Diabetes is a chronic disease of blood sugar and insulin — a protein that normally helps deliver energy-providing sugar to the body's cells. Diabetes is a condition characterized by the inability of the pancreas to produce sufficient levels of insulin to prevent hyperglycemia.
Someone is suspected to have diabetes if the random test shows a blood glucose level higher than 200 mg/dL and the patient also has symptoms of increased thirst, urination, and fatigue. Diabetes is a disease that touches millions in one way or another, whether it's those with the disease, friends or family members who are suffering the implications. And it is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States.
Diabetes is correctly divided into two major subgroups: Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. Type 1, or insulin-dependent,is the more grave of the two. Type 1 diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is usually first diagnosed in children, teenagers, or young adults. Type 1: Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age, but it usually starts in people younger than 30. Type 1 diabetes accounts for five to 10 percent of diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes, formerly called adult-onset diabetes or noninsulin-dependent diabetes, is the most common form of diabetes. Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent or adult-onset)Type 2 diabetes typically develops after age 40, but can appear earlier, and has more recently begun to appear with more frequency in children. Type 2 diabetes is strongly associated with a lack of exercise and a poor diet?one that's low in fiber and high in sugar, fat, and animal products. Type 2 diabetes is also more common in people who belong to certain ethnic groups.
Today, healthy eating, physical activity, and taking insulin are the basic therapies for type 1 diabetes. Healthy eating, physical activity, and blood glucose testing are the basic management tools for type 2 diabetes. People with diabetes should see a health care provider who will help them learn to manage their diabetes and who will monitor their diabetes control. Adopting a healthy lifestyle (eating a healthy diet and exercising) may delay the need for tablets and/or insulin. Pre-diabetes has no symptoms or warning signs and many people who have it don't notice any change in their health.
As we all know, excess weight is a big problem in this country. Studies have clearly shown that you can lower your risk of developing diabetes by losing 5 to 7 percent of your body weight through diet and increased physical activity. Symptoms may include increased thirst and urination, constant hunger, weight loss, blurred vision, and extreme fatigue. About 80 percent of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight. If you are overweight, your first and foremost goal should be to lose weight.
A major study of more than 3,000 people with IGT, a form of pre-diabetes, found that diet and exercise resulting in a 5 to 7 percent weight loss?about 10 to 14 pounds in a person who weighs 200 pounds?lowered the incidence of type 2 diabetes by nearly 60 percent. Most physicians offer diet and exercise programs to their diabetic patients only as an afterthought, and the traditional diabetic diet, which restricts carbohydrates, may actually promote the disease in susceptible individuals.
When you exercise, your body uses more oxygen -- as much as 20 times more -- and even more in the working muscles, than when you are at rest. At the same time, exercise improves the action of insulin in the peripheral muscles, making it more efficient, so you get more out of the insulin your body is producing. Studies have shown that people who exercise cut their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 24 percent. Since both overweight and lack of exercise are key risk factors for developing diabetes, it's not surprising that the prevalence of diabetes has grown alarmingly, along with the obesity rate.
Diabetes is an epidemic of frightening proportions. Diabetes is associated with long-term complications that affect almost every part of the body. Further, much of the burden associated with diabetes is insidious, coming on gradually only after a considerable number of years.
Someone is suspected to have diabetes if the random test shows a blood glucose level higher than 200 mg/dL and the patient also has symptoms of increased thirst, urination, and fatigue. Diabetes is a disease that touches millions in one way or another, whether it's those with the disease, friends or family members who are suffering the implications. And it is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States.
Diabetes is correctly divided into two major subgroups: Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. Type 1, or insulin-dependent,is the more grave of the two. Type 1 diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is usually first diagnosed in children, teenagers, or young adults. Type 1: Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age, but it usually starts in people younger than 30. Type 1 diabetes accounts for five to 10 percent of diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes, formerly called adult-onset diabetes or noninsulin-dependent diabetes, is the most common form of diabetes. Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent or adult-onset)Type 2 diabetes typically develops after age 40, but can appear earlier, and has more recently begun to appear with more frequency in children. Type 2 diabetes is strongly associated with a lack of exercise and a poor diet?one that's low in fiber and high in sugar, fat, and animal products. Type 2 diabetes is also more common in people who belong to certain ethnic groups.
Today, healthy eating, physical activity, and taking insulin are the basic therapies for type 1 diabetes. Healthy eating, physical activity, and blood glucose testing are the basic management tools for type 2 diabetes. People with diabetes should see a health care provider who will help them learn to manage their diabetes and who will monitor their diabetes control. Adopting a healthy lifestyle (eating a healthy diet and exercising) may delay the need for tablets and/or insulin. Pre-diabetes has no symptoms or warning signs and many people who have it don't notice any change in their health.
As we all know, excess weight is a big problem in this country. Studies have clearly shown that you can lower your risk of developing diabetes by losing 5 to 7 percent of your body weight through diet and increased physical activity. Symptoms may include increased thirst and urination, constant hunger, weight loss, blurred vision, and extreme fatigue. About 80 percent of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight. If you are overweight, your first and foremost goal should be to lose weight.
A major study of more than 3,000 people with IGT, a form of pre-diabetes, found that diet and exercise resulting in a 5 to 7 percent weight loss?about 10 to 14 pounds in a person who weighs 200 pounds?lowered the incidence of type 2 diabetes by nearly 60 percent. Most physicians offer diet and exercise programs to their diabetic patients only as an afterthought, and the traditional diabetic diet, which restricts carbohydrates, may actually promote the disease in susceptible individuals.
When you exercise, your body uses more oxygen -- as much as 20 times more -- and even more in the working muscles, than when you are at rest. At the same time, exercise improves the action of insulin in the peripheral muscles, making it more efficient, so you get more out of the insulin your body is producing. Studies have shown that people who exercise cut their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 24 percent. Since both overweight and lack of exercise are key risk factors for developing diabetes, it's not surprising that the prevalence of diabetes has grown alarmingly, along with the obesity rate.
Diabetes is an epidemic of frightening proportions. Diabetes is associated with long-term complications that affect almost every part of the body. Further, much of the burden associated with diabetes is insidious, coming on gradually only after a considerable number of years.
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