Thursday, August 31, 2006

Chromium: Insulin Response In Diabetes Enhanced

Chromium: Insulin Response In Diabetes Enhanced

Chromium works as an insulin amplifier in diabetes, enhancing insulin response, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research.
While glucose transport is the primary role of insulin, chromium's main function is increasing insulin's efficiency in regulating blood sugar levels. But this hormone produces much more complex and far-reaching effects. These include the transport of amino acids and electrolytes into cells, several enzymatic activities and cellular growth. Numerous studies show that chromium alters lipoprotein abnormalities (unhealthy LDL and HDL levels) that are believed to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Chromium supplementation also appears useful in treating obesity in other research, increasing lean muscle mass and improving athletic performance.

While chromium is an essential nutrient for humans, even healthy adults may be deficient. "Often 50 percent or more of the subjects in various studies improve following chromium supplementation," according to the results of studies led by Walter Metz, PhD, the USDA researcher who identified chromium as the essential component of glucose tolerance factor (GTF). The body needs GTF to metabolize sugar.

Scientists have found that eating foods high in simple sugars stimulate chromium loss through the urine. In addition, refined carbohydrates are devoid of chromium and other important trace minerals. Besides the prevalence of these foods today, a stressful lifestyle, traumatic experiences and heavy exercise deplete the body of chromium. --

Source: "Insulin Amplifier: Chromium is key to diabetes," by Marcia Zimmerman, M.Ed., C.N., published in Taste for Life magazine; November, 2000

In the reported study, all the patients taking chromium showed measurable improvement in their diabetes-related symptoms.

To read more about the specific findings for chromium and insulin response among a group of 180 men and women test subjects with Type 2 diabetes, see http://www.thenutritionsolution.com/ChromiumAndDiabetes.htm .

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Reducing Blood Sugar: Natural Way of Reducing Blood Sugar Count

Reducing Blood Sugar: Natural Way of Reducing Blood Sugar Count

Reducing blood sugar is commonly done by taking prescription medications. But many people want to get off these medications due to their side effects. Diabetics want ways of reducing their blood sugar count that use a natural approach. Here is a resource that reveals the secrets of reducing blood sugar naturally.

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Author Patrick Lecky, a diabetic himself, says:
"Diabetics! Lower your blood sugar naturally ... Cure insulin resistance ... Eliminate diabetes drugs and insulin shots ... Lose body fat ... Gain lean muscle ... Eat delicious diabetes foods ... Restore your energy and live a normal life again ... Be strong again ... Go anywhere ... Do anything ... Without suffering the ghastly complications of diabetes.

"All this may be yours if you embrace the 195-page ebook guide: 'How To Fight Type 2 Diabetes & WIN!'"

You can obtain this ebook as an immediate download at: How To Fight Type 2 Diabetes & WIN! The editor recommends Mr. Lecky's ebook.

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Glucose Intolerance: Alternative Medicine

Glucose Intolerance: Alternative Medicine

Glucose intolerance: Alternative medicine offers approaches for treating and controlling glucose intolerance and these alternative approaches avoid the use of prescription drugs that their side effects. Here is a new resource:
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The author, J.W. Brakebill Jr., a diabetic himself, says: "My new e-book, 'Diabetes, the Vitamin & Mineral Connection,' contains information that even highly respected, well-educated medical practitioners have told me they did not know! This is cutting edge research!"

The author offers the following possible benefits from reading the book:
* Helping you lower your blood sugar levels naturally;

* Helping you to bring cholesterol and triglycerides back into the safe range naturally; and

* Helping you get your blood pressure back into the normal range, thus reducing risks of heart disease and strokes.

You can get this ebook by immediate download at: Diabetes - The Vitamin and Mineral Connection! This editor recommends it heartily.

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Sunday, August 27, 2006

Insulin Resistance: Being Insulin Resistant

Insulin Resistance: Being Insulin Resistant

Insulin resistance is a condition in which the body does not use insulin well in controlling blood sugar. Discover secrets here about the onset of diabetes and how simple changes in your diet may prevent and cure diabetes. Here is a report that focuses on an overall approach to remedying diabetes -- both Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes and Type 2 (diet related; not insulin-dependent) diabetes -- without prescription drugs and their side effects.
"Insulin resistance is the ineffective utilization of insulin. Insulin resistance brought on through an inverted way of living, eating and thinking occurs primarily in the liver, muscles and fat cells, and which is exacerbated by caffeine and chocolate, as well as excess sugar and carbohydrates.

"This leads to elevated levels of circulating sugar from disorganizing body cells and diet and increased insulin in response to increased sugar which then leads to the signs and symptoms of diabetes. In an attempt to compensate for this insulin resistance, the pancreas secretes more insulin into the bloodstream to try to force the issue by swamping the insulin receptors.

"While this strategy may help somewhat to reduce glucose levels in the bloodstream, it also leads to an overload of insulin, which, in the long term only exacerbates insulin resistance and the onset of Diabetes." -- Dr. Grata Young, M.D.

In her 234-page ebook, Dr. Young's promise is: "Overcome Diabetes without Synthetic Drugs and Never Worry Again!"

You can get Dr. Young's ebook by immediate download at: Overcome Diabetes! This editor recommends it heartily.

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Glucose Intolerance: Condition, Symptoms

Glucose Intolerance: Condition, Symptoms

Glucose intolerance in a condition where symptoms may not appear for prolonged periods of time (e.g., years) and some of the early symptoms may be ignored or passed off by the patient as nagging, but inconsequential, physical conditions. Glucose intolerance is part of syndrome X, which is a medically recognized collection of conditions including insulin resistance, increased levels of circulating insulin in the blood, obesity, high blood pressure, and high blood cholesterol levels. The obesity is frequently manifested in an "apple" shaped body, with the excess weight (fat) concentrated around the middle of the body.

"The major categories of the disorders of glycemia or glucose tolerance are type 1 diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus, other specific types of diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and impaired fasting glucose (IFG). Conditions secondarily associated with glucose intolerance also occur.

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* Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose:

-- Patients with impaired glucose homeostasis are generally asymptomatic.

-- Features of related risk factors for cardiovascular disease may be present, even with a mild degree of hyperglycemia. They include a history of hypertension; a history of obesity; a history of dyslipidemia; and a history of macrovascular disease such as stroke, coronary disease, or peripheral vascular disease.

-- In most cases of IGT and impaired fasting glucose, the presence of one or more cardiovascular risk factors actually triggers a screening test for disorders of glucose tolerance.

* Glucose intolerance: Diagnosis of glucose intolerance may also be coincidental in patients with various conditions that may be complicated with glucose intolerance. These conditions include liver cirrhosis, end-stage renal disease, and some of the rare genetic disorders.

* Gestational diabetes mellitus: This is typically detected during routine screening of pregnant women for glucose intolerance. Any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or recognition during gestation places a patient in the category of gestational diabetes mellitus." --

Source: EMedicine, "Glucose Intolerance"

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Glucose Intolerant: What Does Glucose Intolerant Mean?

Glucose Intolerant: What Does Glucose Intolerant Mean?

Being glucose intolerant means that the body has a poor tolerance to glucose (sugar) circulating in the bloodstream. When operating normally, the body removes excess glucose from the blood stream by the action of insulin and does so fairly quickly (like within 1 to 2 hours). However, for people who are glucose intolerant, this biochemical process does not work as well as it should and the higher levels of glucose remain circulating in the blood for a much longer-than-normal time, up to many hours.

For more detail, see the earlier discussion: Glucose Intolerance: Introduction to Glucose Intolerance.


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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Glucose Intolerance: Introduction to Glucose Intolerance

Glucose Intolerance: Introduction to Glucose Intolerance

Glucose intolerance is, simply, the body's poor tolerance to and processing of glucose (sugar in the blood).

Here is a good resource on glucose intolerance:

Glucose Intolerance, an Introduction

Background: Several distinct disorders of glucose tolerance exist. The most widely used classification of diabetes mellitus and allied categories of glucose intolerance is that recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1985. Recently, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) proposed a system based on disease etiology instead of classification according to type of pharmacological treatment.

The major categories of the disorders of glycemia or glucose tolerance are type 1 diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus, other specific types of diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and impaired fasting glucose (IFG). Conditions secondarily associated with glucose intolerance also occur.

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IGT [Impaired Glucose Tolerance] constitutes approximately two thirds of all glucose intolerance in the United States and is present in 11% of the general population. Prevalence of IFG [Impaired Fasting Glucose] is 6.9% (13.4 million) of Americans. --

Source: Los Angeles Chinese Learning Center at http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/diabetes-glucose-intolerance.html


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Sunday, August 20, 2006

Insulin: Insulin Resistance Can Be Reversed

Insulin: Insulin Resistance Can Be Reversed

Insulin resistance can be reversed and insulin sensitivity can be restored by diet changes and natural dietary supplements, with the beneficial effects appearing within a few weeks.

Here is some detail about reversing insulin resistance:

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Insulin Resistance
By Grata Young

We hear a lot about insulin resistance, but stop and think a little bit, do you think our cells only become resistant to insulin? The more hormones your cells are exposed to, the more resistant they will become to almost any hormone. Certain cells more than others, so there is a discrepancy. The problem with hormone resistance is that there is a dichotomy of resistance, that all the cells don't become resistant at the same time.

And different hormones affect different cells, and the rate of hormone is different among different cells and this causes lots of problems with the feedback mechanisms. We know that one of the major areas of the body that becomes resistant to many feedback loops is the hypothalamus. The various interrelationships there I really don't have time to go in to here.

But hypothalamic resistance to feedback signals plays a very important role in aging and insulin resistance because the hypothalamus has receptors for insulin too. I mentioned that insulin stimulates sympathetic nervous system, it does so through the hypothalamus, which is the center of it all.

"Insulin is by far your biggest poison." You may find an excellent source of insulin information at: overcome-diabetes.com

The receptors self-regulate.

If you want to know if insulin sensitivity can be restored to its original state, well, perhaps not to its original state, but you can restore it to the state of about a ten year old.

One of my first experiences with this, I had a patient who literally had sugars over 300. He was taking 200+ units of insulin, he was a bad cardiovascular patient, and it only made sense to me that you don't want to feed these people carbohydrates, so I put him on a low carbohydrate diet.

He was an exceptional case, after a month to six weeks he was totally off of insulin. He had been on 200 some units of insulin for twenty-five years. He was so insulin resistant, one thing good about it is that when you lower that insulin, that insulin is having such little effect on him that you can massively lower the insulin and its not going to have much of an effect on his blood sugar either. 200 units of insulin is not going to lower your sugar any more that 300 mg/deciliter.

You know that the insulin is not doing much. So we could rapidly take him off the insulin and he was actually cured of his diabetes in a matter of weeks. So he became sensitive enough, he was still producing a lot of insulin on his own, then we were able to measure his own insulin and it was still elevated, and then it took a long time, maybe six months or longer to bring that insulin down.

It will probably never get to the point of the sensitivity of a ten year old, but yes, your number of insulin receptors increases, and the activity of the receptors, the chemical reactions that occur beyond the receptor occur more efficiently.

You can increase sensitivity by diet, that is one of the major reasons you want to take Omega 3 oils. We think of circulation as that which flows through arteries and veins, and that is not a minor part of our circulation, but it might not even be the major part. The major part of circulation is what goes in and out of the cell.

The cell membrane is a fluid mosaic. The major part of our circulation is determined by what goes in and out. It doesn't make any difference what gets to that cell if it can't get into the cell. We know that one of the major ways that you can affect cellular circulation is by modulating the kinds of fatty acids that you eat. So you can increase receptor sensitivity by increasing the fluidity of the cell membrane, which means increasing the omega 3 content, because most people are very deficient.

They say that you are what you eat and that mostly pertains to fat because the fatty acids that you eat are the ones that will generally get incorporated into the cell membrane. The cell membranes are going to be a reflection of your dietary fat and that will determine the fluidity of your cell membrane. You can actually make them over fluid.

If you eat too much and you incorporate too many omega 3 oils then they will become highly oxidizable (so you have to eat Vitamin E as well and monounsaturates as well) There was an interesting article pertaining to this where they had a breed of rat that was genetically susceptible to cancer.

What they did was they fed them a high omega 3 diet, plus iron, without any extra Vitamin E and they were able to almost shrink down the tumors to nothing, because tumors are rapidly dividing. This is like a form of chemotherapy, and the membranes that were being formed in these tumor cells were very high in omega three oils, the iron acted as a catalyst for that oxidation, and the cells were exploding from getting oxidized so rapidly. So omega 3 oils can be a double edged sword.

To learn more about insulin, please read:

Overcome Type I Diabetes and Type II Diabetes Naturally

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Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Grata_Young

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Diabetes: An Easy Meal for Diabetes Blood Sugar Control

Diabetes: An Easy Meal for Diabetes Blood Sugar Control

Diabetes blood sugar control is helped by low-carbohydrate, low-fat, high protein cuisine. Here is an easy meal that fits in with that cuisine for diabetes.

I have worked out an easy meal of one block (14 ounces) of tofu (soybean curd) sauteed in about 1 cup of dry red wine (no oil) with a fair amount of Lee & Perins worchestershire sauce, plus a lot of Montreal chicken seasoning, some (1/2 - 3/4 teaspoon) crystalized chicken bouillion, plus red and green Bell peppers and red onions. Use a non-stick pan and either no oil or about 1 teaspoon of olive oil.

Using firm or extra firm tofu works better, sliced up. Check the carbohydrate content on the package; flavored tofu has more carbohydrate. Boiling of the wine drives off the alcohol.

Meal is great and you drink the remaining juice from the plate (red wine has healthful properties).

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Diabetes: Sparkling Water Beverages for Diabetes

Diabetes: Sparkling Water Beverages for Diabetes

For diabetes, I can recommend flavored sparkling water beverages, which come in 1 liter bottles. Giant food store has them, Shoppers Food Warehouse has them, and WalMart has a version (Giant foodstore calls theirs "Splash, Shoppers calls theirs "Chill").

Each store carries different groups of flavors. I can recommend key lime, blackberry/raspberry, blackberry/apple, raspberry, strawberry, kiwi/strawberry, and lemon flavors.

Pay attention that you are selecting the "beverage" version, rather than similarly packaged flavored "seltzer." The difference is that the beverage is sparkling (less carbonation) and, importantly, is sweetened with artificial sweetner; the seltzer is not sweetened. These are very good and can be enjoyed by diabetics.

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Saturday, August 12, 2006

Diabetes: Chromium Linked To Weight Management in Diabetes

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Diabetes weight management is helped by chromium, according to new study.

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"Chromium Found Very Beneficial Against Weight Gain"

"Even if not listed among the essential nutritive minerals needed by our body to fully function, Chromium may be as important as Calcium, Magnesium, Iron or Potassium. A recent study shows that daily supplements of Chromium picollinate combined with a common anti-diabetic drug cuts high levels of sugar in the blood and also reduces weight gain with 60%." -- Source: news.softpedia.com

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Monday, August 07, 2006

Disease Management: Diabetes Natural Remedies

Disease management diabetes is about the management of the diabetes disease and how natural supplements may help you to become symptom free.

Diabetes as a disease has been known for thousands of years. And in that time, diabetes disease management by physicians found and used various natural remedies, which often have been overlooked today—particularly in today's era of expensive prescription drugs.

Here is an extract from a site with a focus on disease management of diabetes:

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"Do You or a Loved One Have Diabetes?

"Want To Discover "SECRETS" about Vitamins and Minerals that most Doctors Can't or Won't Reveal To Their Patients with Diabetes?

"Would You Like To Learn More about Vitamins that may Help Your Body To Become "SYMPTOM" Free?

"If you or a loved one has type 2 diabetes, also called adult onset diabetes, insulinemia, and diabetes mellitus, the next few minutes you spend at this site could be the most important time you spend on the internet this ENTIRE YEAR!"

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This is extremely useful information and you can read more at: Diabetes Disease Management.


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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Gestational Diabetes: Careful Control Needed in Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes occurs when the pregnant mother's body does not maintain normal blood sugar levels but, instead, the mother's blood sugar rises to and remains at above-normal levels. Because of the long-term risk to the unborn baby, careful control of the mother's blood sugar levels is critical.

Pregnancy: What To Expect

Here is some information on gestational diabetes:

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Diabetic Pregnant Women - Gestational Diabetes
By Michael Russell, Platinum Quality Author

Gestational diabetes affects approximately 3 to 5 percent of all pregnant women in the United States. This article addresses issues such as diet, exercise, blood sugar level and general medical care of women with gestational diabetes.

Diabetes is a disease where the body uses food improperly. The body gets its main energy source from glucose or from a breakdown of complex carbohydrates such as starches. Once sugar and starches are digested, they enter the blood stream in the form of glucose. Insulin assists the body in getting the glucose from the blood stream to the muscles and other body tissues. The pancreas is where insulin is manufactured. Glucose cannot get into the body cells without insulin. Instead, glucose accumulates in the blood and is excreted into the urine through the kidneys.

Women with gestational diabetes have plenty of insulin. The problem is that the insulin is partly blocked by hormones made in the placenta. This is called insulin resistance. In women without gestational diabetes, the pancreas makes enough insulin to overcome the insulin resistance. But when the pancreas makes all the insulin it can and it still cannot overcome the effect of the placenta's hormones, that woman has gestational diabetes.

Factors associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes are obesity, diabetes in the family, a stillbirth, or a child with a birth defect. Studies have shown that women older than 25 are also at greater risk. The Council on Diabetes in Pregnancy recommends that all pregnant women be screened for this disease. One of the most common screening methods is the 50-gram glucose screening test.

The key to preventing complications is control of blood sugar levels immediately after the diagnosis of gestational diabetes. A comforting fact is that gestational diabetes does not cause birth defects. But many babies are born much larger than average. The baby can grow too large for a vaginal birth and a cesarean section delivery is necessary. In some cases, the baby is born with hypoglycemia. In this case, the baby will be given glucose intravenously. These two examples are manageable and preventable. The key is careful control of blood sugar levels in the mother immediately after the diagnosis of gestational diabetes.

An important component in caring for gestational diabetes is a strict diet. There is a wide assortment of literature that details dietary guidelines for women with gestational diabetes. Her health care practitioner will teach her how to measure her blood glucose level at home. Additionally, she may have to check her urine for ketones (these are by-products of the breakdown of fat). Ketones may be found in the blood and urine as a result of inadequate insulin.

It is very unlikely that the baby will have diabetes. However, the child may be at risk for Type II diabetes. Other problems such as hypoglycemia and jaundice may also occur.

More than likely, gestational diabetes goes away immediately after delivery. But these women are at risk of developing it in future pregnancies. Make sure to have screening tests during subsequent pregnancies in the first trimester.

Michael Russell

Your Independent guide to Diabetics

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Michael_Russell

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Diabetes: Is a Cure in the Works?

Diabetes – particularly adult onset diabetes – is reaching epidemic proportions, although most of the disease's victims are undiagnosed and unaware of the complications in store for them. Additionally, as the baby-boomers (the generation born between 1946 and 1964) age, there are larger numbers of people in the older age ranges when adult onset diabetes is likely to be detected.

The growing magnitude of the diabetes problem raises the question of whether this disease can be reversed. Here is some information on that.

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Diabetes Cure
By Karen Newton, Platinum Quality Author

At this time there is no specific cure for diabetes, but research continues to try to find a way to end this disease, rather than just treating and managing it as is now done. The problem with just treating and controlling diabetes is that it requires constant care, attention, and medications that continue to change over an individual’s life. Many people with diabetes are not treated and may be unaware of the condition. This leads to further complications including kidney disease, circulation problems, cardiovascular disease, vision problems, and elevated heart attack and stroke risk. It is estimated that only a third of all diabetics are treated, the other two thirds are not being treated for the condition.

Research continues to focus on curing, preventing and managing diabetes. While there are significant advancements in managing and preventing diabetes, it is public knowledge and education that allows people to understand the symptoms of diabetes and pre-diabetes, and start prevention programs. Since many people are unaware of the symptoms, they don’t use the prevention programs. Many school health programs now offer advice on diet, exercise and lifestyle choices that will reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes [ed., adult onset diabetes].

In addition to working on prevention and management there is ongoing research to find a cure for diabetes. There are several surgical or medical procedures being tested to cure diabetes, but at this time they are still largely experimental.

Islet cell transplants

Recent advances have been made in the transplantation of islet cells into the body. Islet cells are made up of two types of cells:

  • alpha cells, which make glucagon, a hormone that raises the level of glucose in the blood

  • beta cells, which make insulin.

It is hoped that the production of insulin in the body with this transplant would eliminate the need for daily injections that type 1 diabetes have to do.

The side effects of this transplant include rejection of the cells by the body and reactions to the immunosuppressive drugs. These side effects are very serious and include mouth sores, intestinal disorders, kidney function impairment and increased risk of cancer and other tumors.

Pancreas transplant

This is the full surgical transplant of the complete pancreas. Usually this procedure is only done if the kidneys are being transplanted as well. Again, there are many complications with the procedure, and the side effects of the immunosuppressive drugs may be more dangerous and risky than the continued injection of insulin. There is a fairly high rate of rejection for this procedure, but progress continues to be made.

There is also a process to implant an artificial pancreas, but this is still in the development phase. Many researchers believe that this will prevent rejection problems once the artificial pancreas is perfected.

Genetic manipulation

This cure for diabetes would allow insulin producing cells to be made out of regular cells by inserting the insulin producing gene. This would avoid the need for invasive surgery and would prevent most of the risks associated with surgical procedures.

While at this time there is not a definite cure for diabetes, the research is ongoing. New advances in genetic and medical practices and research will hopefully result in a cure for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the future.

Karen Newton is a registered nurse and acclaimed author with over 25 years of health care experience. Her newest book, Diabetic Diet Secrets, is an easy to follow guide to losing weight and getting control of your diabetes. Karen offers a free Diabetic Tips Course at http://www.diabeticdietsecrets.com/diabetictips.htm .

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Karen_Newton

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Diabetes: Find Symptoms of Diabetes

Diabetes is a disease having symptoms that often go unrecognized for prolonged periods of time (years). And the sooner that the disease is diagnosed, the sooner that treatment can begin to head off or reduce the inevitable complications of diabetes, which can be life threatening.

Here is some overview information:

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Symptoms of Adult Diabetes - How to Know a Symptom or Sign for Diabetes
By Olinda Rola, Platinum Quality Author

The symptoms of adult diabetes are symptoms that should be recognized. Recognizing a symptom or sign for diabetes is important because diabetes is a condition that can be life-threatening. Diabetes is a disease where high levels of sugar in the blood exist, creating a symptom or sign for diabetes. Diabetes can be caused by too little insulin in the body, by the inability to use insulin or both of these. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas to regulate blood sugar levels. About 17 million persons in the USA suffer from symptoms of adult diabetes.

Diabetes consist of three main types:

  • Type 1 Diabetes - is usually diagnosed in childhood. The body makes very little or no insulin, and daily injections of insulin are required to keep the person alive.

  • Type 2 Diabetes - accounts for about 90% of all cases of diabetes and usually occurs in adults. The pancreas do not make enough insulin to keep blood glucose levels normal, frequently because the body does not use the insulin produced very well. Symptoms of adult diabetes and Type 2 diabetes is becoming more common with the increasing number of elderly Americans, with the failure to exercise and increasing obesity rates.

  • Gestational Diabetes - is high blood glucose that develops during pregnancy in a woman who does not have diabetes.

Here are the most common Type 2 symptoms of adult diabetes:

  1. Blurred Vision

  2. Fatigue

  3. Impotence In Men

  4. Increased Appetite

  5. Increased Thirst

  6. Infections That Heal Slowly

  7. More Frequent Urination

How does one know if symptoms of adult diabetes that are being experienced are actually indicating diabetes? The best way is to do a blood test called the fasting blood glucose level test. Diabetes is diagnosed if this test shows blood glucose is higher than 126 mg/dL on two different tests. If levels are between 100 and 126 mg/dL, this condition will be referred to as impaired fasting glucose or prediabetes and should be considered a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes.

What does one attempt to do for stabilizing blood sugar levels and diabetes? While there is no cure for diabetes, the immediate objectives are to stabilize blood sugar and eliminate any symptom or sign for diabetes and high blood sugar. Long-term, the goals of treatment are to prolong ones life, to relieve symptoms of adult diabetes and prevent long-term complications that may result such as heart disease and kidney failure.

A person with symptoms of adult diabetes should work closely with their physician to keep blood sugar levels within acceptable ranges. In addition, the more you understand a symptom or sign for diabetes and how to treat it, the more proactive you can become in making lifestyle changes that will improve your health. Besides oral medications, the good news is that Type 2 diabetes may respond to treatment with exercise, diet improvements and weight management.

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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

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