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Can We Do More for Diabetics? New Research Suggests that We
Can
Diabetes can briefly be defined as a state when the body's
blood glucose is too high. The body does require a certain amount
of sugar in the blood; however, those suffering from diabetes
have levels much higher than what is needed.
Type I diabetes is also referred to as juvenile diabetes or
insulin-dependent diabetes. In this form of diabetes, the body's
immune system has destroyed the ability of the pancreas to
produce insulin from its beta cells. As in all cases of immune
disorders, the body makes a mistake somewhere along the line and
sees itself (the pancreas and its insulin producing beta cells)
as foreign bodies. The immune system launches an attack to get
rid of the invaders, which in this case are actually much needed
beta cells.
Type II diabetes, on the other hand, has been called
non-insulin-dependant diabetes or adult-onset diabetes, although
lately the number of children presenting with Type II diabetes is
rising at an astonishing and alarming rate. In Type II diabetes,
patients' cells are found to be unresponsive to the insulin in
their blood or unable to recognize and use it properly when
present.
Currently, treatment for both types of diabetes is limited to
either painful, usually daily, insulin shots or diabetes
medication. Patients are also advised to change their diet,
increase their physical activity, and maintain a controlled blood
pressure and cholesterol level.
When considering the cause of the disease further, one
realizes that the same basic concept is true for both forms of
diabetes. For some reason the body has turned against itself,
attacking and destroying - as in Type I diabetes - or has ceased
to recognize its own cells as "self" - as in Type II
diabetes.
The body's mechanism for cellular communication and
recognition is glyconutrients, or sugar forms, found on the
outside of every single cell of the human body. Glyconutrients
help each cell to recognize others as "friendly" and not to be
attacked (Type I diabetes). Additionally, they are the words by
which cells "talk" to each other and give instructions, ie. "I'm
insulin, let me in" (Type II diabetes).
If these glyconutrients are absent or damaged, the cells cease
to have the ability to recognize and communicate with one another
and various diseases such as diabetes may appear in an
individual.
New research and studies are focusing on the use of
glyconutrients to help diabetic patients. Several recent studies
1, 2 have shown that with the use of supplemental glyconutrients,
blood sugar levels in patients with Type I and Type II diabetes
can be decreased. What is hoped is that with continued use of
supplemental glyconutrients through the diet, the body's repair
mechanisms may be able to fix the damage that has been done by
the disease by learning to recognize and communicate between
cells once again.
1.
McDaniel C;Baumgartner S;. Case report: early intervention in
insulin dependent juvenile diabetes with dietary supplementation.
Proc Fisher Inst Med Res. 2002 Apr 2; 2: 9-11.
2.
McDaniel CF;Stevens EW;. Nutraceuticals decrease blood glucose
and pain in an individual with non-insulin dependent diabetes and
myofascial pain syndrome: a case report. Proc Fisher Inst Med
Res. 1997; 1: 30-31.
Scott Saunders is a full time wellness consultant who can be
reached at Whole Earth Health.
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