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Diabetes Information
Diabetes, which affects more than 6% of the US population or over
18,000,000 people [i], is diagnosed when the body is not creating
or effectively utilizing the hormone called insulin. As a result,
much-needed energy from sugar, starch, and other sources are not
being exploited as effectively as they should.
Imagine how it feels to look younger, feel younger, and act
younger! Now, think about how others see you. Are you ready to
make a lasting impression on your friends and family?
Great!Taking charge of your diabetes through exercise can give
you a younger look and feel not to mention ?? a younger
attitude!As you read this message, remember this: You don't pay
the price to improve your health, you reap the benefits of being
healthy!Treatment of diabetes has gone through dramatic changes
in the past two decades.
Was there a time when you relished the idea of giving dinner
parties?What a great opportunity to bond with old friends, try
out a few new recipes, and find a reason to clean up the
house!Has diabetes robbed you of the enjoyable events involving
your friends and family?Diabetes has an ugly characteristic of
wrecking the lives of it's victims by forcing them into
seclusion.If you have been neglecting the enjoyable events of
your life, please take action to control your diabetes.
When you go to work, your diabetes goes with you.You get up, get
showered, get breakfast, get to work.
Thousands, if not millions of people have diabetes in their
family. It's almost tragic the way things happen because it's not
always a "common knowledge" among families.
When traveling on out-of-town business, its common to have the
hotel front desk give you a wake-up call in the morning. You want
to avoid the embarrassment and repercussions of being late for
your business appointments.
Diabetes mellitus is a disorder characterized by the inability of
the body to either produce or respond to insulin making it
impossible to maintain proper levels of glucose (sugar) in the
blood. The extra glucose is excreted in the urine and because of
the high level of glucose more water is flushed through.
A diabetic diet is a specially designed eating plan that is high
in carbohydrates and low in fat. People with diabetes don't need
to go out and purchase special foods to maintain a diabetic diet,
they can eat the same foods as the whole family.
Today, most people with diabetes are only treating the symptoms.
And many medications given to people with diabetes are actually
compounding the underlying cause of the disease.
Benfotiamine made headlines globally in 2003 when researchers
released information about a study that was conducted at The
Einstein College of Medicine in New York. The bottom line of this
study was that a substance of the allithiamine group of the
naturally occurring thiamine-derived compounds had positive
effects on neuropathy, retinopathy and nephropathy and
heart/circulatory problems in diabetics.
Diabetes affects the manner in which the body handles
carbohydrates, fats and proteins. If neglected, diabetes can have
serious complications.
Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most costly burdensome chronic
diseases of our time and is condition that is increasing in
epidemic population in the whole world. The complications
resulting from the diseases are a significant cause of morbidity
and mortality and are associated with failure of various organs
such as the eyes, kidneys and nerves.
It's been a year, and 85 blubbery pounds less, since I was
diagnosed with diabetes Type2. The news was especially scary
because my mother died of diabetic complications 3 years after
diagnosis- the SAME AGE AS ME! EEEK!The day I was diagnosed, my
doctor handed me a glucometer, an 1800-calorie diabetic diet and
a handful of prescriptions, mumbling something about being sorry
and I should watch after my health better.
Diabetes!!!Open your eyes to the catastrophic effects of
Diabetes. The mere thought of Diabetes brings so many questions
and fears into our mind .
Having diabetes certainly limits some of the food you can eat,
but with the right diabetic recipes you can still enjoy fine
food. Sometimes, it is hard to know what foods are safe for you
to eat.
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