Cure/Treatment For Diabetes

The glycemic index is a ranking of carbohydrates based on their immediate effect on blood glucose (blood sugar) levels. It compares foods gram for gram of carbohydrate. Carbohydrates that breakdown quickly during digestion have the highest glycemic indexes. The blood glucose response is fast and high. Carbohydrates that breakdown slowly, releasing glucose gradually into the blood stream, have low glycemic indexes.

Diabetes is just ONE of the blood sugar metabolism problems we have in America. There is also insulin resistance, Syndrome X, and hypoglycemia. Americans now eat an amazing 152 pounds of various sugars and sweeteners every year. The 42% fat diet and refined foods, epidemic obesity and lack of exercise are other factors here besides simply the sugars.

Type 2 diabetes, which was once called adult-onset diabetes because it rarely occurred before middle age, is affecting more and more children, some as young as six years.

A lot of people still think that it is plain table sugar that people with diabetes need to avoid. The experts used to say that, but the glycemic index shows that even complex carbohydrates, like baked potatoes, can be even worse.

Over time, sleeping five hours or less or nine hours or more each night may increase your risk of developing diabetes.

Three months of daily supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) produced a "clinically significant" improvement in insulin sensitivity in overweight study participants, according to Dr. Yvonne Denkins, a nutrition researcher at the Pennington Biomedical Research Institute.

For the first time, researchers have found that one in four extremely obese children under the age of 10 and one in five obese adolescents under the age of 18 in the US have a condition known as impaired glucose tolerance -- a precursor to type 2 diabetes.

Whiter teeth and fresher breath are not the only benefits of good oral hygiene, brushing and flossing may also help stave off diabetes.

All diabetics have a common fluke parasite, Eurytrema pancreaticum, the pancreatic fluke of cattle, in their own pancreas. It seems likely that we get it from cattle, repeatedly, by eating their meat or dairy products in a raw state. It is not hard to kill with a zapper but because of its infective stages in our food supply we can immediately be reinfected.

It appears that A.G.E. formation is an important element in solving the (aging) mystery. The same common chemical process that toughens and discolors food in storage also takes place in the human body, and apparently may play a direct role in the development of diabetic complications such as kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, and in age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.

People with type 2 diabetes may improve their ability to regulate their blood sugar by adding a little spice to their life, report researchers.

Faced with an ever-growing list of required and recommended vaccinations for children -- as well as occasional reports of safety problems linked to vaccines -- many parents understandably feel confused. No doubt adding to that confusion are reports that the vaccine against hepatitis B, a blood-borne illness that can cause liver cancer, may actually lead to the development of type 1 diabetes in children.

Even if a singe natural measure can prevent this disease only in part and in just some persons, it is still well worth doing. How much better would be trying all these techniques together? Important note: Expect success. This means that if you are on diabetic medication, you may need to have your drug or insulin dosage adjusted DOWN. Is this bad? Is a tax cut BAD? See your doctor frequently, and before you begin as well, to plan and monitor your progress.

A diet low in fats is a must. Complex carbohydrates and foods high in fiber will reduce the body's insulin requirements. In fact, high fiber diets have been known to lead to a complete discontinuation of insulin therapy in many individuals.

Because type II diabetes is largely a lifestyle disease, caused by obesity, inactivity, and an inappropriate diet, it responds well to nondrug therapies targeted at enhancing the body's sensitivity to insulin and keeping blood sugar levels in the normal range. Though type I patients will almost always need insulin injections to stay healthy, they too can benefit from these lifestyle interventions.