How to use Food for Energy and Growth
Diabetes is caused by a disorder in which a person’s body has a problem in the way food used for energy and growth is digested. Our bodies use glucose, a form of sugar which our digestive system has broken down from the food we eat, which is then transported around the body via the bloodstream. Diabetes stops this energy supply and forces it to remain in the blood creating further problems. It is essential that the glucose is absorbed into the body but this condition creates high levels to accumulate in the blood.
Information in this article is regarding the two major types of the condition. Juvenile onset diabetes is called type one and usually, but not always, affects children and young adults and is where the body’s production of insulin has ceased; this means insulin must be given to the diabetic on a daily basis for them to live. Insulin is used by the body to regulate the amount of glucose the blood contains. The second type is called adult onset diabetes and happens later in life; it results when the body either cannot produce enough insulin or does not use the insulin it makes properly.
To stay alive we need energy, something which is supplied in abundance by everyday foods like various pastas, bread, potatoes, rice and fruit for instance. Prolonged periods of high blood glucose levels can lead to problems like heart disease, kidney complaints, blindness and even limb amputations. Good diabetes care and management can prevent or delay the onset of these complications; then many of the conditions associated with this condition can be slowed down considerably if not stopped altogether. It is possible to live a relatively normal life provided you stick to the plan laid out by your doctor; giving up smoking, keep you blood glucose and cholesterol levels stable as well as well as other blood fats are just some of the aspects that require special attention.
It also means that you will need to keep your weight relatively stable within a prescribed range which should also help to reduce your blood pressure to within tolerable limits. Diabetes cannot be cured and once diagnosed it is a lifelong complaint; in America there are more than five and a half million recognized sufferers. However, the disease remains undiagnosed in about the same number; it is known that six hundred thousand new cases of will be diagnosed this and every year. It is believed that as many as 320,000 diabetics die each year in America whilst only 34,000 of those actually die directly from the condition itself.
