A brief description about diabetes and its symptoms

By: Harry Graff

For quite sometime, diabetes has been-and continues to be-the bane of a good percentage of the population of most countries. About 20 million Americans have diabetes, plus another 40 million afflicted with an early form of Type 2 diabetes, prediabetes. Once food is digested, its nutrients come into the bloodstream as glucose or blood sugar, and is moved by the insulin from the pancreas to the muscles, fat and liver for use as energy. Diabetes develops if there is not enough insulin, blood glucose is not used properly by the liver, muscles or fat, or in a mixture of both causes.

The disease is classified into two forms with an additional type for women. The first type, Type 1, begins in childhood, but is mostly undiagnosed until the individual is about 20 years of age. In this type the body produces no or very little insulin so that daily injections are needed. No cause has been pinpointed, but genetics is thought to play a major role.

Type 2 or adult-onset diabetes is by far the most common and is starting to affect younger people. In this type the pancreas produces little insulin to control glucose normally or the organs fail to utilize insulin sufficiently. A lot of diabetics do not even realize they have the disease. Then there is gestational diabetes that occurs only in pregnant or lactating women. Usually transitory, it opens the individual to higher risks of contracting Type 2 diabetes.

Symptoms

Type 1 diabetes manifests in a short time and is mostly diagnosed during an emergency situation, the symptoms normally mistaken for that of other illnesses. They include fatigue, inordinate thirst and urination, vomiting and nausea and decrease in weight despite good eating. Additionally, Type 2 diabetics could experience blurred vision as well as numb toes or feet. But Type 2 diabetes infects people very slowly, so the diabetics rarely detect it until indicative conditions show, since diabetes harm the body’s autoimmunity, the blood vessels and its nerves.

Diet for diabetics

If you are a diabetic, you should collaborate with your doctor and dietitian in the amounts of fat, protein and carbohydrates you must eat to control your levels of glucose.Essentially, however, food intake should contain only little fats and carbohydrates, as they sugar on digestion. Diabetics should, generally, follow the recommendations of the Diabetes Food Pyramid, which groups food according to their protein and carbohydrates contents, and eat food in the bottom list as much as possible.

Grains, vegetables, whole fruits are the best foods for diabetic persons, particularly those high in fiber. Fruit juices should not contain sugar or syrups, and low-fat or nonfat milk in lieu of yogurt which contains sugar. Eschew fatty foods like bacon, cheese, hamburgfers or butter. Limit alcohol intake and take it with meals after determining with your health care provider the appropriate amounts.

Poultry such as chicken and turkey is advised though the skin should not be eaten. They contain much cholesterol. Lean cuts of wild game, veal, pork or beef are suggested, all the fatty parts trimmed off. Bake, Broil, grill or roast the meat; avoid frying it.

Diabetes is controllable. All you need are correct diet and lots of determination to refuse the foods you crave.



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