Insulin: The Fat Storing Hormone

March 18th, 2010 by admin

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Pharmacist Sherry Torkos explains what insulin is and its role in our body.
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Ayurveda Herbal Remedy for Regulating Blood Sugar

March 18th, 2010 by admin

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The term diabetes is derived from the Greek word diabaínein that literally means “passing through,” or “siphon”, a reference to one of diabetes’ major symptoms—excessive urine production.

Because insulin is the principal hormone that regulates uptake of glucose into most cells from the blood (primarily muscle and fat cells, but not central nervous system cells), deficiency of insulin or the insensitivity of its receptors plays a central role in all forms of diabetes mellitus.

There are 20.8 million children and adults in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, unfortunately, 6.2 million people (or nearly one-third) are unaware that they have the disease.

In order to determine whether or not a patient has pre-diabetes or diabetes, health care providers conduct a Fasting Plasma Glucose Test (FPG) or an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). Either test can be used to diagnose pre-diabetes or diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends the FPG because it is easier, faster, and less expensive to perform.

Major Types of Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes
Results from the body’s failure to produce insulin, the hormone that “unlocks” the cells of the body, allowing glucose to enter and fuel them. It is estimated that 5-10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes
Results from insulin resistance (a condition in which the body fails to properly use insulin), combined with relative insulin deficiency. Most Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.

Symptoms of Type 2 diabetes may include fatigue, thirst, weight loss, blurred vision and frequent urination. Some people have no symptoms. A blood test can show if you have diabetes. Exercise, weight control and sticking to your meal plan can help control your diabetes. You should also monitor your glucose level and take medicine if prescribed.

Gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women – about 135,000 cases in the United States each year.

Pre-diabetes
Pre-diabetes is a condition that occurs when a person’s blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. There are 54 million Americans who have pre-diabetes, in addition to the 20.8 million with diabetes.

Diabetes Symptoms
Symptoms of type 1 diabetes are often dramatic and come on very suddenly.

Type 1 diabetes is usually recognized in childhood or early adolescence, often in association with an illness (such as a virus) or injury.

The extra stress can cause diabetic ketoacidosis.

Symptoms of ketoacidosis include nausea and vomiting. Dehydration and often-serious disturbances in blood levels of potassium follow.

Without treatment, ketoacidosis can lead to coma and death.

Symptoms of type 2 diabetes are often subtle and may be attributed to aging or obesity.
A person may have type 2 diabetes for many years without knowing it.

People with type 2 diabetes can develop hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome.

Type 2 diabetes can be precipitated by steroids and stress.

If not properly treated, type 2 diabetes can lead to complications like blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, and nerve damage.
Common symptoms of both major types of diabetes
Fatigue: In diabetes, the body is inefficient and sometimes unable to use glucose for fuel. The body switches over to metabolizing fat, partially or completely, as a fuel source. This process requires the body to use more energy. The end result is feeling fatigued or constantly tired.

Unexplained weight loss: People with diabetes are unable to process many of the calories in the foods they eat. Thus, they may lose weight even though they eat an apparently appropriate or even excessive amount of food. Losing sugar and water in the urine and the accompanying dehydration also contributes to weight loss.

Excessive thirst (polydipsia): A person with diabetes develops high blood sugar levels. The body tries to counteract this by sending a signal to the brain to dilute the blood, which translates into thirst. The body encourages more water consumption to dilute the high blood sugar back to normal levels and to compensate for the water lost by excessive urination.

Excessive urination (polyuria): Another way the body tries to get rid of the extra sugar in the blood is to excrete it in the urine. This can also lead to dehydration because excreting the sugar carries a large amount of water out of the body along with it.

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Diabetes Symptoms & Treatments : How to Prevent Getting Diabetes During Pregnancy

March 16th, 2010 by admin

Prevent getting gestational diabetes during pregnancy by developing healthy lifestyle habits before becoming pregnant. Learn how certain ethnicities and women over the age of 25 who have had a baby that weighed more than 9 pounds are more likely to develop gestational diabetes with information from a family nurse practitioner in this free video on diabetes.

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Pendulum – Blood Sugar

March 16th, 2010 by admin

Pendulum – Blood Sugar

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Diabetes Symptoms & Treatments : What Is Diabetes?

March 11th, 2009 by admin

Diabetes is a disease that occurs in several different types, with the main factor being the inability to produce enough insulin in the pancreas to handle the demands of the food and sugars that enter the body. Learn the different between type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes with information from a family nurse practitioner in this free video on diabetes.

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Diabetes Symptoms & Treatments : How to Know If You Have Diabetes

March 11th, 2009 by admin

The only way to know if you have diabetes for certain is to visit a doctor for a blood test. Possible risk factors for diabetes include being of certain ethnicity, having a family history, having high blood pressure and being excessively hungry or thirsty. Get checked out for diabetes if any possible symptoms are noticed with insight from a family nurse practitioner in this free video on diabetes symptoms.

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Blood Sugar Testing

March 11th, 2009 by admin

Diabetes is a common group of medical conditions where there is too much sugar in the blood. The condition is usually irreversible but a relativeley normal lifestyle can be achieved with treatment. Treatments involves dietary measures with or without tablets or insulin.Regular testing of blood sugar levels is an important part of monitoring health in diabetes. This film shows how to test blood sugar levels with one type of meter. Builth and Llanwrtyd Medical Practice has made every effort to …

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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik

March 11th, 2009 by admin

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Carbs, Protein and Insulin

March 11th, 2009 by admin

http://www.EatStopEat.com – Fasting for Weight loss. Carbs, Protein and Insulin – Brad Pilon explains the surprising effect that protein and carbs have on insulin levels. I always find it confusing when I read things like: “Protein slows insulin levels, which you want to keep in balance to avoid weight gain.” I find it confusing for two reasons. 1) I’m really not sure how you can ’slow’ a level 2) I’m really not sure how they define balance. Honestly I really dislike vague terms..especially …

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PostCare™ Diabetes Center: Mixing Insulin

March 11th, 2009 by admin

http://www.PreOp.com Your doctor or diabetes educator may ask you to mix a short-acting or clear insulin with an intermediate or long acting cloudy insulin in the same syringe so that both can be given at the same time. * The only insulin that cannot be mixed is insulin glargine. * In this example, the doctor has asked you to mix 10 units of regular, clear, insulin with 15 units of NPH cloudy insulin, to a total combined dose of 25 units. * Always, draw “clear before cloudy” insulin into the …

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