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| How to deal with diabetes |
By:
D R Allison |
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Everyone uses food for energy and growth but a metabolic disorder called diabetes stops this from happening. We must all have glucose to provide us with sufficient energy to carry out everyday tasks. Diabetes interrupts the transportation of glucose around the body. The health risks are the direct result of a build up of glucose in the blood instead of it being carried around the body for the cells to have energy.
Two main types occur; information on both is looked at briefly here. Juvenile onset diabetes is called type one and usually, but not always, affects children and young adults and is where the body's production of insulin has ceased; this can occur at any age but diabetics must take daily insulin injections in order to survive. The body uses insulin to ensure the glucose can be used by the body which in turn converts into energy. Type two affects adults and is sometimes called late onset diabetes; this is caused when the insulin is either not being produced in sufficient quantities or there is a problem in its use, however a careful diet plan can usually treat the condition.
Those energy foods which we all need to live are pasta, rice, potatoes, bread and fruit of course. Many health conditions can be caused by long term high blood sugar levels including: poor vision, heart complaints, problems with the kidneys and in some cases even limb amputation. Specialists in diabetes will tell you that provided you do exactly what your care and management program tells you to do, your condition will start to improve; these conditions will vary form person to person but most should see improvements with some complaints halted altogether. Managing this condition means changing your lifestyle to suit your condition any medication that has been prescribed; this includes watching your blood sugar levels, blood fat and cholesterol in addition to quitting smoking.
Your weight and blood pressure also need to be checked regularly and kept within the acceptable limits set by your doctor. Diabetes once recognized in the sufferer will be with them for the rest of their lives; in the United States there are reports of it affecting over two and a half percent of the population. The problem is that here are probably another 5.5 million people who have this condition but just don\'t know it; each year there are over six hundred thousand new cases. Officially, the number of deaths each year directly attributable to diabetes is 34,000 although in reality this figure is closer to 320,000 individuals; whilst not as a direct result, it is a significant contributing factor in a large number of these deaths. |
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