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The basic event in diabetes is the rise in blood sugar and the spilling of sugar
(glucose) in the urine. When sugar is excreted in the urine, urine volume rises because
more water is needed to dissolve the abnormal sugar load; hence, the two characteristic
symptoms - increased frequency of urination and excessive thirst. A screening test for
diabetes is a check for urine glucose - this can be done simply and cheaply with a
dipstick - a color change on the indicator pad reveals the presence of sugar. Sugar is not
detectable in normal urine. The diagnosis is confirmed by finding elevated blood glucose
levels especially in the morning before eating. A measurement of long-term blood sugar
levels (glycosolated hemoglobin) is helpful to confirm the diagnosis. The glucose
tolerance test is seldom required to make the diagnosis and should be used only special
circumstances.
Most people know that insulin is used to treat diabetes and will assume that insulin deficiency causes all diabetes. Unfortunately, the problem is not that simple. Only 10 % of diabetics lack insulin and the rest have a different disorder or a range of disorders that lead to elevated blood glucose and poor utilization of glucose. Impact of Diabetes: Diabetes 2 is a name for an evolving complex of metabolic derangement's that contribute to a horrendous list of chronic and disabling illnesses. While elevated levels of sugar in the body seem to be the leading edge of the emerging disaster, changes in fat metabolism, liver and kidney function and then circulation impairment add to a cascade of dysfunction. 75% of the early deaths in diabetics are related to coronary artery disease. According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, U.S. Public Health Service.): Diabetes is widely recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability contributing to the deaths in the USA alone of more than 169,000 persons in 1992. Its toll increases every year. Clearly, heroic efforts are more that justified to change life-style determinants of the disease early on so that the terrible consequences of neglected diabetes are avoided. The Supreme Importance of Proper Diet revision Standard medical treatment protocols for Diabetes 2 always mention diet revision and then quickly proceed to medication options. While diet control is always mentioned , the critical, decisive importance of diet revision and exercise is not emphasized and in practice, diet revision is often neglected in favor of drug treatments. The management of diabetes has been dominated dietetic thinking in this century and nutritional dogma prevails in the management of diabetics. Most diabetics are taught to use exchange diets that target a daily calorie intake and distribute the calories among the four food groups. While this is a workable approach to diet planning, exchange diets do not solve the basic problems of poor food selection, faulty nutrition and irrational eating behaviors. We will try to develop a perspective on diabetic management and reveal issues that are not usually discussed. We will suggest solutions that are not ordinarily recommended to diabetics and use the Alpha Nutrition Rescue as a basis for diet revision therapy in diabetes. Make the diabetic treatment plan simple...
Weight loss and exercise - even as little as 40 minutes per week can reduce the risk and negative consequences of diabetes. Why do the Alpha Nutrition Program? You have to completely change your eating patterns. If you are diagnosed with diabetes, do not try to hold on to old habits - they made you ill. Alpha Nutrition is a standard method of diet revision that proceeds in a simple, logical manner. You eat more vegetables, less fat and balance your new diet according to the best nutritional ideas. Alpha Nutrition leaves out foods and food products that are higher risk and includes foods that have protective and beneficial effects. For a number of important reasons, the program leaves out two staple food groups -dairy products and cereal grains (gluten). Eggs are also omitted from the program. Alpha Nutrition includes a basic list nutritional supplements that are helpful in a simple, cost-effective manner. The program does not require you to count calories, weigh food or engage in hard-to-do tasks that you will abandon in a few weeks. You confront, understand and learn to cope with food cravings, compulsive eating and all the emotional issues which surround diet change. You avoid eating foods that commonly drive compulsive eating patterns. You establish a new container of safe-eating practice and learn how to retreat and recover if you "fall-off- the-wagon"
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