Diabetes – Diabetes Diet For All of Us

Diabetes nowadays has grown to be a problem next to cancer or other respiratory diseases. It has become so common and yet so misunderstood. For a lot of people, diabetes is a hereditary disease. Hence, only genetic predisposition can cause diabetes. For some on the other hand, the diet of the people is the primary culprit for diabetes. How true or untrue are these? Are all people susceptible to this disease? Could you be a diabetic?

Before identifying the possible victims of this deadly illness, it would be best to understand what diabetes is. Diabetes is a metabolism problem where the pancreas either fails to produce enough sugar or to produce at all. It can also be the case that the cells of the body are not functioning well that’s why the insulin produced just passes out of the body leaving the body with little or no fuel to do everyday activities. Furthermore, there are many types of diabetes all of which have their own causes and proper management. This can be very dangerous and even deadly that is why this disease should be taken seriously.

Just in case you don’t know what Type II diabetes is, here is a simple little primer. When you eat food and it digests, much of it is broken down into glucose, commonly called blood sugar. As the glucose enters your blood and is traveling to the various cells in your body to give you energy, etc., your pancreas releases a hormone called insulin that (among other things) signals your cells to receive the glucose, it goes into your cells, and all is well.

However, if your cells become resistant to the call from the insulin, such as in the case of obesity or family history or both, the glucose cannot get into the cells, and your pancreas will try harder to produce more insulin. Eventually, the pancreas may become exhausted and will not be able to meet even your minimal need for insulin. So now you have cells that are resisting the insulin and, at the same time, not enough insulin to trigger the cells to accept the sugar-a double whammy!

Since it is not getting into the cells, the glucose stays in the blood and some is excreted in the urine. High blood sugar is an unnatural state that can cause damage to all of the systems in your body and, if not treated, can be fatal. This is the reason your blood sugar levels, as well as the presence of “sugar” in your urine, are important indicators of where you are at in this process.

Your body has an amazing ability to compensate and keep you going, even under adverse conditions, but again, only to a point. One of the problems with diabetes is that it may not show any symptoms until much of the damage to your heart, nerves and blood vessels has been done. On the other hand, if you catch it early enough, the problems can be reversible.

There are some classic symptoms of diabetes, such as excessive thirst, excessive hunger, frequent urination, blurry vision, unexplained weight loss, and fatigue that you should be aware of, especially if you have a family history of diabetes. If you have any of these symptoms, it is a simple matter to get your blood sugar checked. Don’t wait for your body to give you a more alarming wake-up call. The sooner you discover that your blood sugar is elevated, the sooner you have a chance to correct it, and avoid the systemic damage this disease can cause.

Getting regular eye exams can also help. Many people have discovered that they have diabetes when visiting their eye doctor to get their glasses or contact lenses checked. They say that your eyes are the “windows of your soul”, but they also can be indicators of elevated blood sugar. In other words, the blurred vision you have been experiencing may not be due to a need for new glasses, but could have a more serious underlying cause.

With the foregoing, it clearly nullifies the common beliefs mentioned above. A lot of people and virtually any people are really susceptible to diabetes. It’s just a matter of adapting a very healthy lifestyle that can steer people away from this doom. We all love to eat and relax, but as the saying goes we become what we eat (and in this case maybe what we do also!). Diabetes like every other disease is common, deadly and can be very limiting once we develop it so prevention is always important!

Resource Author Francisco R. Higueras
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