.
The first conventional medical treatment
Insulin is, by far, the primary and the first medication applied to people with diabetes. Method is applied by subcutaneous injections. Since insulin may get destroyed from gastric stomach secretions, it should not be taken by mouth. It should be injected through the skin and is taken in a daily basis with one or more dosage.
Generally, insulin injection is a treatment to regulate and control blood sugar/glucose content. Initial dosage is established with the patient’s initial condition and severity of the disease. After which, succeeding dosage will be dependent upon the progress of the patient.
Food intake as well as daily activities should compromise with the injection. To monitor if there is no irregularity in terms of the relationship between your insulin injection and diet/daily activities, blood sugar testing activity should make it a frequent tour to the doctor.
Regular treatment for diabetes
Aside from the medical treatment, which is the insulin, patients should undergo diabetes management to lessen higher risks of diabetes complications. Specifically, these are:
· Diabetic diet – diets of diabetic patients may be the same with people without the illness. However, heavy concentration on the healthy food and beverages is the lone approach that diabetic patient should follow. Similarly, it is also necessary to check on the nutrition label to ensure that the patient does not exceed or limit on the intake of proper nutrition content. Diets are typically provided by the medical doctors to the patients so they only need to follow these in order for them to be effective.
· Regular physical exercise – regular workouts may lessen the dosage of insulin injection. It is, however, important to note that the patient should follow a regular routine of the workout in a daily basis.
· Diabetic medication – this is now the insulin injection. There are two types of injection that you can take and can be administered by you or with other people capable enough. Dosage is dependent upon the severity of your illness.
· Obtaining ideal weight – healthy weight may not only lessen the risks for diabetes complication but will affect your physical appearance. This aspect is, of course, dependent on your diet and exercise.
What is the medical cost attributing to diabetes treatment?
Cost for treating diabetic patients may be higher due to the frequency of visits to the doctor, physician, and hospital and, of course, the maintenance of daily insulin intake. In the USA alone, there was an estimation that American people who have undergone treatment has reached their health-care costs and was pooled to approximately $100 billion yearly.
With different forms of diabetes treatment, people with this disease will no longer have to worry whether they should live normally as possible as people with the ailment. By strictly following to the methods of diabetic diets, diabetic exercises, medication treatments, and maintaining body weight, there is no reason to worry over severe diabetes complication onset.
Jeanette Pollock is a freelance author and website owner of justdiabeteshelp.com. Visit Jeanette's website to learn more about diabetes treatment!
Today, however, evolution in the medical science has completely changed that. With the discovery of newer treatment and diabetic management methods, patients are no longer doomed to cut their lives sooner than needed. If they could be administered with these treatments properly and earlier, they could live longer years as they can.
The first conventional medical treatment
Insulin is, by far, the primary and the first medication applied to people with diabetes. Method is applied by subcutaneous injections. Since insulin may get destroyed from gastric stomach secretions, it should not be taken by mouth. It should be injected through the skin and is taken in a daily basis with one or more dosage.
Generally, insulin injection is a treatment to regulate and control blood sugar/glucose content. Initial dosage is established with the patient’s initial condition and severity of the disease. After which, succeeding dosage will be dependent upon the progress of the patient.
Food intake as well as daily activities should compromise with the injection. To monitor if there is no irregularity in terms of the relationship between your insulin injection and diet/daily activities, blood sugar testing activity should make it a frequent tour to the doctor.
Regular treatment for diabetes
Aside from the medical treatment, which is the insulin, patients should undergo diabetes management to lessen higher risks of diabetes complications. Specifically, these are:
· Diabetic diet – diets of diabetic patients may be the same with people without the illness. However, heavy concentration on the healthy food and beverages is the lone approach that diabetic patient should follow. Similarly, it is also necessary to check on the nutrition label to ensure that the patient does not exceed or limit on the intake of proper nutrition content. Diets are typically provided by the medical doctors to the patients so they only need to follow these in order for them to be effective.
· Regular physical exercise – regular workouts may lessen the dosage of insulin injection. It is, however, important to note that the patient should follow a regular routine of the workout in a daily basis.
· Diabetic medication – this is now the insulin injection. There are two types of injection that you can take and can be administered by you or with other people capable enough. Dosage is dependent upon the severity of your illness.
· Obtaining ideal weight – healthy weight may not only lessen the risks for diabetes complication but will affect your physical appearance. This aspect is, of course, dependent on your diet and exercise.
What is the medical cost attributing to diabetes treatment?
Cost for treating diabetic patients may be higher due to the frequency of visits to the doctor, physician, and hospital and, of course, the maintenance of daily insulin intake. In the USA alone, there was an estimation that American people who have undergone treatment has reached their health-care costs and was pooled to approximately $100 billion yearly.
With different forms of diabetes treatment, people with this disease will no longer have to worry whether they should live normally as possible as people with the ailment. By strictly following to the methods of diabetic diets, diabetic exercises, medication treatments, and maintaining body weight, there is no reason to worry over severe diabetes complication onset.
Jeanette Pollock is a freelance author and website owner of justdiabeteshelp.com. Visit Jeanette's website to learn more about diabetes treatment!
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Diabetes Information - Green Tea as a Diabetes Prevention and Treatment
In diabetes prevention, a diabetic person usually responds very nicely to diet and lifestyle changes.
You have to eat right, drink green tea everyday, and get regular exercise. I call it your diabetes nutrition plan.
There's absolutely no doubt that dietary changes and weight loss can have a major impact on diabetes treatment. If you just lose 10 pounds, for example, you may be able to decrease your insulin resistance. That's a significant breakthrough because insulin ushers blood sugar, or glucose, into your cells. In order for your cells to get the life-giving energy they need, they must accept rather than resist insulin.
How can drinking green tea help control an all-consuming disease like diabetes? Green tea polyphenols have been found to be potent inhibitors of amylase. In recent study, it was shown that just one cup of green tea was found to inhibit 87% of amylase's activity. And if less sugar gets into the bloodstream, blood glucose levels will automatically be lowered.
Dietary supplements like antioxidants may help reverse deficiencies that have developed as a result of diabetes, protect your body from diabetes-related damage, improve your metabolism so you have more energy, and help to stabilize blood sugar.
Antioxidants such as vitamins C and E, are one of the most important diabetes treatment, studies confirmed.
Both these antioxidants can help prevent the major long-term complications of diabetes, such as blindness, kidney disease, and nerve damage due to high sugar levels.
Shortages of B vitamins also lead to nerve damage in the hands and feet. Some studies indicate that people with diabetes develop less of the numbness and tingling associated with diabetes-related nerve damage if they take supplemental B vitamins.
Green tea contains B-vitamins plus vitamins A, E as well as minerals, polyphenols, and catechins which are powerful antioxidants in the market today.
I hope my article on diabetes information is helpful to you or your loved one.
Mary Rose Antonio is a physical therapist for 20 years now and is a great believer in natural healing. She also has a website http://www.best-green-tea.com/ where she offers organic japanese green tea, chinese green tea. She also invites you to learn more about the amazing health benefits of green tea.
You have to eat right, drink green tea everyday, and get regular exercise. I call it your diabetes nutrition plan.
There's absolutely no doubt that dietary changes and weight loss can have a major impact on diabetes treatment. If you just lose 10 pounds, for example, you may be able to decrease your insulin resistance. That's a significant breakthrough because insulin ushers blood sugar, or glucose, into your cells. In order for your cells to get the life-giving energy they need, they must accept rather than resist insulin.
How can drinking green tea help control an all-consuming disease like diabetes? Green tea polyphenols have been found to be potent inhibitors of amylase. In recent study, it was shown that just one cup of green tea was found to inhibit 87% of amylase's activity. And if less sugar gets into the bloodstream, blood glucose levels will automatically be lowered.
Dietary supplements like antioxidants may help reverse deficiencies that have developed as a result of diabetes, protect your body from diabetes-related damage, improve your metabolism so you have more energy, and help to stabilize blood sugar.
Antioxidants such as vitamins C and E, are one of the most important diabetes treatment, studies confirmed.
Both these antioxidants can help prevent the major long-term complications of diabetes, such as blindness, kidney disease, and nerve damage due to high sugar levels.
Shortages of B vitamins also lead to nerve damage in the hands and feet. Some studies indicate that people with diabetes develop less of the numbness and tingling associated with diabetes-related nerve damage if they take supplemental B vitamins.
Green tea contains B-vitamins plus vitamins A, E as well as minerals, polyphenols, and catechins which are powerful antioxidants in the market today.
I hope my article on diabetes information is helpful to you or your loved one.
Mary Rose Antonio is a physical therapist for 20 years now and is a great believer in natural healing. She also has a website http://www.best-green-tea.com/ where she offers organic japanese green tea, chinese green tea. She also invites you to learn more about the amazing health benefits of green tea.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
What Is Diabetic Neuropathy Exactly?
Diabetic Neuropathy is a common complication of Diabetes Mellitus. It usually includes micro vascular injury to the small blood vessels leading to your nerves. Other side effects of Diabetic Neuropathy are not as uncommon.
One of the greatest complications of diabetic neuropathy concerns morbidity and mortality in the diabetic. This neuropathy has a rate of 20% in traumatic and 50-75% non-traumatic amputations. The greatest risk for diabetes mellitus patients is glycemic control. In most patients who controlled their glycogen levels, the risk of diabetes neuropathy was smaller. Those who did not control their insulin levels were at a higher risk. Other risk factors include: smoking, high blood pressure, age, and obesity.
Micro vascular disease is the term used to explain the constriction of blood vessels from diabetes mellitus. This causes the blood vessels to slow down the amount of blood passing through the veins. Basically, less blood flows to the nerves which cause problems with circulation leading to amputation of a limb.
Keeping glucose in its metabolized state is what helps keep diabetes neuropathy from occurring. When glucose levels are too high it will cause a chemical reaction in the body that uses up compounds that may be needed to inhibit diabetes neuropathy. Medications are available which may help this.
There are several reasons the eyes, kidneys, and nerves are damaged by diabetes neuropathy. When blood does not process glucose properly, it may turn into a form of glucose that is unusable to these organs. It actually stresses the organs and does not allow the energy producing glucose to pass the cell wall barrier. This is what causes nerve, eye or kidney damage among diabetics.
Some of the effects of diabetic neuropathy are: a loss of feeling in a part of the body, numbness or tingling, bowel upset, impotence, loss of bladder control, drooping facial parts, dizziness, vision changes, speech impairment, even trouble swallowing and or muscle contraction. These difficulties are all related to the nerve damage done by diabetes neuropathy.
The reasons for these afflictions in the diabetic neuropathy patient are poorly understood at this time. Treatment may be available for some of the associated difficulties of diabetes neuropathy but for the most part there is no cure and the disease is progressive. Often amputation of limbs or soft tissue that has received a loss of blood supply and can no longer heal or fight infection is necessary. Diabetes neuropathy is being studied on a continual basis so hope for relief is available.
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One of the greatest complications of diabetic neuropathy concerns morbidity and mortality in the diabetic. This neuropathy has a rate of 20% in traumatic and 50-75% non-traumatic amputations. The greatest risk for diabetes mellitus patients is glycemic control. In most patients who controlled their glycogen levels, the risk of diabetes neuropathy was smaller. Those who did not control their insulin levels were at a higher risk. Other risk factors include: smoking, high blood pressure, age, and obesity.
Micro vascular disease is the term used to explain the constriction of blood vessels from diabetes mellitus. This causes the blood vessels to slow down the amount of blood passing through the veins. Basically, less blood flows to the nerves which cause problems with circulation leading to amputation of a limb.
Keeping glucose in its metabolized state is what helps keep diabetes neuropathy from occurring. When glucose levels are too high it will cause a chemical reaction in the body that uses up compounds that may be needed to inhibit diabetes neuropathy. Medications are available which may help this.
There are several reasons the eyes, kidneys, and nerves are damaged by diabetes neuropathy. When blood does not process glucose properly, it may turn into a form of glucose that is unusable to these organs. It actually stresses the organs and does not allow the energy producing glucose to pass the cell wall barrier. This is what causes nerve, eye or kidney damage among diabetics.
Some of the effects of diabetic neuropathy are: a loss of feeling in a part of the body, numbness or tingling, bowel upset, impotence, loss of bladder control, drooping facial parts, dizziness, vision changes, speech impairment, even trouble swallowing and or muscle contraction. These difficulties are all related to the nerve damage done by diabetes neuropathy.
The reasons for these afflictions in the diabetic neuropathy patient are poorly understood at this time. Treatment may be available for some of the associated difficulties of diabetes neuropathy but for the most part there is no cure and the disease is progressive. Often amputation of limbs or soft tissue that has received a loss of blood supply and can no longer heal or fight infection is necessary. Diabetes neuropathy is being studied on a continual basis so hope for relief is available.
For more info about Diabetic Neuropathy?, feel free to visit us at: http://www.about-diabetics.info/Articles/Diabetic_Neuropathy.php
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Diabetes Treatment at Home: 3 Tips to Minimize Complications
The treatment of diabetes is highly individualized. It will depend on the type of diabetes, whether you have other active medical problems, as well as your age and general health at time of diagnosis. However, one fact remains constant in treatment: if you have diabetes, you must make healthier lifestyle choices in diet, exercise, and other habits. These will help to improve glycemic (blood sugar) control and prevent or minimize complications of diabetes.
Diet: A healthy diet is key to controlling blood sugar levels and preventing diabetes complications.
*If you are obese and have had difficulty losing weight on your own, talk to your health care provider. He or she can recommend a dietician or a weight modification program to help you reach your goal.
*Eat a consistent, well-balanced diet that is high in fibre, low in saturated fat, and low in concentrated sugars.
*A consistent diet that includes roughly the same number of calories at about the same times of day helps your health care provider prescribe the correct dose of medication or insulin.
*It will also help to keep your blood sugar at a relatively even level and avoid excessively low or high blood sugar levels, which can be dangerous and even life threatening.
Exercise: Regular exercise, in any form, can help reduce the risk of developing diabetes. Activity can also reduce the risk of developing complications of diabetes such as heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, and leg ulcers.
*As little as 20 minutes of walking 3 times a week has a proven beneficial effect. Any exercise is beneficial; no matter how light or how long, some exercise is better than no exercise.
*If you have complications of diabetes (eye, kidney, or nerve problems), you may be limited both in type of exercise and amount of exercise you can safely do without worsening your condition. Consult with your health care provider before starting any exercise program.
Alcohol use: Moderate or eliminate your consumption of alcohol. Try to have no more than 7 alcoholic drinks in a week and never more than 2-3 in an evening. One drink is considered 1.5 ounces of liquor, 6 ounces of wine, or 12 ounces of beer. Excessive alcohol use is a known risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Alcohol consumption can cause low or high blood sugar levels, nerve pain called neuritis, and increase in triglycerides, which is a type of fat in our blood.
Smoking: If you have diabetes, and you smoke cigarettes or use any other form of tobacco, you are raising your risks markedly for nearly all of the complications of diabetes. Smoking damages blood vessels and contributes to heart disease, stroke, and poor circulation in the limbs. If you need help quitting, talk to your health care provider.
Self-monitored blood glucose: Check your blood sugar levels frequently, at least before meals and at bedtime, and record the results in a logbook.
*This log should also include your insulin or oral medication doses and times, when and what you ate, when and for how long you exercised, and any significant events of the day such as high or low blood sugar levels and how you treated the problem.
*Better equipment now available makes testing your blood sugar levels less painful and less complicated than ever. Your daily blood sugar diary is invaluable to your health care provider in seeing how you are responding to medications, diet, and exercise in the treatment of your diabetes.
*Medicare now pays for diabetic testing supplies, as do many private insurers and Medicaid.
Paul Buntrage
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Diet: A healthy diet is key to controlling blood sugar levels and preventing diabetes complications.
*If you are obese and have had difficulty losing weight on your own, talk to your health care provider. He or she can recommend a dietician or a weight modification program to help you reach your goal.
*Eat a consistent, well-balanced diet that is high in fibre, low in saturated fat, and low in concentrated sugars.
*A consistent diet that includes roughly the same number of calories at about the same times of day helps your health care provider prescribe the correct dose of medication or insulin.
*It will also help to keep your blood sugar at a relatively even level and avoid excessively low or high blood sugar levels, which can be dangerous and even life threatening.
Exercise: Regular exercise, in any form, can help reduce the risk of developing diabetes. Activity can also reduce the risk of developing complications of diabetes such as heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, and leg ulcers.
*As little as 20 minutes of walking 3 times a week has a proven beneficial effect. Any exercise is beneficial; no matter how light or how long, some exercise is better than no exercise.
*If you have complications of diabetes (eye, kidney, or nerve problems), you may be limited both in type of exercise and amount of exercise you can safely do without worsening your condition. Consult with your health care provider before starting any exercise program.
Alcohol use: Moderate or eliminate your consumption of alcohol. Try to have no more than 7 alcoholic drinks in a week and never more than 2-3 in an evening. One drink is considered 1.5 ounces of liquor, 6 ounces of wine, or 12 ounces of beer. Excessive alcohol use is a known risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Alcohol consumption can cause low or high blood sugar levels, nerve pain called neuritis, and increase in triglycerides, which is a type of fat in our blood.
Smoking: If you have diabetes, and you smoke cigarettes or use any other form of tobacco, you are raising your risks markedly for nearly all of the complications of diabetes. Smoking damages blood vessels and contributes to heart disease, stroke, and poor circulation in the limbs. If you need help quitting, talk to your health care provider.
Self-monitored blood glucose: Check your blood sugar levels frequently, at least before meals and at bedtime, and record the results in a logbook.
*This log should also include your insulin or oral medication doses and times, when and what you ate, when and for how long you exercised, and any significant events of the day such as high or low blood sugar levels and how you treated the problem.
*Better equipment now available makes testing your blood sugar levels less painful and less complicated than ever. Your daily blood sugar diary is invaluable to your health care provider in seeing how you are responding to medications, diet, and exercise in the treatment of your diabetes.
*Medicare now pays for diabetic testing supplies, as do many private insurers and Medicaid.
Paul Buntrage
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Diabetes - Curse of Western Living?
Diabetes - Curse of Western Living?
Our bodies change food into glucose or sugar through a process of digestion. Sugar travels through the body in the blood stream. Some of this sugar is used for energy,and some is stored in muscles and the liver for later use. Excess sugar is made into fat and stored throughout the body.
So what is diebetes mellitus? Diabetes mellitus is classified in to 4 separate types: Type 1, Type 2, Gestational and Pre-Diabetes (known as impaired glucose tolerance in other countries). This illness is the result of little or no insulin, a hormone which controls how the body uses sugar. Due to this relative lack of hormone, there are serious long term health implications including an increased risk of stroke and heart attack.
The treatment of diabetes is complex involving at times an aggressive approach when infection threatens. No doubt there are many proclaimed alternative treatments along the lines of diabetes herbs or diabetes supplements but you should exercise care here.
In some people, due to obesity, there is an increased resistance to the action of insulin. The pancreas produce insulin for the body. The Beta cells in the pancreas produce this important hormone to let sugar into the blood and the body cells and muscles. It is the only energy source the brain can use for fuel. A lack of sugar in the blood leads to a situation known as hypoglycaemia which can cause you to even lose consciousness if particularly severe.
In diabetes mellitus, either the pancreas produces insufficient insulin or cells in the body are resistant to the insulin produced. Because of this, sugar remains in the blood, leading to high blood sugar levels. This is refered to as hyperglycaemia and the excess is responsible for complications including diseases of the heart, eye, kidney, nerves and other organs. Also it can spill over into urine which does not usually happen. Any product that is thought of as a diabetes herb or diabetes supplement will not stop sugar spilling into urine but control of blood sugar through diet, exercise and diabetic medications will.
So a simple test for diabetes would be to test a urine sample and see if there is sugar present. A woman with frequent thrush/cystitis symptoms within the space of a year should seek advice as sugar in the urine may be a causative factor in some cases.This would be more unusual in men but then the onset of impotence can be a sign of disease such as heart disease and/or diebetes mellitus in men.
In Type 1 diabetes, previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or juvenile-onset diabetes, the body’s immune system destroys the beta cells located in the pancreas. The pancreas is unable to produce any insulin and the hormone must be delivered from outside of the body through an injection or a pump. This condition is most common among children and young adults but can occur at any age.
In Type 2 diabetes, previously called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or adult-onset diabetes, the usual cause of high sugar in the blood is due to insulin resistance. Cells do not respond to insulin and are unable to absorb glucose. Because the insulin is not able to be used, the pancreas continues to produce it at high rates and often Type 2 diabetics maintain a high level of insulin in their blood. Eventually, though, the pancreas is unable to meet the demand and gradually loses its ability to produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90-95% of all diagnosed cases.
Pre-diabetes, formerly called borderline-diabetes, is a condition prior to diabetes where patients have marked metabolic difficulties. If not treated, these are likely to lead to Type 2 diabetes. This will be discussed further in the chapter on prevention.
There are 20.8 million people with diebetes mellitus in the United States. One-third are unaware they have the condition and are therefore untreated and at higher risk for complications. Also, more worringly, 41 million people are thought or considered to be in the borderline and considered pre-diabetic.
Direct and indirect medical costs, lost days from work, long term complications including mortality, cost the United States approximately $40 billion a year. Diabetes affects men and women and in most cases these days not family medical history but lifestyle factors are responsible .For many, diebetes mellitus is a disease of excess calories and obesity.
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Diabetes - Curse of Western Living?
Our bodies change food into glucose or sugar through a process of digestion. Sugar travels through the body in the blood stream. Some of this sugar is used for energy,and some is stored in muscles and the liver for later use. Excess sugar is made into fat and stored throughout the body.
So what is diebetes mellitus? Diabetes mellitus is classified in to 4 separate types: Type 1, Type 2, Gestational and Pre-Diabetes (known as impaired glucose tolerance in other countries). This illness is the result of little or no insulin, a hormone which controls how the body uses sugar. Due to this relative lack of hormone, there are serious long term health implications including an increased risk of stroke and heart attack.
The treatment of diabetes is complex involving at times an aggressive approach when infection threatens. No doubt there are many proclaimed alternative treatments along the lines of diabetes herbs or diabetes supplements but you should exercise care here.
In some people, due to obesity, there is an increased resistance to the action of insulin. The pancreas produce insulin for the body. The Beta cells in the pancreas produce this important hormone to let sugar into the blood and the body cells and muscles. It is the only energy source the brain can use for fuel. A lack of sugar in the blood leads to a situation known as hypoglycaemia which can cause you to even lose consciousness if particularly severe.
In diabetes mellitus, either the pancreas produces insufficient insulin or cells in the body are resistant to the insulin produced. Because of this, sugar remains in the blood, leading to high blood sugar levels. This is refered to as hyperglycaemia and the excess is responsible for complications including diseases of the heart, eye, kidney, nerves and other organs. Also it can spill over into urine which does not usually happen. Any product that is thought of as a diabetes herb or diabetes supplement will not stop sugar spilling into urine but control of blood sugar through diet, exercise and diabetic medications will.
So a simple test for diabetes would be to test a urine sample and see if there is sugar present. A woman with frequent thrush/cystitis symptoms within the space of a year should seek advice as sugar in the urine may be a causative factor in some cases.This would be more unusual in men but then the onset of impotence can be a sign of disease such as heart disease and/or diebetes mellitus in men.
In Type 1 diabetes, previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or juvenile-onset diabetes, the body’s immune system destroys the beta cells located in the pancreas. The pancreas is unable to produce any insulin and the hormone must be delivered from outside of the body through an injection or a pump. This condition is most common among children and young adults but can occur at any age.
In Type 2 diabetes, previously called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or adult-onset diabetes, the usual cause of high sugar in the blood is due to insulin resistance. Cells do not respond to insulin and are unable to absorb glucose. Because the insulin is not able to be used, the pancreas continues to produce it at high rates and often Type 2 diabetics maintain a high level of insulin in their blood. Eventually, though, the pancreas is unable to meet the demand and gradually loses its ability to produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90-95% of all diagnosed cases.
Pre-diabetes, formerly called borderline-diabetes, is a condition prior to diabetes where patients have marked metabolic difficulties. If not treated, these are likely to lead to Type 2 diabetes. This will be discussed further in the chapter on prevention.
There are 20.8 million people with diebetes mellitus in the United States. One-third are unaware they have the condition and are therefore untreated and at higher risk for complications. Also, more worringly, 41 million people are thought or considered to be in the borderline and considered pre-diabetic.
Direct and indirect medical costs, lost days from work, long term complications including mortality, cost the United States approximately $40 billion a year. Diabetes affects men and women and in most cases these days not family medical history but lifestyle factors are responsible .For many, diebetes mellitus is a disease of excess calories and obesity.
For more related information visit: http://www.manhealthsite.com/ Manhealth is a site that offers advice for avoiding, coping with mens health. Get professional knowledge on dealing with symptoms, drug side effects and improving your life!
Diabetes - Curse of Western Living?
Saturday, September 23, 2006
What Are 3 Common Types Of Diabetes
How I Used A Few Simple TacticsTo Help My Husband LowerHis Blood Sugar LevelFrom 330 to 109 - And Keep It There!
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Diabetes Mellitus is now considered as an epidemic disease in most of countries. This article is about risk causes management of 3 most common types of diabetes mellitus
what are types of Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes is classified into 3 types.1-Type 1 Diabetes2-Type 2 Diabetes3-Gestational Diabetes
Here we will discuss one by one all three types of diabetes.Type 1 Diabetes:Type 1 diabetes is also called Juvenile Diabetes, Insulin dependent diabetes or Autoimmune Diabetes. Person with type 1 diabetes has immune response against his own beta cells of pancreas, so pancreas is unable to produce insulin at-all.That is why it is called as autoimmune diabetes. Juvenile diabetes usually occurs in children but can appear at any age. To live normal life patient has to take insulin and take regular exercise and has proper diet plan. The main cause of this type 1 diabetes are environmental factors like virus, diet or chemicals in people genetically predisposed. In USA 10-15% diagnosed cases of diabetes mellitus comprises of type 1 diabetes. Symptoms of type 1 diabetes are increase urination, increase thirst, increase hunger and weight loss. Eyes may also be affected as blurred vision. The person with type 1 diabetes should be diagnosed earlier, otherwise it can lead to a medical emergency situation like diabetic Coma with kitoacidosis.
Type 2 Diabetes:Type 2 Diabetes is also called as Non Insulin dependent diabetes Mellitus or Adult-onset diabetes.This is most common type of diabetes affecting nearly 80% of all cases of diabetes. It is usually seen in adults. There are two mechanisms of type 2 diabetes. Either there is deficiency of insulin, or there is increase resistance of insulin. Insulin resistance means that body is unable to use available insulin.The main cause of this type of diabetes is genetic however other factors like overweight, obesity, high blood pressure, lack of exercise, overeating habits may also affect.About 80% of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight. Symptoms of type 2 diabetes in-contrast to type 1 develop very slowly. There may be fatigue, weight loss, increase urination, blurred vision or delay wound healing.This type of diabetes is treated with exercise, diet control, tablets. However later, you may need insulin injections as well.
Gestational Diabetes:Some women who develop diabetes during later stages of pregnancy is called as Gestational diabetes. Though their glucose levels returns to normal but even then they have greater chances of developing diabetes mellitus within next 5 to 10 years. Women with gestational diabetes may have no symptoms at all. The cause of gestational diabetes is hormonal imbalance during pregnancy or insufficient Insulin. Child of women who develops gestational diabetes is also at high risk of developing diabetes in later life. Maintaining normal body weight and being physically active may help prevent development of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a patient of gestational diabetes.
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Friday, August 18, 2006
Diabetes - The Growing Obesity Epidemic
Diabetes - The Growing Obesity Epidemic
Turn on any TV news, or pick up any newspaper and you will see stories about America being obese and having an explosive increase in diabetes. And the sad thing is that it is true. The U.S. Surgeon General has said the number of overweight adults and children is 50% higher than it was only 10 years ago. It's truly becoming an epidemic.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that obesity also leads to other serious health problems. And one of the worst being diabetes. Due to the growing obesity problem in America, type 2 diabetes has simply exploded. While this use to be an adult onset issue it has now spread to our children. Sadly, over one third of all children born today will develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime.
Why is this happening? What is going on here? Unfortunately, the answer is quite simple, it's our eating and exercise habits. Think about how many times you eat fast food every week? For some it's every day. If you're like the average person, you eat fast food 2-3 times a week at a minimum. Fast food is literally killing us. It's loaded with fats, calories, sodium, and sky high amounts of carbohydrates. This is exactly what diabetes thrives on. It's like fertilizer. If you have doubts, take a look at the content labels on fast food, if you can find them. You will be shocked!
Another problem that is creating more diabetics is the intake of soda. Everywhere you go, be it the gas station, store, fast food restaurant, etc., the sizes of sodas being sold are enormous. 10-20 years ago a large soda was considered to be 12-16oz. These days, that's a small drink at best. You're now seeing 48-64oz super big gulps, or hugos. The sugars and carbs that these sodas contain are off the charts, yet our children are drinking them up on a daily basis. The result? A dramatic increase in the number of children under 12 with diabetes. Thankfully, some of the school systems around the country are getting the message and banning soda and snack machines from schools.
The other big reason for the massive increase in type 2 diabetes is from our total lack of any form of exercise. Few people follow any kind of fitness routine, and it seems you hardly see people even go for walks in their own neighborhood. The remote control doesn't qualify as getting physical exercise. Get off the couch and at least begin walking. Exercise is proven to reduce diabetes, as well as so many other health issues. Even if you can only exercise 2-3 times a week for 30 minutes, do it. You will reap the benefits from it quickly.
Diabetes is a serious issue. Left alone it can cause blindness, stroke, kidney failure, heart disease, and death. We can't continue to eat triple whoppers, a pound of greasy fries, and wash it all down with a gallon size Coke. If you will educate yourself on diabetes, not only will you help improve your own health, but you may be able to help those closest to you as well. Together we can reduce the diabetes epidemic.
You can find out more about Diabetes as well as much more information on diabetes issues at http://www.diabetes.infofroma-z.com.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Diabetes and Society
Diabetes and Society
One of the things most people do not know is that there are several different types of diabetes, and that diabetes is a disease that will stay with you for the rest of your life, there is no cure from diabetes and that means that once a person is informed that he has diabetes this condition will follow him for the rest of his or her life.
Coming to terms with the fact that one has diabetes may be psychologically difficult sometimes, especially if the person has no experience with long and difficult diseases and illnesses. The mental strain and the difficulty of grasping the new situation might sometimes cause a state of confusion and anger, denial and expressions of mood swings. While this is all normal and understandable an adult behaving in such a way may be problematic to explain to young children or even friends and colleagues.
As in all other difficult situation that family and close friends can always be a source of great comfort and relief, and if you can find some people who also discovered in later stages of life that they had diabetes that will help too, the idea of companionship between patients of many diseases can help the patient realize that there are ways to deal with the news and that people have done that before him.
Dealing with the discovery of diabetes is not as crashing as other fatal diseases that we know about and hear about on a daily basis, but for a healthy individual this may come as a complete shock, and any person that is not well informed abbot diabetes to begin with may take this as a devastating realization. It is important to stress that diabetes is something that you can live with and that there is increasing awareness around the world about diabetes patient and their needs, as well as the medical attention that diabetics require.
The fact that there are three different kinds of diabetes should make it clear that everyone needs to know about diabetes since it is not an illness that is limited to young age only, diabetes can be discovered later in life and the risks associate with the lack of treatment for diabetes is high. The lack of knowledge about diabetes causes future patients to panic or be o relaxed about their condition, which is in both cases dangerous to their health.
To summarize what has been said in this article so far, the discovery of diabetes in a later stage of life can be a shock, the family and friends should try their best to support the diabetic and to help him or her to realize that this is a disease that requires daily attention and that is potentially dangerous if not treated properly, overall the level of awareness in the general public to the diabetes disease and to diabetics in general should be addressed and any individual should try his or her best to explain the dangers of the illness to others not only to increase the awareness but also to try and improve society treatment of diabetics.
Celia Nemart writes about family and medical issues on the internet, Celia is a dedicated to increasing awareness of Diabetes and pregnancy in young woman.
Diabetes and Society
One of the things most people do not know is that there are several different types of diabetes, and that diabetes is a disease that will stay with you for the rest of your life, there is no cure from diabetes and that means that once a person is informed that he has diabetes this condition will follow him for the rest of his or her life.
Coming to terms with the fact that one has diabetes may be psychologically difficult sometimes, especially if the person has no experience with long and difficult diseases and illnesses. The mental strain and the difficulty of grasping the new situation might sometimes cause a state of confusion and anger, denial and expressions of mood swings. While this is all normal and understandable an adult behaving in such a way may be problematic to explain to young children or even friends and colleagues.
As in all other difficult situation that family and close friends can always be a source of great comfort and relief, and if you can find some people who also discovered in later stages of life that they had diabetes that will help too, the idea of companionship between patients of many diseases can help the patient realize that there are ways to deal with the news and that people have done that before him.
Dealing with the discovery of diabetes is not as crashing as other fatal diseases that we know about and hear about on a daily basis, but for a healthy individual this may come as a complete shock, and any person that is not well informed abbot diabetes to begin with may take this as a devastating realization. It is important to stress that diabetes is something that you can live with and that there is increasing awareness around the world about diabetes patient and their needs, as well as the medical attention that diabetics require.
The fact that there are three different kinds of diabetes should make it clear that everyone needs to know about diabetes since it is not an illness that is limited to young age only, diabetes can be discovered later in life and the risks associate with the lack of treatment for diabetes is high. The lack of knowledge about diabetes causes future patients to panic or be o relaxed about their condition, which is in both cases dangerous to their health.
To summarize what has been said in this article so far, the discovery of diabetes in a later stage of life can be a shock, the family and friends should try their best to support the diabetic and to help him or her to realize that this is a disease that requires daily attention and that is potentially dangerous if not treated properly, overall the level of awareness in the general public to the diabetes disease and to diabetics in general should be addressed and any individual should try his or her best to explain the dangers of the illness to others not only to increase the awareness but also to try and improve society treatment of diabetics.
Celia Nemart writes about family and medical issues on the internet, Celia is a dedicated to increasing awareness of Diabetes and pregnancy in young woman.
Diabetes and Society
Monday, August 14, 2006
Pregnancy and Diabetes
There are two types of diabetes that need to be considered by women who are, or are planning to become, pregnant:
1. Diabetes that pre-exists a pregnancy.
and
2. Diabetes that developes during her pregnancy, which is commonly referred to as "gestational diabetes".
Diabetics – those with pre-existing diabetes or those who develop gestational diabetes – often deliver larger babies. This is a result of the additional sugar, being produced by the mother, being passed through the umbilical cord into the blood stream of the baby where insulin then converts it into fat.
Pre-existing Diabetes
As long as diabetes is properly controlled there is no reason why a woman with diabetes can not have an uncomplicated pregnancy. It is when the diabetes is not controlled that problems and complications occur. Complications can lead to problems with the pregnancy, including, miscarriage, premature delivery and stillbirth and can also lead to the women developing high blood pressure.
It is strongly advised that diabetic women begin taking folic acid both before and after conception so as to avoid the baby developing birth defects. Folic acid should be taken all women who are pregnant, and is often included with gestational vitamins prescribed by doctors.
Oral medications that are used to control type 2 diabetes are not approved for use during pregnancy so any woman who is using these drugs will need to switch to insulin before conceiving and during her pregnancy.
Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes is diabetes that develops during pregnancy. Changing hormones and weight gain makes it hard for the body to keep up with the need of insulin. In the past, it has been viewed as a disease that wasn't damaging and usually disappeared after the birth of the baby. However, now it is considered a warning sign for both the mother and the baby of metabolic changes that may affect them for life.
Why does gestational diabetes occur? The placenta produces a hormone that goes against the affect of insulin on blood sugar. Women who have a history of diabetes in the family are also more sensitive to this hormone. Mothers who have experienced gestational diabetes should research and be aware of what the symptoms of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes are and be aware of the steps to take to avoid or delay this disease.
About 200,000 women develop gestational diabetes each year in the United States. The statistics are that five to ten percent of women will continue with Type 2 diabetes after the birth of the baby. Twenty to fifty percent may develop Type 2 diabetes later in life. Children of mothers with gestational diabetes are more at risk for obesity and developing diabetes as teens or adults.
Studies show that it is possible to reduce the risks by watching their diet. In fact, women who went on to control their weight, increase their exercise, and watch their diet and as a result had a 58 percent decrease in their risk for developing diabetes.
Women in the 26-28 weeks of pregnancy are routinely checked for blood glucose levels. If a woman does develop gestational diabetes and it is not treated or controlled it may lead to difficulties and problems including, delayed maturity level, stillbirth, and poor placenta function.
Women who are already overweight when becoming pregnant, or had gestational diabetes during a previous pregnancy, have a greater chance of developing gestational diabetes.
Other potential risk causes come from race, nationality, and cultural differences. Some of these causes could be related to economic differences and the difference in diets.
The women found to be at a higher risk are American Indians, Asian Americans, African-Americans, Pacific islanders, and Hispanics.
If you are pregnant your diet is important as is exercise, both for your health and the health of your baby.
Drinking plenty of water, with a diet high in fiber and low fats are necessary for a healthy diet. Refined sugar should be cut out if possible, if not, cut out as much as possible. Watch your fat intake also. Eat plenty of fresh vegetables and low fat proteins. Also don't forget to be taking a pre-natal vitamin.
If you are already exercising when you become pregnant, it is important you remain active within the limits of what your body and doctor allow. Low impact exercising, yoga, or water aerobics are choices for those women who are not on a regular exercise program.
Also those women who do develop gestational diabetes have a much greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
Mike Herman Is a Successful Webmaster and Publisher of 4HealthConcerns.com Find More Information Pregnant Women With Diabetes That You Can Research While Relaxing at Home in Your Pajamas.
Pregnancy and Diabetes
Friday, August 11, 2006
Diabetes Camps
Diabetes Camps
Diabetes Camps
Many Diabetic Kids feel isolated & lonely. Especially if they have very little interaction with other diabetics. Diabetes camp is an opportunity for them to meet other children just like themselves. Camp also teaches them valuable information about managing their disease. Many camps teach nutrition, how & when to test their blood properly, to give themselves injections or site changes. They also learn how food & excersize are linked with insulin. They learn independence in dealing with their disease. Some day your diabetic child will have to go into the big bad world by themselves. They will have to be able to take care of their own diabetes. Diabetes camp is a great way to give them the start they need to get ready for that time.
Besides it is just so much fun. I had a Diabetes Educator approach me about letting my daughter Ashley go to Diabetes Camp. This was about four years ago. I talked it over with Ashley & neither one of us were ready. I was not ready to leave her with strangers & trust them to manage her diabetes. Ashley did not feel comfortable being away from home for that amount of time. She knew she would be homesick. But, two years ago her attitude changed. She said she thought it would be fun to meet other kids like her. I had done some research on diabetes camps & was very impressed with what I was reading. I knew this would be a wonderful opportunity for her. So we decided the time had come for Ashley to take her first step of independence.
We sent a request to Gales Creek Diabetes Camp near Portland Oregon for more information. They sent us an applications with many forms that needed to be filled out. They needed personal & medical information on Ashley. There was a form for her doctor to fill out. They also had camperships available. This is like a scholorship. There are actually donors that contribute money to these camps to help people who can't afford to pay the $350 a week that it costs.
The camp is set up for Diabetic children. They have a wonderful staff. There is a doctor that is there at all times while camp is in session. There are also one or more Nutritionists & nurses. Many of the camp councelors are Diabetics. They go through specialized diabetes education training with doctor's & nurses. All councelors are over age 18 & many are former campers. They have set times for everyone to check their blood as well as councelors that do blood sugar tests in the middle of the night. All the food is healthy & carbs are counted.
They have activities set up to keep the kid's occupied at all times. They take hikes, play sports, swim every day, campfire activities, crafts, play games & all kinds of fun activities. Ashley loved it. She talked about her week at camp for months & couldn't wait until next year. She has now gone to two summers of camp. She talks about becoming a camp councelor.
I actually think Ashley would have done just fine at camp 4 years ago. I know that I am a very overprotective parent. I was one even before the diabetes but, after diagnosis I became so afraid to let her out of my site. But, they really do need that independence. It is so good for their self esteem & helps them to become self reliant. I definately would recomend Diabetes Camp for all Diabetic Children!!
To find a Diabetes camp in your area check out this page on my website http://elviradarknight.com/diabetes/diabetescamp.html
Many camps have a week long camp that is broke up into age groups. There are also some day camps available & family camps.
Devoting her last 8 years to Diabetes Education, Kimberly maintains her Diabetic Website at http://www.Elviradarknight.com and publishes the Living Life as a Diabetic Newsletter and also dispatches donated Diabetic supplies to needie individuals without Health Insurance. Kim would like to personally invite you to become informed on issues of Health, Nutrition & Diabetes.
Diabetes Camps
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