Diabetes And Mold: The Early Warning Signs

Diabetes and Mold: The Early Warning Signs

Alarming Symptoms
Mold may not be hailed as a friendly, beneficial presence, but in the case of early warning signs for diabetes, it could just save your life.
Do you or a loved one experience any of the following symptoms?
Bedwetting (in children who previously didn’t wet the bed before)
Blurred vision (before eating or soon after eating)
Extreme hunger (this can occur before and after eating)
Fatigue and weakness
Frequent urination
Increased thirst (especially after eating)
Irritability and other inexplicable mood changes
(In females) Vaginal yeast infection
-OR-
Areas of darkened skin
Blurred vision (before eating or soon after eating)
Frequent urination
Increased hunger (often intense and not long after eating)
Increased thirst (especially after eating)
Slow-healing sores or frequent infections
Weight loss (without even trying)
Unexplained fatigue
The first set of symptoms belongs to Type 1 Diabetes, while the second set belongs to Type 2 Diabetes.* As you can see, both types of the disease share specific indicators and cause similar reactions in the body. In fact, not only do they share similar symptoms, they also share a common cause: improper insulin utilization.
To better understand both types of diabetes, you must first understand the proper process of glucose (sugar) and insulin.
Glucose
Glucose comes about from the conversion of food into blood-sugar, which is where insulin steps in. (Note: All food types are processed and broken down into glucose. Glucose conversion is not dependent upon the ingestion of literal sugar.)
Insulin
Insulin is secreted into the blo Continue reading

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GPs 'unaware' diabetes can be beaten

Patients and doctors may not realise a condition which costs the NHS £22m a day can be reversed, a new report says.
Type 2 diabetes could be beaten into remission if patients shed around 15kg, the report published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) said.
The Glasgow University study called for greater awareness that the condition is not incurable.
Diabetes UK said type 2 diabetes is generally considered incurable, but evidence was growing to refute that.
Type 2 diabetes now affects 5-10% of the UK population - with 254,000 people living with the illness in Scotland.
About 10% of total UK NHS expenditure goes on treating the condition, with international figures suggesting medical costs for people with diabetes are two or three times greater than the average for non-sufferers of similar age and sex.
'Missing the point'
Professor Mike Lean, from Glasgow University's Human Nutrition Section, said 488 different drugs are currently licensed worldwide to treat type 2 diabetes by lowering blood glucose levels.
"They are not treating the disease process, and are missing the point," he said.
"Not only is type 2 diabetes preventable by not getting fat in the first place, but as long as you get in early after the disease is established - in the first five years or so - you have a better than even chance of becoming non-diabetic."
The report suggested there is poor awareness of the benefits of weight loss leading to remission from the condition, with the authors arguing that is because it is rarely recorded officially.
A US study they quoted found remissions in only 0.14% of 120,000 Continue reading

Diabetes Can Be Reversed Naturally

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Don't Shoot the Messenger
All type 2 diabetics understand that their bodies are 'insulin-resistant' or non-cooperative towards helping insulin do its job of managing spikes in blood sugar after each meal. Sadly, what most doctors and diabetics don't understand is - why.
Insulin is a hormone which, like all hormones, works as a messenger-boy in the internal communications department of our body corporate. Its job is to persuade the muscles department to use up as much of the blood sugar supply as possible. Given their large size and heavy energy needs, muscles are naturally the largest consumers of blood sugar. As per policy, insulin must first obtain an entry-pass from 'insulin-receptors' who sit at the reception desk outside the muscle department. Most times, insulin-receptors are pretty accommodating and swing open the gateways for insulin to offload its blood sugar c Continue reading

More People Need To Know That Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Reversed, Say Experts

Not enough people know that Type 2 diabetes may be reversed through weight loss, experts have suggested.
Researchers from the University of Glasgow and University of Newcastle said both patients and doctors may not realise the condition can be reversed and called for greater awareness of ‘diabetes remission’.
“If diabetes patients are able to lose a large amount of weight they will return to normal,” Professor Mike Lean, a specialist in human nutrition at University of Glasgow, told HuffPost UK.
“We know anecdotally it happens. We’ve seen it with bariatric surgery and we’ve seen it with individuals who have not accepted the diagnosis and have got rid of it. In most cases you need to lose a large amount of weight (15kg or more). If you catch the diabetes early, there’s a chance it might reverse with less weight loss.”
Professor Lean and his colleagues have also called for better documentation and surveillance of diabetes ‘remissions’ to improve public health and reduce healthcare costs. The NHS spends almost £1 billion a year (£22 million a day) on anti-diabetes drugs, and costs are rising worldwide as diabetes rates and drug prices escalate.
Type 2 diabetes is a common long-term condition affecting 3.2 million people in the UK. It is caused when the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin to maintain a normal blood glucose level or the body is unable to use the insulin that is produced. This results in a person’s blood sugar levels rocketing.
Current guidelines for tackling Type 2 diabetes advise reducing blood sugar levels and cardiovascular ris Continue reading

American Diabetes Association calls on Congress to hold hearings on insulin prices

The American Diabetes Association's board of directors is calling on Congress to hold hearings to investigate dramatic increases in insulin prices and to take action to ensure that people have affordable access to the essential drug.
In a resolution, the board asked politicians to examine the entire supply chain for insulin, ranging from the three drug companies that dominate the market to health insurers and the companies they hire to bargain for drug prices. They also called on the companies that make and provide insulin to patients to increase the transparency of pricing, which could help explain why prices have risen and which companies benefit.
The American Diabetes Association said Congress should “take action to ensure that all people who use insulin have affordable access to the insulin they need,” noting that the cost of treating diabetes has “skyrocketed” and insulin prices in Europe are about a sixth of the price in the United States. The association also launched a petition, “Stand up for affordable insulin,” asking people to sign on to let companies and Congress know that greater transparency and attention is needed to soaring insulin prices.
Robert Ratner, the chief scientific and medical officer for the organization said that the move was a follow-up to its February call for greater transparency and other moves by health care companies that could ensure the affordability of insulin.
"Nothing has changed and some things have appeared to get worse," Ratner said. "We have had disucssisons with industry -- the pharma companies are very much aware of t Continue reading