How Diabetes has become a major concern for more than 9.3% of the world population?

Diabetes can occur to anyone from any walk of life. And the numbers are dramatically increasing. Diabetes is a chronic disease, that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high because your body is not producing enough insulin or your body is not able to properly utilize it effectively.

Blood glucose is your main source of energy for your body and comes from the food you eat. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, which helps glucose from food get into the cells of your body to be used for energy.

How does it harms you?

Sometimes your body doesn’t make enough or doesn’t use insulin well. Glucose is then not absorbed in the cells of your body and remains in your bloodstream. Insomnia can cause your body to resist insulin leading to a rise in blood sugar levels in your body.

Overtime having too much glucose in your blood leads to serious health issues and damage to various organs of the human body. It can be managed and reduced through proper (exercise\diet) easily. 

WHATS IN IT FOR ME?

1. Different types of Diabetes.
2. What are the causes of diabetes?
3. 10 Symptoms of Diabetes.
4. Top 7 food to control diabetes.
5. CONCLUSION
6. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Different types of Diabetes?

There are three most common types of Diabetes:

Type 1 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes

Gestational Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease. In people with type 1 diabetes, cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are destroyed, and the body is unable to produce insulin.

 It can appear at any age, usually is diagnosed in young adults and children. Type 1 diabetes patients need to take insulin every day in order to stay alive.

In this, the body is not able to absorb glucose in your cells, due to the lack of insulin. Glucose from your food can’t make its way into the cells. This leaves too much glucose circulating in your blood.

High blood sugar levels can lead to both short-term and long-term problems.

Type 2 Diabetes

This is the most common type of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, your body’s cells are not able to respond to insulin in a way they normally should.

In later stages of the disease, if ignored and not proper steps are taken for reducing it your body may also not produce enough insulin.

However, it is most often observed in middle-aged and older people. Type 2 is the most common type found in most people all over the world.

Gestational Diabetes

Gestational Diabetes develops in some women at the time of pregnancy. Most of the time, it is observed to go away after the baby is born.

However, if you’ve had gestational diabetes, you have a greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes later in life, if you are not conscious about your health and ignore healthy habits and adopt an unhealthy lifestyle.

This type usually develops between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s estimated to occur in 2 to 10 percent of pregnancies in the United States.

The most common reason for this in women is being overweight or obese. Being overweight or obese at the time of pregnancy is the main cause of this.

Causes of diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes.

Diabetes Type 1 is not yet fully curable as the present technology and medical science is not able to discover all the causes of it.

 But there are some common causes that have been observed by doctors for a significant amount of time in a large number of diabetic patients.

Dehydration

In diabetic patients, the amount of sugar in your body is more, so the body in order to get rid of it, you tend to pee a lot to get rid of the extra sugar. Causing your body to lose water, and thus resulting in dehydration.

Weight loss–

When your body loses water in order to get rid of the extra sugar present in your body, along with it also takes calories and as a result, you tend to lose weight at a faster rate.

Diabetic ketoacidosis–

When your body is not able to get enough energy fuel from glucose. It starts to break down your fat reserves releasing ketones, and sugar is released from your liver to help. But it cannot be utilized due to lack of insulin in your body. At last, the mixture of glucose, dehydration, acids combines to form ketoacidosis.

Damage to your organs–

As time passes the building up of high glucose level in your body can cause damage to nerves present In your body and in your eyes, kidney, heart. It can also cause a heart attack.

Type 2 Diabetes

Weight

Being overweight is one of the main causes of developing type 2 diabetes in your body.

Fat distribution

If your body stores a major portion of your body fat in the abdomen area than you have a greater risk.

Inactivity

Physical activity helps your body utilize glucose to maintain weight burn fat and proper functioning of your body organs. Lack of physical activity may cause an imbalance of blood sugar levels.

Age

normally it is observed that the risk is higher when you grow older after the age of 45. It may also occur as people after a certain age tends to reduce the amount of physical activity in life and give less attention to health and body.

Prediabetic

  Prediabetic is the stage when your body already has a high sugar level in your body, but not enough to be classified as a diabetic patient.

Polycystic ovarian syndrome

This is a common condition where a woman is observed having an irregular menstrual cycle, obesity and too much hair growth may also raise the risk of this disease.

10 Symptoms of Diabetes.

• Extreme thirst
• Dry mouth
• Upset stomach
• Frequent urination
• Extreme weight loss even after eating
• Fatigue
• Blurry vision
• Heavy breathing
• Frequent infection problem
• Delay in the healing of wounds or cuts

Top 7 food to control diabetes

Fatty Fish

Fish is a great source of protein, a very important component of a regular diet in which Indian food is said to be lacking. It helps you feel full and even increases your metabolic rate helping you lose weight faster.

Omega-3 fatty acids are great for heart, some fishes which are a great source are salmon, sardines, herring, anchovies, and mackerel. Patients have a greater risk of heart problems, and a regular supply of these vital fats is great to reduce the risk of heart disease.

 Green vegetables

Vegetables are a great source of many vital nutrients, antioxidants and they are low in digestible carbs, responsible for increased blood sugar level.  Eye problems such as macular degeneration and cataracts, which are common complications can also be prevented because of the antioxidants in green vegetables.

Cinnamon

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It is a great spice that is delicious and with potent antioxidants. In many studies, it has been found that diabetic patients that consumed cinnamon for 90 days had twice as much reduction in average blood sugar level.

However, you must limit your consumption of cassia cinnamon (the type found In most grocery stores) – to 1 tablespoon a day. As it contains coumarin, which is linked to health problems at higher doses. Whereas, Ceylon (“true”) cinnamon contains much less coumarin.

 Eggs

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 Egg is a great food for almost everyone, it is a great source of protein. Regular consumption of eggs may also reduce your heart disease risk in many ways.

Eggs also help in decreasing inflammation, improve insulin sensitivity in your body, increase your “good” HDL cholesterol levels, and modify the size and shape of your “bad” LDL cholesterol.

In a study it has been found, that regular consumption of eggs resulted in improvements in cholesterol and blood sugar levels of people.

Garlic

It is a very widely used herb with a lot of health benefits. In a study, it has been found that consumption of aged garlic for 12 weeks reduced blood sugar level and blood pressure.

Turmeric

Turmeric contains curcumin, which may reduce blood sugar levels and inflammation while protecting against heart and kidney disease. Active ingredient curcumin appears to benefit kidney health in diabetics. This is important, as blood sugar level imbalance is one of the main reasons for kidney disease in people commonly.

Greek Yogurt

Greek yogurt is a very good choice if dairy food out there in the plethora of choices in the dairy food product industry. It’s been shown to improve blood sugar control and reduce heart disease risk, perhaps partly due to the probiotics contains in it.

CONCLUSION

Diabetes is one of the most common as well as the most rapidly growing diseases. It is very important to stay away from this disease or any disease in order to live a healthy life.

Here I have shared with you some of the most information about diabetes its causes, symptoms, cure, food that is good to eat, prevention, ways to cure. Here you get to know what is important in short and easy language.

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