.Of course thin people have these problems as well, but of course if a person who may be fat has them, it's ALWAYS because "they are fat"Instead of getting to the root of the problem using physical therapy, herbs or advising a person it COULD be the processed foods they are eating or the exercise they might not be doing. The solution a person who is bigger receives is always "lose weight." So here are ways to help with issues and the reasons why it's not ALWAYS due to weight.Because ignorant people claim being fat automatically is the reason behind any problems like breathing heavy when Asthma, lack of exercise, smoking,not breathing correctly and sometimes even Allergies can be the culprit.How do I know? Because I'm 4'10", 95-100 pounds.I exercise daily and try to stay active throughout the say. I have days hy? Because I have ese can be helped (possibly cured,but I'm not gonna make those kinds of claims) with eating healthy and exercising, but not necessarily weight loss...which is what this site is all about. If you are fat (or thin) and suffer from any of these, this site is for you (even if you don't because eating healthy and exercising (at any weight) can prevent many of these problems
A great way to take care of numerous issues is to be mentally healthy and lets face it, when you are discriminated against for your weight it is hard. When problems may be because of stress, or other mental reasons (or not eating healthy which is what this site is for) people always blame weight. Balance your inner mental and spiritual health @ Calm Mind Open Heart
Btw,I'm 4'11", 100 pounds and I have back problems, breathing problems,etc. So, no,being fat is NOT always the issue.
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What is diet related/ diabetes/??
A great way to take care of numerous issues is to be mentally healthy and lets face it, when you are discriminated against for your weight it is hard. When problems may be because of stress, or other mental reasons (or not eating healthy which is what this site is for) people always blame weight. Balance your inner mental and spiritual health @ Calm Mind Open Heart
Btw,I'm 4'11", 100 pounds and I have back problems, breathing problems,etc. So, no,being fat is NOT always the issue.
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What is diet related/ diabetes/??
Type 1
- According to Clay McKnight (2014), the glycemic index is a tool that diabetics use to help determine how their blood sugar will react to eating certain foods. Of course,everyone is different; however, this tool can be useful to a person suffering from Diabetes determine certain foods he or she should stay away from. A low glycemic index would be 55 or below while 56-69 is a medium GI;furthermore, for a food to be classified as having a high GI it has to have a number of 70 or more on the index scale (American Diabetes Association)
- ABOUT DIABETES @ International Diabetes Federation - "Diabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to make insulin, or when the body cannot make good use of the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas, that acts like a key to let glucose from the food we eat pass from the blood stream into the cells in the body to produce energy." - To be fair, Refined sugar and bleached grains can not be recognized by the body since it's stripped of it's nutrients and is seen as a harmful substance entering the body. How can the body process what it doesn't recognize.
- "What is Type 1 Diabetes?" @ Joslin Diabetes Center
- "In type 1 diabetes, the beta cells that produce insulin are attacked by the body’s immune system.As more beta cells get killed off, the pancreas struggles to produce enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels down and the symptoms of diabetes begin to appear.Research has shown that whilst many beta cells are killed off, the body can continue to produce very small amounts of insulin even after decades have passed." - @Diabetes (dot) co (dot) uk
- "Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that allows your body to use sugar (glucose) from carbohydrates in the food that you eat for energy or to store glucose for future use. Insulin helps keeps your blood sugar level from getting too high (hyperglycemia) or too low (hypoglycemia).People with type 1 diabetes don’t produce insulin at all. " - Type 2 Diabetes: Key Facts - What is type 2 diabetes? @ Endocrine Web
Type 2
- According to Clay McKnight (2014), the glycemic index is a tool that diabetics use to help determine how their blood sugar will react to eating certain foods. Of course,everyone is different; however, this tool can be useful to a person suffering from Diabetes determine certain foods he or she should stay away from. A low glycemic index would be 55 or below while 56-69 is a medium GI;furthermore, for a food to be classified as having a high GI it has to have a number of 70 or more on the index scale (American Diabetes Association)
- ABOUT DIABETES @ International Diabetes Federation - "Diabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to make insulin, or when the body cannot make good use of the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas, that acts like a key to let glucose from the food we eat pass from the blood stream into the cells in the body to produce energy." - To be fair, Refined sugar and bleached grains can not be recognized by the body since it's stripped of it's nutrients and is seen as a harmful substance entering the body. How can the body process what it doesn't recognize.
- "In type 2 diabetes, the body builds up resistance to insulin and more insulin is needed to bring down blood glucose levels. As a result the pancreas needs to produce more insulin than it would normally need to.If the pancreas can no longer produce enough insulin to bring down sugar levels, the symptoms of diabetes will begin to appear. Type 2 diabetes comes on gradually and it can take up to years for symptoms to appear.Further development of type 2 diabetes can lead to loss of insulin producing beta cells from the pancreas which can lead to the need for insulin to be administered" - @Diabetes (dot) co (dot) uk
- "People with type 2 diabetes still produce insulin, however the cells in the muscles, liver and fat tissue are inefficient at absorbing the insulin and regulating glucose. As a result, the body tries to compensate by having the pancreas pump out more insulin. But eventually the pancreas slowly loses the ability to produce enough insulin, and as a result the cells don’t get the energy they need." - Type 2 Diabetes: Key Facts - What is type 2 diabetes? @ Endocrine Web
Hypoglycemia
- Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Glucose) @ Diabetes (dot)org - "Hypoglycemia is a condition characterized by abnormally low blood glucose (blood sugar) levels, usually less than 70 mg/dl. However, it is important to talk to your health care provider about your individual blood glucose targets, and what level is too low for you.Hypoglycemia may also be referred to as an insulin reaction, or insulin shock.Hypoglycemic symptoms are important clues that you have low blood glucose. Each person's reaction to hypoglycemia is different, so it's important that you learn your own signs and symptoms when your blood glucose is low.
- Hypoglycemia @NIH - "What are the symptoms of hypoglycemia? Hypoglycemia causes symptoms such as: hunger. shakiness,nervousness. sweating.dizziness or light-headedness.sleepiness.confusion.difficulty speaking.anxiety.weakness"
Hyperglycemia
- "Hyperglycemia Symptoms:Blurred vision.Fatigue.Weight loss.Poor wound healing (cuts, scrapes, etc.) Dry mouth.Dry or itchy skin.Impotence (male).Recurrent infections such as vaginal yeast infections, groin rash, or external ear infections (swimmers ear)" - Endocrine Web
- @HealthLine
- @MayoClinic
- "Hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar (also spelled hyperglycaemia or hyperglycæmia, not to be confused with the opposite disorder, hypoglycemia) is a condition in which an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood plasma. This is generally a blood sugar level higher than 11.1 mmol/l (200 mg/dl), but symptoms may not start to become noticeable until even higher values such as 15–20 mmol/l (~250–300 mg/dl). A subject with a consistent range between ~5.6 and ~7 mmol/l (100–126 mg/dl) (American Diabetes Association guidelines) is considered hyperglycemic, while above 7 mmol/l (126 mg/dl) is generally held to have diabetes. Chronic levels exceeding 7 mmol/l (125 mg/dl) can produce organ damage." - Wikipedia
- Hyperglycemia facts @ Medicine net (dot) com
- "Hypoglycemia, also known as low blood sugar or low blood glucose, is when blood sugar decreases to below normal levels. This may result in a variety of symptoms including clumsiness, trouble talking, confusion, loss of consciousness, seizures, or death. A feeling of hunger, sweating, shakiness, and weakness may also be present. Symptoms typically come on quickly.The most common cause of hypoglycemia is medications used to treat diabetes mellitus such as insulin, sulfonylureas, and biguanides.Risk is greater in diabetics who have eaten less than usual, exercised more than usual, or have drunk alcohol. Other causes of hypoglycemia include kidney failure, certain tumors, liver disease, hypothyroidism, starvation, inborn error of metabolism, severe infections, reactive hypoglycemia, and a number of drugs including alcohol.Low blood sugar may occur in babies who are otherwise healthy who have not eaten for a few hoursThe glucose level that defines hypoglycemia is variable. In people with diabetes levels below 3.9 mmol/L (70 mg/dL) is diagnostic.[1] In adults without diabetes, symptoms related to low blood sugar, low blood sugar at the time of symptoms, and improvement when blood sugar is restored to normal confirm the diagnosis.[5] Otherwise a level below 2.8 mmol/L (50 mg/dL) after not eating or following exercise may be used.[1] In newborns a level below 2.2 mmol/L (40 mg/dL) or less than 3.3 mmol/L (60 mg/dL) if symptoms are present indicates hypoglycemia.[4] Other tests that may be useful in determining the cause include insulin and C peptide levels in the blood.[3] Hyperglycemia, a high blood sugar, is the opposite condition." - Wikipedia
- @WebMD
- What Can I Do To Prevent Serious Hypoglycemic Episodes When I am Hypoglycemic Unaware? @Joslin Diabetes Center - "Hypoglycemia is defined as a blood glucose level below 70 mg/dl if your meter tests whole blood. However, most new meters these days test plasma glucose, so you should consider yourself as having low blood glucose if your level is 80 mg/dl or lower, or if your level is 90 mg/dl or lower and you have symptoms. (Check your instruction book or contact your meter manufacturer if you are unsure which type of meter you are using.) Hypoglycemia is usually unpleasant, with the most common symptoms including feeling shaky, sweaty, and having one's heart pound. The most common reasons for hypoglycemia are too much insulin, too little food, or too much activity. Most hypoglycemia is mild with recognizable symptoms, and if quickly and appropriately treated it is more of an inconvenience than a cause for alarm."
- Hyperglycemia: When Your Blood Glucose Level Goes Too High @ Endocrine Web- "Hyperglycemia means high (hyper) glucose (gly) in the blood (emia). Your body needs glucose to properly function. Your cells rely on glucose for energy. Hyperglycemia is a defining characteristic of diabetes—when the blood glucose level is too high because the body isn't properly using or doesn't make the hormone insulin."
- Hypoglycemia Overview:What happens when your blood glucose level drops too low. @ Endocrine Web - "Hypoglycemia means low (hypo) glucose (gly) in the blood (emia). Your body needs glucose to properly function. Your cells rely on glucose for energy.Glucose comes from the foods you eat. Carbohydrates (e.g., fruit, bread, potatoes, milk, and rice) are the biggest source of glucose in a typical diet, and your body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose. The glucose is then transported in your blood to cells that need it; it gives your body energy."
Glygemic Index
Glygemic Load
(Refined sugar) and you!
How the body processes and hates (refinded sugar)
- **How Sugar Messes up Your Liver and Gives You Diabetes @ Inspire Amaze - notice it is taking about refined sugar.
Fruitarian diet
The fruitarian diet, while I am not saying you need to follow it (it is a fad diet), proves that it is the QUALITY of sugar, not the quantity of sugar that is troublesome. In many cases it has actually reversed diabetes, proving that eating a lot of sugar is not the cause of diabetes and other health problems associated with table sugar.A fruitarian diet is a fad diet trend among many vegans who eat a large amount of fruits each day. 90/5/5, 80/10/10, and Raw Til 4 are very popular Fruitarian diets to choose from. The numbers equal the percent of carbs/fat/protein you would consume each day (Tarbath.n.d).According to Tarbath, 80/10/10 allows you to eat nuts,seeds,and fats from Avocados;while, 90/5/5 only allows fruits and vegetables. Raw Til 4 is almost the same concept as 80/10/10 except Freelee the Banana Girl allows and encourages people to eat some grains in their diet occasionally. I personally do not recommend the fruitarian diet as it can be very restrictive and usually people who follow it come from a disordered eating background;however, to me, this demonstrates a person can eat a great deal of natural sugars and not succumb to diabetes. While whole natural sugars are better than its refined enemies, eating only sugar and hardly anything but sugar all day long can have diabetic consequences While doing research, I noticed that followers of the 90/5/5 diet had problems with diabetes and blood sugar, while followers of the 80/10/10 and Raw Til 4 fad diets did not. The advice given to people who follow the 90/5/5 diet is to eat more nut,vegetables,seeds and add more grains.While observing what fruitarians eat per day I concluded by adding up the grams of sugar they eat that fruitarians least over 500 mg of (natural) sugar a day! That is much more sugar than any person thin, “obese” or “overweight” could eat when snacking on doughnuts, cakes, or any other delicious sweet foods.
Pancreas
- An Overview of the Pancreas @ Written by Robert M. Sargis MD, PhD - "Primary hormones secreted by the pancreas include:
Gastrin: This hormone aids digestion by stimulating certain cells in the stomach to produce acid. Glucagon: Glucagon helps insulin maintain normal blood glucose by working in the opposite way of insulin. It stimulates your cells to release glucose, and this raises your blood glucose levels.Insulin: This hormone regulates blood glucose by allowing many of your body’s cells to absorb and use glucose. In turn, this drops blood glucose levels. Somatostatin: When levels of other pancreatic hormones, such as insulin and glucagon, get too high, somatostatin is secreted to maintain a balance of glucose and/or salt in the blood.
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP): This hormone helps control water secretion and absorption from the intestines by stimulating the intestinal cells to release water and salts into the intestines." "Diseases and Disorders of the Pancreas Type 1 diabetes: If you have type 1 diabetes, then your body doesn’t produce any insulin to handle the glucose in your body. Insulin deficiency causes a range of complications, so people with type 1 diabetes have to take insulin to help their body use glucose appropriately.Type 2 diabetes: Type 2 diabetes is much more prevalent than type 1. People with type 2 diabetes may be able to produce insulin, but their bodies don’t use it correctly. They might also be unable to produce enough insulin to handle the glucose in their body. Lifestyle choices, such as diet and exercise, play a major role in managing and preventing type 2 diabetes.Other common diseases and disorders associated with the pancreas are:Hyperglycemia: &Hypoglycemia: - The Pancreas and Its Functions @ Columbia Surgery - "The pancreas is an organ located in the abdomen. It plays an essential role in converting the food we eat into fuel for the body's cells. The pancreas has two main functions: an exocrine function that helps in digestion and an endocrine function that regulates blood sugar"
- THE PANCREAS CENTER @ Columbia Surgery
- @John hopkins Medicine
- Pancreas and Diabetes @Diabetes (dot) co (dot) uk -"Type 1 diabetes, which used to be called insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes, is a chronic disease that destroys the body’s ability to make insulin, a hormone used to break down and store energy (in the form of glucose or “sugar”) from foods. Without insulin, high levels of fat and glucose remain in the bloodstream, which can damage blood vessels and vital organs over time."
glucose
- "Glucose, or commonly called sugar, is an important energy source that is needed by all the cells and organs of our bodies. Some examples are our muscles and our brain. Glucose or sugar comes from the food we eat. Carbohydrates such as fruit, bread pasta and cereals are common sources of glucose. These foods are broken down into sugar in our stomachs, and then absorbed into the bloodstream.Normal glucose levels are typically less than 100 milligrams per deciliter, in the morning, when you first wake up, or before eating. We call this the fasting blood glucose or the sugar level. Normal glucose levels 1 to 2 hours after eating are typically less than 140." - ABC News
- @WiseGeek
- "Glucose it is such a vital source of energy, and it interacts with both the digestive and endocrine system in the body, so keeping its levels — also called blood-sugar levels — in the bloodstream within a normal range is extremely important to a person's health. The human body has adapted to maintain this ideal level by storing extra glucose in the liver and muscles as glycogen, so that it can be reabsorbed into the bloodstream when the body's blood-sugar levels drop." - WiseGeek
- "Glucose is a sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6. The name "glucose" (/ˈɡluːkoʊs/) comes from the Greek word γλυκος, meaning "sweet wine, must".[3] The suffix "-ose" is a chemical classifier, denoting a carbohydrate. It is also known as grape sugar. With 6 carbon atoms, it is classed as a hexose, a sub-category of monosaccharides. α-D-glucose is one of the 16 aldose stereoisomers. The D-isomer (D-glucose), also known as dextrose, occurs widely in nature, but the L-isomer (L-glucose) does not. Glucose is made during photosynthesis from water and carbon dioxide, using energy from sunlight. The reverse of the photosynthesis reaction, which releases this energy, is a very important source of power for cellular respiration. Glucose is stored as a polymer, in plants as starch and in animals as glycogen, for times when the organism will need it. Glucose circulates in the blood of animals as blood sugar. Glucose can be obtained by hydrolysis of carbohydrates such as milk, cane sugar, maltose, cellulose, glycogen etc. It is however, manufactured by hydrolysis of cornstarch by steaming and diluting acid."- Wikipedia
- What Is Glucose? - Formula, Definition & Regulation @Study
What is Glycogen?
- "Glycogen is a stored form of glucose. It is a large multi-branched polymer of glucose which is accumulated in response to insulin and broken down into glucose in response to glucagon.Glycogen is mainly stored in the liver and the muscles and provides the body with a readily available source of energy if blood glucose levels decrease." - Diabetes (dot) co (dot) uk
- "Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals[2] and fungi. The polysaccharide structure represents the main storage form of glucose in the body.In humans, glycogen is made and stored primarily in the cells of the liver and the muscles hydrated with three or four parts of water.[3] Glycogen functions as the secondary long-term energy storage, with the primary energy stores being fats held in adipose tissue. Muscle glycogen is converted into glucose by muscle cells, and liver glycogen converts to glucose for use throughout the body including the central nervous system." - Wikipedia
- Glycogen Metabolism Biochemistry. 5th edition. @ NCBI
- Glycogen is a polysaccharide that is the principal storage form of glucose (Glc) in animal and human cells. @Science Daily
Insulin
- Understanding Our Bodies: Insulin By: Christie Wilcox - "Every living thing requires energy to survive. In cells, energy is stored and shuttled around using a molecule called Adenosine Tri-Phosphate, or ATP. Whenever the cell then has an energy-requiring reaction, enzymes can use the energy stored in ATP’s phosphate bonds to fuel it. Cells rely on ATP to survive, and to create ATP, they rely on glucose...Insulin is a relatively small peptide hormone produced by β-cells in the pancreas. It’s main job is to signal the liver, muscle and fat tissues to take up glucose from the blood and store it as glycogen. As the glucose level in the blood drops to normal, insulin release slows or stops. If it drops too low, an antagonistic hormone, called glucagon, is released which does the opposite of insulin, stimulating cells to break down glycogen and release glucose.But insulin does much more than just control blood glucose levels. Its effects depend on the cell type that receives its signal. Fat cells, for example, don’t take up or store glucose. Instead, they respond to insulin by taking the fats that enter the blood stream and turning them into fatty acids, which they store in large vacuoles. Thus insulin promotes the uptake and storage of fat in our adipose tissues. While insulin levels are high, our bodies don’t digest or use fats for fuel. Instead, we rely on the glucose in our blood and tissues..." Notes, does talk about weight loss, but in a neutal way. Does NOT fat shame or talk about weight loss (from what i can see) to manage diabetes.
- "Important hormone allows your body to use sugar (glucose)" - Endocrine web
- @Endocrine web
- @MedicalNewsToday
- @Diabetes (dot) uk - "Insulin is a hormone which plays a number of roles in the body’s metabolism.Insulin regulates how the body uses and stores glucose and fat. Many of the body’s cells rely on insulin to take glucose from the blood for energy.
- THE EFFECTS OF INSULIN ON THE BODY @HealthLine - has visuals
- What Does Insulin Do?@ Hormone Health Network - "Specifically, insulin allows the cells in the muscles, fat and liver to absorb glucose that is in the blood. The glucose serves as energy to these cells, or it can be converted into fat when needed. Insulin also affects other metabolic processes, such as the breakdown of fat or protein."
- "It causes the cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from blood and convert it to glycogen that can be stored in the liver and muscles.Insulin also prevents the utilization of fat as an energy source. In absence of insulin or in conditions where insulin is low glucose is not taken up by body cells, and the body begins to use fat as an energy source.Insulin also controls other body systems and regulates the amino acid uptake by body cells.It has several other anabolic effects throughout the body as well" - News Medical (dot) new
- "The insulin your body makes naturally is a hormone. Insulin helps move sugar from the blood into the body’s cells, where it can be used for energy.The pancreas releases insulin all the time. The pancreas is an organ that sits near the stomach. Special cells in the pancreas, called beta cells, make insulin. In between meals, the pancreas releases a low level of insulin to help the body produce energy." - NovoLog
- What is Insulin Resistance? @ Joslin Diabetes Center - "Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that helps unlock the body's cells so that sugar (glucose) from the food we eat can be used by the cells for energy. In people with type 2 diabetes, a combination of problems occurs, and scientists aren't really sure which is the chicken and which is the egg."
Diabetes is not a "fat person disease" / Skinny people have the same problems:
Proof it's not WEIGHT but what you eat. So, all those "you gotta lose weight" stories are bull shniz. You don't have to eat less, or snack on low calorie snacks all day to be healthy (in fact those low calorie foods may be doing much more harm than good - see "Prepared foods") just eat whole foods.
Proof it's not WEIGHT but what you eat. So, all those "you gotta lose weight" stories are bull shniz. You don't have to eat less, or snack on low calorie snacks all day to be healthy (in fact those low calorie foods may be doing much more harm than good - see "Prepared foods") just eat whole foods.
- **Freaky Eaters: Addicted to Diet Cola - she was pre-diabetic because of how many sodas she drank each day.
- Pritikin Longevity Center’s study- “nearly 4000 people completed their three-week residential program between 1977 and 1988, of whom over 650 had type II diabetes.Key features of this program include a high-complex-carbohydrate, high fiber, low-cholesterol, low fat [(remember, bad fat and good fats are not the same and shouldn’t be treated the same)], low-salt diet, and lots of daily aerobic exercise, which consisted mainly of walking about 30 minutes a day[and staying active throughout the day!]..... 71 % if those who had been taking hypoglycemic drugs to increase insulin production were able to go off their medications... 39% of those taking insulin were able to discontinue it. .... total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides were reduced by 21 to 38 %; blood pressures by about 7-15 %.” Pg. 75/75 in Big Fat Lies by Dr. Glenn A. Gasser
- “Most type 2-non-insulin dependent-diabetics can so substantially improve their condition through changes in diet and exercise that even when they have lost little or no weight, and even when they remain at weights that are clinically obese, they can discontinue their medications.” - Pg. 63 in Big Fat Lies by Dr. Glenn A. Gaesser
- Fat people health "problems"/ myths from Big Fat Lies by Glenn Gaesser taken from Fat!So? by Marilyn Wann - "Treatment centers have found that when diabetics improve their diet and exercise habits they can lesson the severity of their diabetes and even normalize their blood sugars.These healthy improvements happen enough though the people who change their diet and exercise habits don't lose and weight at ALL." More organic, homemade foods and mess heavily processed "food like" products.
- **You Did NOT Eat Your Way to Diabetes!
- ..."compared to non-dieters,men who are regular dieters have been shown to have nearly twice the risk for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease." It is assumed the finding would be the same for woman - Pg. 28 Big Fat Lies by Dr. Glenn Gaesser.
How to help with Diabetes:
Alternative/psychedelia
- **Chemical Found In Ayahuasca May Be Able To Completely Reverse Diabetes from Collective Evoultion
- Study: Marijuana Can Benefit People With Diabetes by Nicola Davies @ Reset (dot) me
- Psychoactive Ayahuasca Plant Might Be The Key To Reversing Diabetes by Nabil Ansari @ Science Times - "Out of those 86 chemicals, one drug triggered the beta cell growth. This drug is known as harmine. Harmine is a chemical that naturally occurs in a number of plants around the world, and it is one of the ingredients recently found in the psychoactive mixture of the plant Ayahuasca."
Stay away from numerous FDA approved drugs
Statins:
Statins:
- Lipitor and Diabetes @ DrugWatch
- FDA Expands Advice on Statin Risks @ FDA
- Could Statins Raise Diabetes Risk? @ WebMD
- Can Lipitor cause Type II Diabetes? by geriatriclime
- Risk of incident diabetes among patients treated with statins: population based study
- Lipitor Tied To Diabetes Risk, More Evidence Shows By Amy Norton
- Could Statins Raise Diabetes Risk? USNews
- What are the possible side effects of LIPITOR? @ Lipitor
- Statin Drugs May Increase Risk Of Diabetes Medical News Today
- Atorvastatin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Hemodialysis @ NEJM
Herbs/spices
- [Pic:] Detox your body from Herbs Info
- Health benefits of Lemon grass from The Raw Food Family
- The Diabetes-Iodine Connection by Tasha Lee - Of course, it talk about weight loss even though weight loss doesn't even need to be mentioned, but it shows that iodine may be beneficial. Of course everyone is different and bodies react differently from each other. Try it and see if it works for you.
- Home Remedy to Control Sugar Level (Diabetes) F3 Health Care - Cure yourself with Home Remedies - 4 leaves of Jambolan - soak in water overnight, drink the water after draining it and removing the leaves
- Home Remedy to Control Sugar Level (Diabetes) F3 Health Care - Cure yourself with Home Remedies - Mash 1 spoonful of fenugreek seeds - soak in a glass of water overnight. Blend together and drink.
- Home Remedy for Anemia, Diabetes & Cholesterols (With English Subtitle and captions in 162 languages) F3 Health Care - Cure yourself with Home Remedies. - Bitter gourd, cucumber and tomato and make a juice and drink on an empty stomach.
- - 7 catharanthus roses on an empty stomach with water will help control your diabetes
- - 10 pink leaves of margosa with water will also help with diabetes
- -1 tsp of Onion seeds
- Balance your blood sugar with green tea from The Raw Food Family - ""Green tea helps prevent and treat diabetes by increasing insulin activity by more than 15-fold. Substances in green tea called polysaccharide mimic insulin and lower blood sugar levels by restricting the amount of glucose the liver produces."
- Why Drinking Tea May Help Prevent and Manage Type 2 Diabetes @ Everyday Health
Cinnamon
"A 2013 updated study in the Annals of Family Medicine found an associaten between cinnamon and a decrea in blood sugar." - United Healthcare
- Cinnamon, ground @ WHFoods - "Seasoning a high carb food with cinnamon can help lessen its impact on your blood sugar levels. Cinnamon slows the rate at which the stomach empties after meals, reducing the rise in blood sugar after eating. Researchers measured how quickly the stomach emptied after 14 healthy subjects ate 300 grams (1.2 cups) of rice pudding alone or seasoned with 6 grams (1.2 teaspoons) of cinnamon."
- Cinnamon A Natural Insulin Booster For Diabetics @ AskDr Ray
- Cinnamon not only tastes great, but it improves insulin sensitivity @ Muscle for life
- Cinnamon May Help Improve Blood Glucose Levels in Type 2 Diabetes @ ADA - "Cinnamon may be a promising supplement for people with type 2 diabetes. The researchers also say that it's possible that the source of the cinnamon and the means by which it's extracted from cinnamon bark could make a difference as far as its effects on blood glucose levels. This may be why cinnamon works in some studies but not others."
- Is it true that cinnamon can lower blood sugar in people who have diabetes? @ mayoclinic - "One study published in 2009 found that a 500 mg capsule of cinnamon taken twice a day for 90 days improved hemoglobin A1C levels — a reflection of average blood sugar level for the past two to three months — in people with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (hemoglobin A1C levels greater than 7 percent)."
- Cinnamon Improves Glucose and Lipids of People With Type 2 Diabetes - " Spices such as cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves, and turmeric display insulin-enhancing activity in vitro . Botanical products can improve glucose metabolism and the overall condition of individuals with diabetes not only by hypoglycemic effects but also by improving lipid metabolism, antioxidant status, and capillary function (4). A number of medicinal/culinary herbs have been reported to yield hypoglycemic effects in patients with diabetes. Examples of these include bitter melon, Gymnema, Korean ginseng, onions, garlic, flaxseed meal, and specific nutrients including α-lipoic acid, biotin, carnitine, vanadium, chromium, magnesium, zinc, and vitamins B3, E, and K .
Oregano
"It contains properties used to treat respiratory infections. and, according to a 2014 study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, it's being studied for potential diabetes-fighting properties." - United Healthcare mag.
Tumeric
- Turmeric Extract 100% Effective At Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, ADA Journal Study Finds - ""After 9 months of treatment, 16.4% of subjects in the placebo group were diagnosed with T2DM, whereas none were diagnosed with T2DM in the curcumin-treated group. In addition, the curcumin-treated group showed a better overall function of β-cells, with higher HOMA-β (61.58 vs. 48.72; P < 0.01) and lower C-peptide (1.7 vs. 2.17; P < 0.05). The curcumin-treated group showed a lower level of HOMA-IR (3.22 vs. 4.04; P < 0.001) and higher adiponectin (22.46 vs. 18.45; P < 0.05) when compared with the placebo group."
Supplements
- Converted into creatine phosphate and helps cells recycle ATP energy. Results showed that taking creatine people had better glutose control "Creatine improved efficacy of the glucose 4 transporter.Helped overcome the problem in Type 2 Diabetes:cell has troule extracting glucose - produces more insulin. Creatine and Type 2 Diabetes Management @ Meschino Health
Magnesium
- Magnesium intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in men and women @NCBI
- Low Magnesium May Play Key Role in Insulin Resistance and Diabetes @Mercola
- Can Magnesium Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes? @ Mercola
- @DrWell
- Magnesium Helps Balance Blood Sugar and Lower Insulin by Doug Dupont @ Breaking Muscle
- @WebMd
- Diabetes and Magnesium: The Emerging Role of Oral Magnesium Supplementation @ Magnesium Library
- "In insulin resistant volunteers with low blood magnesium, magnesium supplementation for four months reduced estimated insulin resistance by 43 percent and decreased fasting insulin by 32 percent (13). This suggests to me that magnesium deficiency was probably one of the main reasons they were insulin resistant in the first place. But the study had another very interesting finding: magnesium improved the subjects' blood lipid profile remarkably. Total cholesterol decreased, LDL decreased, HDL increased and triglycerides decreased by a whopping 39 percent. The same thing had been reported in the medical literature decades earlier when doctors used magnesium injections to treat heart disease, and also in animals treated with magnesium. Magnesium supplementation also suppresses atherosclerosis (thickening and hardening of the arteries) in animal models, a fact that I may discuss in more detail at some point " - Whole Health Source
- High Dietary Magnesium Intake Is Associated with Low Insulin Resistance in the Newfoundland Population @ PlosOne - "Magnesium plays a role in glucose and insulin homeostasis and evidence suggests that magnesium intake is associated with insulin resistance (IR). However, data is inconsistent and most studies have not adequately controlled for critical confounding factors."
- Magnesium: The Forgotten Healer by David Spero, BSN, RN @ Diabetes Self management
- Magnesium Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Men and Women @ Diabetes Care ADA - "CONCLUSIONS—Our findings suggest a significant inverse association between magnesium intake and diabetes risk. This study supports the dietary recommendation to increase consumption of major food sources of magnesium, such as whole grains, nuts, and green leafy vegetables."
Melatonin
- When Melatonin Is Low, Diabetes Risk Is High | Medpage Today
- Study Suggests Link Between Hormone Melatonin and Type 2 Diabetes – WebMD
- The role of melatonin in diabetes: therapeutic implications
- Melatonin Effectiveness, Safety, and Drug Interactions on RxList
- Melatonin signaling is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes -- ScienceDaily
- Melatonin Use in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Insomnia
- Study Links Diabetes Risk to Melatonin Levels - National Sleep Foundation
- Melatonin, Sleep, and Type 2 Diabetes - Diabetes Self-Management
Physical,mental health && nourshment
Low egg, meat & dairy
Why a low meat/low dairy or vegan diet is good for Diabetes. Dairy,eggs, and other food from animal sources cause heart disease, high cholesterol,etc. Choose non-dairy milks.
- Dan Buettner: Why vegans live 10 years longer.Interview with Bill Maher - Low amounts of meat,no heavily processed foods,lots of beans,fruits and veggies. Organic whole, foods.
- THE HEALTHIEST DIET RECOMMENDED BY KAISER PERMANENTE - "According to the Kaiser report, the research shows that plant-based diets are cost-effective, low-risk interventions that may lower body mass index, blood pressure, HbA1C, and cholesterol levels, and may reduce the number of medications needed to treat chronic diseases and lower heart disease mortality rates. "Physicians should consider recommending a plant-based diet to all their patients", the directive continues, "especially those with high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or obesity."" Obesity is not something that needs to be "cured" and veganism does not "cure" obesity because vegans can be fat just like meat eaters, vegans are;however, healthier.
- Meat consumption, diabetes, and its complications. @ PubMed
- Are You Eating Sausages, Deli or Bacon? Heart Disease and Diabetes May Await - "In a new study, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that eating processed meat, such as bacon, sausage or processed deli meats, was associated with a 42% higher risk of heart disease and a 19% higher risk of type 2 diabetes.....The results showed that, on average, each 50 gram (1.8 oz) daily serving of processed meat (about 1-2 slices of deli meats or 1 hot dog) was associated with a 42% higher risk of developing heart disease and a 19% higher risk of developing diabetes. In contrast, eating unprocessed red meat was not associated with risk of developing heart disease or diabetes. Too few studies evaluated the relationship between eating meat and risk of stroke to enable the researchers to draw any conclusions."Although cause-and-effect cannot be proven by these types of long-term observational studies, all of these studies adjusted for other risk factors, which may have been different between people who were eating more versus less meats," said Mozaffarian. "Also, the lifestyle factors associated with eating unprocessed red meats and processed meats were similar, but only processed meats were linked to higher risk.""When we looked at average nutrients in unprocessed red and processed meats eaten in the United States, we found that they contained similar average amounts of saturated fat and cholesterol. In contrast, processed meats contained, on average, 4 times more sodium and 50% more nitrate preservatives," said Micha. "This suggests that differences in salt and preservatives, rather than fats, might explain the higher risk of heart disease and diabetes seen with processed meats, but not with unprocessed red meats."Dietary sodium (salt) is known to increase blood pressure, a strong risk factor for heart disease. In animal experiments, nitrate preservatives can promote atherosclerosis and reduce glucose tolerance, effects which could increase risk of heart disease and diabetes."
- Do You Know How Hot Dogs Are Really Made? @ Minds - "The truth is, eating processed meat, such as hot dogs, sausage or processed deli meats, is associated with a 42% higher risk of heart disease and a 19% higher risk of type 2 diabetes.Consumption of hot dogs, sausages and luncheon meats, along with other forms of processed meat, was also associated with the greatest risk of pancreatic cancer in a large multiethnic study.Eating too many processed foods with high sodium levels contributed to 2.3 million deaths from heart attacks, strokes and other heart-related diseases throughout the world in 2010, representing 15 percent of all deaths due to these causes, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism 2013 Scientific Sessions.The World Cancer Research Fund recommends people avoid all processed meats.The fund’s Dr Rachel Thompson said: “If everyone ate less than 70g a week — or two hot dogs — it would mean there would be 4,000 fewer cases of bowel cancer…”
- 1985 study in The New England Journal of Leiden Intervention Trial in the Netherlands ...“the 39 subjects in this study, all of whom had atherosclerosis at the beginning of the study, were placed upon a low-fat [(nuts, seeds, etc. are good fat. In my opinion they are talking about bad fat seen in heavily processed foods that have harmful chemical additives and meat,eggs and dairy-loaded with saturated fat),vegetarian diet for two years. Though most lost little or no weight, before and after angiograms showed that the progression of the disease had been halted. Dietary intervention had been all that was necessary.” Pg.72 in Big Fat Lies by Dr. Glenn A. Gaesser
- Study by Dr. David Blankenhorn called the Cholesterol Lowering Atherosclerosis Study “weighed 82 moderately overweight middle-aged men with heart disease.. after which the counseled them about eating a low-fat[vegetarian/vegan- dairy,eggs and meat have bad fats, as do hydrogenated oils] diet. Two years later they did follow-up weighings and angiograms, and interview the men about the extent to which they had followed the dietary advice. Those who had eaten a diet relatively low in fat.. showed no new fatty deposits on the walls of their arteries." Pg.73 in Big Fat Lies by Dr. Glenn A. Gaesser
- Why Am I Vegan? Part 2: The Health Aspect by fruity.lolly
- Breast Cancer Linked to Cattle Virus (confirmed) @ Wellness
- The Serious Dangers or Eating Cheap Meat @ Eat Local Grown
- Why Meat Is Bad For You - In 60 Seconds from The Vegan Activist
- Study Links High Intake Of Processed Red Meats To Heart Failure from CBS News
- Ask Your Doctor About Meat™ faux commercial
- Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler @ NYTimes
- Veganism: The Silent Healer from Nicole Oca
- People Who Eat Steak Well-Done Don't Just Have Bad Taste, They're Also Going To Die by Distracify
- [Pic:]Humans Are Frugivorous - Comparison chart - Carnivore, omnivore,etc
- Sodium Nitrate & Sodium Nitrite in meat causes health problems
- Human Ancestors Were Nearly All Vegetarians @ Scientific American
- "Of the four leading causes of death and disease in the U.S. today, animal products and animal protein are implicated in all four...
- What is Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone and how is it bad?
- Farmaceuticals:Drugs fed to farm animals and the risks posed to humans
- Eggs vs. Cigarettes in Atherosclerosis | NutritionFacts.org
- Why Milk & Cheese Are Bad For You - In 60 Seconds from The Vegan Activist
- Why Eggs Are Bad For You - In 60 Seconds from The Vegan Activist
- [Pic:] Got pus? Milk does. What's in a glass of milk?
- Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler @ NYTimes
- [Video] Why Milk is Bad for You by FullyRawKristina
- 8 Reasons You Should Stop Drinking Milk Now from health(dot) how stuff works
- [Video] 5 Reasons to stop drinking MILK [warning graphic] from Freelee the Banana Girl
- Why You Should Never Eat Tilapia @ Eat Local Grown
- Want to Live to 100? Vegetarianism Might Be the Answer
- 9 Things That Happen When You Stop Eating Meat by Ari Solomon - 4. You reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.Studies show that people who eat a plant-based diet not only have lower rates of certain diseases, but also live longer.
- Are you choosing "humane meat" & health benefits of veganism by Choose Veg/Plant Based Dietitian
- Can Doctors Be Trusted for Nutritional Guidance? | Gary Yourofsky from Bite Size Vegan
- Depletion of our own health: Why do we do it @ Youtube
- Check out Bite Size Vegan - Filled with nutrition, why to go vegan, is it vegan? segments,free ebook etc)
- Why the man who brought us the glycemic index wants us to go vegan
- "If it's vegan, it's healthy" - Alex Perone
Exercise (Physical health)
Exercise
- Can Exercise Erase a Sugar Binge?Study suggests that exercise can soften the effects of a high-sugar diet by Jessica Migala - "Research in 2013 from the U.K. found similar results: Men who overate for a week but vigorously exercised had better insulin function and fewer changes in fat tissue genes than those who did not exercise.The news sounds good to binge snackers and guys who sneak in the occasional cheat day, but keep in mind that this is not the first study to link a high-sugar diet and low activity to increased risk factors for heart disease."
Nourish Yourself
Foods such as fruits and veggies that are GREAT with helping diabetes - of course you should eat tons of fruits,veggies, grains,beans and seeds but these are just foods that have been discovered to help chillax your blood sugar.
- Substitute refined table sugar for more natural sugars (sugar/sweets page)
- Foods That Lower Blood Sugar Written by Christine Case-Lo @ HealthLine - Cinnamon, Fenugeek, Garlic, Avacodos,, Nuts, Blueberries, Cherries, Vinegar, Coffee, Chia seeds, & barley.Note: weight shames at the end.
- Fruits
- 1/2 cup of Blueberries help with sugar spikes. Everyone is different so try it and see if it works for you.
- How Much Fruit is Too Much? by Michael Greger, M.D. -talks about the "blueberry trick"
- **Consumption of blueberries with a high-carbohydrate, low-fat breakfast decreases postprandial serum markers of oxidation.@ PubMed
- **Effect of fruit restriction on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes--a randomized trial.@PubMed
- **Berries reduce postprandial insulin responses to wheat and rye breads in healthy women.@PubMed
- **Is It Possible to Eat Too Much Fruit?BY NAOMI IMATOME-YUN - clicking on "how much fruit is too much" lead to a fat-shaming site. It is best to not click on it.
- Cofee
- Changes in coffee intake and subsequent risk of type 2 diabetes: three large cohorts of US men and women @ Springer Link - Try to get good quality coffee, not that cheap WalMart and Starbucks shniz."During 1,663,319 person-years of follow-up, we documented 7,269 cases of incident type 2 diabetes. Participants who increased their coffee consumption by more than 1 cup/day (median change = 1.69 cups/day) over a 4 year period had an 11% (95% CI 3%, 18%) lower risk of type 2 diabetes in the subsequent 4 years compared with those who made no changes in consumption. Participants who decreased their coffee intake by more than 1 cup/day (median change = −2 cups/day) had a 17% (95% CI 8%, 26%) higher risk for type 2 diabetes. Changes in tea consumption were not associated with type 2 diabetes risk."
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