Diabetes

Leonard Thompson and Insulin

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:49:03 GMT

Do you know who Leonard Thompson was? Well, as a very young man, a boy, really, he became a hero. On January 11, 1922, young Leonard became the first person injected with insulin. Born in 1908, Leonard was diagnosed with diabetes when is was 11 years old. By December of 1921, he weighed 65 pounds and was near to death. All, things considered, so far, he had beaten the odds. That is, up until the discovery of insulin, the way to treat diabetes had been through a diet low in carbohydrates and sugar and high in protein and fat.

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Gestational Diabetes

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:42:03 GMT

Gestational Diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnancies. According to the Joslin Diabetes Center article citing Doctors Florence Brown and Tamara Takoudes, co-directors of the Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Diabetes and Pregnancy Program, certain groups (African-American, Hispanic, American Indian and Alaskan native communities) are showing a rise in occurances. Make no mistake, though, any woman is at risk of developing gestational diabetes during pregnancy! It is a manageable condition, and a nutrition and fitness program can be developed.

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Living With Diabetes For Kids - Young and Old

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:56:20 GMT

For those who become Diabetic at a young age, they want to and should be able to do just about everything their age group is doing. Overall, they can. Still, there are things they have to watch that other children their age do not have to worry about. For instance, going to parties and eating the same things the other kids are having. At a very young age, there is less of a problem. When they go to a party, you can have the hosting parent keep an eye out. You can make sure there are special treats for special kids.

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Diabetic Diets and Maintaining Glucose Levels

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:21:08 GMT

Is there a diet for diabetics? Well, according to nutrition experts no, sort of. Like everybody else, a diabetic should follow a "proper" diet. There is a difference, though. A diabetic should pay particular attention to carbohydrate intake, and they should be eating about the same amount of food at the same time, each day! As a diabetic, you should be eating starchy foods six or more times a day. First thing that comes to mind is bread. There is also cereal and starchy vegetables. Eat fruits and vegetables at least five times a day.

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How to Control Type 2 Diabetes Naturally - Forget the Drugs

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:21:02 GMT

Type 2 diabetes is becoming the number one illness worldwide at an alarming rate. We hear that it is hereditary or it is genetic. This is the mantra of the professionals who dish out the pills. The ratio of sufferers of type 2 diabetes has gone through the roof over the last fifty years. There is no way that our collective gene pool has gone from 1 in 100 000 to nearly 1 in 10 type 2 diabetes sufferers in such a short space of time. What has changed in such a short space of time however, is our diet.

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Aloe Vera - Good For Diabetes?

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:20:03 GMT

More and more studies are proving the significance of anti diabetic benefits of Aloe Vera. One of the studies performed in Thailand at the Mahidol University of Bangkok, was published in the journal of Phyto medicine in 1996, showed that 72 patients with high fasting blood sugar and typical diabetic curve of glucose tolerance that was never treated with hypo-glycemic drugs were selected to take part in the study. They used a placebo controlled double blind study to evaluate the effects of orally administered Aloe Vera supplementation on blood sugar, cholesterol and triglycerides.

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Coping With Diabetes in Children Type 1

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:18:03 GMT

Diabetes in children when it happens in the family drives the parents into a frenzy to learn everything about this condition. This is quite a challenging mission but it is good to step back and remember that the number one priority is to help the child manage this condition. It takes time to learn as much as one can about diabetes in children but as one gains knowledge, so will the self-confidence rise. Knowing that the child can still flourish will be quite a boost. Since there is so much to learn, where does one start?

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Complications of Poorly Controlled Diabetes

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:33:12 GMT

What is known about the risk of complications in Type 1 diabetes? It is unusual for people with type 1 diabetes to have complications such as retinopathy and nephropathy within the first five years of their diabetes. Studies have shown that the risk of kidney damage and eye disease are more common in people with poor control. This risk rises steeply above HbA1c values of 9% and is highest if the HbA1c value is above 12%. The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) showed that 12% of people Type 1 diabetes who were intensively treated (tight control) developed new retinopathy changes after nine years, compared to 54% of people who were treated with conventional (less tight control) methods.

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Diabetic Diets - Is it Alright to Have Sugar?

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:12:03 GMT

When people find out that they have diabetes, they assume they can no longer have sugar, but this is a false assumption. Their body does, in fact, still need sugar to supply their cells with the energy it needs to do their job. The difference between diabetics and non-diabetics is in how their body processes the sugar that is consumes. Being aware of how your body processes the sugar will help in finding the diabetic diet that is ideal for you. Typically when someone eats food in a regular diet, the pancreas kicks in and starts to process the sugar.

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Are There Alternatives to Insulin Injections For Type 2 Diabetics

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:46:02 GMT

Of course there are alternatives to insulin injections but the keywords here are; dedication, perseverance and faith in yourself. It is no easy road to learn to control your sugar levels without the use of both oral or injection drugs but as thousands and thousands of real world examples, testimonials and success stories have shown, it can be done. What then is the game plan to insulin alternatives? To put is simply, your entire attitude towards food must change and we are not talking about laying off the odd cookie, we are talking about stripping every unnecessary item of junk from your diet and severely restricting the levels of foods that directly affect blood sugar levels.

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