Archive for 'Diabetes' Category

Zinc

Zinc is a metal. It is an essential mineral that is naturally present in some foods, added to others, and available as a dietary supplement. Zinc is the most common trace mineral in the body and is found in every cell, next to iron. Zinc also got antioxidant properties and it helps protect cells [...]

Inflammation and Diabetes

Research shows that inflammation of the blood vessels causes tightening and thickening of the artery wall. This makes it more difficult for insulin to pass through the vessel wall and get to the cell where it is needed to transport glucose into the cell.
This leads to insulin resistance, and it will also lead to a condition [...]

Type 2 diabetes

What is Type 2 Diabetes
This condition arises due to either lower level of insulin produced or the cells not properly responding to the hormone. It affects 85 to 90 per cent of all people with diabetes and by far the most common form of diabetes.
It is used to be called non-insulin dependent diabetes or [...]

Type 1 Diabetes

Diabetes – Type 1
Type 1 diabetes is a life-long condition that usually starts in childhood but can be diagnosed at any age. Type 1 diabetes affects over 140,000 people in Australia alone. It is very common in people aged under 30, but it can occur at any age.
This condition results from pancreas not producing insulin [...]

Diabetes

As Dr Ray Strand states “You don’t just wake up one morning and have diabetes. It is a progression of events that occurs over years, if not decades. 90% of our diabetics today, start by developing insulin resistance, which eventually leads to prediabetes and then to full-blown diabetes”.
Majority of people who have insulin resistance will eventually develop [...]