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DIABETES
Type 1 Diabetes was called childhood or early onset diabetes. The body’s production of insulin is greatly decreased. Insulin is needed to allow the glucose to penetrate into the cells. In Type 1 diabetes there is not enough insulin produced to get the glucose into the cells.
Type 2 Diabetes was called Adult Diabetes. The cells of the body become resistant to the penetration of insulin into the cells. The body has to produce more and more insulin to get insulin into the resisting cells. It is necessary to get insulin into the cells because the insulin carries glucose into the cells. Glucose is the energy source for all the cells of the body.
Diabetes is the number one cause of blindness, amputation and kidney failure, and it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.
The main treatment for Type 1 diabetes is the injection of Insulin.
The main treatment for Type 2 diabetes are oral drugs that cause the pancreas to secrete more insulin.
Chromium supplements help control blood sugar levels in patents with Type 2 diabetes.
60 diabetics in a four-month study taking 1000 mcg. of chromium picolinate had their blood glucose levels reduced to near normal. There was no evidence of side effects with this high level. The overall effect of chromium is to increase insulin sensitivity, which is associated with decreased glucose intolerance. Diabetes 1997;46:1786-1791
Vitamin E lowered C-reactive protein (CRP) a marker of inflammation in type II diabetes. 1200 IU daily for 3 months reduced the CRP in 24 mild diabetes to normal. And reduced the CRP in severe diabetes to the level of the mild diabetes.
Alpha-lipoic acid helps prevent nerve damage and can even repair it. Diabetics who took 600 mg a day for three weeks had fewer symptoms than diabetics who took a placebo. Phillip A. Low MD Mayo Clinic
Carotenoids: Ford and colleagues at CDC analyzed data on 1665 adults, ages 40 to 74, participants in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The healthiest people had the highest level of beta-carotene, and Lycopene. Those diagnosed with “impaired glucose tolerance” had levels that were 87% as high. Among people first diagnosed with diabetes, beta-carotene concentrations were only 80% as high as those of the healthy group were. American Journal of Epidemiology.
Acetyl-l- carnitine a supplement that is known to positively influence free fatty acid and glucose metabolism has been shown to enhance cellular glucose uptake and help prevent nerve damage caused by diabetes
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