Diabetes is a condition with unusually high levels of glucose in the bloodstream. The body uses insulin, produced by the pancreas, to lower blood glucose levels. If a person's pancreas does not make enough insulin, their body will develop diabetes.
A short list of diabetes symptoms would include severe hunger and thirst, increased urination, and fatigue. But the surest way to know if you have diabetes is to take a blood sugar test, also known as a glucose tolerance test.
Type 1 diabetes is the most acute form. It is usually treated with special dietary restrictions, exercise, and occasionally insulin. Type 1 diabetes will usually be treated with a special diet, exercise, and a weight loss plan before adding insulin. This form of diabetes is considered an insulin-dependent disease.
A less serious form of diabetes, type 2 diabetes is first treated with a diabetic diet,
exercise and weight loss. If these measures fail to control blood sugar and insulin levels, oral medications can be added. So insulin is finally considered if these are also unsuccessful. Type 2 diabetes normally occurs in middle-aged or older adults, which is why it is sometimes called late-onset diabetes. In this case, the pancreas still produces adequate levels of insulin, but the body has become resistant to it.
It is possible to delay the onset of type 2 diabetes if it is inherited. Through weight loss, the right amount of exercise, and monitoring your diet, you can manage it. Left untreated, type 2 diabetes can eventually lead to the same complications as those seen with type 1 diabetes.
Gestational diabetes is seen in pregnant women. It normally disappears after the baby is born, however, the mother's treatment to stabilize blood glucose levels will decrease the possibility of complications for both the baby and the mother.
Juvenile-onset diabetes is another major form of diabetes that affects many children. It is believed to be the onset of type 1 diabetes. If a child shows some of the symptoms of diabetes, it is vital that they be examined by a doctor. It is estimated that more than two million adolescents are in the prediabetes stage. This is mainly due to being overweight. In this condition, blood glucose levels are high but not high enough to be considered diabetes. Adolescents usually develop this between the ages of 12 and 19.
New studies evaluating the effects of diets high in carbohydrates and monounsaturated fats indicate that patients with type 2 diabetes experienced moderate increases in blood pressure after being exposed to 14 weeks of a high carbohydrate diet compared to a diet high in monounsaturated fats.
A diet consisted of a high-carbohydrate diet that consisted of 55 percent of calories as carbohydrates, 30 percent as fat, and 10 percent as monounsaturated fats. The other diet consisted of a high-monounsaturated fat diet that derived 40 percent of calories from carbohydrates, 45 percent from fat, and 25 percent from monounsaturated fats.
The research compared the effect of two diets with the same calories among 42 patients with type 2 diabetes, who consumed each diet for 6 weeks, with approximately 1 week between the two periods. These patients were invited to continue the second diet for a further 8 weeks. Eight of them continued with the high monounsaturated fat diet and 13 continued with the high carbohydrate diet.
The results after the first 6-week periods showed that there were no significant differences between the two diets in systolic or diastolic blood pressure, the upper and lower numbers in a standard reading, respectively, or in heart rate.
After the 8-week extension, diastolic blood pressure was 7 points higher than at the end of both 6-week phases, due to the associated high-carbohydrate diet, and systolic blood pressure was 6 points higher and heart rate it was 7 to 7 times higher. 8 beats per minute.
On the other hand, there was a significant decrease in heart rate compared to the end of the initial 6-week periods during the 8-week extension of the high monounsaturated fat diet. There was almost no statistical significance between systolic and diastolic blood pressure which were 3 to 4 points lower after 14 weeks on the high monounsaturated fat diet.
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