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Whether to try to prevent diabetes can follow several paths. However, without a lifestyle that is tailored to the disease is not possible to assess progress, and changes in the type of diet and activities are necessary for our body will not succumb to the disease.

In the field of herbal medicine , herbs of Chinese medicine have been managed on several occasions as an effective treatment to cure diabetes , or at least prevent it. This time, researchers at the University of Sydney have conducted a survey of previous studies that associated with Chinese medicine and diabetes , to see if it is effective to treat the disease.

The researchers analyzed the results of previously conducted 16 investigations involving cases of 1391 patients with diabetes , those who had started treatment in Chinese medicine to combat diabetes . In some cases, patients simply asking them to change their lifestyle , while in other cases this is added the use of medicinal herbs .

Suzanne J. Grant , who led the research, found that in cases where changes in lifestyle were accompanied by regular consumption of herbal medicines the patients perceived symptoms score closer to normal levels in cases in which There were only a change in lifestyle.

The findings are published in the journal Cochrane Library , and to demonstrate the effectiveness of herbal medicine as a treatment for diabetes.

For a diabetic most important thing is to control blood sugar levels and prevent blood sugar to rise and rise to unknown heights. It is therefore very important to know what foods raise sugar and what not. Read on and you know some details and information on products for diabetics.

Thus, these products will help you choose the one most get benefits for you and also to avoid. As always keep in mind that diabetes is a balancing act between what you eat (caloric intake) and what you spend (caloric expenditure).

So if you burn more than you can afford to eat more, but at least do less physical activity should eat. Yet not all people are of the same constitution and are more or less vulnerable to undergo a series of changes in your body with more or less easily.

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Diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which insulin plays no role, either because the pancreas can not produce in sufficient quantity (Type I) or because the body’s cells do not respond to it (Type II). In any case the result is a concentration of blood glucose can not be absorbed by the body that can damage the nerves, heart, eyes, kidneys and blood vessels among others. Diabetes has no cure but can be controlled with proper diet, exercise, medication and checkups that include periodic measurement of blood sugar.

People with diabetes are prone to foot problems because, as we have seen, nerves and blood vessels can be seen damaged. A diabetic can suffer a stroke or an injury to one foot and not realize it, due to loss of sensitivity, until the infection is well advanced. A small infection in a normal case would easily treated here can result in necrosis would result in the amputation of the affected part.

The medical community stresses the importance of diabetes education in order to prevent any complications. For the proper care of feet is estimated that 75% of amputations could be avoided if adequate attention is paid on a regular basis:

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Diabetes is a disease that may have people of all ages (currently affects almost 220 million human beings in the world, said months ago this health blog). Then there will be a newspaper article about what there is to know about diabetes.

Diabetes is defined as a metabolic disorder that involves having blood glucose (sugar) levels above the levels set. Is taken as normal blood levels between 70 and 100 mg / dl fasting. When levels exceed these values, in chronic form begins with lesions in organs like the heart, eyes, kidneys, nerves, feet and blood vessels.

Importantly, there are different types of diabetes: Type 1 diabetes is characterized by the absence of synthesis of insulin in type 2 diabetes which has its origin in the body’s inability to effectively use the insulin (the most common and can be prevented) and the so-called “gestational diabetes” which was first discovered during the stage of pregnancy.

In another vein, it is necessary to add that there are certain factors that are associated with diabetes, obesity, stress, poor diet, family history and / or hypertension.

People with diabetes may reduce these risk factors and live a normal life. For this, you must acquire some patterns of behavior such as physical exercise, a controlled medication, a balanced diet as well as having a regular medical checks.

Explains research materials for the realization of this note, which was compiled by the website Cardiosalud.org, patients with this disease can achieve a good quality of life depending on the habits they acquire.

It is important to add that this disease affects about 220 million people, according to official figures published on the website of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, which were published months ago in this blog.

Recently, in our health blog, we told you that stress is the epidemic of XXI century. Well, on this occasion, we have seen that there is another important relationship, diabetes, epidemic, as it is a disease that is widespread in society.

The truth, we can say that diabetes is an epidemic, since according to IDF (International Diabetes Federation) have it about 246 million people worldwide, a tremendous figure.

But for those who wonder what diabetes is, we can say that it is a chronic disease that is characterized by blood sugar levels high. To counter this excess sugar, diabetics (some, we) have to take insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas and is necessary for life.

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“If patients with diabetes are more susceptible to cavities and more prone to periodontal disease or gum disease,” said Cecilia Campos voanoticias.com the dentist.

This high-risk diabetic patients develop mouth problems can be the cause of the variation in levels of blood glucose.

The relationship between diabetes and gum problems is reciprocal and bidirectional. This means that diabetes predisposes the sufferer to have tender gums, gums and the problem of making the control of diabetes more difficult. One way to avoid falling into this vicious circle is to visit a periodontist is a dentist specializing in gum.

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“Diabetes is the enemy of sexuality.” Santiago said so Cedrés, clinical sexologist Uruguayan was in September at the World Congress of the International Society for Sexual Medicine in South Korea. And one of the main topics of this meeting was precisely the impact of diabetes on sex, both men and women.

Cedrés presented research conducted at the Medical Center Sexological Plenus, which he directs, in which he found that diabetic men have a chance “four times more likely to have erectile dysfunction, and diabetic women a chance” three times to experience low in vaginal lubrication. ”

The study was done among 140 patients (70 men and 70 women) between 40 and 60 and treated for type II diabetes. In the course of five months of work, Cedrés found that “all patients” some type of sexual dysfunction, either loss of sexual desire, erectile dysfunction, loss of lubrication, less testosterone than expected for age and anorgasmia. And these failures were linked to the disease.

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Controlling diabetes is closely related to food. Usually, when a person is diagnosed with this disease, faces to the problem of changing their eating habits.

However, food that requires a person with diabetes is the same as any person with intent to lead a healthy life should be.

The key to good balance and blend of proteins, carbohydrates and fats.

The common idea is to think that diabetes can not eat sugar, but this is not true.

Recent studies show that diabetics can eat sugar as long as, maintain balance between the rest of the carbohydrates consumed in other foods.

In short, they can eat everything. The only difference is that they should be more aware of the amount of food they consume, because they need to keep your glucose levels controlled.

It is also necessary to seek a balance between the type of food, insulin and medication, and physical activity.

If you have diabetes, your best bet is to go to a doctor dietitian, who will recommend a diet according to their type of diabetes and also thinking about their personal tastes.

Today do not present information about the disease of diabetes, but would have full information related thereto. Our news portal is intended to inform and keep up to date with all the people of the world that directly or indirectly suffer from diabetes.

Social Networks are becoming a platform where people can get more in touch with others with the same worries and uncertainties.  We want to keep up and interact with all visitors to our portal of news bidirectionally.

To achieve this mutual interaction and communication have made some changes recently and now we can find in the two main social networks of the World:

* Twitter: the network of 140 characters you can follow and keep up to date on everything about diabetes from your own. Besides that you can connect more directly with us and you.
* Facebook: until recently we had a group in the network of networks, but we decided to change to a page on facebook because it gives us mejrores possibilities. Read the rest of this entry »

Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that helps the body’s tissues absorb glucose (sugar) so it can be used as a source of energy. The condition may also develop if muscle cells, fat and liver do not respond well to insulin. In people with diabetes, glucose levels build up in blood and urine, causing excessive urination, thirst, hunger, and problems with fat and protein metabolism.

Diabetes mellitus differs from the less common diabetes insipidus, which is caused by the lack of the hormone vasopressin that controls the amount of urine secreted.

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