Diabetes information

What is diabetes?

Diabetes is a chronic disease in which patients have high levels of sugar in the blood.
Less insulin formation by pancreas or resistance to insulin, or both can cause
diabetes.It is a disease in which the either body produces less insulin or body cannot
properly use insulin.

Most foods that we consume finally enter into body in form of carbohydrate, fat &
protein. Body cells utilize blood sugar or carbohydrate for energy & growth. In
diabetes body cannot convert food into energy. Insulin is required for entry of
glucose into cells from blood. This causes increase of sugar in blood.

What are the causes of

diabetes?

There are many risk factors

for diabetes like

A parent, brother, or sister
with diabetes
Obesity
Age greater than 45 years
Some ethnic groups
(particularly African-
Americans and Hispanic
Americans)
Gestational diabetes or
delivering a baby weighing
more than 9 pounds
High blood pressure
High blood levels of
triglycerides (a type of fat
molecule)
High blood cholesterol level

What are the symptoms of diabetes?

Increased thirst
Increased urination
Increased appetite
Fatigue
Blurred vision
Slow-healing infections
Impotence in men

Type 1 diabetes is associated with weight loss in spite of increased appetite.

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What are the ways for detection of diabetes?

Urine analysis may be used to look for glucose and ketones from the breakdown of fat.

Fasting blood glucose level -- diabetes is diagnosed if fasting blood sugar is more than 126
mg/dL on two occasions.
However, levels between 100 and 126 mg/dl indicates impaired fasting glucose or
pre-diabetes.

Random (non-fasting) blood glucose level -- diabetes is suspected if random blood sugar is
more than 200 mg/dL and accompanied by the symptoms of increased thirst, increased
urination, and fatigue. (This test should be confirmed with a fasting blood glucose test.)

Does any dietary supplements help in diabetes to control blood sugar?
Studies have shown that some trace minerals chromium, vanadium offers great promise as
nutriceutic supplements to enhance insulin action in diabetes.(1)

Chromium increases insulin binding to cells, insulin receptor number and activates insulin
receptor kinase leading to increased insulin sensitivity.(2)

Alpha lipoic acid & Evening primrose oil are also helpful in control of diabetes & its
complications

Diagnosis & Treatment

References :
1. J Am Coll Nutr. 1998 Feb;17(1):7-10
2. Diabetes Metab. 2000 Feb;26(1):22-7

Diabetes

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