Diabetes

Diabetes is the condition wherein the blood sugar is high. It could be due to lack of insulin or over replacement of blood sugar from body reserves. High sugar content of the blood increases its viscosity hence circulation in the small blood vessels, particularly capillaries, are affected. Poor circulation means poor supply of material to cells like sugar and oxygen. These cause cell hunger and the cell shifts to other source of energy within the cell, the anaerobic energy source. It is the one that neither use oxygen or sugar but fats or protein. Waste products of this metabolism are acids which are secreted through the kidneys. This overburdens the kidney in the long run. The other affected organs, the nervous system particularly the peripheral nervous sytem, is also affected through the same mechanism...slow blood flow. The symptoms will be numbness and tingling sensation of extremities.
Reduction of blood sugar is the key to longer onset of complications and diet is the most important. To make it easy to comprehend, suppose your blood sugar is 300 mg%, halving your meals will help. Three hundred mg% blood sugar is twice the normal hence halving the intake will help. Exercise will also help as it release adrenalin that will help reduce he blood sugar. It is also dangerous to lower your blood sugar too much. Its sympstoms will be dizziness, weaknes or fatigue assocaited with cold sweat or hunger. At this time you need an emergengy intake of food with high sugar content like softdrinks or sweatened fruit juice. Consult your physician as soon as possible if you have this symptoms. Diabetics must have a regular appointment with their physicians. Once the complication set in... it will not be reversed. Bye bye