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The food you eat is broken down in the digestive system and turned into glucose, which ultimately supplies energy to all the cells. However, glucose can only be absorbed in conjunction with insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas.
In the case of type 1, or juvenile, diabetes the pancreas is not able to produce sufficient insulin with the result that extra insulin needs to be administered medically.
If your glucose level tends to be higher than normal, you are considered to be pre-diabetic or insulin resistant. The symptoms of insulin resistance are very subtle and not as obvious as the other types.The one thing most pre-diabetics have in common is excess weight.
This condition has in the past several years been showing up even in children and adolescents. This is not caused by the pancreas failing to produce enough insulin but, rather, by an overabundance of glucose in the bloodstream.
Excess fat tissue is laden with glucose and this eventually causes insulin resistance. The pancreas increases insulin production in order to offset the glut of glucose. On the other hand the muscle, fat and liver cells get overwhelmed with the overabundance of both glucose and insulin. This explains why these folk have high levels of both glucose and insulin in their bloodstream.
Insulin resistance, if left unchecked, will develop into type 2 diabetes and resulting complications. But, the good news is that this can be avoided by losing on average 5 to 7 percent of body weight, or 10 to 15 pounds simply by making changes in diet and physical exercise.
Some natural dietary sources that are said to be highly effective in blood sugar metabolism are magnesium and zinc. Magnesium is present in green leafy vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds and zinc in oysters, ginger root, pecans, egg yolk, beef liver, sardines, almonds, and chicken.
In August 2000, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced findings resulting from a number of studies that cinnamon increased glucose metabolism in people with type 2 diabetes 20-fold!
In Pakistan there was an independent study of 60 type 2 diabetics who had been treated for several years with anti-diabetic drugs, but not insulin. According to the journal Diabetes Care, the subjects received about two teaspoons of a day for 40 days.
The results greatly surprised the scientists. The cinnamon reduced the blood sugar levels, increased insulin production, and lowered the blood cholesterol in all the patients! These benefits lasted even 20 days after the end of the study. Furthermore, their LDL, or bad, blood cholesterol levels were lowered between 10 to 26 percent, but the HDL, or good cholesterol, levels were not reduced!
These great findings for type 2 diabetics give much hope for the many millions of both type 2 and insulin resistant sufferers in the world.
With the right nutrition, you can lower your blood sugar levels, improve your cholesterol ratios, reverse your insulin resistance (also referred to as Metabolic Syndrome), and prevent type 2 diabetes altogether. An added side benefit of cinnamon (as if the above isn’t exciting enough) is that it will help you lose weight!
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Diabetes describes a group of chronic metabolic diseases caused by either the body’s inability to produce enough insulin or the cells not able to respond to the insulin. Insulin is the hormone that controls the conversion of the sugars in the food we eat into sufficient energy for the body to work properly. A lack of sufficient insulin results in an excess of sugar in the blood, causing general weakness.
There are essentially three main types of diabetes: type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes.
Type 1, also known as diabetes mellitus and juvenile diabetes, has hitherto been the most prevalent form. It is an auto (self) immune disease that affects mainly children and adolescents.
Type 1, commonly referred to as just diabetes, is the third leading cause of death in the United States after heart disease and cancer. It affects over 150 million people worldwide. If unchecked, it can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and circulation problems which in turn can result in lower-extremity amputations.
The type 2 variety comes about due to the inability of the pancreatic cells of the body to respond to high blood glucose levels when insulin is produced. In other words, folk suffering from Type 2, or adult onset diabetes, do produce enough insulin, but their cells aren’t able to recognize it and reaact accordingly.
Although type 2 used to be prevalent in people in their mid thirties or later, in the last few years it has been more and more prevalent in young obese children and adolescents to the point that it is being termed an epidemic.
The good news is that type 2 can be totally prevented through weight loss, cutting out junk food and sugarladen drinks, and getting plenty of exercise.
Gestational diabetes (GD) affects about 4 percent of all pregnant women. Having GD may increase the risk of redevelopment in future pregnancies and could possibly develop into type 2 later in life, if not checked carefully.
Diabetes may occur due to other factors as well, such as injury to or disease of the pancreas, certain medications (such as steroids), surgery, infections and malnutrition.
Then there is pre-diabetes. That means that either the cells are starting to become resistant to insulin or the pancreas is not producing as much insulin as required.
It’s important to be aware of any metabolic changes, such as the constant need to drink excessively and frequent urination, which these are mainly type 1 symptoms.
Other symptoms of the different types of diabetes often come on suddenly may include extreme fatigue, slow healing of wounds, and frequent infections that take a long time to cure.
Because type 2 is characterized by a gradual onset, the warning signs are not always very clearly defined. It is, therefore, of utmost importance to have medical checkups regularly. According to The National Institutes of Health, moderate exercise and a low-fat diet help reduce the chances of developing diabetes.
Complications of diabetes include eye problems and blindness, heart disease, stroke, neurological problems, amputation, and impotence.
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People living and working in New York on that fateful day when the Twin Towers came down are becoming ill in growing numbers http://wcbstv.com/topstories/cancer.third.wave.2.244761.html World Trade first responders and others are developing chronic coughs, lung diseases and now other cancers caused by breathing the toxic mix of asbestos, dioxine, benezine, and other carcinogens released at and around the site.
Eventually some are likely to develop mesotheliomaa disease specifically related to exposure to asbestos. Visit http:www.mesothelioma-advice.org for more information about this tragic disease.
And some who were there will also begin to develop potentially lethal blood clots. Patients with cancer of all types tend to have a significantly higher risk of blood clotting then the general population. Because of its severity as a disease, scientists decided to try to find out whether patients with mesothelioma also follow that trend.
In a small study in the state of New Mexico the rate of dangerous (thromboembolism) among mesothelioma patients was significantly higherclose to double the rateamong other cancer patients. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=25032 blood clotting This is yet another way this disease can kill or disable its victims. If you know someone who may be at risk for mesothelioma, be sure to let them know they should talk to their doctor about the advisability of taking blood thinners (anticoagulants).
There are similarities between the victims of the Towers tragedy and those who’ve developed mesothelioma as a result of manufacturers who failed to provide adequate warnings and protective clothing and equipment for people working around asbestos. The difference is there will be a far larger public outcry when the consequences to rescue workers at the 9/11 disaster become common knowledge. When you’ve been the victim of such failures in the private sector, you have to look harder to find a voice on your behalf.
Be sure to find a doctor who understands the need to keep an open mind about diagnosing and treating mesothelioma. http://www.mesotheliomaadvice.org/medical/choosing-care-team.asp And if you’ve been diagnosed, please don’t hesitate to call if you have any questions about your right to http://www.mesothelioma-advice.org/ file a lawsuit for compensation or other damages for being exposed to asbestos at work. Mesothelioma is a killer disease and you and your family deserve to understand your legal rights.
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Treatments for agoraphobia are many and varied, but how effective are they?
Modern treatments for agoraphobia enjoy a far higher success rate than traditional methods, but to understand why, let us have a look at what is available.
The most commonly used treatments for agoraphobia are without doubt prescription drugs, the most familiar of which are; Tri-cyclic antidepressants (TCAs) such as Buspirone. SSRIs, such as Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil, or anti-anxiety agents, such as Ativan and Klonopin
The main issue with using medications as treatments for agoraphobia however is that people suffering from agoraphobia and severe anxiety disorders, often experience particularly strong and negative side effects to medication. This is partly because many of the people with general anxiety disorder, or in fact any of the panic disorders, are often hypersensitive to chemicals. Also medication targets the symptoms rather than the cause of the condition and as such when successful limit anxiety and panic attacks.
Other traditional treatments for agoraphobia include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which until recently was the treatment of choice worldwide for treating Anxiety disorders such as Agoraphobia and Panic Disorder. However, CBT has a major disadvantage in that part of the treatment involves Graded Exposure’ which entails confronting your fears head on, all be it slowly and gradually in a staged approach. Many people suffering agoraphobia find this intolerable and is the main reason for CBT’s limited success.
Nowadays, treatments for agoraphobia have much higher success rates and do not involve graded exposure. Originally developed as a phobia treatment, Thought Field Therapy (TFT) has enjoyed phenomenal success in all sorts of areas of mental health including treatments for agoraphobia. When blended with Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) as pioneered by BeOnForm, TFT is unbeatable. Success rates as high as 95% are regularly achieved by BeOnForm’s head therapist Lloyd Watkins, testimony to the methods efficacy.
The TFT, NLP blend used by BeOnForm targets the root cause of agoraphobia by dealing with the underlying causes rather than limiting the symptoms. For this reason the effects of agoraphobia are eradicated rather than reduced, giving a far more effective and satisfying long term resolution.
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Panic attack treatment comes in various forms and anything from prescription drugs to the ultra modern therapies being popularised in the press and television nowadays. However the degree of success of the various panic attack treatment methods is really dependant on whether the treatment is targeting the symptoms or the cause.
So many of today’s approaches to illness treatment, including the treatment of panic attacks and agoraphobia, target the symptoms rather than getting to the heart of the issue. The logical approach of correcting the underlying causes of an illness seems an obvious choice and is extremely effective when conducting panic attack treatment, but when it comes to treating panic attack and agoraphobia it’s a method rarely adopted by the medical profession in general. The sceptics amongst us might blame the drug companies for this, but the truth is even less palatable, up until recently, there was nothing better available than prescribed medication.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has a far higher success rate than medication, but its not suitable for everyone, the old adage “horses for courses” being very true when we are talking about traditional therapy methods. Modern methods of panic attack treatment however have a far higher success rate that either CBT or Medication and slowly but surely, the medical profession is starting to accept that modern therapies also have their place in mental health.
The Complementary Therapy specialists BeOnForm are at the forefront of using Thought Field Therapy (TFT) coupled with Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) as a panic attack treatment. Their Head Therapist Lloyd Watkins, who specialises in Panic Attack treatment, uses this blend of therapies extremely successfully and has worked with panic attack sufferers and agoraphobics all over Europe and even as far away as the USA and Australia. When asked about the success rates of modern therapy types in panic attack treatment, Lloyd said “It’s wonderful that there is now renewed hope for panic attack sufferers. For years, treatment success rates have been 30 or 40 % at best, now with modern methods, I’m seeing 93% to 95% success rates across the board:..and the 5% to 7% that I cannot initially help, always prove to be extremely sensitive to the influences of energy toxins. Providing these toxins can be identified and then avoided for three months or so, some of this minority can also then be helped.”
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