Diabetes - Are You Putting Yourself at Risk? What You Should Know
In the United States of America every 50 seconds a new diabetic case is diagnosed.
If present trends continue, babies born today would have a one in four chance of becoming diabetic in their lifetime.
Until recent times there has been no known cure.
Not any more! Diabetes occurs when the body becomes unable to handle glucose or sugar, which builds up to dangerous levels in the blood.
A new diagnosis of diabetes is usually made when a blood sugar test is consistently above 125 mg% (7.
0mmol/L) After an eight hour fast.
Fasting blood sugar levels of 110 - 125 (6.
1-6.
9mmol/L) are known as impaired fasting glucose tolerance, and usually precede full-blown diabetes.
There are two kinds of diabetes, and they are referred to as type I diabetes and type II diabetes.
Type I diabetes or juvenile diabetes accounts for about 5% of diabetics.
This type of diabetes usually begins in childhood and since these diabetics cannot survive without insulin it is now officially called insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM).
Type II diabetes is different and is usually called adult onset diabetes, or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).
This is the more common type of diabetes affecting more than 90% of all diabetics.
This type of diabetes usually affect people over the ages of 45, (but the ages are becoming yonger each year) as people get older and fatter and less active.
In contrast to juvenile diabetes most type II diabetics would have plenty of incident in the body, but something is blocking the insulin from being absorbed by the cells in the body in order to deal with the sugar.
Symptoms of type II diabetes are excessive thirst, excessive appetite, excessive passage of urine.
But it is estimated that of all the 16 million diabetics in America 7 million don't even know they have it.
As the disease progresses its effects are devastating, affecting all organs of the body, gradually destroying the organs.
The ravages of diabetes if not kept in check can result in blindness, kidney damage, hardening off the arteries, and the risk of stroke, and gangreen which can lead to foot and leg amputations.
Studies demonstrate that there is a strong relationship between type II diabetes and too much fat, both fat in the diet and that in the foods we eat.
Normally insulin, produced by the pancreas enables body cells to use glucose and controls blood sugar levels.
But in adult onset diabetes it is not a defective pancreas unable to produce sufficient insulin that is the problem, but a lack of sensitivity to insulin by the cells.
This resistance of the cells to insulin appears to relate directly to obesity and to excessive fat in the diet and in the liver.
A Common myth is that too much sugar causes type II, but it is too much Fat in the diet tht causes it.
Simple lifestyle changes can have a dramatic effect on normalizing blood sugar levels in diabetics.
By following a simple diet very low in fat and high in fiber, along with daily exercise can reduce the need for insulin or any other medication.
Lowering the amount of fat, oil, and grease in the diet basics will rule in combating diabetes.
When less fat is eaten the result is that less fat reaches the bloodstream and liver.
This has a dramatic effect of gradually restoring the cell's sensitivity to incident which can then facilitate the entry of sugar from the bloodstream into the body of the sounds.
A type II diabetic who lowers daily fat intake to about 10% of total calories can often bring blood sugar levels to normal ranges in less than eight weeks.
Eating more natural, fiber rich foods plays an important role by helping to stabilize blood sugar level.
When foods are eaten without their normal complement of fiber, blood sugar levels can quickly shoot up.
Normally a surge of insulin counteracts this spike in sugar levels.
High fiber foods smooth out these blood sugar fluctuations while at the same time stabilizing energy levels.
The most dramatic lifestyle change or modification for a type II diabetic is weight loss.
Normalizing body weight, is often all that is necessary to bring the blood sugar back to normal.
The low-fat high fiber diet would greatly help in this endeavor along with regular exercise.
If present trends continue, babies born today would have a one in four chance of becoming diabetic in their lifetime.
Until recent times there has been no known cure.
Not any more! Diabetes occurs when the body becomes unable to handle glucose or sugar, which builds up to dangerous levels in the blood.
A new diagnosis of diabetes is usually made when a blood sugar test is consistently above 125 mg% (7.
0mmol/L) After an eight hour fast.
Fasting blood sugar levels of 110 - 125 (6.
1-6.
9mmol/L) are known as impaired fasting glucose tolerance, and usually precede full-blown diabetes.
There are two kinds of diabetes, and they are referred to as type I diabetes and type II diabetes.
Type I diabetes or juvenile diabetes accounts for about 5% of diabetics.
This type of diabetes usually begins in childhood and since these diabetics cannot survive without insulin it is now officially called insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM).
Type II diabetes is different and is usually called adult onset diabetes, or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).
This is the more common type of diabetes affecting more than 90% of all diabetics.
This type of diabetes usually affect people over the ages of 45, (but the ages are becoming yonger each year) as people get older and fatter and less active.
In contrast to juvenile diabetes most type II diabetics would have plenty of incident in the body, but something is blocking the insulin from being absorbed by the cells in the body in order to deal with the sugar.
Symptoms of type II diabetes are excessive thirst, excessive appetite, excessive passage of urine.
But it is estimated that of all the 16 million diabetics in America 7 million don't even know they have it.
As the disease progresses its effects are devastating, affecting all organs of the body, gradually destroying the organs.
The ravages of diabetes if not kept in check can result in blindness, kidney damage, hardening off the arteries, and the risk of stroke, and gangreen which can lead to foot and leg amputations.
Studies demonstrate that there is a strong relationship between type II diabetes and too much fat, both fat in the diet and that in the foods we eat.
Normally insulin, produced by the pancreas enables body cells to use glucose and controls blood sugar levels.
But in adult onset diabetes it is not a defective pancreas unable to produce sufficient insulin that is the problem, but a lack of sensitivity to insulin by the cells.
This resistance of the cells to insulin appears to relate directly to obesity and to excessive fat in the diet and in the liver.
A Common myth is that too much sugar causes type II, but it is too much Fat in the diet tht causes it.
Simple lifestyle changes can have a dramatic effect on normalizing blood sugar levels in diabetics.
By following a simple diet very low in fat and high in fiber, along with daily exercise can reduce the need for insulin or any other medication.
Lowering the amount of fat, oil, and grease in the diet basics will rule in combating diabetes.
When less fat is eaten the result is that less fat reaches the bloodstream and liver.
This has a dramatic effect of gradually restoring the cell's sensitivity to incident which can then facilitate the entry of sugar from the bloodstream into the body of the sounds.
A type II diabetic who lowers daily fat intake to about 10% of total calories can often bring blood sugar levels to normal ranges in less than eight weeks.
Eating more natural, fiber rich foods plays an important role by helping to stabilize blood sugar level.
When foods are eaten without their normal complement of fiber, blood sugar levels can quickly shoot up.
Normally a surge of insulin counteracts this spike in sugar levels.
High fiber foods smooth out these blood sugar fluctuations while at the same time stabilizing energy levels.
The most dramatic lifestyle change or modification for a type II diabetic is weight loss.
Normalizing body weight, is often all that is necessary to bring the blood sugar back to normal.
The low-fat high fiber diet would greatly help in this endeavor along with regular exercise.
