How Salt Intake Affects Diabetes
Aubri John has been a contributing researcher and writer to online physical and mental health oriented journals since 2005. John publishes online health and fitness articles that coincide with her licensed clinical skills in addictions, psychology and medical care. She has a master's degree in clinical social work and a Ph.D. in health psychology. Diabetes, a chronic metabolic disease, affects millions of Americans. People with diabetes have a higher likelihood of developing health complications that impact the heart, nervous system and kidneys. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is twice as common in diabetics as in nondiabetics, which increases the risk of a range of cardiovascular diseases. High salt intake contributes to hypertension, but salt does not have an effect on blood sugar. You get energy from the nutrients in foods containing proteins, fats and carbohydrates, but carbohydrates are the only types of foods that directly affect your blood sugar. Diabetes prevents your body from properly using blood sugar, or glucose, the main source of energy for your cells. Normally, when you eat a carbohydrate, it is metabolized into smaller sugar molecules, or glucose, sent into your bloodstream and met by the hormone insulin, which then transports the glucose into your cells. A diabetic does not produce or use insulin properly, and the glucose gets left in the bloodstream. Salt has no effect on the blood sugar process, but excess salt does have other implications for the health of a diabetic. People with diabetes have an increased risk of high blood pressure, notes the American Diabetes Association, because excess sodium in your diet causes blood pressure to rise. Common table salt contains 40 percent sodium, an essential mineral your body uses in small amounts for ma Continue reading >>
3fatchicks On A Diet! Diet & Weight Loss Support
You may not have realized it before, but salt and diabetes go hand in hand. Salt, in moderation, is good for the body, but you should not exceed the recommended intake which is only 1500 mg to 2400 mg a day. If you are diabetic you should limit your salt to less than 1 tsp. as 1 tsp. contains as much as 2400 mg of sodium. Most packaged and processed foods will contain salt, so always read the labels. Your best way to avoid excess salt is to cook your meals at home from scratch, as this will help you to better monitor your intake. You may also want to consider switching to a healthier salt. The majority of table salts are refined and contain aluminum anti-caking agentssuch as alumino-silicate and alumino-calcium silicate. Studies have shown that diabetics are prone to accumulate aluminum around their bones which can lead to aluminum bone disease. Therefore when you avoid salt containing aluminum you can reduce the risks of this happening.Table salt also contains a stabilizer in the form of sugar, which will raise your blood sugar levels. This makes unrefined sea salt a better choice if you are diabetic, as it does not contain any unnatural ingredients which spike the sugar levels, nor does it contain aluminum. Sea salt, in moderation, can help to balance the sugar levels, plus it helps to prevent diabetes as it aids in the absorption of food. However, unrefined sea salt does not contain as much iodine as regular table salt. Iodine has been shown to help with diabetes. To ensure that you will get sufficient amounts of iodine, you can add in sea vegetables, spinach, strawberries, rhubarb and mango. Salt alone does not raise blood sugar levels, but it does raise your blood pressure which is linked to diabetes. Excess salt will also cause water retention which ultimately co Continue reading >>
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7 Groups Of Food From The Sea For People With Diabetes
7 Groups of Food from the Sea for People with Diabetes As a diabetes educator, Ive found that for a number of my patients, foods from the sea are mysteries. Questions Ive received include: - Should I eat seafood and what are the health benefits, if any? - Will eating foods from the sea help prevent diabetes or help me if I have diabetes? - I heard something about unusual seafood being used in diabetes research to develop medications. Can you tell me more? - Is there really a problem with mercury in fish? - What are sea vegetables, and are they healthy for me to eat? - What about sea salt? Does it contain less sodium than table salt and is it healthier for me? As you can see, there are many good questions about foods from the sea. Lets get started answering them! Seafood: The exact definition of seafood differs, depending upon the dictionary or source. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines seafood as: Edible aquatic animals excluding mammals, but including both freshwater and ocean creatures. Seafood includes bony and cartilaginous fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, edible jellyfish, sea turtles, frogs, sea urchins and sea cucumbers. (1) Some of these foods may be familiar to you and others maybe not. Lets define the different kinds of seafood and potential health benefits for people with diabetes: Fish are cold blooded vertebrate that live solely in the water. They have bones or cartilage, sometimes fins, a two-chambered heart and gills. (2) Crustaceans are arthropods that have an exoskeleton, a pair of appendages on each segment and two pairs of antennae. Lobsters, shrimp and crabs are examples. (3) Mollusks are invertebrates with a soft body that is usually enclosed in a calcareous shell. Snails, clams and squids are in this group of animals. (4) The 2010 Dietary Guidel Continue reading >>
Salt, Diabetes And High Blood Pressure
Author Sidebar: I loved salty foods, especially potato chips and pretzels. But, because of my diabetes, I realized that I had to stop eating these foods. :-) During my research, I also found out that I had to stop eating ham, lunch meats, salted peanuts, pizza, fried chicken, chicken wings, Campbell's chicken soup,and bacon. Man! It was difficult giving up all of these foods, but, the only one that I really miss is the bacon! :-) More than 70% of people with Type 2 diabetes have high blood pressure. More than 85% of people with Type 2 diabetes consume too much salt on a daily basis. Coincidence? Is there a connection? From a physiological perspective, Type 2 diabetics have high blood glucose levels, which thickens the blood and requires the heart muscle to work harder to push the thicker blood throughout the body, causing blood pressure to rise. If you have been diabetic for many years or if you have the early stages of heart disease, this may cause damage to the inner linings of the arteries (endothelium). This damage prevents the production of nitric oxide (NO), which is responsible for relaxing your artery walls. As a result, this causes high blood pressure. In addition, high blood glucose levels damage the kidneys, which can also cause blood pressure to rise. These are just a few of the ways that diabetes can lead to high blood pressure. So, as you can see, it's easy to see why so many diabetics have high blood pressure. From a diet perspective, Type 2 diabetics eat more processed "dead" foods, fast foods, and junk foods that contain a lot of salt. So, it appears that salt could also cause high blood pressure. But, when the majority of Type 2 diabetics go on a low-salt diet, their blood pressure doesn't go down! Why? Because the problem is not the salt! The real pro Continue reading >>
Why Too Much Salt Could Be Extra Harmful For Diabetics
A diet loaded with salt is associated with double the risk of heart attack or stroke in people with type 2 diabetes. HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A diet loaded with salt is associated with double the risk of heart attack or stroke in people with type 2 diabetes. The risk skyrockets even higher among those whose diabetes isn't well-managed, a new Japanese study reports. The study found that people with diabetes who consumed an average of 5.9 grams of sodium daily had double the risk of developing heart disease than those who consumed, on average, 2.8 grams of sodium daily. In addition, heart disease risk jumped nearly 10-fold for people with poorly managed type 2 diabetes and a diet with excess salt. However, it's important to note that this study only found an association between salt intake and increased heart disease; the study wasn't designed to prove that the increased salt intake actually caused heart disease. Still, experts believe it's important to limit salt in the diet. "The findings are very important from a public health point of view," said Dr. Prakash Deedwania, chief of cardiology for the Veterans Administration Central California Health Care System and a professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. "Everyone's focused on controlling glucose [blood sugar] to prevent diabetes complications. Salt intake is not as well emphasized, but this shows it should be reduced as well," said Deedwania, a member of the American College of Cardiology's Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Committee. The study highlights the need for people with diabetes to track more than just carbohydrates when managing their daily diet, said Deedwania. Public health officials previously have established a link between diab Continue reading >>
Sea Salt Benefits For Diabetes
Sea salt is the natural form of salt and is said to be a lot healthier than iodized salt. Many people favor the use of iodized salt over sea salt due to their lack of understanding of its benefits. If you look around in the grocery store, you will find all sorts of foods already seasoned with iodized salt. It is best to either cook your own food with sea salt or find special products made with natural sea salt. Salt and Diabetics With Type I and Type II diabetes, salt and sugar are known to aggravate the illness, so strict diets are given to diabetics. When one has diabetes, hypertension is involved; this is when your blood pressure is too high. A study was conducted with diabetics: one group was given 2 g of salt and the other group was given a placebo. The results showed that the patients who consumed the small amount of salt had a glycaemic response that was 8 percent lower than the patients who took the placebo. So in short, some salt is good for diabetics, but it’s all about determining how much salt should be consumed. Sea Salt Benefits Overall, sea salt is healthier for everyone to consume. Sea salt is known to be effective for stabilizing irregular heartbeat, extracting acidity from body cells, balancing sugar levels, generating hydroelectric energy in the body, enhancing communication between nerve cells and clearing away mucus in the lungs. Sea salt is also good for preventing muscle cramps and acts as a tough natural antihistamine. There is no iodine in sea salt – it is extracted straight from the ocean in its natural state. Sea salt is known to help prevent diabetes because it helps with the absorption of food from the intestinal tract and also it maintains blood sugar levels. Implementing Sea Salt into the Diabetic's Diet Because just about every food i Continue reading >>
A Dip In Dead Sea's Salt Brings Sweet News For Diabetics - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com
A Dip in Dead Sea's Salt Brings Sweet News for Diabetics A short dip in the Dead Sea facilitates a drop in blood glucose levels and could improve the medical conditions of diabetics, according to an initial study conducted by researchers from the health sciences faculty of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva. The study involved an initial sample group of 14 individuals between the ages of 18 and 65 who have suffered from Type 2 diabetes for less than 20 years. The study took place in a covered pool filled with Dead Sea water at a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius. Following a 20-minute, one-time dip in the Dead Sea water, the study subjects showed a significant 13.5 percent drop in blood glucose levels, from an average of 163 mg/dl to a value of 151 mg/dl immediately after the dip. The subjects' blood glucose levels dropped even further, to an average of 141.4 mg/dl, an hour after the dip in the Dead Sea water. A controled test in which the subjects underwent a 20-minute dip in regular water did not show any distinct drop in blood glucose levels with regard to the measurements taken immediately before and after the time spent in the pool. There was, however, a difference between the blood glucose levels measured immediately after the dip and an hour later. Another control group involving six healthy individuals did not produce any significant differences between the measurements taken after their dips in both the Dead Sea water and the regular pool water. The researchers also found the dip in the Dead Sea water did not adversely affect the subjects' other blood values, including their levels of insulin and cortisone hormones, and also their c-peptide levels, which are an indication of the ability to produce insulin in the pancrea Continue reading >>
Shaking The Salt (part 4)
Over these past few weeks , Ive been writing an awful lot about salt and sodium. Who knew there would be so much to say about it? Actually, theres still a lot more to say, but were going to wrap things up on this topic this week. Interesting news about sodium to share with you: First, ConAgra Foods, makers of well-known brands such as Chef Boyardee, Banquet, Hunts, and Healthy Choice, announced last week that theyve removed almost 3 million pounds (!!) of salt from many of their products. They also apparently have new technology that enables them to reduce the amount of sodium in their microwave popcorn. So far, ConAgra has been able to cut the sodium content in many of their foods by between 15% and 20%, all the while preserving flavor. Secondly, ConAgras timely statement coincides with a report released in the journal The Lancet last week. British researchers looked at studies of people living in 23 countries, including the United States, India, Russia, and Vietnam. They specifically focused on the relationship between salt intake and blood pressure and found, not surprisingly, that in societies with a high sodium intake, blood pressure increases quite a bit as people age. What really hits home is their conclusion that 8.5 million deaths can be averted by 2015 if people consume 3 to 4.5 grams of kitchen salt per day, or around a 30% less salt than average. Last week (in Shaking the Salt [Part 3] ), we looked at ways to reduce sodium intake. Several readers have mentioned the use of other kinds of salt and salt substitutes. Salt used in cooking comes in three forms: table salt, kosher salt, and sea salt. All of these salts are about 99% sodium chloride. The primary difference between the three has to do with the size of the crystal, and thus, the texture. Table salt i Continue reading >>
Just Add Water: Instant Diabetes Reversal
Teresa posted this wonderful comment of diabetes reversed within 48 hours of losing the wheat: I just recently started this new lifestyle after reading the book about 12 days ago. I was a type 2 diabetic on Metformin and Byetta [injections]. I am now down 12 pounds (yes, 12 pounds), COMPLETELY off my medication (as of day TWO) because my blood sugars are that of a normal person (between 74 and 86 fasting and under 120 after meals). I never thought that possible. Every time I went to the doctors, they never asked how I was eating, just how the medicine was working. Also, I know it may be TMI, but I hadn’t had a NORMAL bowel movement in a long time. It was always on the runny side (I know gross, but I chalked it up to my medicine). I can think more clearly, my mood is more stabilized and the biggest thing is, for the FIRST time in my life, I actually KNOW when I am hungry and when I am not hungry. I was about to speak to my doctor about appetite suppressants because no matter what I did, I was constantly hungry. This is not just a diet, it is a new way of life and if you don’t look at it that way and think you can just do this for a little while, you are WRONG. Admittedly, Teresa’s experience proceeded faster than usual. But her story is a wonderful example of just how powerful this approach can be. Eat the wheat with its gliadin protein and experience incessant, around-the-clock hunger. Eat the wheat with its amylopectin A and experience sky-high blood sugars. Eat the wheat with its gliadin and experience body-wide inflammation that, among many other consequences, causes water retention. Eat the wheat with the gliadin that “unlocks” the normal intestinal barriers, allowing foreign substances into the bloodstream, while also allowing water to leak into the bowel Continue reading >>
The Healthiest Food And Drink Choices For Type 2 Diabetes: The Body Ecology Solution
Beer and wine do have antioxidants, but find out why the wild fermentation process used to make them is NOT so great for your health. , and to help increase awareness of this epidemic, designated November 14th as “World Diabetes Day.” Type 2 diabetes accounts for 95% of all diabetes cases, and in the U.S. alone, the number of people with this diagnosis has doubled just in the last two decades. Type 2 diabetes is a condition where the blood sugar is abnormally and chronically elevated. Basically there is too much sugar out in the bloodstream yet not enough in the cells, causing extreme fatigue. Diabetes is linked to every degenerative disease we face today including heart disease, neurological disorders, cancer, high blood pressure and kidney disease. Diabetics are at risk for developing gangrene, loss of eyesight and even blindness. They age quickly because the high sugar levels suppress growth hormone needed to regenerate tissues. Diabetes was once rare but today is believed to be mostly attributed to the unhealthy weight gain, obesity, and lack of exercise so common in all modern western nations. But if you look at the root cause of type 2 diabetes, you have to go deeper than overeating and lack of exercise. To learn more, read: 8 Common Misperceptions about Obesity and Why Body Ecology is the Ideal Obesity Solution. Many of the food and lifestyle habits we’ve created contribute to a state of imbalance that can lead to patterns of illness and dis-ease, like diabetes. One way to recreate balance is to start nourishing yourself today with healthy, whole foods that support you on your path to health and healing. So where do you start? The Body Ecology Way of Life is ideally suited as a roadmap back to health, well being and balance. Our antifungal Diet is without a Continue reading >>
Asknadia: Why Pink Himalayan Salt Is Not Better For You
Dear Nadia, Is Himalayan salt better for my health than table salt? Sean Pennsylvania Dear Sean, In the 1990’s the benefits of Himalayan salt was exalted by Peter Ferreira, a biophysicist who proclaimed the health benefits of this unique salt. Mined in the high mountain range of the Himalaya’s, this new salt was considered free of human contamination. Peter Ferreira created a big buzz around Himalayan salt after writing a book with Dr. Barbara Hendel, “Water & Salt – Essence of Life” . Once his book was published he received a great amount of press for his discovery and started lecturing extensively. Once the international alternative community gained interest, a great demand was generated for this new healthy salt, which Peter Ferreira claimed has “84 elements essential to human health.” All types of Himalayan salt therapies came to rise; salt lamps, inhalers, skin products, bath products salt baths and salt caves. People flocked to these therapies in hope of eliminating inflammation and mineral deficiencies. One mineral important to our diet is iodine which is listed in Peter Ferreira’s 84 essential elements. Ironically sea salt has less iodine than table salt. Iodine was included in the processing of table salt in the 1920’s to prevent goiter disease. Iodine is also essential for thyroid health. The thyroid regulates the body’s metabolism, temperature, nervous system, and skin health. Having an iodine deficiency can lead to elevated cholesterol, depression, loss of energy, constipation, weight gain, dry skin, and impaired memory. Maintaining a healthy regulated system, can also be achieved by eating foods produced from soils that are rich in iodine, fish, and sea vegetables. How Salt is Made Himalayan Salt is from Pakistan Khewra Salt Mine located Continue reading >>
30 Days To Eliminate Diabetes No Matter How Long You’ve Had It
Good day! Another dose of truth is what I have for you: the diabetes diet. If you are diabetic or pre-diabetic, there is a simple and easy fix to cure (not treat) your “disease”. If you are pre-diabetic, your condition can go away in 3 days. If you have full-blown diabetes mellitus (type 1 or 2), your condition can be reversed in 7 days. If you are in the final degenerative stages of diabetes, this same regiment will take about 2 weeks to a month until you are fully and completely cured (not treated). Now, don’t come back to blame me if you don’t follow all the steps. I’m NOT a doctor, and am not giving you medical advice, but the sh*t works! I only provide information I’ve done extensive research on, talked to real-life case studies, or things I’ve tried on myself. Cleanse your colon FIRST! There are a couple of healthy methods you can use to cleanse the colon. The colon is vital to our blood levels. This may also be responsible for a 5 to 10 pound weight loss…maybe more. Method #1: Saline wash. WARNING: THIS MUST BE DONE ON AN EMPTY STOMACH! Prepare 1 liter of very warm water. With purified water, heat on the stove just until bubbles start to appear…THAT’S ENOUGH. Add 1 heaping tablespoon of uniodized sea salt (sold at Walmart). Stir the mixture until the salt is completely dissolved, then drink whole. EFFECT: Immediate. Don’t leave the house for a couple hours, you’ll make a “mess” in public! WARNING: Drinking this solution in sections will not cleanse your colon. You must drink the entire salty mixture all at once! This step is NOT completely necessary, but it get’s your liver jump started without all the “gunk” in the way.] Method #2: Use natural roughage to pull “gunk” out of your system. This will remove the bits of heavy tra Continue reading >>
"sea Salt Is It Better?": Diabetes Community - Support Group
amanda2581 replied to rubystar2 's response: Thank you Rubystar! I guess salt is salt so still watch my intake,I thought I was doing something healthy.But turns out salt is salt and too much is bad for me, amanda2581 replied to DianeR01 's response: Thank you Diane, I will watch my intake on any salt now. rubystar2 replied to amanda2581 's response: Well, yes, salt IS salt but sea salt might have a few trace minerals that are naturally occurring that might be better for us than the very processed table salt. But when all is said and done, sea salt is just as much NaCl as any other salt. Just read an article in Cook's magazine about salt. They use all 3 for different purposes when cooking. They also say when getting sea salt expensive is not necessary. They say to use table salt without the iodine as it give cooking a chemical taste. Kosher salt they like for the large crystals. Can't remember all of the different uses. Ill look it up. If sea salt is from evaporated ocean water and table salt is mined from ancient underground sea beds, wouldn't the evaporated ocean water of today have more pollutants in it ?? I am always hearing about how polluted our oceans are, why would someone want to eat salt from them? Salt from mines would have been formed before man was around to pollute the water. doesn't salt contain the DREADED chemical CHLORINE which I hear is the reason not to use Splenda, cause it is made with chlorine?? So wouldn't using salt be like ingesting chlorine? rubystar2 replied to depressed_one 's response: Depressed_one, even though salt is made up of Sodium and Chloride, when you combine the two elements, they become something different. Just like two hydrogen molecules and an Oxygen molecule becomes water........H2O. Anyway, it's chlorIDE which is very differ Continue reading >>
Diabetes And High Blood Pressure: How To Reduce Your Salt Intake
DIABETES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: HOW TO REDUCE YOUR SALT INTAKE by Andrea Pellizzer | Aug 10, 2016 | LMC Blog | 0 comments Blood Pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps. High blood pressure, or hypertension, makes heart and stroke problems more likely. Unfortunately, the problem is amplified in diabetes because high blood sugars can also damage the arteries and make them targets for early hardening (atherosclerosis). People with diabetes are much more likely to develop heart disease and/or experience a stroke at an earlier age. People with diabetes may need to take medication to either lower their high blood pressure or even just for preventative care to protect their hearts and kidneys from the effects of high blood pressure. The target blood pressure reading for people with diabetes is less than 130/80 mm Hg. Modifying our diet and watching sodium intake is an important lifestyle factor when managing blood pressure. Salt whether sea salt, kosher salt or plain old table salt, is made up of sodium, which we need in small amounts. However, eating too much salt raises the amount of sodium in the blood and retains water. More water in our blood then increases the pressure in our pipes (our arteries) leading to increased hardening of the arteries and increased strain on the delicate blood vessels leading to the kidneys. Sodium intake from our diets should be no more than 1,500 to 2,300 mg per day. One teaspoon of salt is equal to 2,300 mg of sodium. Here are some useful tips to reduce the salt in your diet. Go for fresh food. Many packaged and processed foods can have high levels of sodium, and they may not even taste salty. Canned foods, Breads and rolls, cold cuts/deli meats, cheeses and frozen pizzas are top contribut Continue reading >>
5 Common Food Myths For People With Diabetes Debunked
There are many misconceptions that people with diabetes must follow a strict diet, when in reality they can eat anything a person without diabetes eats. Amy Campbell, MS, RD, LDN, CDE, nutritionist at Joslin Diabetes Center and co-author of 16 Myths of a "Diabetic Diet," debunks some common food myths for people with diabetes. 1. People with diabetes have to eat different foods from the rest of the family. People with diabetes can eat the same foods as the rest of their family. Current nutrition guidelines for diabetes are very flexible and offer many choices, allowing people with diabetes to fit in favorite or special-occasion foods. Everyone, whether they have diabetes or not, should eat a healthful diet that consists of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein foods, and heart-healthy fats. So, if you have diabetes, there's no need to cook separately from your family. 2. People with diabetes should never give in to food cravings. Almost everyone has food cravings at some point, and people with diabetes are no exception. It's not uncommon for people with diabetes to cut out all sweets or even cut way back on food portions in order to lose weight. In turn, your body often responds to these drastic changes by creating cravings. Nine times out of ten, your food choices in these situations tend to be high in fat and/or sugar, too. The best way to deal with food cravings is to try to prevent them by following a healthy eating plan that lets you occasionally fit sweets into your diabetes meal plan. If a craving does occur, let yourself have a small taste of whatever it is you want. By doing so, you can enjoy the flavor and avoid overeating later on. 3. People with diabetes shouldn't eat too many starchy foods, even if they contain fiber, because starch raises your blo Continue reading >>
