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WHAT IS DIABETES?

Diabetes is a syndrome of disordered metabolism and can be prevented naturally with a balanced nutrition and can be controlled by engaging in basic exercises. Usually, diabetes is due to hereditary and environmental causes resulting abnormally that leads to high blood sugar levels. Excessive use of sugar has been known to increase incidences of type 2 diabetes and obesity. As a result, diabetes will require maintenance and permanent medication.

TYPES OF DIABETES AND TREATMENT

Type-1 diabetes in most cases requires the delivery of artificial insulin by means of injection combined with careful monitoring of blood glucose levels using blood testing monitors. Eventually, the pancreas can wear out from working overtime to produce extra insulin and may no longer be able to produce enough to keep a person’s blood sugar levels within a normal range. At this point, insulin therapy is necessary to maintain normal or near normal glucose levels. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Oral medications are used in managing type 2 diabetes. With proper treatment, people who have type 1 diabetes can expect to live longer and healthier lives. Inculcate self discipline to make your diabetes care plan work. Educate yourself on how to care for your diabetes which will help you feel better today and in future.

ALTERNATIVE DIABETES CURES THROUGH THE HERBAL WAY

Once glucose is being passed thorough our bloodstream, it needs insulin in order to let the glucose to be injected into our cells. In order for the glucose to get inside our cell, it needs the help of insulin (which is produced by the pancreas). The medical experts should look for the main complications, modalities and the root cause of your diabetes because the result of the assessment will tell the experts which medical approach to take.

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Over recent years, much of what was known about type 2 diabetes has been turned upside down. What is now known is so much more powerful… now there is an understanding of the real cause.

So how does type 2 diabetes start… often the first symptom is fatigue. You lost your spark. From there you noticed you were visiting the bathroom often, passing excessive amounts of urine. Thirst comes next, you find yourself drinking so much more water or fluids generally. What really is happening in your body is sugar is not able to move from your bloodstream into your cells. From that small problem comes so many others.

• Glucose or sugar is an energy source for your body. It supplies power to everything you do, from thinking to moving. So when it is unable to enter your cells, they become tired and you have no energy.
• The sugar from your bloodstream is then filtered through your kidneys, and in an attempt to excrete this high amount of blood sugar, large amounts of fluid are used. This fluid is pulled from your body and is why you make so many trips to the bathroom and why you feel dehydrated.
• Naturally you then feel very thirsty.

Therefore:

• fatigue
• frequent urination
• dehydration and thirst

are all symptoms of the one problem. Sugar being unable to enter your cells. you now have high blood sugar levels and high insulin levels. A provisional diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is made if you have these symptoms plus blood sugar levels of 126 mg/dl (7 mmol/l) or higher after fasting for eight hours. Your health care provider will then follow up with an oral glucose tolerance test or challenge, and if your level is shown to be 200 mg/dl (11 mmol/l) or higher two hours later… a definite diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is made. A normal glucose tolerance test value is less than 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/l).

A diagnosis of type 2 diabetes means the insulin in your body is no longer doing it’s job… it is unable to open the doors of your cells to allow sugar to enter. Your pancreas continues to produce more insulin in an attempt to fix this problem… it tries to overcome the resistance.

Treatment for type 2 diabetes.

• sometimes includes medications
• always includes a healthy eating plan in order for you to lose weight and reduce your blood sugar levels
• should include an increase in physical activity on a daily basis
• can include naturally occurring substances such as chromium and cinnamon

Learning all you can about type 2 diabetes and making a commitment to living a healthy lifestyle will reduce your risk of serious health complications.

Diabetes nowadays has grown to be a problem next to cancer or other respiratory diseases. It has become so common and yet so misunderstood. For a lot of people, diabetes is a hereditary disease. Hence, only genetic predisposition can cause diabetes. For some on the other hand, the diet of the people is the primary culprit for diabetes. How true or untrue are these? Are all people susceptible to this disease?

Could you be a diabetic?

Before identifying the possible victims of this deadly illness, it would be best to understand what diabetes is.

Diabetes is a metabolism problem where the pancreas either fails to produce enough sugar or to produce at all. It can also be the case that the cells of the body are not functioning well that’s why the insulin produced just passes out of the body leaving the body with little or no fuel to do everyday activities.

Furthermore, there are many types of diabetes all of which have their own causes and proper management. This can be very dangerous and even deadly that is why this disease should be taken seriously.

With this, it can be easily said that people who have problematic pancreas or cells are automatically at high risk to suffer this disease. As mentioned earlier, those who have genetic predisposition are usually among those who cannot run away from this high risk. People over the age of 45 are also very susceptible to this illness. This can be associated to failure of the body to function properly.

There is also such as thing as insulin resistance syndrome that predisposes people to diabetes. Studies also prove that race and ethnic backgrounds should be considered. Hispanics, Asians, Blacks and Native Americans are prone to developing type II diabetes. Being overweight (people who have greater than 25 body mass index) and hypertensive also increases the risk of developing certain types of diabetes. This is where the people’s diets get in.

The common belief that consuming a lot of sweets or sugary food causes diabetes may be considered as a taboo. Sweet foods are like fatty foods, they contribute to the development of other health conditions such as those mentioned above which in turn triggers diabetes. High cholesterol levels are also not exempted from being a culprit in the development of this health condition. Having a very sedentary lifestyle also does not help. Development of diabetes during pregnancy also increases the risk. Similarly, history of vascular disease and polycystic syndrome renders people very much susceptible to diabetes.

With the foregoing, it clearly nullifies the common beliefs mentioned above. A lot of people and virtually any people are really susceptible to diabetes. It’s just a matter of adapting a very healthy lifestyle that can steer people away from this doom. We all love to eat and relax, but as the saying goes we become what we eat (and in this case maybe what we do also!). Diabetes like every other disease is common, deadly and can be very limiting once we develop it so prevention is always important!

Regardless if you have diabetes exercise is helpful for all individuals. Even if you have had diabetic complications you can definitely benefit from exercise. If you have diabetes exercise is important for your heart health as well as weight loss; it will lower your high blood pressure, and, in some cases, improve blood sugar control as well as leading to an overall sense of well-being. If you are pre-diabetic or have risk factors it can even help prevent type 2 diabetes in some people.

Please remember that it’s important to have both enthusiasm and common sense when you are starting an exercise program. If you are diabetic it is important to practice these precautions in order to stay safe and ensure that your exercise program is productive.

• Wear well-fitting, protective footwear.
• Drink plenty of liquids before, during, and after exercise to prevent dehydration, which can upset blood sugar levels.

If you use insulin you should also:

• Monitor your blood sugar before, during, and after exercise to determine your body’s typical response to exercise. If you have a reading of 250 mg/dL (13.9 mmol/L) or higher you should wait until your levels are under control before you exercise.
• Talk with your physician about the possibility of decreasing your insulin dose by about 30 percent during exercise.
• Choose an insulin injection site away from exercising muscles (for example, avoid the legs if running)
• Keeping rapidly absorbed carbohydrates on hand (glucose tablets, hard candies, or juice).
• Eat a snack 15 to 30 minutes before exercise, and again every 30 minutes during exercise.
• Eat a source of slowly absorbed carbohydrates (dried fruit, fruit jerky, granola bars, or trail mix) immediately after exercise. This should counteract a possible post-exercise drop in your blood sugar levels.

It is important to select an exercise program that is enjoyable to you and can be done comfortably, this will make it easier to stay motivated and stick with a program over time. If you have had a sedentary lifestyle you might find it difficult to start and continue with an exercise program.

If you have diabetic eye complications (proliferative retinopathy) I recommend you avoid high-impact activities and strenuous weight-lifting, which may increase your blood pressure and cause bleeding in the eye. If you have neurologic complications (peripheral neuropathy) it is recommended that you avoid running which may lead to foot ulcers and stress fractures.

When you were first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you learned the extra weight you put on over many years, played a large role in you developing type 2. Carrying fat around your abdominal area led to your insulin becoming less effective … this is known as insulin resistance, meaning your body had to produce more and more insulin to control your blood sugar levels.

Eventually your pancreas could not produce enough insulin and your blood sugar levels started to rise. This is the point at which your type 2 diabetes occurred. Whilst sweet foods did not in themselves cause this condition, excess calories of any kind, sweets, cake, potatoes, sugary drinks and alcohol, or maybe not enough physical activity together with eating too much food, is clearly related to being overweight or obese. Add to this a genetic flaw and obesity makes you more likely to develop type 2.

Now you are at this stage you find you need to watch what you eat. Most people like fruit, and yes, you can eat fruit but you need to watch the amount and type you eat.

Eating fruits that contain high fructose or high fruit sugar levels, can lead to problems. This would be like eating pure sugar and pure sugar has a GI value of 100 and eating carbohydrates with a GI value that high would certainly negatively affect your blood sugar levels.

Actually health care practitioners who once believed all fruit was good for the body, have reconsidered that idea and can now see it’s the glycemic index of the fruit that matters most. Fruits that rank high on the GI scale include:

• raisins, they are  even higher than grapes
• pineapple
• very ripe peaches and nectarines
• cantaloupe and watermelon (but because they are primarily water you can eat one cup of them without having to worry about spiking blood sugar levels)

Lower ranking fruits include:

• cherries
• grapefruit
• prunes
• dried apricots
• apple
• pears
• plums
• strawberries
• oranges

The key is simply select the best carbohydrate fruits … low-GI, which are equal to fifty-five per cent or less on a carbohydrate ranking. Know which fruits have a high glycemic index and which ones it would be wise to eat in moderation:

• half cup pineapple,
• 10 grapes,
• 2 tablespoons raisins,
• a half a large peach or ripe nectarine

This is one of the ways you start to gain control over your blood sugar levels.