THE ABC OF TYPE 2 DIABETES Part 1

If it was an infectious disease, passed from one person  to another, public health officials would say we're in the midst of an epidemic. This difficult disease is striking an ever-growing number of adults. Even more alarming, It's now beginning to show up in children.

Glucose (aka blood sugar) is the fuel that provides energy to the 10 Trillion cells that made up a human being. When we eat, carbohydrates are converted into glucose, the glucose then move through the bloodstream to feed the cells. It's important to have the right amount of glucose in the blood, so your body has some fairly complex 'machinery' to get the job done. Anytime your glucose levels rise, your brain tells pancreas to produce insulin. Insulin is a chemical messenger that rings the 'dinner bell' for your cells. When the 'dinner bell' rings,your cells come running to get their glucose.

It is important to understanding that carbohydrates come in two forms natural (complex) and man-made (simple). The man-made carbs are found in processed foods such as white table sugar, candy, sodas, high fructose corn syrup, and white bread. Eating man-made carbs causes sudden and sustained spikes in your glucose levels. The brain interprets this enormous rush of sugar as trauma and signals the pancreas to produce insulin.

This constant over-stimulation of the pancreas, year after year after year, causes your 'machinery' to wear out. In some cases, the pancreas gets tired and can't produce enough insulin. In other cases, the 'dinner bell' ring so often that the cell get tired of hearing it, and stop running to get their glucose. Either way, when this happens, the health care industry declares that you have type 2 diabetes.

Natural sugars, like the sugars found in fruits and others whole foods, are known as complex carbs. Our body was designed to ingest them. They are much larger molecules and cross the blood brain barrier very slowly. They do not cause those sudden and sustained spikes glucose levels, so your 'machinery' can last a lifetime. It is really that simple.

According to the Harvard School of Public Health, making a few changes can dramatically lower your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. The same changes can also lower the chances of developing heart disease and some cancers.

(i) Control your weight. Excess weight is the single most important cause of type 2 diabetes. Being overweight increases the chances of developing type 2 diabetes seven-fold. Being obese makes you 20 to 40 times more likely to develop diabetes than someone with a healthy weight.

(ii) Get moving. Inactivity promotes type 2 diabetes. Every two hours you spend watching TV instead of pursuing something more active increases the chances of developing type 2 diabetes by 14%. Working your muscles more often and making them work harder  improves their ability to use insulin and absorb glucose. This puts less stress on your insulin-making machinery.

(iii) Tune-up your diet. Two dietary changes can have a big impact on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

   (a) Choose whole grains and whole-grain products over highly processes carbohydrates. In other words, choose whole foods instead of processed foods.

    (b) Choose good fats instead of bad fats. The types of fats in your diet can also affect the development of diabetes. Good fats such as the polyunsaturated fats found in tuna, salmon, liquid vegetable oils, and many nuts, can help ward off types 2 diabetes. Trans fat do the opposite. These bad fats are found in many margarines, packaged baked goods, fried foods in most fast-food restaurant and any products that listed 'partially hydrogenated vegetable oil' on the label. If you already have diabetes, eating fish can help protect you against a heart attack or dying from heart attack disease. 

In part two I will provide the comprehensive list of natural carbohydrates that, they do not cause those sudden and sustained spikes glucose levels, so your 'machinery' can last a lifetime.



Happy reading.

 

Glucose (a.k.a blood sugar) is the fuel that provides energy to the 10 Trillion cells that make up a human being. When we eat, carbohydrates are converted into glucose, the glucose then moves through the bloodstream to feed the cells.  It's important to have the right amount of glucose in the blood, so your body has some fairly complex "machinery" to get the job done. Anytime your glucose levels rise, your brain tells your pancreas to produce insulin. Insulin is a chemical messenger that rings the "dinner bell" for your cells.  When the "dinner bell" rings,

Glucose (a.k.a blood sugar) is the fuel that provides energy to the 10 Trillion cells that make up a human being. When we eat, carbohydrates are converted into glucose, the glucose then moves through the bloodstream to feed the cells.  It's important to have the right amount of glucose in the blood, so your body has some fairly complex "machinery" to get the job done. Anytime your glucose levels rise, your brain tells your pancreas to produce insulin. Insulin is a chemical messenger that rings the "dinner bell" for your cells.  When the "dinner bell" rings, your cells come running to get their glucose.

cells come running to get their glucose. Glucose (a.k.a blood sugar) is the fuel that provides energy to the 10 Trillion cells that make up a human being.

Glucose (a.k.a blood sugar) is the fuel that provides energy to the 10 Trillion cells that make up a human being. When we eat, carbohydrates are converted into glucose, the glucose then moves through the bloodstream to feed the cells.  It's important to have the right amount of glucose in the blood, so your body has some fairly complex "machinery" to get the job done. Anytime your glucose levels rise, your brain tells your pancreas to produce insulin. Insulin is a chemical messenger that rings the "dinner bell" for your cells.  When the "dinner bell" rings, your cells come running to get their glucose.

When we eat, carbohydrates are converted into glucose, the glucose then moves through the bloodstream to feed the cells.  It's important to have the right amount of glucose in the blood, so your body has some fairly complex "machinery" to get the job done. Anytime your glucose levels rise, your brain tells your pancreas to produce insulin. Insulin is a chemical messenger that rings the "dinner bell" for your cells.  When the "dinner bell" rings, your cells come running to get their glucose.

Glucose (a.k.a blood sugar) is the fuel that provides energy to the 10 Trillion cells that make up a human being. When we eat, carbohydrates are converted into glucose, the glucose then moves through the bloodstream to feed the cells.  It's important to have the right amount of glucose in the blood, so your body has some fairly complex "machinery" to get the job done. Anytime your glucose levels rise, your brain tells your pancreas to produce insulin. Insulin is a chemical messenger that rings the "dinner bell" for your cells.  When the "dinner bell" rings, your cells come running to get their glucose.