Diabetes- A Prominent Disease
Diabetes is a disease which can be developed by anyone whose pancreas start functioning improperly & stops secreting hormones that generates Insulin. So, the diabetes is caused when either the insulin is not produced or its not properly utilized by the cells leading in higher glucose level which is termed as Diabetes.
Majorly, diabetes is segregated in 3 types - Type 1, Type 2 & gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused due to damage of the cells in pancreas generating Insulin. Type 2 is caused when the cells are not able to properly utilize the insulin generated in the body. It is mostly developed because of the bulkiness in the body. Gestational diabetes is developed in women during their pregnancy period.
Excessive urination, excessive thirst and increased fluid intake and blurred vision, these are some of the symptoms of diabetes. While other symptoms may be increased hunger, that is getting hungry often, vomiting, nausea, tiredness, being quite many often, restless behavior and an apathetic attitude in case of children, inability to focus attention, deep breaths with fruity odor.
In every country, this disease is the major health problem with millions of people and its still rising. The number is growing in millions everyday. There are so many cases which are not even diagnosed and reported, you will see most of these cases in urban areas. So , to talk about in percentage 90% people are from urban areas and 10% from rural who remain undiagnosed. Bulkiness, obesity, poor diet, motionless lifestyle are the top causes for type 2 diabetes and that's why this is mostly founded in urban areas.
The difference between rural & urban life is the lifestyle that is in rural areas people eat more and in urban people do less exercise. Type 1 is also caused due to heredity factors. There was a research report which indicated that about 248 million people are affected from diabetes and its easily expected to be above 400 million in one and a half decades from now. . Cardiovascular disease causes greater number of deaths which has been worsened by diabetes-related lipid disorders and hypertension.
A lot of methods and measures have evolved to prevent the disease and hence lowering down the number of deaths forced by this deadly disease. Why are you worrying?? To lower the risk of developing diabetes, only thing that you need to do is taking healthy diet and regular physical exercise and this will reduce the risk by 30% or more. Now what does a healthy diet mean? It means a nutritional diet low in fats and free of processed carbohydrates, high proteins in the breakfast. Try to have 5-7 small meals rather than one hefty meal. Doing exercise is very important as it burns out the fat and reduces the sugar level, so you should strongly consider walking for 1-2 hours everyday to burn those extra calories & fats. These were some of the ways, following which you can greatly reduce the risk of having diabetes.
It is suggested that people should get their blood sugar level checked from time to time. This again helps in gaining a win over diabetes. Since people get their sugar level checked, they can reduce sugar level if it rises. And if diabetes is diagnosed, they have good chances of keeping themselves protected anyway.
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Julia Hanf author of the book How To Play the Diabetes Diet Game and Win Through a real life crisis Julia figured out how to live diabetes free. Visit http://www.yourdiabetescure.com and learn more about your solution for diabetes.
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