Diabetes
Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. There are currently two types: Type 1 Diabetes is caused by an autoimmune process and usually it is something you are born with — alternately –Type 2 Diabetes is developed based on diet and lifestyle choices. More than 95% of people with diabetes have Type 2 Diabetes. It leads to neuropathy, impaired healing, damage to your kidneys, heart, eyes, skin, and brain.
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Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes: Also known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes generally develops in early childhood. Type 1 Diabetes is a chronic disease in which the immune system attacks the pancreas and as a result the pancreas does not produce enough insulin. Glucose (blood sugar) does not move into your cells because there is no insulin there to do the job, instead it builds up in your blood causing high blood sugar. Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes will need to take insulin shots to control blood glucose absorption.
Additional measures for wellness include following an anti-inflammatory diet, regular exercise/movement, and avoiding saturated fats. Everyone is different so monitoring your blood sugar levels to see how what you eat and how you exercise affects you individually. Symptoms include fatigue, increased hunger and thirst, and weight loss. Complication can lead to damage of the kidneys, eyes, and heart.
Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes: formerly called adult-onset diabetes, results from the body’s ineffective use of insulin. More than 95% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Although it is this not an autoimmune disease it is a chronic illness that is becoming more and more common in adults and children alike. This type of diabetes is the result of excess body weight, poor diet, and physical inactivity, but what so many people do not realize is that this type of diabetes is reversible by simply changing your lifestyle!
Essential changes include avoiding saturated fats, decreasing processed foods, increasing whole foods, and daily movement. Monitoring your blood sugar is a great tool to realize how food and activity affect you individually. Symptoms include neuropathy or numbness and tingling of hands/feet, increased thirst, fatigue, areas of darkened skin, frequent yeast infections, and slowly healing wounds. Over time complications can include problems with your kidneys, liver, heart, eyes, skin and increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s Dementia (Now being
called Type 3 Diabetes).