Diabetic Recipes

Cure by Exercise?

You know that diabetes is result of the body’s weak immune system. Physical exercise plays a great role in developing and strengthening your immune system. Your may think that it is very easy to start treating diabetes with medicines then why should I exercise? But research has proved that physical exercise and controlled healthy diet are the best things you can do to treat yourself if you have diabetes.

Insulin treatment and other therapies are common then why exercise? There are many reasons why physicians recommend exercise with medication. You must be aware of these reasons. These are:

· As exercise burns calories this helps you in lose weight and helps maintain your ideal weight.
· Regular exercise helps in maintaining blood glucose. Exercise can decrease the blood glucose (commonly known as blood sugar) and may reduce your medication period.
· Exercise is helpful in improving blood circulation. People having problems with their arms and legs due to diabetes may get more benefit and relief from exercise.
· High cholesterol leads to various heart diseases. Exercise helps you in maintaining cholesterol level and blood pressure.
· Stress can imbalance your glucose level. Exercise helps you in reducing stress.
· In some cases exercise combined with diet control and meal plan have produced miraculous results. These diabetes patients have to either reduce their medication or stop the medication completely. People achieved this with the help of regular exercise.

If you have a known case of diabetes or if your weight is more than normal it is advisable to consult your doctor before starting exercise. Your doctor will prescribe you an exercise program which is most suitable for your physical condition and type of diabetes you are suffering from. You may follow these tips for starting exercise:

·You must use proper shoes designed for walking or jogging if you plan to walk or jog. New shoes may cause blisters, to avoid this possibility always use shoes that fit well and give comfort. Never use shoes without socks.
·Do not go for heavy exercise when you begin. Start with a simple walk.
·Increase the length of the exercise gradually.
·Wearing an ID tag showing that you are diabetic will be of help if you incur an injury or other problem during exercise.
·As a precaution against sudden high pressure, avoid lifting heavy weights during exercise.
·You may consider swimming or cycling as your regular exercise, if you have a foot problem.
·Always stretch out for few minutes before and after exercise.

Once you have started your exercise you must increase the length of time gradually. Do not hurry. If you have any problems during exercise you must consult your doctor. He may suggest remedial measures or amend the exercise plan according to your requirements and comfort.

Once you reach your planned limitation of exercise you must adhere to certain norms. Try to exercise regularly. Exercise for a particular time and the same duration. You can choose a time and duration that is convenient for you.

You must coordinate your exercise with your diet and eating habits.

If your blood sugar is lower than your normal range or if you have not eaten anything for over an hour, eat something or drink a glass of milk before exercise. Carry a snack with you.

You must exercise after eating if you are using insulin. You must keep check on your blood sugar. If your blood sugar is more than the upper limit do not exercise.

You should check your blood sugar before and after exercise if you are taking pills for diabetes.

“Why exercise?” If you really want to get relief from the complications of diabetes and reduce your medicine dependence, start a doctor reccomended exercise program.

Diabetic Recipe for Egg Salad

Diabetic Recipe - Egg Salad, 4- yummy servings
6 hard boiled eggs, shelled and chopped
2 tbsp. mayonnaise
1 tsp. mustard
1 tsp. celery salt
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
Serve chilled with your favorite cracker.

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Causes of Diabetes

Causes of Diabetes

Before studying the causes of diabetes you must understand what is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease caused by hormonal imbalance. Insulin is helpful in supply of sugar to various parts of the body. When the beta cells in either produce low quantities of insulin or does not produce insulin in the pancreas, such a stage is called diabetes. In other cases the insulin is produced in the pancreas but the blood cells do not respond to the insulin. This factor of insulin imbalance leads to diabetes.

Diabetes is classified in different categories based on the above factors. They are commonly known as Type-1 & Type-2 Diabetes.

In Type-1 Diabetes the insulin is not produced in the pancreas. This happens because beta cells producing insulin are attacked and destroyed by the body’s cells. Researches are yet to confirm why this happens. This system of attacking and destroying insulin producing cells has a name called “autoimmune reaction”. There are no proven results available to establish the cause of this destruction of cells. However certain results are indicative why this happens. They are as follows:

a) It may be result of specific bacterial or viral infection.
b) It may be the result of toxins which are consumed through food.
c) According to some scientists it is the result of cow milk feeding at a very young infant stage.

The above causes are only hypothesis and exact cause is yet to be established.

The other form of diabetes – Type-2 Diabetes develops under the following circumstances:

a) Insulin Resistance. In this stage though the insulin is produced in the pancreas but the blood cells do not respond to the insulin. This leads to excess production of insulin. This over production of insulin results in getting insulin-producing cells exhausted.

b) As a result of insulin producing cells getting exhausted, there may not be sufficient insulin available or the available insulin may not be normal for your body system.

Here are some other factors which may increase the risk of occurrence of Type-2 diabetes. These factors are Increasing Age, Overweight and Physical Inactivity.

There are some other causes which may increase the risk of diabetes occurrence. But these are not so common and may be found in rare cases.

Continued prolonged consumption of certain drugs/steroids/medicines may elevate the blood sugar leading to diabetes.

Women may suffer from Gestational diabetes during pregnancy period. However, this type of diabetes is temporary but chances of it converting into Type-2 diabetes can not be ruled out.

Some diseases affect the pancreas. The pancreas may be damaged as a result of these diseases. This results in the malfunction of the pancreas and non-production of insulin. This can lead to diabetes.

What doesn’t cause diabetes?
You know that obesity – which is the cause of diabetes - is the result of eating sweets or the wrong kind of food. But eating sweets or the wrong type of food does not itself result in the occurrence of diabetes.

Stress may worsen the condition of diabetes but stress can not cause diabetes.

Diabetes is not contagious. It cannot spread from one person to another.

Above are the common and known causes of all types of diabetes. The best way to overcome this disease is to follow a life style which suits your body. If you follow certain tips like eating nutritious food, regular daily exercise, and avoid the use of steroids.

Ray Lunaburg
rlunaburg@thenextsolution.com
http://diabetic-recipes.blogspot.com/

Causes of Diabetes 5/2006