‘Diabetes and Insulin’

Resistance to Insulin

Monday, April 26th, 2010

The precursor of diabetes mellitus is already in the fact that the cells develop in the long term resistance to insulin. This means that the cells respond not as sensitive to insulin and absorb as a result of less glucose.
A vicious circle is created: the blood sugar level is elevated, the beta cells of the pancreas respond with insulin secretion. As a result, fat burning is inhibited. The high insulin levels leads to a permanent blockage of burning fat with the consequence of the continuous weight gain. This cycle continues continuously through a permanent malnutrition and growing ever wider. In the preliminary stage of diabetes mellitus can be prevented with a change in behavior of exercise and diet and drug therapy with the progress of the disease, contrary. With a good implementation of the recommendations, the treatment of insulin resistance may be reduced or eliminated altogether. If the symptoms of diabetes mellitus but not recognized in time and therefore not treated, the progression of the disease is inevitable.

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Risk of Gestational Diabetes

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Risk Factors. You may be at greater risk for gestational diabetes if:

  • Are older than age 30
  • Has over weight or has increased much weight during pregnancy
  • Has one or more relatives with diabetes
  • Belongs to an ethnic group is more likely to develop diabetes, including Hispanics, American Indians, Asians or African Americans
  • Had gestational diabetes during their last pregnancy
  • She gave birth in her last pregnancy to a baby weighing more than 9 1 / 2 pounds or had a stillbirth

Remember that not all women who develop gestational diabetes have these risk factors. In fact, many women with gestational diabetes have no risk factor.

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Insulin Treatment

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Insulin is made in the pancreas. If no or insufficient insulin is made, or when the body no longer responds to insulin, the body has trouble to get glucose from the blood. The blood flows remains around and can not be used for energy. The result is very thirsty and urinating a lot. Because the body tries to glucose in a different way to lose. As someone not glucose, so no power can take, he feels tired.

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Recent Research to Prevent Diabtes

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Current research

  • A preventive approaches tested consists of administering small doses of insulin in people at risk. Although the preliminary results of these tests are very encouraging, experts say it is too early to abandon this track and it is better to wait until research on the subject to draw conclusions définitives
  • Researchers are currently working to develop a vaccine to prevent diabetes type 1. This vaccine prevents the immune system to destroy cells in the pancreas responsible for insulin production. A new research center has been established for this purpose in Australia.
  • Some experts recommend breastfeeding for at-risk children and some believe it should be avoided cow’s milk in these cases (see “Milk Cow” in the section Risk Factors)
  • It is possible that supplementation of vitamin B3 helps prevent the development of type 1 diabetes. The results of several studies conducted between 1987 and 1998, however, contradict this sujet12-15. A meta-analysis published in 1996 and on ten studies (only five double-blind placebo) indicates that treatment of niacinamide may help delay onset of type 1 diabetes by preventing the destruction of beta cells that produce the ‘insulin in the pancréas16. However, several trials analyzed were small (ten studies, 211 subjects in total) and the quality of their methodology.
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