Dealing With Diabetes
I have Type 2 diabetes and have been battling it for several years. I’ve managed to get my diabetes under control.It’s under control but I do take medication for it (glyburide/metmorphin tablets).My ultimate objective is to manage my diabetes naturally without any medication. That sounds simple, but it’s actually pretty difficult–you must do it forever.The solution sounds simple–change your diet, lose weight, and start an exercise regimen.It can be done but it takes will power.What gave me the will power to do something about it was a stern warning from my cardiologist–either fix your diabetes problem or look forward to a shoterned, very disabling departure from this mortal coil.This was alarming news, to say the least, as I was almost 60! So I started a diabeteic diet and started to exercise on a regular basis. You can do it if you have the motivation.You can beat diabetes naturally if you change your lifestyle. It’s interesting to note that there are cultures of people in the world today where Type 2 diabetes is virtually non-existent. So why do we see so much of here in the U.S..S.?
What id Diabetes?
Some people are born with type 1 diabetes or develop it when they are young children. This type of diabetes requires insulin injections and daily blood sugar monitoring with immediate corrective measures if blood sugar swings are too extreme.There is no cure for Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes accounts for only 5% of the total number of cases. Type 2 diabetes is the one we can effectively control.
Diabetes is a very serious disease? Very! The early symptoms of untreated diabetes mellitus are related to the elevated blood sugar, or glucose,levels. Excessive levels of blood sugar reult in higher levels of sugar in your urine. This increases the urine output, which leads to dehydration and increased thirst. Other symptoms include extreme tiredness, blurred vision, itchy skin and repeated minor infections such as thrush and boils.I myself used to feel lttle sharp pains in my feet and fingers. These feel like lower level shart pin pricks. Later stages of diabetes are nasty–amputation of toes and legs, kidney failure, even blindness.
Another form of diabetes, known as gestational diabetes, occurs in some women during pregnancy. It is a temporary condition caused by pregnancy and usually occurs in the later stages, once the baby has formed but is still growing
Although there is currently no cure for diabetes mellitus, it can be controlled successfully with an active treatment plan. The potential benefit of pancreas transplants and islet cell transplants in Type 1 patients is being investigated.
Symptoms of Diabetes?
Type I diabetes develops very quickly. The classic signs of diabetes include:
1. Frequent urination, because the body is trying to get rid of the excess sugar in the blood
2. Intense thirst, because the body needs to replace the fluid lost through the urine
3. bigger appetite, because the cells need nutrients
4. Loss of weight,because the body begins to starve without insulin.
Type 2 diabetes usually sneaks up on people and many don’t discover they have it until symptoms are evident. Regretably, most diagnoses come after the person already has it. It is a function or diet and lack of exercise. It used to be called “Adult Diabetes” because it did not develop until people became older,less active, and overweight. Ubfortunately we’re seeing teenagers and younger children with Type 2 diabetes due to obesity and couch-potato lifestles.
Your weight affects so much of your body’s condition. Overweight people’s bodies can’t make enough insulin to control their blood sugar levels. It can also lead to hypertension. The Diabetes Prevention Program, a three-year clinical trial conducted on diabeste patients last year, showed that losing even a few pounds can help reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes because it helps your body use insulin more effectively. In the clinical study people experiencing a 5-7% weight loss saw significant reduction of diabetes risk. So here’s news flash–If you lost twenty or thirty pounds, depending on how overweight you are and kept it off, or if you became a vegetarian, you probably wouldn’t have diabetes at all,at least Type 2 diabetes!
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