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- You Have Diabetes-now What?
This is the first of many articles to come on the terrible disease of diabetes.
Let me tell you upfront that I have diabetes. I have had it or pre-diabetes or Syndrome X for the last 15 years or so. So I speak from my own experience. I am not and never will be a doctor. Once you have been diagnosed with diabetes in my own humble opinion the very first step you should do is get educated. - You Have Diabetes-what's The Big Deal?
You know every time you think you are the only person in the universe with a particular type of problem or that something very unique has happened to you-reality sets in and you find out there are millions of others in your same boat. - Diabetes-what Is Type 1 Diabetes?
Type 1 Diabetes is an auto immune disease that destroys the insulin producing cells of the pancreas. Type 1 Diabetes used to be called juvenile diabetes because it usually struck people under 20. In type 1 diabetes, the beta cells of the pancreas produce little or no insulin, the hormone that allows glucose to enter body cells. Once glucose enters a cell, it is used as fuel. - Diabetes-40 Year Old Belief Debunked?
For nearly 40 years it has been common knowledge and generally accepted fact that certain minority groups have had a gene that made them predisposed to the awful disease of diabetes. - Diabetes-what Is Type 2 Diabetes?
Type 2 Diabetes is by far the most common type of the disease accounting for 90-95% of all cases. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) estimates that 21 million Americans have diabetes and that only two thirds of them even know it. Type 2 starts in middle age or later. It is growing so rapidly because of the epidemic in obesity not only in the US but all over the world. - Diabetes-new Type 2 Risk Factors Identified
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that affects nearly 21 million in the United States, and the incidence of the disease has skyrocketed in the last 30 years. Diabetes is a major cause of heart disease and stroke, as well as the most common cause in U.S. adults of blindness, kidney failure and amputations not related to trauma. - Diabetes In Asia-a Growing Threat
From Bombay to Beijing, a newly affluent Asian middle class is increasingly adapting Western lifestyles. Many city dwellers opt for high calorie fast food instead of healthier traditional meals and are becoming less and less physically active. This comes with a price: diabetes, mainly caused by excess weight and lack of exercise, has reached epidemic levels in Asia. - Diabetes: 8 Steps To Prevent Or Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
More than 90% of type 2 diabetes cases are preventable - with some fairly simple changes in lifestyle. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, non-traumatic limb amputation, and nerve damage. Diabetes increases the likelihood of stroke and heart disease by 2-4 times; Alzheimer’s disease is 60% more likely. There is no end to diabetes complications. - Type 2 Diabetes-don't Ignore It
Type 2 Diabetes is one of the leading causes of blindness, limb amputation, kidney problems and male impotence in the United States and growing throughout the world. Other serious complications include heart disease, stroke, and nerve damage. - The Business Of Diabetes-buyer Beware
I had someone ask me last week if there was a cure for diabetes. He said he had seen several claims to that effect on products offered on the Internet. This encounter got me thinking about ominous things to come. - Diabetes And Baby Boomers: Why Their Aging Is A Recipe For An Epidemic
According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 18.3% (8.6 million) of Americans age 60 and older have diabetes. Not only is the risk for Type 2 diabetes more common as people get older, but physical, financial and medical issues are often compounded as people age. As many as 50% of - Diabetes-what Are The Risk Factors?
Diabetes is like the film that was "years in the making"-it takes literally years for Diabetes to develop. If you know what to look for you can see it coming and actually prevent it all together. If you don't see it coming until you have it-it is too late. - Diabetes-this Support Group Rocks
Diabetes affects 20-22 million Americans. Millions more have it and don't know. Indirectly it affects nearly everyone. - Diabetes-the Emotional Side
Looking back nearly fifteen years ago when I first suspected I had diabetes, several emotions played a rather substantial part in my disease’s development. Any one of them at any given time could have made the disease much worse and made my life in general worse. - Diabetes-ignorance Is Not Bliss
In a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Medtronic, Inc., they found that 67 percent of people incorrectly believed a cure existed for type 1 diabetes. - Diabetes-what Are The Symptoms?
Your body has ways of telling you when something is wrong. It is important that you know the symptoms of type 2 diabetes because, the sooner treatment starts, the less damage will be done to your body.
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