According to the World Health Organization, a few decades back diabetes was an uncommon disease, in both developed and developing countries. Today, the story is different. It is currently estimated that over 143million people worldwide are affected by the disease. This figure is ever increasing, by 2020 over 220million people are expected to be living with diabetes, if the current trend continues.
In the United States alone, there are 18.2 million people (6.3% of the population) living with diabetes. While another 13million people have been diagnosed with diabetes. Unfortunately, 5.2milion (or nearly one third) are unaware that they have the disease.
The figure for Nigeria is not readily available, but it is estimated that over 1.5million people have diabetes in Nigeria.
In developed countries, most patients of diabetes are over sixty, but in developing countries, diabetes is found to affect people in their prime.
WHAT IS DIABETES?
Diabetes Mellitus (or simply diabetes) is derived from the Greek word 'Diabeinein', meaning 'To pass through' describing copious urination, and Mellitus from the Latin word meaning 'Sweetened with honey'. These two words signify sweetened urine or sugar in urine.
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use Insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed, in the body, to control the rate at which sugar, starch and other food are converted into glucose required as energy for daily life. The hormone is produced and released
into the blood by an organ called 'Pancreas'. This insulin help to maintain the blood glucose level within a normal range. The World Health Organization (WHO) puts this normal range between
60 - 100mg/dl (Before taking any food for the day, hence this value is called Fasting Blood Glucose). In health, despite several demands for glucose in different situations, the blood glucose rarely exceeds this value.
After a meal the liver stores the glucose from the meal as glycogen and releases it into the blood in between meals. The role of insulin is the control of this storage and release of glucose. It ensures that the amount of glucose in the blood at every particular time does not go beyond or below the normal range.
TYPES OF DIABETES.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), five classes of diabetes are recognized, these are; Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) or Type I Diabetes, Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) or Type II Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, Diabetes Insipidus and Bronze Diabetes.
INSULIN DEPENDENT/TYPE I DIABETES: This type of diabetes was initially called Juvenile onset diabetes because it affects adolescents and young adults. It is caused by a sudden failure of the pancreas to produce Insulin. It is, therefore, an acute disease, presenting with thirst, polyuria (passing large amount of urine), diuresis and weight loss. Type I diabetes is not common, it accounts for less than 10% of all diabetes cases.
NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT/ TYPE II DIABETES: This is the most prevalent type of diabetes, accounting for more than 80% of all diabetic cases. It is found in adults and the elderly. This type of diabetes develops gradually over a long period of time (unnoticed) and is characterized by insufficient insulin, deficient insulin in the blood or the inability of the body to utilize the insulin resent (Insulin resistance). Because of its slow and gradual occurrence, it is mostly undetected until one or more of its long-term complications appear.
Unlike in Type I Diabetes, the Insulin in the blood of a Type II diabetic may be normal or even high, but lacks the desired effect, due to insulin resistance, and this is prevalent among obese people.
GESTATIONAL DIABETES: This type of diabetes occurs during pregnancy and disappears after delivery, within 3weeks. An estimated 3% of all pregnancies are accompanied by gestational diabetes and almost half of these patients are prone to developing permanent diabetes later in life.
WHAT CAUSES DIABETES.
As with hypertension and other non communicable diseases, no clear cut cause(s) can be attributed to the most prevalent type of diabetes (Type II Diabetes, Type I diabetes being secondary to failure of the pancreas). However, some factors are known to increase one's chances of becoming diabetic and these are called risk factors. For example, indolent and well-fed populations are 2 - 20times more likely to develop type II diabetes than active and lean population of the same race. Some other factors known to increase one chances of getting diabetes include:
OBESITY: It is estimated that three quarter (¾) of all Type II diabetes patient are obese. Indolent and affluent lifestyles tend to contribute to this. It is believed that a 10kg loss of weight can reduce fasting blood sugar level by almost 50md/dl. An active lifestyle with frequent exercise is also known to increase Insulin sensitivity.
The International standard for measuring overweight and obesity is based on a value called BODY MASS INDEX (BMI). This value is derived by dividing the body weight (in Kilograms) by the square of height (in metres).
i.e. BMI = Body weight (Kg) / Height2 (Metres).
Note: 1ft = 0.305metres.
For adults, a BMI less than 25kg/m2 is preferred.
25 - 29kg/m2 is considered overweight and above 30kg/m2 is Obesity.
FAMILY HISTORY: A family history of diabetes increases one's chances of getting the disease. In such a situation, leading a healthy lifestyle and constant monitoring of one's blood sugar level becomes very important.
AGE AND RACE: Most Type II diabetes patient are over 40yrs at presentation of the disease. However, the proportion of increase in the incidence of this disease with age is higher for those with a family history of diabetes, obese and probably those leading sedentary lifestyles. Moreover, diabetes tends to be more prevalent among Africans, African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and Asian Americans. Belonging to any of the races is a risk factor in itself.
HISTORY OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES: in a woman also increases her chances/possibility of developing permanent diabetes later in life.
YOU CAN PREVENT/DELAY DIABETES!
Diabetes have no permanent cure once it develops, it is managed al through life. But you can prevent ever falling into this life long pain. Before diabetes present in people, it is almost always preceded by a situation called PRE DIABETES. A situation where the blood glucose is higher than normal, but not yet enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Saddening, however, you cannot know when you fall into this category, if you have not being monitoring your blood glucose regularly.
Pre Diabetes is itself a serious medical situation, though can still be reversed by making changes in diet pattern and increasing physical activity. To determine one's blood sugar a test called Fasting Blood Glucose has to be conducted. This test measures the amount of glucose (sugar) in one's blood before taking any meal for the day. It is measured in milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl).
A value below 100mg/dl is generally accepted to be normal, while a value greater than 100mg/dl but less than 120mg/dl is not full diabetes yet, so it is regarded as Pre diabetes. An individual with a pre diabetes blood glucose level need to take urgent steps to reduce his blood glucose or risk life long diabetes.
It should be emphasized, however, that the racial and genetic factors predisposing to diabetes are still beyond human comprehension and control. It makes common sense, therefore, to reduce all human controllable factors to the barest minimum. Most of these factors have to do with social occupational and diet habits.
The following tips can help reduce your diabetes risk:
* Reduce weight. Obesity seems to be the single most significant factor in diabetes. Reducing body weight and fat and maintaining an average body weight is very essential. To this end a body mass index (BMI) less than 25kg/m2 for males and less than 24kg/m2 for females is recommended.
* Increase Physical Activity. It is an established fact that diabetes is more common among people that lead a sedentary affluent lifestyle. Simple dynamic exercises like brisk walking for 30-50mins daily or 3-5times weekly has been shown to be very helpful. Exercise reduces bodyweight and fat, increases functionality of the heart, reduces the chances of diabetes and also boosts emotions and healthy living.
* Cut down or cut out alcohol. Alcoholic intake of more than 2units per day has been shown to adversely affect the body. Alcohol being an addictive drug makes it very difficult to maintain a definite amount of intake for a long time. It is better therefore to strive to cut out alcohol completely.
* Avoid Smoking. Cigarette smoke has been shown to contain several poisonous substances. Cigarette smoking and alcohol have been related to several disease. Stopping smoking will definitely reduce the chances of several other ailments apart from diabetes.
* Lean good eating habits, such as;
* Cut down on fatty food and junks
* Eat more of fish and poultry (without the skin is better).
* Garlic reduces blood pressure cholesterol; add it to your meal plan once in a while.
* Cut the number of eggs you take to 3- 4 weekly (better boiled than fried).
* Reduce salt intake to less than 5.8grams daily.
* Eat more of vegetables and fibre rich food, especially fruits.
* Finally, constantly monitor your fasting blood glucose, as this is the only way to know when you are getting into trouble.
CONCLUSION
Diabetes and Hypertension being so interlinked requires a comprehensive plan of care, and this revolves round one's dietary habits, social and environmental factors. Several lifestyle changes like regular exercise, maintaining a moderate body weight, reduction of fat intake and high fibre diet all help to live a normal healthy life. These measures are known to increase insulin sensitivity and also reduce blood pressure.
Conclusively, it is very important to create a more health conscious individuals in the populace. A people who practically believe that it is better and cheaper to prevent an illness than to treat it, when it has become stronger. Moreover, preventive health cannot be divorced from regular medical checks, as this two go hand in hand. There is no way to detect several non-communicable diseases without undergoing regular medical checks. The importance of these checks cannot be over emphasized.
Be alive to your health. Know your Blood glucose values and live a healthier life free from the pains of diabetes.
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Rabu, 20 September 2017
Diabetes And The Long Term Dangers
Diabetes has hidden dangers that begin before diagnosis and continue to worsen if certain steps are not taken to prevent the complications that are the true, "killers" in terms of diabetes.
Statistics show that there are around 18 million diabetics in America, both Type 1 and Type 2. It is amazing how many people, diabetics included, who have no idea what dangers a diabetic faces over their lifetime. A diabetic, all things being equal, lives almost 10 years less than their non-diabetic counterpart on average.
Why do diabetics life shorter life spans than non-diabetics? The answer is both simple and complicated. Simple in explaining in general terms, complicated in the medical sense. Without traveling the complicated route in this article, I will try to give a simple, straight forward answer to the above question. Diabetics live shorter lives than non-diabetics because of diabetic complications.
What Are Diabetic Complications?
Diabetic complications are chronic medical conditions that begin to affect the body of the diabetic. These complications are brought about mostly by a condition the medical community had named, "Advanced Glycation End products" which is simply, "excess sugar" saturating the inside of the cells of the body. This condition also called AGE for short includes coronary artery disease, vascular disease, blindness, kidney disease, retinopathy (blindness) and loss of feeling in the hands and the feet (peripheral neuropathy) among others.
Diabetes in the early stages does not produce symptoms. Unless found during a routine medical exam, it is possible for a diabetic to remain undiagnosed for years. It is during these years that the beginnings of diabetic complications can gain a foothold due excess sugar in the cells (AGE). The statistics show there is the possibility of as many as over 5 million people going about their normal lives while having undiagnosed diabetes.
Are Diabetic Complications A Certainty?
While the current consensus is that the formula for diabetic complications Diabetes + Time = Complications. What this means is there is a much higher potential of a diabetic becoming diagnosed with one or more diabetic complications over time. This is partly due to how well the individual monitors and controls his/her blood sugar.
Drastic rises and falls of blood sugar can be hard on the body and the excess sugar present in the cells create havoc on the different nerves within the body as well as the capillaries, veins, and arteries. The evidence to date show that excellent control of blood sugar and an active lifestyle goes a very long way in preventing and/or slowing down the onset of diabetic complications.
The Different Types Of Diabetes
There are two types of diabetes - Type One and Type Two. Type One attacks children and young adults and is characterized by the pancreas failing to produce insulin which is a hormone that breaks down sugars and starches while converting them into energy. Type Two occurs usually later in an adult's life and is characterized by the pancreas being unable to produce enough insulin due to several factors, obesity being one of them.
Around 10 percent of diabetics are Type One while the other 90 percent are Type Two. The major difference between the two being that Type One diabetics are completely dependent on insulin and take daily injections while the Type Two's have both those who require insulin shots while others can rely on oral medication and/or changes in diet and exercise.
The Risk Factors Surrounding Diabetes
There are several risk factors that can push a pre-diabetic into full blown diabetes.
1) being overweight.
2) family history of diabetes,
3) lack of adequate exercise.
4) history of gestational diabetes (occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears after delivery).
5) certain ethnic groups
People over 45 years of age and has one or several of the risk factors mentioned above should be screened for diabetes each year, preferably during an annual medical exam. It has been shown that people with these risk factors comprise the majority of diagnosed cases of diabetes each year.
What Tests Help Diagnose Diabetes Cases?
There are two, main tests used for determining whether or not a person has a glucose intolerance:
1) Fasting Plasma Glucose Test
2) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Both of these tests can determine glucose intolerance which is where blood sugar is higher than what is considered normal. This is not always an indication of diabetes however.
Can The Onset Of Diabetes Be Prevented?
People with the above risk factors can go a long way toward preventing the development of full-blown diabetes by making significant lifestyle change. What are lifestyle changes? Changing unhealthy diets to more blood sugar friendly ones, doing enough exercise to help offset increased blood sugar levels and keep the body healthy and losing weight especially if considered obese by the medical community.
If you are pre-diabetic you need to stay on a strict diabetic diet. Ask your healthcare professional for a diet that meets that criteria and limit cakes, candy, cookies, and other things made of simple sugars. Eat small, nutritious meals and eat 5 times a day instead of only three.
If you are already diagnosed with full-blown diabetes, you should follow the same diet while under the meticulous care of your healthcare professional. Keep your cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar within proper limits and have your eyes checked every year.
Diabetes can contribute to blindness, kidney disease and heart disease. Complications caused nearly 70,000 deaths in 2000.
What Can The Diabetic Look Forward To?
Diabetic complications can be prevented or lessened for a longer time period by paying serious attention to lifestyle. A diabetic who eats right, keeps his blood sugar in control and within accepted limits, exercises and gets proper rest can expect to have a quality of life that is much higher in terms of the pain and suffering that diabetic complications brings into the lives of diabetics who do nothing to change their lifestyle.
What begins to occur in the diabetic who starts to develop complications because of uncontrolled blood sugars over time is a life filled with the possibility of becoming an invalid, either blind, an amputee, or suffering renal failure or a heart attack.
The above paints a rather grim picture if lifestyle changes are not adhered to. Research has shown that the diabetic that keeps their blood sugar within acceptable limits and follows a healthy, diabetic lifestyle that has been shown to be effective against diabetic complications stands a much better chance of not developing many of the complications their less than dedicated counterparts do.
There is a new derivative of thiamine (Vitamin B1) available now that is showing great promise in greatly reducing the excess sugar in the cells of the diabetic, the process known as Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGE).
Is Benfotiamine Effective Against Diabetic Complications?
Benfotiamine is a lipid soluble derivative of thiamine. Japanese researchers developed benfotiamine in the 1950's and later patented it in the United States in 1962. No one in the US medical community paid much attention to it at the time. For the past 12 years in Europe it has been used for neuropathy, retinopathy and other uses.
The chemical name and formula for benfotiamine is: S-benzoylthiamine-O-monophosphate (C19H23N4O6PS). It wasn't until a group of researchers in New York at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University released the results of their research in 2003 in Nature Medicine Magazine did the rest of the world begin to take a look at this substance.
Benfotiamine is unique and was reported by Michael Brownlee, M.D., as showing much promise in preventing nerve and blood-vessel damage in diabetics. Every diagnosed diabetic has been told by his/her healthcare provider that diabetic complications are the true killers in terms of diabetes.
If you are a diabetic or know a diabetic, you may find additional information about benfotiamine and view research that has been recently conducted showing the benefits of preventing diabetic complications by following the link to the website below.
Zach Malott is CEO of Brentwood Health International, a nutritional supplement company involved in distribution and supplying wholesale, retail and end users.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/19479
Statistics show that there are around 18 million diabetics in America, both Type 1 and Type 2. It is amazing how many people, diabetics included, who have no idea what dangers a diabetic faces over their lifetime. A diabetic, all things being equal, lives almost 10 years less than their non-diabetic counterpart on average.
Why do diabetics life shorter life spans than non-diabetics? The answer is both simple and complicated. Simple in explaining in general terms, complicated in the medical sense. Without traveling the complicated route in this article, I will try to give a simple, straight forward answer to the above question. Diabetics live shorter lives than non-diabetics because of diabetic complications.
What Are Diabetic Complications?
Diabetic complications are chronic medical conditions that begin to affect the body of the diabetic. These complications are brought about mostly by a condition the medical community had named, "Advanced Glycation End products" which is simply, "excess sugar" saturating the inside of the cells of the body. This condition also called AGE for short includes coronary artery disease, vascular disease, blindness, kidney disease, retinopathy (blindness) and loss of feeling in the hands and the feet (peripheral neuropathy) among others.
Diabetes in the early stages does not produce symptoms. Unless found during a routine medical exam, it is possible for a diabetic to remain undiagnosed for years. It is during these years that the beginnings of diabetic complications can gain a foothold due excess sugar in the cells (AGE). The statistics show there is the possibility of as many as over 5 million people going about their normal lives while having undiagnosed diabetes.
Are Diabetic Complications A Certainty?
While the current consensus is that the formula for diabetic complications Diabetes + Time = Complications. What this means is there is a much higher potential of a diabetic becoming diagnosed with one or more diabetic complications over time. This is partly due to how well the individual monitors and controls his/her blood sugar.
Drastic rises and falls of blood sugar can be hard on the body and the excess sugar present in the cells create havoc on the different nerves within the body as well as the capillaries, veins, and arteries. The evidence to date show that excellent control of blood sugar and an active lifestyle goes a very long way in preventing and/or slowing down the onset of diabetic complications.
The Different Types Of Diabetes
There are two types of diabetes - Type One and Type Two. Type One attacks children and young adults and is characterized by the pancreas failing to produce insulin which is a hormone that breaks down sugars and starches while converting them into energy. Type Two occurs usually later in an adult's life and is characterized by the pancreas being unable to produce enough insulin due to several factors, obesity being one of them.
Around 10 percent of diabetics are Type One while the other 90 percent are Type Two. The major difference between the two being that Type One diabetics are completely dependent on insulin and take daily injections while the Type Two's have both those who require insulin shots while others can rely on oral medication and/or changes in diet and exercise.
The Risk Factors Surrounding Diabetes
There are several risk factors that can push a pre-diabetic into full blown diabetes.
1) being overweight.
2) family history of diabetes,
3) lack of adequate exercise.
4) history of gestational diabetes (occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears after delivery).
5) certain ethnic groups
People over 45 years of age and has one or several of the risk factors mentioned above should be screened for diabetes each year, preferably during an annual medical exam. It has been shown that people with these risk factors comprise the majority of diagnosed cases of diabetes each year.
What Tests Help Diagnose Diabetes Cases?
There are two, main tests used for determining whether or not a person has a glucose intolerance:
1) Fasting Plasma Glucose Test
2) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Both of these tests can determine glucose intolerance which is where blood sugar is higher than what is considered normal. This is not always an indication of diabetes however.
Can The Onset Of Diabetes Be Prevented?
People with the above risk factors can go a long way toward preventing the development of full-blown diabetes by making significant lifestyle change. What are lifestyle changes? Changing unhealthy diets to more blood sugar friendly ones, doing enough exercise to help offset increased blood sugar levels and keep the body healthy and losing weight especially if considered obese by the medical community.
If you are pre-diabetic you need to stay on a strict diabetic diet. Ask your healthcare professional for a diet that meets that criteria and limit cakes, candy, cookies, and other things made of simple sugars. Eat small, nutritious meals and eat 5 times a day instead of only three.
If you are already diagnosed with full-blown diabetes, you should follow the same diet while under the meticulous care of your healthcare professional. Keep your cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar within proper limits and have your eyes checked every year.
Diabetes can contribute to blindness, kidney disease and heart disease. Complications caused nearly 70,000 deaths in 2000.
What Can The Diabetic Look Forward To?
Diabetic complications can be prevented or lessened for a longer time period by paying serious attention to lifestyle. A diabetic who eats right, keeps his blood sugar in control and within accepted limits, exercises and gets proper rest can expect to have a quality of life that is much higher in terms of the pain and suffering that diabetic complications brings into the lives of diabetics who do nothing to change their lifestyle.
What begins to occur in the diabetic who starts to develop complications because of uncontrolled blood sugars over time is a life filled with the possibility of becoming an invalid, either blind, an amputee, or suffering renal failure or a heart attack.
The above paints a rather grim picture if lifestyle changes are not adhered to. Research has shown that the diabetic that keeps their blood sugar within acceptable limits and follows a healthy, diabetic lifestyle that has been shown to be effective against diabetic complications stands a much better chance of not developing many of the complications their less than dedicated counterparts do.
There is a new derivative of thiamine (Vitamin B1) available now that is showing great promise in greatly reducing the excess sugar in the cells of the diabetic, the process known as Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGE).
Is Benfotiamine Effective Against Diabetic Complications?
Benfotiamine is a lipid soluble derivative of thiamine. Japanese researchers developed benfotiamine in the 1950's and later patented it in the United States in 1962. No one in the US medical community paid much attention to it at the time. For the past 12 years in Europe it has been used for neuropathy, retinopathy and other uses.
The chemical name and formula for benfotiamine is: S-benzoylthiamine-O-monophosphate (C19H23N4O6PS). It wasn't until a group of researchers in New York at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University released the results of their research in 2003 in Nature Medicine Magazine did the rest of the world begin to take a look at this substance.
Benfotiamine is unique and was reported by Michael Brownlee, M.D., as showing much promise in preventing nerve and blood-vessel damage in diabetics. Every diagnosed diabetic has been told by his/her healthcare provider that diabetic complications are the true killers in terms of diabetes.
If you are a diabetic or know a diabetic, you may find additional information about benfotiamine and view research that has been recently conducted showing the benefits of preventing diabetic complications by following the link to the website below.
Zach Malott is CEO of Brentwood Health International, a nutritional supplement company involved in distribution and supplying wholesale, retail and end users.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/19479
Diabetes: African Americans Deadly Foe
Diabetes is having a devastating effect on the African American community. Diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in African Americans and their death rates are twenty seven percent higher than whites.
Over 2.8 million African Americans have diabetes and one third of them don't know they have the disease. In addition, twenty five percent of African Americans between the ages of 65 - 74 have diabetes and one in four African American women, over the age of 55, have been diagnosed with the disease
The cause of diabetes is a mystery, but researchers believe that both genetics and environmental factors play roles in who will develop the disease.
Heredity
Researchers believe that African Americans and African Immigrants are predisposed to developing diabetes. Research suggests that African Americans and recent African immigrants have inherited a "thrifty gene" from their African ancestors.
This gene may have enabled Africans to use food energy more efficiently during cycles of feast and famine. Now, with fewer cycles of feast and famine, this gene may make weight control more difficult for African Americans and African Immigrants.
This genetic predisposition, coupled with impaired glucose tolerance, is often associated with the genetic tendency toward high blood pressure. People with impaired glucose tolerance have higher than normal blood glucose levels and are at a higher risk for developing diabetes.
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes, commonly know as "sugar diabetes", is a condition that occurs when the body is unable to properly produce or use insulin. Insulin is needed by the body to process sugar, starches and other foods into energy. Diabetes is a chronic condition for which there is no known cure; diabetes is a serious disease and should not be ignored.
Diabetics often suffer from low glucose levels (sugar) in their blood. Low blood sugar levels can make you disorientated, dizzy, sweaty, hungry, have headaches, have sudden mood swings, have difficulty paying attention, or have tingling sensations around the mouth.
Types of Diabetes
Pre-diabetes is a condition that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels is higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type II diabetes. Pre-diabetes can cause damage to the heart and circulatory system, but pre-diabetes can often be controlled by controlling blood glucose levels. By controlling pre-diabetes you can often prevent or delay the onset of Type II diabetes.
Type I or juvenile-onset diabetes usually strikes people under the age of 20, but can strike at any age. Five to ten percent of African Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes are diagnosed with this type of the disease. Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the body produces little or no insulin and this type of diabetes must be treated with daily insulin injections.
Type II or adult onset diabetes is responsible for ninety to ninety-five percent of diagnosed diabetes cases in African Americans. Type II results from a condition where the body fails to properly use insulin. According to the American Diabetes Association, "Type II is usually found in people over 45, who have diabetes in their family, who are overweight, who don't exercise and who have cholesterol problems." In the early stages it can often be controlled with lifestyle changes, but in the later stages diabetic pills or insulin injections are often needed.
Pregnancy related diabetes or gestational diabetes can occur in pregnant women. Gestational diabetes is often associated with high glucose blood levels or hyperglycemia. Gestational diabetes affects about four percent of all pregnant women. The disease usually goes away after delivery, but women who suffer from gestational diabetes are at a higher risk for developing diabetes later in life.
Symptoms of Diabetes
The most common symptoms of diabetes include:
excessive urination including frequent trips to the bathroom
increased thirst
increased appetite
blurred vision
unusual weight loss
increased fatigue
irritability
Complications from Diabetes
Diabetes can lead to many disabling and life threatening complications. Strokes, blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, and amputations are common complications that effect African Americans who have diabetes
Kidney Disease
"Diabetes is the second leading cause of end stage kidney disease in African Americans, accounting for about thirty percent of the new cases each year," says the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois. Up to twenty-one percent of people who develop diabetes will develop kidney disease.
Amputations
Diabetes is the leading cause of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations in the United States. More than sixty percent of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations in America occur among people with diabetes and African Americans are almost three times more likely to have a lower limb amputated due to diabetes than whites. According to Center for Disease Control (CDC), about 82,000 non-traumatic lower-limb amputations were performed among people with diabetes in 2001.
Blindness
African Americans are twice as likely to suffer from diabetes related blindness. Diabetics can develop a condition called "Diabetic Retinopathy", a disease affecting the blood vessels of the eye, which can lead to impaired vision and blindness. Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in people from 20 - 74 years of age and up to 24,000 people loose their sight each year because of diabetes.
Heart Disease
People with diabetes are up to four times more likely to develop heart disease as people who don't have diabetes. Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) is more common in diabetics and can lead to increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, and poor circulation throughout the body.
Diabetes Risk Factors
You have a greater risk for developing diabetes if you have any of the following:
Obesity
Family history of diabetes
Pre-diabetes
Low physical activity
Age greater than 45 years
High blood pressure
High blood levels of triglycerides
HDL cholesterol of less than 35
Previous diabetes during pregnancy or baby weighing more than 9 pounds
Diabetes has had a devastating effect on the African American community; it is the fifth leading cause of death and second leading cause of end stage kidney disease in African Americans.
African Americans suffer from complications from diabetes at a much higher rate than the rest of the population. African Americans are three times more likely to have a lower limb amputated because of diabetes and twice as likely to suffer from diabetes related blindness.
If you have any of the diabetes risk factors you should contact your physician and have a blood glucose test. Also discuss with your physician lifestyle changes you can take to lower your chances of developing diabetes.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/19522
Over 2.8 million African Americans have diabetes and one third of them don't know they have the disease. In addition, twenty five percent of African Americans between the ages of 65 - 74 have diabetes and one in four African American women, over the age of 55, have been diagnosed with the disease
The cause of diabetes is a mystery, but researchers believe that both genetics and environmental factors play roles in who will develop the disease.
Heredity
Researchers believe that African Americans and African Immigrants are predisposed to developing diabetes. Research suggests that African Americans and recent African immigrants have inherited a "thrifty gene" from their African ancestors.
This gene may have enabled Africans to use food energy more efficiently during cycles of feast and famine. Now, with fewer cycles of feast and famine, this gene may make weight control more difficult for African Americans and African Immigrants.
This genetic predisposition, coupled with impaired glucose tolerance, is often associated with the genetic tendency toward high blood pressure. People with impaired glucose tolerance have higher than normal blood glucose levels and are at a higher risk for developing diabetes.
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes, commonly know as "sugar diabetes", is a condition that occurs when the body is unable to properly produce or use insulin. Insulin is needed by the body to process sugar, starches and other foods into energy. Diabetes is a chronic condition for which there is no known cure; diabetes is a serious disease and should not be ignored.
Diabetics often suffer from low glucose levels (sugar) in their blood. Low blood sugar levels can make you disorientated, dizzy, sweaty, hungry, have headaches, have sudden mood swings, have difficulty paying attention, or have tingling sensations around the mouth.
Types of Diabetes
Pre-diabetes is a condition that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels is higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type II diabetes. Pre-diabetes can cause damage to the heart and circulatory system, but pre-diabetes can often be controlled by controlling blood glucose levels. By controlling pre-diabetes you can often prevent or delay the onset of Type II diabetes.
Type I or juvenile-onset diabetes usually strikes people under the age of 20, but can strike at any age. Five to ten percent of African Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes are diagnosed with this type of the disease. Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the body produces little or no insulin and this type of diabetes must be treated with daily insulin injections.
Type II or adult onset diabetes is responsible for ninety to ninety-five percent of diagnosed diabetes cases in African Americans. Type II results from a condition where the body fails to properly use insulin. According to the American Diabetes Association, "Type II is usually found in people over 45, who have diabetes in their family, who are overweight, who don't exercise and who have cholesterol problems." In the early stages it can often be controlled with lifestyle changes, but in the later stages diabetic pills or insulin injections are often needed.
Pregnancy related diabetes or gestational diabetes can occur in pregnant women. Gestational diabetes is often associated with high glucose blood levels or hyperglycemia. Gestational diabetes affects about four percent of all pregnant women. The disease usually goes away after delivery, but women who suffer from gestational diabetes are at a higher risk for developing diabetes later in life.
Symptoms of Diabetes
The most common symptoms of diabetes include:
excessive urination including frequent trips to the bathroom
increased thirst
increased appetite
blurred vision
unusual weight loss
increased fatigue
irritability
Complications from Diabetes
Diabetes can lead to many disabling and life threatening complications. Strokes, blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, and amputations are common complications that effect African Americans who have diabetes
Kidney Disease
"Diabetes is the second leading cause of end stage kidney disease in African Americans, accounting for about thirty percent of the new cases each year," says the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois. Up to twenty-one percent of people who develop diabetes will develop kidney disease.
Amputations
Diabetes is the leading cause of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations in the United States. More than sixty percent of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations in America occur among people with diabetes and African Americans are almost three times more likely to have a lower limb amputated due to diabetes than whites. According to Center for Disease Control (CDC), about 82,000 non-traumatic lower-limb amputations were performed among people with diabetes in 2001.
Blindness
African Americans are twice as likely to suffer from diabetes related blindness. Diabetics can develop a condition called "Diabetic Retinopathy", a disease affecting the blood vessels of the eye, which can lead to impaired vision and blindness. Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in people from 20 - 74 years of age and up to 24,000 people loose their sight each year because of diabetes.
Heart Disease
People with diabetes are up to four times more likely to develop heart disease as people who don't have diabetes. Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) is more common in diabetics and can lead to increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, and poor circulation throughout the body.
Diabetes Risk Factors
You have a greater risk for developing diabetes if you have any of the following:
Obesity
Family history of diabetes
Pre-diabetes
Low physical activity
Age greater than 45 years
High blood pressure
High blood levels of triglycerides
HDL cholesterol of less than 35
Previous diabetes during pregnancy or baby weighing more than 9 pounds
Diabetes has had a devastating effect on the African American community; it is the fifth leading cause of death and second leading cause of end stage kidney disease in African Americans.
African Americans suffer from complications from diabetes at a much higher rate than the rest of the population. African Americans are three times more likely to have a lower limb amputated because of diabetes and twice as likely to suffer from diabetes related blindness.
If you have any of the diabetes risk factors you should contact your physician and have a blood glucose test. Also discuss with your physician lifestyle changes you can take to lower your chances of developing diabetes.
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Diabetes For Dummies
The straight actualities on treating diabetes effectively
With diabetes now viewed as pandemic all through the world, there have been a tremendous advances in the field since the last release of Diabetes For Dummies. Presently essentially reconsidered and refreshed, it incorporates the most recent data on drugs and observing hardware, refreshed eating routine and exercise designs, new discoveries about treating diabetes in the youthful and elderly, better approaches to analyze and treat long-and here and now confusions, and that's only the tip of the iceberg.
Need to know how to oversee diabetes? Trusted diabetes master Dr. Alan Rubin gives you consoling, legitimate direction on assembling a best in class treatment program to treat diabetes effectively and carry on with a full life. You'll find out about every one of the advances in checking glucose, the most recent pharmaceuticals, and how to build up an eating regimen and exercise intend to remain sound.
New data on the brain science of diabetes and its treatment
Better approaches to analyze and treat both short-and long haul entanglements of diabetes
The most recent data about diabetes prescriptions and testing gadgets
Refreshed eating regimen and exercise designs
Extended scope about sort 2 diabetes in kids and new discoveries about how diabetes influences the elderly
Diabetes For Dummies is for the a large number of Diabetics (and their friends and family) all through the United States who are looking for an asset to enable them to deal with this malady.
With diabetes now viewed as pandemic all through the world, there have been a tremendous advances in the field since the last release of Diabetes For Dummies. Presently essentially reconsidered and refreshed, it incorporates the most recent data on drugs and observing hardware, refreshed eating routine and exercise designs, new discoveries about treating diabetes in the youthful and elderly, better approaches to analyze and treat long-and here and now confusions, and that's only the tip of the iceberg.
Need to know how to oversee diabetes? Trusted diabetes master Dr. Alan Rubin gives you consoling, legitimate direction on assembling a best in class treatment program to treat diabetes effectively and carry on with a full life. You'll find out about every one of the advances in checking glucose, the most recent pharmaceuticals, and how to build up an eating regimen and exercise intend to remain sound.
New data on the brain science of diabetes and its treatment
Better approaches to analyze and treat both short-and long haul entanglements of diabetes
The most recent data about diabetes prescriptions and testing gadgets
Refreshed eating regimen and exercise designs
Extended scope about sort 2 diabetes in kids and new discoveries about how diabetes influences the elderly
Diabetes For Dummies is for the a large number of Diabetics (and their friends and family) all through the United States who are looking for an asset to enable them to deal with this malady.
Selasa, 19 September 2017
What Is Pre-Diabetes?
A large portion of us have heard bounty about Type 2 Diabetes. It is a genuine condition causing anomalous rises in blood glucose levels. Sort 2 Diabetes now influences more than 29 million Americans and is costing the social insurance framework over $300 billion every year.
The reason for Type 2 Diabetes is multifactorial. A high BMI with an undesirable eating routine is frequently the primary offender, yet hereditary qualities may assume a part also. After some time, diabetes prompts a large group of different infections, which is the place the most significant wellbeing harm is finished. These incorporate conditions, for example, neuropathies, coronary illness, stroke, diseases, and poor injury recuperating.
As far as finding, your specialist will sound the diabetes cautioning ringer on the off chance that you have a HbA1c over 6.5 and a fasting glucose more than 125. Treatment regularly starts with drugs (Metformin is typically the principal alternative) and eating regimen and way of life proposals.
In any case... presently more as often as possible we are catching wind of what is named Pre-Diabetes. Wow, another sort of diabetes? All things considered, kind of, however not precisely. Pre-diabetes is fundamentally the starting phases of glucose abnormalities. It is a basic point where we can get individuals before they turn out to be full diabetic and much of the time even invert the movement. It is critical that we as a whole improve comprehension of this condition so we can battle the rising rates and medicinal services expenses of diabetes. To that end how about we survey the meaning of pre-diabetes, the related wellbeing dangers, and viable deterrent measures.
We as of now investigated the symptomatic criteria for diabetes. For pre-diabetes, the reaches are simply marginally lower. On the off chance that you're fasting glucose is running somewhere in the range of 100-125 and your A1c returns somewhere in the range of 5.7 to 6.4, you will probably be named as pre-diabetic. This puts you at huge hazard for diabetes inside the following 4-10 years unless strides are taken to restore your glucose to a perfect range.
This is the place I would ask, on the off chance that you happen to have them close by or on the web, to go check your labs. Truly, go check them! See where you're fasting blood glucose is at and decide whether you've had a current A1c. The reason being? Many specialists are not diagnosing pre-diabetes. Studies have demonstrated we have an under-determination issue in this nation with regards to pre-diabetes. I've seen numerous customers in my office with pre-diabetic numbers but nobody revealed to them they were pre-diabetic. So yes, go check.
It is so important to know this data in light of the fact that pre-diabetes is EASY to treat with eating regimen and way of life change. The examinations demonstrate that eating routine and way of life are the main approach to diminish glucose numbers in pre-diabetic patients. When you advance to full diabetes the shot of coming back to ordinary blood glucose is a whole lot harder. This is the ideal opportunity to make a move and right.
In the event that you are pre-diabetic and need to make strides now to abstain from getting to be plainly diabetic, here are a couple of the explored approaches to recover those numbers under control.
Eating regimen
As anyone might expect, eating regimen obviously is the essential range to address. From the examination we see that that diminishing sugars helps gigantically, as does diminishing general calorie admission to such an extent that weight reduction happens. Whenever eating regimen and weight reduction are handled together, glucose starts going the correct way too. What sort of eating regimen you inquire? Various investigations demonstrate the Mediterranean eating regimen is an exceptionally supportive guide for a general solid eating routine. Gratefully various books, cookbooks, sites, and online journals have been dedicated to along these lines of eating. Another comparative approach is the mitigating diet. In the two cases, think natural products, veggies, lean protein (particularly angle), nuts, seeds and vegetables... you get the thought.
Weight reduction
As suggested, weight reduction is critical in normalizing blood glucose levels. In many examinations they have observed weight reduction to be the most vital factor in diminishing diabetes hazard. The hypothesis is that being overweight builds aggravation in the body. Once the weight falls off and the aggravation dies down, blood glucose starts to come back to typical. Obviously slim down is constantly joined with weight reduction, so likely the eating regimen in addition to the diminishing in weight is cooperating. Whatever the reason, incorporate unobtrusive weight reduction in your arrangement and you should get comes about.
EXERCISE
Normally we can't discuss eating regimen and weight reduction without including exercise. Exercise enables support to weight reduction which we know enhances blood glucose. Aside from assisting with the weight, practice likewise enhances insulin affectability and increment digestion, all of which enable us to clear sugar from the circulation system all the more proficiently. It additionally bolsters a sound heart and enhances course, both of which are adversely affected by high glucose.
Medications
Now and again, drugs are utilized to help in the pre-diabetic state. On the off chance that eating regimen and way of life changes simply aren't working, or possibly you are at a place where you can't actualize these progressions, specialists may endorse medications, for example, Metformin to help solid blood glucose levels and moderate the movement towards diabetes. Obviously eating routine and way of life change stays central segments, however medications can frequently work in conjunction with different medicines when important.
SUPPLEMENTS
As you are likely very much aware, there are many supplements available for diabetes. They are frequently showcased for pre-diabetes also. A portion of the ones you may have known about incorporate cinnamon, alpha lipoic corrosive, chromium and Omega 3's. These have demonstrated some guarantee in different investigations led. While they can help bolster enhanced glycemic control, recall that eating regimen and way of life changes are dependably the most essential. Never depend on supplements as your essential methods for blood glucose control. They demonstrate humble outcomes, best case scenario. Like drugs, they can be useful in conjunction with changes in eating routine, exercise and weight control. next article Pre Diabetes ICD 9.
Ideally this audit gave you a speedy look into pre-diabetes and a superior comprehension of where you remain regarding glucose wellbeing. Like I specified, dependably survey your labs and be keep tabs of where you are at. While specialists are extremely proficient, some of the time they miss these beginning times of illness where little changes now can prompt huge declines in chance later. Take control of your wellbeing and be over your numbers.
The reason for Type 2 Diabetes is multifactorial. A high BMI with an undesirable eating routine is frequently the primary offender, yet hereditary qualities may assume a part also. After some time, diabetes prompts a large group of different infections, which is the place the most significant wellbeing harm is finished. These incorporate conditions, for example, neuropathies, coronary illness, stroke, diseases, and poor injury recuperating.
As far as finding, your specialist will sound the diabetes cautioning ringer on the off chance that you have a HbA1c over 6.5 and a fasting glucose more than 125. Treatment regularly starts with drugs (Metformin is typically the principal alternative) and eating regimen and way of life proposals.
In any case... presently more as often as possible we are catching wind of what is named Pre-Diabetes. Wow, another sort of diabetes? All things considered, kind of, however not precisely. Pre-diabetes is fundamentally the starting phases of glucose abnormalities. It is a basic point where we can get individuals before they turn out to be full diabetic and much of the time even invert the movement. It is critical that we as a whole improve comprehension of this condition so we can battle the rising rates and medicinal services expenses of diabetes. To that end how about we survey the meaning of pre-diabetes, the related wellbeing dangers, and viable deterrent measures.
We as of now investigated the symptomatic criteria for diabetes. For pre-diabetes, the reaches are simply marginally lower. On the off chance that you're fasting glucose is running somewhere in the range of 100-125 and your A1c returns somewhere in the range of 5.7 to 6.4, you will probably be named as pre-diabetic. This puts you at huge hazard for diabetes inside the following 4-10 years unless strides are taken to restore your glucose to a perfect range.
This is the place I would ask, on the off chance that you happen to have them close by or on the web, to go check your labs. Truly, go check them! See where you're fasting blood glucose is at and decide whether you've had a current A1c. The reason being? Many specialists are not diagnosing pre-diabetes. Studies have demonstrated we have an under-determination issue in this nation with regards to pre-diabetes. I've seen numerous customers in my office with pre-diabetic numbers but nobody revealed to them they were pre-diabetic. So yes, go check.
It is so important to know this data in light of the fact that pre-diabetes is EASY to treat with eating regimen and way of life change. The examinations demonstrate that eating routine and way of life are the main approach to diminish glucose numbers in pre-diabetic patients. When you advance to full diabetes the shot of coming back to ordinary blood glucose is a whole lot harder. This is the ideal opportunity to make a move and right.
In the event that you are pre-diabetic and need to make strides now to abstain from getting to be plainly diabetic, here are a couple of the explored approaches to recover those numbers under control.
Eating regimen
As anyone might expect, eating regimen obviously is the essential range to address. From the examination we see that that diminishing sugars helps gigantically, as does diminishing general calorie admission to such an extent that weight reduction happens. Whenever eating regimen and weight reduction are handled together, glucose starts going the correct way too. What sort of eating regimen you inquire? Various investigations demonstrate the Mediterranean eating regimen is an exceptionally supportive guide for a general solid eating routine. Gratefully various books, cookbooks, sites, and online journals have been dedicated to along these lines of eating. Another comparative approach is the mitigating diet. In the two cases, think natural products, veggies, lean protein (particularly angle), nuts, seeds and vegetables... you get the thought.
Weight reduction
As suggested, weight reduction is critical in normalizing blood glucose levels. In many examinations they have observed weight reduction to be the most vital factor in diminishing diabetes hazard. The hypothesis is that being overweight builds aggravation in the body. Once the weight falls off and the aggravation dies down, blood glucose starts to come back to typical. Obviously slim down is constantly joined with weight reduction, so likely the eating regimen in addition to the diminishing in weight is cooperating. Whatever the reason, incorporate unobtrusive weight reduction in your arrangement and you should get comes about.
EXERCISE
Normally we can't discuss eating regimen and weight reduction without including exercise. Exercise enables support to weight reduction which we know enhances blood glucose. Aside from assisting with the weight, practice likewise enhances insulin affectability and increment digestion, all of which enable us to clear sugar from the circulation system all the more proficiently. It additionally bolsters a sound heart and enhances course, both of which are adversely affected by high glucose.
Medications
Now and again, drugs are utilized to help in the pre-diabetic state. On the off chance that eating regimen and way of life changes simply aren't working, or possibly you are at a place where you can't actualize these progressions, specialists may endorse medications, for example, Metformin to help solid blood glucose levels and moderate the movement towards diabetes. Obviously eating routine and way of life change stays central segments, however medications can frequently work in conjunction with different medicines when important.
SUPPLEMENTS
As you are likely very much aware, there are many supplements available for diabetes. They are frequently showcased for pre-diabetes also. A portion of the ones you may have known about incorporate cinnamon, alpha lipoic corrosive, chromium and Omega 3's. These have demonstrated some guarantee in different investigations led. While they can help bolster enhanced glycemic control, recall that eating regimen and way of life changes are dependably the most essential. Never depend on supplements as your essential methods for blood glucose control. They demonstrate humble outcomes, best case scenario. Like drugs, they can be useful in conjunction with changes in eating routine, exercise and weight control. next article Pre Diabetes ICD 9.
Ideally this audit gave you a speedy look into pre-diabetes and a superior comprehension of where you remain regarding glucose wellbeing. Like I specified, dependably survey your labs and be keep tabs of where you are at. While specialists are extremely proficient, some of the time they miss these beginning times of illness where little changes now can prompt huge declines in chance later. Take control of your wellbeing and be over your numbers.
Eric Anderson's 11-Day Diabetes Fix – Our Complete Review
Hey mates and welcome to our review about the 11 Day Diabetes Fix by Eric Anderson.
Obviously, we will isolate this review to three unmistakable regions:
1. The basics fragment, which will help you to see better what the "11-Day Diabetes Fix" is about.
2. The portion about the essential experts and cons of the 11-Day Diabetes Fix program, which will cover a couple of its most basic focal points and disservices.
3. The conclusions zone where we share our feelings and last thoughts about Eric Anderson's treatment plan…
We should start 🙂
The Basics
The 11-Day Diabetes Fix is a straightforward manual that contains an all around requested technique on the most capable strategy to switch the indications of sort 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes without the prerequisite for work out, weight control designs or medications. Or maybe, this treatment program concentrates on the protected structure, which is acknowledged to be the fundamental driver of different ailments.
About The Author
The 11-Day Diabetes Fix control was created by Eric Anderson, who submitted his life to think ordinary prescriptions for unending ailments. Eric clears up that the procedures consolidated into his guide were proposed to empower you to stop the bothering, which causes the malabsorption of insulin in the body.
More especially, the 11 Day Diabetes Fix relies upon the legitimate examinations made by prosperity specialists and researchers about AMPK institution and OPC glucose controllers. These two components are known to be exceptionally fundamental to coordinate the body's common insulin ingestion and imperativeness creation.
The Way The 11-Day Diabetes Fix Program Works
Eric Anderson's system is made out of two areas:
Area 1
The underlying fragment of the guide focuses on AMPK protein activation with the use of two essential fixings. This will incite your body to envision that you've encountered an action and expend more fats from your run of the mill works out.
Eric Anderson clears up that by using simply normal supplements from different sustenances, you will have the ability to hold your conventional insulin limits and lift up your fat devouring segment.
Area 2
In the second bit of the 11-Day Diabetes Fix program you will encounter a summary of fixings having sufficient measure of OPC glucose controllers that overhauls the AMPK substance start. This part will teach your body how to respond to a surge of high sugar utilization without altering your customary body limits.
In fundamental words, this will allow to you take advantage of your most adored treats without anguishing unnecessarily finished your glucose level and mending focus bills.
Eric Anderson declares that by following the 11 Day Diabetes Fix program most by far can expect recognizable results in as small as five days. On the eleventh day, he promises you will experience a total change in your glucose level and be free from the commonplace troublesome reactions of the disease
Obviously, we will isolate this review to three unmistakable regions:
1. The basics fragment, which will help you to see better what the "11-Day Diabetes Fix" is about.
2. The portion about the essential experts and cons of the 11-Day Diabetes Fix program, which will cover a couple of its most basic focal points and disservices.
3. The conclusions zone where we share our feelings and last thoughts about Eric Anderson's treatment plan…
We should start 🙂
The Basics
The 11-Day Diabetes Fix is a straightforward manual that contains an all around requested technique on the most capable strategy to switch the indications of sort 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes without the prerequisite for work out, weight control designs or medications. Or maybe, this treatment program concentrates on the protected structure, which is acknowledged to be the fundamental driver of different ailments.
About The Author
The 11-Day Diabetes Fix control was created by Eric Anderson, who submitted his life to think ordinary prescriptions for unending ailments. Eric clears up that the procedures consolidated into his guide were proposed to empower you to stop the bothering, which causes the malabsorption of insulin in the body.
More especially, the 11 Day Diabetes Fix relies upon the legitimate examinations made by prosperity specialists and researchers about AMPK institution and OPC glucose controllers. These two components are known to be exceptionally fundamental to coordinate the body's common insulin ingestion and imperativeness creation.
The Way The 11-Day Diabetes Fix Program Works
Eric Anderson's system is made out of two areas:
Area 1
The underlying fragment of the guide focuses on AMPK protein activation with the use of two essential fixings. This will incite your body to envision that you've encountered an action and expend more fats from your run of the mill works out.
Eric Anderson clears up that by using simply normal supplements from different sustenances, you will have the ability to hold your conventional insulin limits and lift up your fat devouring segment.
Area 2
In the second bit of the 11-Day Diabetes Fix program you will encounter a summary of fixings having sufficient measure of OPC glucose controllers that overhauls the AMPK substance start. This part will teach your body how to respond to a surge of high sugar utilization without altering your customary body limits.
In fundamental words, this will allow to you take advantage of your most adored treats without anguishing unnecessarily finished your glucose level and mending focus bills.
Eric Anderson declares that by following the 11 Day Diabetes Fix program most by far can expect recognizable results in as small as five days. On the eleventh day, he promises you will experience a total change in your glucose level and be free from the commonplace troublesome reactions of the disease
The Growing Diabetes Epidemic
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is an umbrella organisation of over 230 national diabetes associations in 170 countries and territories. Its mission is to promote diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide. It collects, collates and publishes statistics related to diabetes.
According to the IDF, 415 million people around the globe suffer from diabetes today. This figure is expected to rise to 642 million by 2030, less than 15 years away, at which time 10% of the world's population will suffer from diabetes.
The disease is a killer. In 2015, five million people died from diabetes.
Indeed, somewhere in the world, a person dies of diabetes (type 2 or type 1) every six seconds... and nearly half of these deaths are among people younger than 60 years of age.
Type 2 and type 1 diabetes
The most prevalent form of diabetes is type 2, which accounts for 90% of all cases in the developed world.
Our muscles are powered by glucose which is produced by the digestive process and delivered to the muscle cells through the blood stream. But insulin is needed to open receptors in the cells so the glucose can enter. Insulin is produced by the pancreas on demand.
In type 2 diabetes the insulin produced by the pancreas cannot open the receptor cells in the body's muscle cells because the receptors are blocked by fat. In type 1, by contrast, the pancreas fails to produce insulin as required.
Type 2 is known as a life-style disease as it is triggered by poor diet and a lack of exercise. It is most closely associated with the developed world where people eat processed foods containing excessive fat, sugar and salt and follow sedentary occupations.
However, according to the IDF, it is no longer a rich-world disease. It is spreading rapidly in South-East Asia, parts of Africa and Mexico.
Diabetes in Africa
In Mauritius, for example, statistics show that 17% of the population are diabetic. However the IDF suggests that the figure may be closer to 24%, an extremely high prevalence.
Africa has about 7 million diabetics at the moment. However the WHO (World Health Organisation) predicts that this figure will have increased to more than 18 million by 2030. This astonishing rate of increase is being blamed on a growing reliance on processed foods.
According to the WHO, many people in Africa do not know they have the condition and thus are not being treated. As a result, in some parts of Africa, diabetes is responsible for more than four-fifths of deaths.
Diabetes in Mexico
In Mexico, over a third of the deaths of people aged 35 to74 years can be attributed to diabetes, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The participants included diabetics and non-diabetics aged 35 or older at the start of the study. They were monitored over 12 years and the mortality rates of those with diabetes were compared to the rates for the non-diabetics. The mortality rate for diabetics was 35 percent which is extremely high.
Nearly all the participants were type 2 diabetics. The researchers attributed the excess deaths to poorly controlled diabetes. There are at least two possible reasons for this lack of control.
The most commonly used medication to control diabetes in Mexico is sulphonylureas, used by nearly 70 percent. Only 20 percent of Mexican diabetics use metformin. Sulphonylureas lower blood glucose levels effectively by stimulating the pancreas to release more insulin.
This drug, however, causes weight gain, makes insulin resistance worse and gives rise to pancreatic burnout which makes the drug less effective after years of use. Users of sulphonylureas also show poorer heart health compared to users of other diabetes drugs.
Thus the medication used in Mexico may be a significant contributing factor to the high death rate from diabetes in that country.
Another key factor could be the very high consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks in Mexico. In 2014, the government imposed a tax on sugary drinks but it is too early to say whether is this is having an effect on the high rate of diabetes and related deaths in the country.
The cost of treating diabetes
The cost of treating diabetes is horrendous.
The IDF estimates that diabetes is responsible for 12 percent of health spending globally. Indeed, in some countries it represents a fifth of all healthcare expenditure.
This is not surprising as diabetes is not diagnosed until it is advanced... because in its early stages it has few symptoms. Indeed the statistics suggest that that globally one in two people who have diabetes are not aware they have the disease.
This means that by the time they are diagnosed the disease is well advanced and they require daily medication to control their diabetes rather than being able to rely on a change of diet and lifestyle.
In order to ensure that diabetes is diagnosed at an early stage, it is likely that governments will need impose mandatory screening... this may be made easier in the future with new non-invasive quick diagnostic techniques for predicting the risk of diabetes. These techniques do not require blood tests and could be performed during an annual check-up.
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According to the IDF, 415 million people around the globe suffer from diabetes today. This figure is expected to rise to 642 million by 2030, less than 15 years away, at which time 10% of the world's population will suffer from diabetes.
The disease is a killer. In 2015, five million people died from diabetes.
Indeed, somewhere in the world, a person dies of diabetes (type 2 or type 1) every six seconds... and nearly half of these deaths are among people younger than 60 years of age.
Type 2 and type 1 diabetes
The most prevalent form of diabetes is type 2, which accounts for 90% of all cases in the developed world.
Our muscles are powered by glucose which is produced by the digestive process and delivered to the muscle cells through the blood stream. But insulin is needed to open receptors in the cells so the glucose can enter. Insulin is produced by the pancreas on demand.
In type 2 diabetes the insulin produced by the pancreas cannot open the receptor cells in the body's muscle cells because the receptors are blocked by fat. In type 1, by contrast, the pancreas fails to produce insulin as required.
Type 2 is known as a life-style disease as it is triggered by poor diet and a lack of exercise. It is most closely associated with the developed world where people eat processed foods containing excessive fat, sugar and salt and follow sedentary occupations.
However, according to the IDF, it is no longer a rich-world disease. It is spreading rapidly in South-East Asia, parts of Africa and Mexico.
Diabetes in Africa
In Mauritius, for example, statistics show that 17% of the population are diabetic. However the IDF suggests that the figure may be closer to 24%, an extremely high prevalence.
Africa has about 7 million diabetics at the moment. However the WHO (World Health Organisation) predicts that this figure will have increased to more than 18 million by 2030. This astonishing rate of increase is being blamed on a growing reliance on processed foods.
According to the WHO, many people in Africa do not know they have the condition and thus are not being treated. As a result, in some parts of Africa, diabetes is responsible for more than four-fifths of deaths.
Diabetes in Mexico
In Mexico, over a third of the deaths of people aged 35 to74 years can be attributed to diabetes, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The participants included diabetics and non-diabetics aged 35 or older at the start of the study. They were monitored over 12 years and the mortality rates of those with diabetes were compared to the rates for the non-diabetics. The mortality rate for diabetics was 35 percent which is extremely high.
Nearly all the participants were type 2 diabetics. The researchers attributed the excess deaths to poorly controlled diabetes. There are at least two possible reasons for this lack of control.
The most commonly used medication to control diabetes in Mexico is sulphonylureas, used by nearly 70 percent. Only 20 percent of Mexican diabetics use metformin. Sulphonylureas lower blood glucose levels effectively by stimulating the pancreas to release more insulin.
This drug, however, causes weight gain, makes insulin resistance worse and gives rise to pancreatic burnout which makes the drug less effective after years of use. Users of sulphonylureas also show poorer heart health compared to users of other diabetes drugs.
Thus the medication used in Mexico may be a significant contributing factor to the high death rate from diabetes in that country.
Another key factor could be the very high consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks in Mexico. In 2014, the government imposed a tax on sugary drinks but it is too early to say whether is this is having an effect on the high rate of diabetes and related deaths in the country.
The cost of treating diabetes
The cost of treating diabetes is horrendous.
The IDF estimates that diabetes is responsible for 12 percent of health spending globally. Indeed, in some countries it represents a fifth of all healthcare expenditure.
This is not surprising as diabetes is not diagnosed until it is advanced... because in its early stages it has few symptoms. Indeed the statistics suggest that that globally one in two people who have diabetes are not aware they have the disease.
This means that by the time they are diagnosed the disease is well advanced and they require daily medication to control their diabetes rather than being able to rely on a change of diet and lifestyle.
In order to ensure that diabetes is diagnosed at an early stage, it is likely that governments will need impose mandatory screening... this may be made easier in the future with new non-invasive quick diagnostic techniques for predicting the risk of diabetes. These techniques do not require blood tests and could be performed during an annual check-up.
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