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What happens if you have diabetes and eat before a blood test?
Jul 28th
Question by sminthian1980: What happens if you have diabetes and eat before a blood test?
Diabetes runs in my family and I’m probably going to get it any time now. My job gives annual physicals and if I’m found to have diabetes, I’ll be fired. Would eating before a blood test stabilize my sugar level if I get it, or just mess everything up?
Best answer:
Answer by firedancermom
Eating before the blood test will cause your blood sugar to go higher. So for many people they’ll eat breakfast and have honey, sugar in the coffee, etc and test borderline for diabetes – then have to go back and re-do it as a fasting blood sugar to get a better reading.
So if I were you would not eat before it at all — or if you have to have very low carbs, sugar, etc.
Also, if you WERE to have diabetes, it is against the law to fire you for this. You would be covered under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). So try not to worry about that.
Good luck!
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New diabetes tablet
A new tablet for people with type 2 diabetes promises to lower blood glucose levels without side effects.
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Diabetes images
Jul 28th
Juvenile, Adults and Pregnancy Type Diabetes
The three type Diabetes:
1. Type 1 Diabetes. 2. Type 2 Diabetes. 3. Gestational Diabetes. The three-type-diabetes, cause blood sugar levels to turn into higher than normal. Nevertheless, they cause it in different ways. Type 1 is rare than the second type. Most of diabetics nationwide suffer from type 2, which happens at the time that the body becomes incapable to process insulin properly. Over 95% of diabetics are type 2, which is insulin-resistant.
Type 1 – Juvenile Type Diabetes
In view of the fact that, Type 1 diabetes most often occurs in kids and young adults it is called also juvenile diabetes. This type diabetes has an effect on 5% of all diabetics. This type diabetes happens at the time that the body’s immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. As the body cannot turn blood sugar, or glucose, into energy – either since it does not produce a sufficient amount insulin or does not use it suitably – diabetes will outcome. In the past, it was common that Type 1, the Juvenile Type Diabetes, only happens in children but recent research shows that it also can develop in adults. This type-diabetes is treatable. Medicine, work out and severe diabetes diet will be needed to maintain health.
Adult-Type Diabetes – Diabetes Type 2
Some people develop a Diabetes Type – called secondary diabetes, Diabetes Type 2 This type diabetes is similar to type 1 diabetes, though adult-type diabetes – Diabetes Type 2 happens, as the body is unable to act in response to insulin ordinarily . The beta cells are not destroyed by the immune system however by several other factors, such as cystic fibrosis or pancreatic surgery. Constructing people with type 1 diabetes, nearly everyone people with type 2 diabetes can produce insulin, but not enough to meet the body’s needs.
Type Diabetes: Diabetes Gestational
Higher maternal women ages are to be expected to have the type diabetes-Diabetes Gestational. Other imperative issues that cause diabetes: fatness and family history of Type 2 Diabetes. A national research reveals that at the childbirth, approximately 4% of all pregnancies are more often than not complicated due to diabetes. Mothers diagnosed with diabetes for a long time, have fewer odds of transferring diabetes onto born babies. Research found that the baby might develop diabetes after birth at anytime later in life. In addition, having diabetes increases a mother’s risks of the following: 1. Preeclampsia, high blood pressure that occurs while pregnancy. 2. Low glucose episodes, which can sometimes be deadly if not managed appropriately. Luckily, these risks can be reduced by fine preparation and diabetes diet before conception, in addition to early prenatal care, exercise and punctual care at the time of delivery.
During my pregnancy, I came to know that I had diabetes gestational. However, there are few subtle symptoms, which I did not particularly notice that help to diagnose diabetes gestational in its early stage.
On our site you’ll get clear easy to read information about the causes and risks of Diabetes Gestational. You’ll acquire knowledge, note the symptoms and know which questions to ask your physician.
At Gestational Diabetes Info center you will get helpful information about causes and risks of Gestational Diabetes. You’ll acquire knowledge of prevention, note the symptoms and know which questions to ask your physician.
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Tu Diabetes – Large Logo
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Join www.TuDiabetes.com, a global community for people touched by diabetes.
Si eres diabetico o diabetica, tambien tenemos una comunidad para ti: EsTuDiabetes.com – un espacio para personas afectadas por diabetes.
Diabetes Alert Day
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You wouldn’t know it from looking at me, or anyone else for that matter, that I have diabetes. Today is Diabetes Alert Day. Take the test, if you are at risk get tested before it is too late. More at www.benspark.com/diabetes-alert-day.html
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Cincinnati Walk to Cure Diabetes
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The Generic Alternatives played for the participants of the “The Greater Cincinnati Walk to Cure Diabetes.” (9/19/09)
Nice Diabetes photos
Jul 28th
Juvenile, Adults and Pregnancy Type Diabetes
At the time that the body does not produce as much as necessary insulin to break down sugar in the blood stream the body has diabetes. One can get diabetic if he does not eat properly or does not think about of the body.
Nevertheless, genetics play a big role in diabetes as well. Any type Diabetes can have an effect on several parts of the body causing serious health problems. It can cause blindness, amputation of legs, or feet.
The three type Diabetes:
1. Type 1 Diabetes.
2. Type 2 Diabetes.
3. Gestational Diabetes.
The three-type-diabetes, cause blood sugar levels to turn into higher than normal. Nevertheless, they cause it in different ways. Type 1 is rare than the second type.
Most of diabetics nationwide suffer from type 2, which happens at the time that the body becomes incapable to process insulin properly. Over 95% of diabetics are type 2, which is insulin-resistant.
Type 1 – Juvenile Type Diabetes
In view of the fact that, Type 1 diabetes most often occurs in kids and young adults it is called also juvenile diabetes. This type diabetes has an effect on 5% of all diabetics.
This type diabetes happens at the time that the body’s immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. As the body cannot turn blood sugar, or glucose, into energy – either since it does not produce a sufficient amount insulin or does not use it suitably – diabetes will outcome. In the past, it was common that Type 1, the Juvenile Type Diabetes, only happens in children but recent research shows that it also can develop in adults.
This type-diabetes is treatable. Medicine, work out and severe diabetes diet will be needed to maintain health.
Adult-Type Diabetes – Diabetes Type 2
Some people develop a Diabetes Type – called secondary diabetes, Diabetes Type 2 This type diabetes is similar to type 1 diabetes, though adult-type diabetes – Diabetes Type 2 happens, as the body is unable to act in response to insulin ordinarily .
The beta cells are not destroyed by the immune system however by several other factors, such as cystic fibrosis or pancreatic surgery.
Constructing people with type 1 diabetes, nearly everyone people with type 2 diabetes can produce insulin, but not enough to meet the body’s needs.
Type Diabetes: Diabetes Gestational
Higher maternal women ages are to be expected to have the type diabetes-Diabetes Gestational. Other imperative issues that cause diabetes: fatness and family history of Type 2 Diabetes.
A national research reveals that at the childbirth, approximately 4% of all pregnancies are more often than not complicated due to diabetes. Mothers diagnosed with diabetes for a long time, have fewer odds of transferring diabetes onto born babies.
Research found that the baby might develop diabetes after birth at anytime later in life.
In addition, having diabetes increases a mother’s risks of the following:
1. Preeclampsia, high blood pressure that occurs while pregnancy.
2. Low glucose episodes, which can sometimes be deadly if not managed appropriately.
Luckily, these risks can be reduced by fine preparation and diabetes diet before conception, in addition to early prenatal care, exercise and punctual care at the time of delivery.
During my pregnancy, I came to know that I had diabetes gestational. However, there are few subtle symptoms, which I did not particularly notice that help to diagnose diabetes gestational in its early stage.
On http://the-diabetes-gestational.com you’ll get clear easy to read information about the causes and risks of Diabetes Gestational. You’ll acquire knowledge, note the symptoms and know which questions to ask your physician.
At Gestational Diabetes Info center you will get helpful information about causes and risks of Gestational Diabetes. You’ll acquire knowledge of prevention, note the symptoms and know which questions to ask your physician.
Some cool diabetes images:
Diabetes images
Jul 28th
A few nice diabetes images I found:
diabetes 365 day 69 Dec. 11th 2007
Image by insearchofbalance
One of the costs of diabetes for me is fear. I feel like I’m always looking over my shoulder, looking behind me, wondering what I could have done better, and what’s waiting back there to catch up with me.
There is no cure for diabetes.
Yet.
diabetes 365 day 73 Dec. 15th 2007
Image by insearchofbalance
Tomorrow we’re caroling at a retirement home, so tonight we made cookies. Lots and lots of cookies. Gingerbread with ginger buttercream frosting, and chocolate chip. It’s a good thing I don’t like cookies, or I’d be sorely tempted. Good thing people don’t routinely make cake to take around to places…
(Oh, and for the record: Diabetics CAN eat sugar. I choose not to eat much because it’s difficult for me to manage. If you’re not diabetic and you see a diabetic eating sugar, either they need it or they know how to handle it, so no worries.)
There is no cure for diabetes.
Yet.
diabetes 365 day 91 Jan. 2nd 2008
Image by insearchofbalance
Today, Gnome was extremely please to receive 3 dogs in the mail. He had been somewhat lonesome, having very little his own size to interact with, so the dogs (which came by sussy all the way from England, and were still peppy when they arrived) proved to be just what he needed.
Oftentimes, D365 is just what I need. Like when I get tiny dogs in the mail, for my gnome.
Thank you!!!!
(Gnome provided by Nicole of Curious Girl, Dogs provided by Maisy of D365!)
There is no cure for diabetes.
Yet.
diabetes 365 day 94 Jan. 5th 2008
Jul 28th
What is Diabetes and the Differences Between Type 1 and Type2 Diabetes
Diabetes is the inability to transfer sugars in blood into the sugar-storage sites of your body, the muscles and liver. Sugars, called carbohydrates, are found mainly in cereals, rice, bread, pastas, potatoes, milk products, fruits, fruit juices and sweets. When we consume these foods, they pass from the stomach into the intestines and get broken down to the most basic sugar form, glucose. Glucose (sugar) normally moves into the blood via a web of blood vessels that are connected to the intestines. When the movement of glucose into the blood stream raises its average level above 100 points (mg/dl), it triggers the secretion of a hormone called insulin from the pancreas. When insulin is secreted into the blood, it causes the excess glucose (sugar) to be stored in muscles and liver cells. It is stored in a form called glycogen, which may be used at a later time as an immediate source of energy.
This energy is used for activities of up to three minutes: lifting or throwing an object, running away from danger, sprinting, stop-and-go actions such as a short walk, or any sports activity. Some people have impairment in their insulin production or in the functioning of their insulin. This insulin impairment causes the level of glucose to rapidly rise above the 100-point mark, and that is the condition we call diabetes. High sugar levels, left untreated, can gradually cause damage to vital tissues, such as blood vessels, the nervous system, kidneys, heart and arteries. This can cause debilitating strokes, heart disease, erectile dysfunction, loss of sensation or pain in the feet and hands, leading to leg amputations, kidney failure and blindness.
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes is when someone can produce little or no insulin, due mainly to immune and genetic (inherited) defects in the pancreas. People with Type 1 Diabetes create approximately only 10% of all of people diagnosed with diabetes. Type 1 can occur at a relatively young age, especially during childhood. At the time of diagnosis, people are usually of average weight, experiencing weight loss; frequent urination, blurred vision and dry mouth and their blood fasting sugar are way above 125 points (mg/dl). Type 1 diabetics have to depend on insulin use for the rest of their lives, in order to survive and making good lifestyle choices is integral to diabetes control. Oral Diabetes medications that are Sensitizers (see detailed discussion of this group of drugs in Action Step 2 right after the Insulin section) can be prescribed along with Insulin for people with Type 1 which can help reduce the amount of daily insulin used. Also leading and maintaining an active Lifestyle and making favorable food choices and raising your fiber intake can all help bring Diabetes under control and reduce the amount of total daily insulin dose (decisions about insulin dosing can ONLY be made by your doctor). Refer to Action Step 4 for a detailed discussion on how to start and maintain an active Lifestyle and make favorable food choices.
Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Pre-diabetes
This is a condition where glucose levels are higher than normal but not enough to be diagnosed as diabetes namely at a range from 100 to 125 mg/dl on a fasting state (first thing in the morning before eating). Typically, the more than 54 million people in this category are overweight or obese. They are people who consume large amounts of “junk food” (nutrient-deficient foods and drinks such as soft drinks and all other sugar containing juices and drinks. Foods that are loaded with sugars and unfavorable sources of fat such as animal fat, butter, margarine and Trans Fatty Acids that are found in the majority of packaged processed sweet and or salty snacks) and lead totally sedentary lifestyles; they also have high cholesterol and triglycerides and have low HDL (the good cholesterol). Studies show that these people will eventually develop diabetes and other preventable chronic ailments, such as: high cholesterol, high blood pressure and heart disease, “unless” they are identified early and they start making favorable lifestyle choices.
Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes affects some women during pregnancy and is characterized by consistently higher than 95 points (mg/dl) on a fasting state first thing in the morning, and over 120 points 2 hours after a meal. Most women who suffer from Gestational Diabetes will return to having normal blood glucose levels after delivery. Up to 45% of women who develop diabetes during pregnancy may progress to having full-blown diabetes later in life unless they make favorable lifestyle choices and change their eating and activity habits. The main predisposing factors for gestational diabetes are family history of diabetes, obesity and sedentary lifestyles . It is crucial that women at risk be identified, since high blood sugar causes fetal harm.
Who Should Test?
All women, early on in their pregnancy, who have the following criteria must be tested for high blood sugar; women who are: overweight, over the age of 25, who have family history of diabetes, those who belong to ethnic groups other than Caucasian, those who have previously had gestational diabetes, or who have previously delivered large babies over 9 pounds.
Treatment
Gestational diabetes is initially treated with Lifestyle interventions such as making balanced food choices and increasing activity as described in Action Step 4. If fasting (first thing in the morning before eating) blood sugar is not brought to 95 points (mg/dl) or to 120 points 2 hours after lunch or dinner then Insulin is the ideal drug that is used. Your doctor will decide which insulin product and dose is appropriate for you. (See the discussion about insulin in Action Step 2).
Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes, on the other hand, usually affects people later on in life, after the age of 25 or 30. However, Type 2 Diabetes has alarmingly been plaguing children at a much younger age than ever witnessed. Kids as young as 15 and 17 who are obese and leading sedentary lifestyles and commonly seen in grocery stores shopping while riding electric shopping scooters, are now diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. About 90% of people with diabetes have Type 2. People with Type 2 Diabetes produce insulin from their pancreas, but due to lifestyle factors such as obesity and inactivity the insulin is not able to perform and move the extra sugar from the blood into the muscle and liver cells, resulting in the buildup of sugar levels in the blood. This defect is referred to technically as insulin resistance. The diagnosis for Type 2 Diabetes is when people have a fasting (before eating in the morning) blood sugar level of 126 points (mg/dl) and over on 2 separate readings.
Type 2 Diabetes can be of hereditary origin. Non-Caucasians are more predisposed to getting it. But the vast majority of people get it due to inadequate lifestyles such obesity, overeating and sedentary lifestyles. A staggering 75% of people with diabetes are obese and inactive . This lends to the worsening of their conditions. I witness this trend every single day in my pharmacy practice. People drop off several prescriptions for diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure, and they sit the entire time in the pharmacy waiting area. When I counsel them about their medications and suggest they might increase the amount of daily walking, their invariable answer is, “I don’t have time.” Sometimes, they drop off their prescriptions and go food shopping; they bring back a cart full of bacon, cookies and other packaged snacks such as popcorn, jugs of soft drinks, pretzels, butter, white bread, and let’s not forget the cigarettes!
People with Type 2 Diabetes may be treated with: medications, either taken by mouth and/or through insulin injections, and by making favorable lifestyle choices . Medications alone without an active lifestyle will never be an efficient way to control diabetes and/or other chronic lifestyle-related diseases. Your doctor has many medication options from which to choose. What is important is to get diabetes under control in order to avoid deadly complications ! Your health is your responsibility, and staying in close contact with your doctor and pharmacist is the only way to avoid diabetes complications and hugely important in keeping your diabetes under control.
The message that I bring you is that, “You are not doomed.” Certainly, you can control diabetes, but you have to be aware of some simple facts and act on them . Inaction will cause these deadly ailments to creep up on you and systematically destroy your internal organs and claim your life prematurely. You can become involved, seriously and consistently, in your health; take the lead and the primary responsibility for managing your health and disease! It is simpler than you think.
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Copyright © 2008 by George Tohme All rights reserved.
George F. Tohme, pharmacist, graduate of Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA in 1987 and currently practicing in Texas. He is certified in diabetes and cholesterol management, smoking cessation, nutrition guidance, and a certified personal trainer. He is a lifestyle makeover expert and also conquered his own 17-year battle with obesity. Visit www.LifestyleMakeoverEbook.com to take a quiz NOW!
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Check out these diabetes images:
diabetes 365 day 94 Jan. 5th 2008
Image by insearchofbalance
Our normally tranquil bay was all whitecaps and waves today during a wind storm. What this wind storm did to the bay, having a cold does to my blood sugar.
I’m hoping I’ve seen the last of that for a while.
There is no cure for diabetes.
Yet.
Living With Diabetes, Sonny’s story
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Sonny Dufault has diabetes, and a lot to live for.
He talks about his daily battle with the disease, and his appreciation for family in a Morning Story called Can’t Let Go.
Pictured are Sonny Dufault and his sons, Jeremy and Jesse.
Visit the WGBH Morning Stories website, and the podcast archive in iTunes.
TRANSCRIPT OF "CAN’T LET GO" PODCAST:
Tony Kahn:
Hi everybody! This is Tony Kahn, the producer and director of Morning Stories, from WGBH FM in Boston. Our storyteller today is a fellow named Sonny Dufault. Sonny is a recording engineer here in Boston; he’s also an actor. He’s the father of two young sons and the husband of a lovely woman named Gloria.
He is however, also married, in a sense, to another spouse and that’s a spouse that he met well into his first marriage. It’s his illness, diabetes. Although he was an adult, Sonny got a form of diabetes, that’s known as "Juvenile Diabetes". It’s a very hard disease to manage, because you really have to know things that are going on inside your body that most of the rest of us are lucky enough not to have to even think about. It’s the kind of disease, that if you don’t take good care of it, well, it can jump up from behind and do you in, in no time at all.
When I first met Sonny he told me a hair-raising story, about what it was like to spend his first weekend, after knowing he had diabetes, alone in his own home, painting the basement. Well, he almost died, because he forgot to feed himself at the right time. He survived a blackout at the last minute, by crawling upstairs and finding, luckily, a piece of birthday cake in the refrigerator that saved him. Well, life with diabetes is not a piece of cake, but it also has in some strange ways, some hidden benefits.
Sonny tells us about some of those, as well as some of the tough times in today’s Morning Story. We call it: Can’t Let Go.
Sonny:
I had left the house and I was going to meet someone for dinner, ten minutes away. I got in the car and I felt fine. The next thing I know, it was two hours later. I had two police cars following me, ‘cause I was just hitting everything, going both sides of the road and I ended up in somebody’s front yard.
They pulled me out of the car and I would fall down and they’d pick me up. They tried to give me the sobriety test and finally, one policeman just got so disgusted, he says, "This guy doesn’t even know what we’re saying." So they handcuffed me and threw me in the cruiser and brought me to jail.
That’s when they called the Emergency and the ambulance came over and when they revived me, I just sat right up and the — and the guy said, "We’ve got your sugar up to about 90, right now. How do you feel?" And I said, "90? What are ya, WHERE AM I?" And the cop says’ "He’s lyin’." And the guy said, "No, he’s a diabetic." And I kept sayin’, "Where’s my car?" And finally the guy in the ambulance said, "You don’t wanna know. You don’t wanna know anything that happened tonight."
At the trial the policeman said, "We’re dropping all the charges." Then the DA said, "No, you’re not.” [Sonny chuckles] And the DA said, "He’s been a diabetic for 18 years, he should know better."
I don’t know what I — what I should’ve done, or what I could’ve done. I’m living this 24-7 and I’m trying to do the best I can. But everything affects it. You’ve gotta have your, your kit with you, you know, with your insulin, with your test unit. You go to a restaurant with people, gotta check, ya know, “ok, well I’ll need this much insulin and if I order this, I can only have this much.” And you’ve gotta figure out your meal, you’ve gotta figure out how much insulin’s gonna cover that meal and then you’ve gotta take the injection.
You can never do anything without thinking about that. If I go for a walk and I forget my glucose tabs, I mean I could be a mile from the house and if it hits me, I won’t make it back. And you just never know, what’s it gonna do next, ya know. It, uh — What you need to do, what you wanna do, it doesn’t care. It doesn’t care.
After a while, you burn out. [Long pause with music]
I’m kind of afraid to be around people. I lost a job once, just because I was embarrassed to say that I was a, ya know, "Excuse, me, can we take like twenty minutes out?" "Do you mind if I sit over there and chew down these glucose tablets?" And, I’m . . ."There’s something wrong with me, and I need you to understand." And I couldn’t do it. Ahhh!
[Large intake of air; then a pause with music]
Sometimes, I just wish this was over. If I have to measure out one more meal, if I have to.… Ya know, I’m just gonna go grab that bag of chips and I don’t care. I’m eatin’ it! [pause, with music]
Sometimes I hate it so much, that I think well, maybe there’s a reason for it, ya know, maybe….maybe I’m supposed to have this for something that I need to learn. And one of the things I needed to learn, was that I can’t be totally independent.
I always used to think about, “Boy, it would be great if I ever made a lot of money, I would be, I would get that place in the mountains.” And I would just never have to deal with people again, ya know, I would have everything delivered that I wanted and then go away and I don’t feel that way anymore. I, I wouldn’t like it up there on that mountain. I think I need to be, with people. I guess people — y’know, you need people.
In that job that I lost, in that client that I lost, because I couldn’t tell them…. Um, I keep thinking back that maybe they would’ve liked to help me, you know: "Well, do you need something?" "Would you like a drink, would you like something to eat?" You know?
Y’know, if . . . A lot of times I’ll go through that, where I’ll say, "I hate people. Y’know, I just don’t, I just wish they would just leave me alone." But, man, if I had to get through life without anybody — whew! — that’d be pretty tough.
My third brother just got diagnosed with it last year. Won’t ever, like, talk about real feelings and, you know? But, now that he’s got this, though, he’s a little warmer. He’s, he’s . . . Since this happened, and this is just recent, whenever we talk on the phone, instead of saying, "Goodbye," he always says, "I love you." You know? [Sonny chuckles] This is like a completely new thing for me, you know. [chuckles, again] I like it! You know? I always say, "I love you," back. You know? It’s . . . You know?[chuckles, more]
So, I guess it’s true what they say. You do fall in love with your own disease, don’t ya? [he softly laughs]
[Soft guitar music]
Tony Kahn:
That’s today’s Morning Story from Sonny Dufault: Can’t Let Go. I’m not exactly a religious person but a story like that definitely brings some, some words to mind for me. "There, but for the grace of God, go you and I."
Anyway, thanks for listening to our podcasts. Podcasts of Morning Stories, from WGBH-FM are made possible, in part with support from Ipswitch, a leader in file transfer software. Further information, just check out their website, . That’s Ipswitch -dot-com. See ya next week.
[End of recording]
Transcribed by: Lynn Relyea lmrelyea@yahoo.com
Diabetes images
Jul 28th
Supplements Supporting Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Diabetes mellitus, often referred to simply as diabetes is a syndrome of disordered metabolism, usually due to a combination of hereditary and environmental causes, resulting in abnormally high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia).
The disease and its treatments can cause many complications as it is often detected when a person suffers a problem that is frequently caused by diabetes, such as a heart attack, stroke, neuropathy, poor wound healing or a foot ulcer, certain eye problems, certain fungal infections, or delivering a baby with macrosomia or hypoglycemia.
Diabetes mellitus, commonly referred to as diabetes was first identified as a disease associated with “sweet urine,” and excessive muscle loss in the ancient world. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic medical condition, meaning that although it can be controlled, it lasts a lifetime.
Type 1 diabetes can affect children or adults but was traditionally termed “juvenile” diabetes because it represents a majority of the diabetes cases in children. This type appears to be triggered by some (mainly viral) infections, or less commonly, by stress or environmental exposure (such as exposure to certain chemicals or drugs). Type 1 diabetics have a genetic predisposition to the disease.
Type 1 diabetes occurs equally among males and females but is more common in whites than in non-whites. Additionally, this type of diabetes accounts for about 5 to 10 percent of diagnosed diabetes in the United States. Type 1 diabetes develops most often in children but can occur at any age. Type 1 diabetes may also cause a rapid yet significant weight loss (despite normal or even increased eating) and irreducible fatigue.
Type 2 diabetes is far more common than type 1. Type 2 diabetes risk can be reduced in many cases by making changes in diet and increasing physical activity. However, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes impede a person’s carefree life.
Type 2 diabetes is more common in older people, especially in people who are overweight, and occurs more often in African Americans, American Indians, some Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanics/Latinos. Type 2 diabetes is becoming more common due to increasing obesity and failure to exercise. This type may go unnoticed for years because visible symptoms are typically mild, non-existent or sporadic, and usually there are no ketoacidotic episodes.
Diabetes insipidus, a rare disorder, is not related to diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes). Diabetes symptoms may include increased thirst and urination, blurred vision, and fatigue. This type also appears to affect the speed of our thought processes as well. Diabetes is a costly disease associated with severe morbidity and premature death that affects millions of Americans.
Diabetes insipidus includes any of several types of polyuria in which the volume of urine exceeds 3 liters per day, causing dehydration and great thirst, as well as sometimes emaciation and great hunger.
Diabetes affects approximately 17 million people (about 8% of the population) in the United States. It is the third leading cause of death in the United States after heart disease and cancer.
It is further the primary reason for adult blindness, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), gangrene and amputations. Diabetes is a condition characterized by the inability of the pancreas to produce sufficient levels of insulin to prevent hyperglycemia. Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or sugar levels are too high. Diabetes can also create the need to remove a limb.
Diabetes can be caused by too little insulin, resistance to insulin, or both. The disease can damage blood vessels and nerves and decrease the body’s ability to fight infection. It is the most common condition leading to amputations.
Although this disease cannot be cured, it often can be managed with proper medical care, diet, and regular exercise. Diabetes was the sixth leading cause of death in the US. It is a serious disease, but it is controllable. The good news is that diabetes prevention is proven, possible, and powerful.
Treatment need not significantly impair normal activities if sufficient patient training, awareness, appropriate care, discipline in testing and dosing of insulin is taken.
Treatment for the disease also includes checking blood sugar levels to make sure that the disease is under control. Treatment usually includes eating healthy foods and spreading carbohydrates throughout the day, exercising regularly, checking your blood sugar levels often, and possibly taking medicine.
And most of all this disease shouldn’t take all the fun out of shopping, cooking and dining. Diabetes treatment plans consist of a healthy diet, exercise, medications and sleep.
Diabetes supplements can help you fight the effects of diabetes and help you to keep your blood sugar levels stabilized. Many people find natural diabetic supplements a valuable aid in improving their control of Type 2 Diabetes.
Sharyce Arciaga is the Author of this Article and has been a natural health enthusiast and advocate for over 20 years. Concerned about your diabetic medication? Need something herbal? Experience an all natural, organic vegetarian Supplement & Diabetic Herb that helps support and control blood sugar levels from Remedies Direct.
Some cool diabetes images:
My new pedometer diabetes 365 Oct. 14, 2007
Image by Manny Hernandez
I got it at the Tampa Diabetes Expo last weekend.
If you haven’t done it yet, join www.tudiabetes.com – a community for people touched by diabetes.
World Diabetes Day
Image by Carol Browne
Today was World Diabetes Day, so there were some activities around Vancouver raising awarness to promote healthy eating and prevention.
diabetes 365 day 74 Dec. 16th 2007
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Volcanoes and Diabetes. Both full of unexpected surprises which are very rarely fun.
I snapped this pic on our way to carol at the retirement home. There were 3 diabetic patrons there, and I was sad to see them fed cookies and a big mug of "no sugar added" hot chocolate (still 10 g) without a pill or shot. The intern kept saying, "it’s okay, they can have it" when our group leader asked about it, but I really wanted to say, no, it’s not okay, and no, they shouldn’t have it without some means of dealing with it!
There is no cure for diabetes.
Yet.
Q&A on Diabetes: How high are my risks for getting diabetes?
Jul 28th
Question by im not that innocent: How high are my risks for getting diabetes?
My sister has type 1 diabetes, and she told me that I have a good chance of getting it too because our great grandfather and his mother had diabetes. A lot of other people in my family have it, on my mom’s side. What are my chances of getting Type 1 diabetes?
Best answer:
Answer by ok5857gb
um it depends if u eat a lot of suger. if u do, yes you are. id=f u don’t i dont think u are
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Can low blood sugar lead to diabetes? Or can the symptoms be confused with one another?
Jul 28th
Question by Shorty: Can low blood sugar lead to diabetes? Or can the symptoms be confused with one another?
I have low blood sugar but recently I looked up symptoms of diabetes and I have:
Blurry Vision
Fatigue
Irritation
Increase hunger
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Even if I don’t have diabetes, how does it explain my blurry vision? Can low blood sugar lead to diabetes?
Best answer:
Answer by baby with ansers
it is called hypoglosimic,it will eventully turn into high suger.plese go to the doc and tell him your syms,either way it can lead to death.and as for the eyes,your retnia could be detacing from your eye
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Jul 28th
Diabetes a Health Hazard
DIABETES
Definition as stated by Dr Miriam Stoppard
Types of diabetes
1- Type 1
2- Type 2
Causes
1- Lifestyle
2- Disorders
3- Gestational diabetes
DIABETES MELLITUS
Long term complication
1-Heart problem
2-Eye
Treatment
1-Insulin Prevention
2- Good lifestyle 1-healthy diet
3- Monitoring blood glucose 2-blood pressure measurement
3- healthy lifestyle
Symptoms
1-excessive urination
2- weakness
3- weight loss
Notes from readings
- pancreas either produces insufficient amounts of insulin or body cells become resistant to the hormone’s effects.
- Type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
- Although dietary measures are also important, it must be treated with insulin injections. About 60,000 people in the UK have this type of diabetes.
- The pancreas continues to secrete insulin but cells in the body become resistant to its effects.
- Diabetes mainly affects people over the age of 40 and is more common in overweight people.
- Condition may be treated with dietary measures only.
- Diabetes mellitus can sometimes develop during pregnancy. This is called gestational diabetes and is usually treated with insulin to maintain the health of the mother and baby.
- Type 1 diabetes is usually caused by an abnormal reaction in which the immune system destroys insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas.
- Type 2 diabetes are less well understood, but the genetics and obesity are important factors.
- The symptoms of type 2 may not be obvious or may go unnoticed until a routine medical check-up. The main symptoms of both forms may include:
- Excessive urination
- Thirst and a dry mouth
- Insufficient sleep because of the need to urinate at night.
- Lack of energy
- Blurry vision
- Weight loss
Symptoms of type 2 may go unnoticed until routine medical check up.
The main symptoms of both forms may include:
- excessive urination
- thirst and a dry mouth
- insufficient sleep because of the need to urinate at night.
- Lack of energy
- Blurry vision
- Weight loss
The main symptoms of ketoacidosis include:
- nausea and vomiting, sometimes with abdominal pain.
- Deep breathing.
- Acetone smell to the breath (like pear drops or nail polish remover)
- Confusion.
Living with diabetes:
- A healthy diet
- Drinking and smoking
- Special care for your feet.
- Exercise and sports.
- Strenuous exercise
- Moderate exercise
- Medical check up
- Eye examination
- Blood pressure measurement.
Treatment for:
Type 1
Insulin can be injected into any fatty area, such as upper arm.
Source: Dr Miriam Stoppard , Doling Kindersley Ltd 2002 ‘Family Health Guide’, pages 504 to 507.
“Department of Diabetes, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to:
P Home. Department of Diabetes, The Medical School, University of Newcastle
upon Tyne, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
philip.home@newcastle.ac.uk
Received: ; revised: December 10, 2002
Diabetes Metab 2003,29,101-9 • © 2003 Masson, all rights reserved 101”
- Diabetes is a growing healthcare challenge worldwide.
-A considerable proportion
of people either have impaired glucose tolerance with a significant
risk of development of diabetes, or have undiagnosed Type 2
diabetes.
-Pivotal to reducing the risk of morbidity and the development
of complications and mortality is the normalisation of both fasting
and postprandial blood glucose levels.
-diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions
worldwide, with between 5 and 10% of the world population
affected.
- People with diabetes have approximately twice
the prevalence of hypertension compared with non-diabetic
patients
-40% of subjects were defined as hypertensive on entry
(receiving antihypertensive treatment or with a mean systolic
blood pressure ? 160 mmHg and/or a mean diastolic blood
pressure ? 90 mmHg)
-People with diabetes are 17 times more prone to kidney disease,
with diabetic nephropathy being the most common
complication [11]. Diabetic nephropathy may eventually
lead to end-stage renal disease and thus significant mortality.
-Approximately 30-40% of people with diabetes develop
retinopathy, and diabetes is the most common cause of blindness
in the working years of life in developed countries
-According to a 1997 estimate [12], 120 million people
have Type 2 diabetes (approximately 2% of the world population)
and an additional 4 million have Type 1 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes accounts for more than 85% of all cases of
diabetes in developed countries and almost all cases in developing
countries. It appears to be epidemic (affecting a high
and increasing proportion of the population) in many parts
of the world, and represents a serious and growing global
health challenge primarily as a result of increased obesity,
ageing populations, increasing urbanisation and a more sedentary
lifestyle [34, 35]. However, data from many parts of
the world with high and increasing prevalence (Asia, Latin
America, China) are not broadly based, and so this estimate
is likely to be markedly low.
-Type 1 diabetes
is one of the most common childhood diseases in developed
European countries and the incidence has increased dramatically
in some newly prosperous countries
-The incidence of Type 2 diabetes in particular is expected
to increase considerably as developing countries become
more Westernised in terms of availability of healthcare and
modernisation of existing resources, as well as a result of
substantial improvements in diabetes surveillance and
screening. Growth is projected to be greatest in Asia and
Africa, where diabetes could become 2-3 times more common
than it is today [12]. By 2025, more than 75% of people
with diabetes will be from developing countries, compared
with 62% in 1995
-Type 2 diabetes suggests a need for continuing
attention to control of blood glucose, blood pressure
and blood lipids through medication, diet and exercise.
People with Type 1 diabetes, and increasingly those with
Type 2 diabetes, have the additional burden of subcutaneous
insulin injections, self-monitoring and care of their insulin
supplies and equipment.
Direct Quote
Dr Miriam’s definition of diabetes is:
“the inability of the body to use glucose for energy due to inadequate amounts of or loss of sensitivity to, the hormone insulin.”
Dr Miriam Stoppard. 2002, Family Health Guide, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, England, Page 504
Paraphrase
The body uses glucose as energy in order to perform work and if it fails because of insufficient amount of insulin (which is essential for the absorption of glucose) or because the body cells become more resistant to the hormone’s effect then we end up with the non-healthy state called diabetes.
Summary
Dr Stoppard states that “Glucose from the blood stream is the main source of energy for the body’s cells. Its absorption is enabled by the pancreas, which produces insulin. Among people suffering from diabetes mellitus, a build up of toxic by- products, like acetone with a pear drop smell, in the body occurs. This is caused by the use of other sources of energy than glucose. Hence the unused glucose accumulates in the blood and urine, causing high blood sugar levels. 1 in 10 diabetes depends on self administered injections of insulin and the rest take oral drug and are careful about their diet. These treatments are vital in preventing the symptoms of high blood sugar level like frequent passing of urine, thirst and loss of weight as well as complications leading to peripheral nerve disorders which may affect the eyes, kidneys, the cardiovascular system. The weakening of the immune system may also cause infections like cystitis.”
Dr Miriam Stoppard. 2002, Family Health Guide, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, England, Page 504
Plan
1- Introduction
a- Definition
b- Types of diabetes
c- Brief description of each diabetes
2- Causes
a- Causes of Type 1 diabetes more frequent in children
b- Causes of Type 2 diabetes more frequent in adults
3- Symptoms
a- Both short term and long term consequences in case of non treatment for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
4- Treatment
a- The use of insulin to control diabetes in both Type 1 and Type 2
5- Short Term and Long Term complications.
a- Short term and long term effect in Type 1 diabetes
b- Short term and long term effect in Type 2 diabetes
6- Conclusion
a-healthy diet
b- healthy lifestyle
7- Bibliography
Introduction
Diabetes mellitus is developing in epidemic proportions in today’s world with 5 to 10% of the worldwide population affected. This disease is defined by Dr Stoppard, “as the inability of the body to use glucose for energy due to inadequate amounts of or loss of sensitivity to, the hormone insulin”. Which means that the body uses glucose in order to perform work and if it fails because of insufficient amount of insulin or because the body cells become more resistant to the hormone’s effect then we end up with the non-healthy state called diabetes.
There are two types of diabetes:
1- Type 1 which is caused by the abnormal reaction in which the immune system destroys insulin secreting cells in the pancreas. It is more common in childhood.
2- Type 2 which causes are less understood. However, genetics and overweight are important factors.
Causes
Diabetes of Type 1 is usually caused by some viral diseases which affect the immune system of the child, though the genetic factor of one parent suffering from type 1 diabetes may have some effect, however most children who develop type 1 diabetes do not have parents with diabetes. As for Type 2 diabetes it is the increase in food intake which leads to overweight and obesity as well as the living of a sedentary lifestyle and it mostly affects adults.
Symptoms
Both types of diabetes have the same symptoms where there is excessive urination which account for the thirst and dry mouth but also for the insufficient sleep at night because of the need to go to the toilet. This state is paralleled by the lack of energy; blur vision and quick weight loss, abdominal pain, deep breathing and acetone smell breath may also consist of symptoms of diabetes.
Treatment
While the Type 1 diabetes have to submit themselves to the burden of insulin injection, self monitoring and the care of their insulin supplies and equipments, though the Type 2 diabetes have the need to control their blood glucose, their blood pressure and their blood lipids these may be done through medication, diet and exercise but sometimes in addition the Type 2 diabetes have to make insulin injections as the Type 1’s diabetes with all the inconvenience attached to it. As for treatment by insulin Dr Stoppard states that “Glucose from the blood stream is the main source of energy for the body’s cells. Its absorption is enabled by the pancreas, which produces insulin. Among people suffering from diabetes mellitus, a build up of toxic by-products, like acetone with a pear drop smell, in the body occurs. This is caused by the use of other sources of energy than glucose. Hence the unused glucose accumulates in the blood and urine, causing high blood sugar levels. 1 in 10 diabetes depends on self administered injections of insulin and the rest take oral drug and are careful about their diet. These treatments are vital in preventing the symptoms of high blood sugar level like frequent passing of urine, thirst and loss of weight as well as complications leading to peripheral nerve disorders which may affect the eyes, kidneys, the cardiovascular system. The weakening of the immune system may also cause infections like cystitis.”
Hence, no complete cure of diabetes exist, for it is a chronic disease but it can be controlled so as not to cause more severe damage to the body which is affected by it. For that a healthy diet with special attention to avoid excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages and smoking. Special care should also be taken with the feet and the eyes. Medical check up as well as blood pressure measurement should be regular. While sports should be practiced excessive strenuous exercise should be avoided.
Short Term and Long Term effect
If left unattended the diabetes mellitus may give rise to both short-term and long term complications. In case of Type 1 neglect of treatment may lead to nausea and vomiting accompanied by abdominal pain and deep breathing, while an acetone smell breath is noted. If left untreated the subject quickly enter in a confusion state where dehydration may lead to coma and death. As for the Type 2 diabetes if left untreated as is often the cause long term diseases like cardiovascular diseases occurs which may end up in a stroke. These are consequences of high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol in the blood. There is an increase risk of cataracts in the eyes and symptoms of dizziness upon standing and poor circulation because of nerve damage may lead to ulcers and gangrene.
Conclusion
In conclusion it can be said that the Diabetes mellitus is a disease that compel the one suffering from it to adopt a healthier lifestyle so as to control the devastation that the disease may cause to the body and to avoid the shortening of one’s life.
(810 words)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1- http://www.e2med.com/dm
“Department of Diabetes, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to:
P Home. Department of Diabetes, The Medical School, University of Newcastle
upon Tyne, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
philip.home@newcastle.ac.uk
Received: ; revised: December 10, 2002
Diabetes Metab 2003,29,101-9 • © 2003 Masson, all rights reserved 101”
2- Dr Miriam Stoppard, 2002, Family Health Guide, Doling Kindersley Ltd, England
Mother of two.
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diabetes 365 day 63 Dec. 5th 2007
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Part of managing diabetes, for me, is making sure I find time in the day to do things I love. Spending time with Daniel, being outside, and hanging out with the kitties are high on the list. Also important in my diabetes maintenance is humor, whose proven health benefits are good for anyone!
My Onion Magnetic Poetry set that my mother gave me last Christmas always provides a bit of fun in the day. All the things we can do to be good to ourselves, and ease the burden of chronic illness, are a plus in my book!
There is no cure for diabetes.
Yet.
diabetes 365 day 53 Nov. 25 2007
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Diabetes and our Bodies is this week’s weekly focus. For about 3 months after I was diagnosed, I lost a lot of hair from the toxicity of DKA that was less than a day away from killing me when I landed in the hospital, less than a few hours away from a diabetic coma. I lost so much that I cut it all off, from halfway down my back to just above my chin. I would collect it from my pillow in handfuls. I have thick hair, so it wasn’t really obvious to anyone who was meeting me for the first time.
I don’t pay much attention to my physical appearance (haha, I’m sure that’s obvious), but losing my hair bothered me. It was the first time I really felt Sick. It was the first unexpected manifestation of my illness. It was right before my wedding, and my mother, who always loved my hair, was so sad. I didn’t care about what it would look like in my wedding photos, but I hated to see her sad, and I hated to look Sick, even if only to myself.
There is no cure for diabetes.
Yet.
December 7 2007 day 57 – Diabetes and zen
Jul 28th
Diabetes:what You Should Know
This article will explain what you need to know about Diabetes before you or someone you know are unpleasantly surprised.
Diabetes affects around 16 million Americans and about 800,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.
A diagnosis of diabetes is made if your blood glucose reading is 126 mg/dl or higher. People with Type I Diabetes are subject to episodes in which blood glucose levels are very high (hyperglycemia) and very low (hypoglycemia). There are two primary reasons for Diabetes, 1) A prolonged diet high in carbohydrates and 2) Improper and under nourishment. Today, most people with diabetes are only treating the symptoms and not getting to the root of the problem. The prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing world over. Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal.
Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas that is needed to convert sugar and starches into energy needed for daily activity. Type 1 Diabetes is also called Insulin Dependent Diabetes. Insulin is a very important hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy-the energy we need for daily life. Diabetes is a disease that develops over time, and your health care provider can help you find out whether you are likely to become a diabetic. Diabetes does not care who you are, if testing is painful or if you are tired. Type 2 diabetes is sometimes referred to as mature onset diabetes.
Type II diabetes, in the past, was relegated to the adult population. This form of diabetes is mainly found in children. Smoking is another important risk factor. Among men who smoke, the risk of developing diabetes is doubled. Of the many types of Diabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational. diabetes and pre-diabetes are the most common. Before the discovery of insulin, type 1 diabetes was fatal. Doing the right things to take care of diabetes can also help to take care of your heart as well. Most Type 2 diabetics don’t have symptoms because the onset. Typically, this type of diabetes will occur during the last three months of the pregnancy , but may potentially occur before that time.
Of the many types of Diabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational. Diabetes and pre-diabetes are the most common.
Twenty to fifty percent may develop Type 2 diabetes later in life. Children of mothers with gestational diabetes are more at risk for obesity and developing diabetes as teens or adults. It is quite possible to live and eat quite nicely with diabetes if you stick to your plan. The most important thing about dieting with diabetes is that you never lose sight of how crucial it is to do so. Through losing weight, getting the right amount of exercise and controlling your diet, you can manage. Juvenile Onset diabetes is another major form of diabetes that affects many children. The challenge with pre-diabetes is the fact that the condition doesn’t like to reveal itself with noticeable symptoms.
The experience teaches that a mere elimination of symptoms is short-lived, as the underlying causes will soon give birth to new symptoms. Diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes. One of the main causes is overweight. There are a number of causes which give rise to diabetes.
Recently more children are being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. The aim with the treatment of both types of Diabetes is to have blood glucose levels, blood pressure and cholesterol levels as near to average as is possible.
You can prevent or at the very least delay onset of type II diabetes with proper nutrition and exercise.
The thought of getting a disease such as diabetes can be worrisome, it helps to be aware of what diabetes symptoms are and be able to recognize them early enough to get the help you will need to get the disease under control.
For people who are heavily dependent on medicines, exercise cannot replace drugs but it does contribute to normalizing the glucose metabolism.
There have been reports of women diabetics who experienced a decline in sexual activities due to the lack of sensation.
And most diabetics develop heart disease. Research has repeatedly shown that regular physical activity helps reduce the likelihood of having a heart attack or a stroke, aids in weight loss, and improves mood.
It is a very serious disorder, sometimes fatal and is the leading cause of death in Western society because of its damage to the cardiovascular system.
With exercise, weight loss and a healthy diet, pre-diabetic people can and have managed to bring down their glucose levels and have escaped the threat of an insulin-dependent life.
The cause of diabetes is somewhat a mystery, although both family history and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles.
Ketoacidosis is most often seen in Type I diabetics, individuals whose pancreas does not produce enough insulin to allow their cells to take in glucose for metabolism (also the most common form of childhood diabetes).
It should come as no surprise that one of the major causes for the increase in diabetes is due to the obesity problem.
If proper treatment and medication is not administered, at times aggressively, it can lead to fatal complications .
In our days diabetes becomes a big problem even when patients are given insulin and stay on strict diets.
Doctors have always asked themselves why some people develop diabetes and some not, and so, by studying, they have discovered that there are some factors that interfere with the installation of diabetes.
As many studies have shown that an increase in UCP2 function has an important role in pathogenesis of diabetes, this genipin with its inhibitor action on UCP2, represents a solution for improving beta cell function in type 2 diabetes.
Alexis Kenne is a graduate in mathematiques, and wellness expert
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December 7 2007 day 57 – Diabetes and zen
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Some day, I’ll write a book about living with diabetes, and call it, "Zen and the art of diabetes maintenance". Contrary to what every medical professional will tell you, diabetes is not a rational, predictable disease. Every diabetic has a unique regimen to combat the disease, and it is not as simple as popping a few pills or taking a few injections based on a bunch of formulae. People who have lived with diabetes will tell you that there is no universal diabetes management regimen. It is a lot like zen, where you rely on intuition and experiential wisdom. We need a diabetes bushido to combat this disease.
There is no cure for diabetes, yet.
diabetes 365 day 83 Dec. 25th 2007
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For Christmas my parents bought me an etching press, a Conrad E14. To say I am excited is a vast understatement. It will arrive in March, and until then I’ll be working on plates to print when it finally gets here! The piece above is the first of a planned portrait series on peace leaders and activists, beginning with Aung San Suu Kyi. This photo is of an inked plate, not a print, so the final image will be reversed. This is the very first state of at least 10 or so, so the image will evolve quite a bit before it is completed.
Diabetes has complicated art a bit for me. I used to paint all the time, but don’t much any more because the paint I want to use (oil) is loaded with toxic chemicals that are readily absorbed through skin, and I feel a need to hedge my bets in terms of health. This press, with its much less toxic processes, is a wonderful way to allow creativity to remain a fundamental part of my life.
Happy holidays, everyone. I hope yours were absolutely wonderful.
There is no cure for diabetes.
Yet.