Live 100 Years - Health - Metabolism, Diabetes, Blood Pressure, Heat

 Diabetes: What you should know?  by  Jody taylor Why would we willingly put ourselves at risk for heart-attack, stroke, blindness, kidney- failure and nerve weakness. But if you are one of the twenty million Americans who are afflicted with diabetes, you have already increased your risk for these life threatening diseases. Diabetes occurs when the blood sugar (glucose) rises to an alarming high, as our body fails to control insulin which is essential to maintain a healthy sugar-level. There are two types of diabetes - type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes is commonly seen among children and young adults. People suffering from type 1 diabetes require a daily insulin injection to survive. Type 2 diabetes is a terrifying killer that affects 95 % of the total diabetes cases in America. The symptoms of diabetes are very tough to recognize. That's why most of the people find it when they had already crossed into an advanced level of diabetes. It is a silent killer that begins wit...

 Manage Diabetes the Natural Way  by  Troy Francis Currently, about 20.8 million Americans suffer from some form of diabetes. That's a whopping 7% of the population. Of those 20.8 million people, it's estimated that nearly one-third of them (or 6.2 million) don't even know they have it. There are two main types of diabetes that most of us should be concerned about: type 1 and type 2. Type one diabetes is generally diagnosed in childhood, and may also be referred to as juvenile diabetes. This form of the disease is due to the body's failure to produce adequate insulin, the hormone that allows glucose to enter our cells and fuel them. About 5 to 10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have this form of the disease. Type 2 is much more common. Type 2 diabetes generally results from insulin resistance (where the body fails to utilize insulin properly), combined with relative insulin deficiency. 90 to 95% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 2. Sin...

 Diabetes: Diabetogenic Environments  by  Hector Milla Western society is referred to as diabetogenic, places where people have easy access to high fat, high calorie foods and others, these ones do not have to work hard or to walk to get this kind of products. Many doctors suggest that diabetes may be reduced by societal changes; they argued that inactivity and energy abundance in "diabetogenic" societies confer a reproductive advantage to men and women that are able to cope with the lifestyle that they live. Humans that live in an environment where food is difficult to obtain main that physical activity is involved. Changing the human biology it is not possible at time, but changes to the way that neighborhoods are built may be done; giving to people all sorts of drugs is a policy that not going to work for all of them, exhorting people to change their lifestyle is the right way. A populations' ability to cope with this kind of environments depend of many factors, such a...

  Living With Diabetes? If you have diabetes, it doesn't have to control your life, With the right treatment, a healthy diet and regular exercise you can carry on as normal, doing all the things you enjoy. Tips For Healthy Eating What you eat directly affects your blood glucose levels but that doesn't mean you have to go on a special diet or buy food and drink labelled 'diabetic'. Simply choose healthy foods that are low in fat, sugar and salt, and eat plenty of fruit, vegatables and starchy foods. Eat regular meals and always include some kind of starchy food, such as: Breakfast cereals Bread, crumpets, English muffins or pitta bread Pasta or noodles Rice Chapatis Potatoes, cassava, sweet potato or plantain Crackers, crispbreads or cracker bread Try to keep your calorie intake constant as fluctuations can affect your blood glucose levels. You don't have to give up alcohol but stick to the recommended guidelines of 2 units a day for women and 3 units a day for men, ...

 Diabetes: blood pressure risks in diabetics people  by  Hector Milla The major concern in diabetics people with high blood pressure (130/80 mmHG or more), it is the risk developing a heart disease, specifically to suffer a heart attack -last researches pointing that sixty five percent of deaths in diabetics people are heart attacks- in the other hand people with low blood pressure might suffer a damage in the nerves that supply blood vessels, the symptoms might be: faintness, anxiety, dizziness, among others. Some people believe low blood pressure can cause: tiredness and depression too. The people above are who may suffer some kind of diabetes, diabetes type 1 and diabetes type 2. Majority people, seventy three percent people with diabetes believe - according last researches - that high blood pressure; heart disease and stroke in adults are linked with risks of heart attacks. These ones believe too, that if they take a healthy balance diet, they will avoid get worse the...