DIABETES INFORMATION

Diabetes Mellitus occurs when the body is unable to use glucose effectively. Insulin is a hormone that helps glucose leave the blood and enter the body cells where it is used to provide energy for the body. Glucose (a form of sugar) is the main source of fuel for our bodies. We need energy so that our legs can walk and our hearts can beat. Diabetes Mellitus develops when the pancreas (the organ responsible for producing insulin) is either unable to make insulin or the insulin is not able to work effectively. Without insulin doing its job glucose builds up in the blood leading to high blood glucose levels known as hyperglycaemia causing health problems.

Information: Type one Diabetes is also referred to as Insulin Dependant Diabetes Mellitus. It usually occurs in people under 30 years of age but may also appear at any age. In type one the insulin producing cells of the pancreas (beta cells) have been destroyed leaving no insulin available to open the doors of the cell for glucose to enter. Cells then have no energy and blood glucose levels rise excessively high.

Diabetes Type Two is also called Non-Insulin Dependant Diabetes Mellitus. Type Two usually occurs in people over forty years of age. Apart from age other risk factors include inactivity, those who have a family history of Diabetes and being overweight. About 90% of people with Diabetes have Type Two. Type Two develops when the insulin is not able to work properly. This is called insulin resistance.



Information on Diabetes Symptoms
While Type 1 diabetes often has obvious symptoms, Type 2 diabetes often shows few or no symptoms.
Symptoms of Type I Diabetes often come on suddenly and severely.
Symptoms of Type II Diabetes are usually experienced gradually.
The basic diabetes symptoms are as follows:
Frequent urination.
Feeling tired and lethagic.
Slow healing of cuts and wounds.
Unexplained weight loss or weight gain.
Recurrent infections.
Increased thirst.
Blurred vision.
Hunger.
If you experience any diabetes symptoms you should contact your doctor for further information.



Diabetes Diet Information:
One of the main objectives of an eating plan for a diabetes diet is to improve blood glucose control. Traditionally, diabetes diet information to achieve this goal had been to follow a sugar free, high fibre, high complex carbohydrate, and low fat diet. This was based on the assumption that sugar or simple carbohydrates were rapidly absorbed, leading to high blood glucose levels, and therefore to be avoided in people with Diabetes. Recent research has measured and ranked the effects that different carbohydrate containing foods have on blood glucose levels over time(Glycomic Index or GI Factor). Foods with a low GI lead to a small glucose response, which is desirable for people with diabetes. Suitable low GI foods to try and include regularly in your healthy eating plan are whole grained bread, oats, certain high fibre breakfast cereals, pasta, barley, legumes, temperate fruits, starchy vegtables such as corn, sweet potato and milk products. Sugar does not lead to the rapid rise in blood sugar levels that was once believed. This doesnt mean that people with diabetes can start eating large amounts of sugar in their diabetes diet. What it does mean is that the whole emphasis of the diabetes diet should not be on avoiding sugars at all cost. People with diabetes need to limit their fat intake, particularly saturated fat in their diabetes diet. A diet high in fat has been shown to interfere with diabetes control.

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Storagee Of Insulin
Glucagon
Hyperglycaemia
Hypoglycaemia
Insulin Pen for Diabetes
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Acetohexamide
Acetone
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Retinopathy
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Insulin Receptors
Islet Cell Transplantation
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Nonketotic Coma
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Pancreas
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Proinsulin in Diabetes
Reagents
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The causes of diabetes are not known. Scientists think that insulin- dependent diabetes may be more than one disease and may have many causes. They are looking at hereditary (whether or not the person has parents or other family members with the disease) and at factors both inside and outside the body, including viruses.

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