Managing Your Diabetes
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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.I have it under control but I also take medication.My objective is to get off the medication. It sounds simple enough, but it requires a real commitment to accomplish.The solution theoretically is simple–lose weight,alter your diet,and exercise regularly.It’s not easy but it can be done.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.It’s not like I was a young man and had a long life ahead of me. I’m 60 now and the years remaining are precious! So I turned over a new leaf–diet and exercise became part of my daily life. And it can be done with the proper incentive, which I now had.You can beat diabetes naturally if you change your lifestyle. Consider this–there are cultures and populations in the world right now where diabetes is virtually non-existent. So why do we see so much of here in the U.S..S.?
What Exactly Is Diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes is the one that some people are either born with or develop as young children. This type of diabetes usually requires insulin and aggressive blood sugar management.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 nothing to be trifled with? Very! Early symptoms of diabetes are the result of elevated blood sugar levels. Excessive levels of blood sugar reult in higher levels of sugar in your urine. This increases your urination frequncy and that leads to dehydration. Other symptoms include blurred vision, extreme tiredness, and stuborn infections that just seem to take forever to clear up.You might also fell sharp pains in your extremities–your feet and fingers. These are more like sharp “pings” of pain. 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. Recent medical advances show pancreas and iseet cell transplants offer some hope.
Symptoms of Diabetes?
Most Type 1 sufferers get it early in their lives. 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. Increased hunger, because the cells need nutrients
4. Weight loss, because without insulin, the body begins to starve.
Type 2 diabetes usually sneaks up on people and many don’t discover they have it until symptoms are evident. Sadly, the diagnosis most often is made only after a complication of the disease happens. It results from inactivity and a poor diet. It’s normally referred to as “Adult Diabetes” because 90% of diabetic sufferers are Type 2 and develop it later in their lives. Sadly, because of our sedentary lifestyle these days and the easy availibility of junk and fast food, we’re seeing more cases of Type 2 diabetes develop among teenagers and even younger children who are obese.
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 cause high blood pressure. 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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