Obesity, cause, treatment and complication

Recent studies have shown that cinnamon is more than an everyday spice. Aside from being the best condiment to sprinkle to your morning coffee and holiday cookies, cinnamon’s health value is as precious as gold. It has been discovered that cinnamon is a help for insulin resistance and weight loss, among its many other health benefits.

A reputable diabetes journal recently published that cinnamon has the innate ability to reduce the body’s blood sugar level, while increasing insulin production. When taken by a diabetics on a regular basis, it can definitely help manage the disease.

How Cinnamon Helps Fight Diabetes

Cinnamon has insulin-like properties, said the researchers at University of South Carolina Beaufort. The spice is so powerful that it can actually be used as a cheaper substitute for insulin. It is most effective for people suffering from type II diabetes. Cinnamon contains bio-active components that can even prevent the onset of this disease.

In the study printed in the Diabetes Care journal, 60 diabetic men and women taking diabetes medications were put in a clinical test. Some are asked to continue with their medications, while others are placed on a placebo. And there are those who were given cassia cinnamon in different dosages for forty days.

Those who were taking cinnamon exhibit dropped blood glucose level of up to 29%. What’s more, the effect is even better for the group who are taking just a single gram of cinnamon compared to those who are getting three to six grams of it per dose. Why this is the case, the researchers are still evaluating. Aside from maintaining good blood sugar levels, cinnamon also lowers triglycerides and the level of bad cholesterol in the body.

Cinnamon and Weight Loss

Cinnamon is believed to be a weight loss inducer primarily because it has a cleansing effect on the digestive tract. This spice can help remove bacteria, fungus, and parasites from the stomach and the intestines. Therefore, food is processed better and faster. When this happens, the nutrients are effectively distributed all over the body and the waste products are flushed out accordingly.

Cinnamon can also boost one’s energy, which dieters can take advantage of. With enough energy, you can burn fats better through aerobic exercising and weight training. The energy boost is actually a product of glucose being processed by the body instead of storing it in the blood stream.

What’s more, it was found that cinnamon has the ability to block fats. With enough cinnamon in the body, fats cells won’t develop easily. Cinnamon contains lots of nutrients too, more particularly manganese. This spice is also an anti-oxidant in its own right.

To help insulin resistance and weight loss, cinnamon is best used as a tea or as an herbal infusion. It can be added to other natural health aides like honey to boost its effect. Cinnamon can also be taken in its natural form, although the capsule form is the better choice.

Before we look at feeding a diabetic dog, I just want to take you on a human diabetes journey.

A small group of dedicated dieticians and practitioners decided to conduct an experiment. They chose six people with type 2 diabetes. They were all put on a special diet, closely monitored by doctors, and asked to report on any changes.

Within one week, most were off their diabetes medication. Within a month, they all were.

So the questions you may now be asking are, what was the diet and can it be duplicated with dogs.

The answer to the last question first is that yes it can be duplicated for dogs.

Homeopaths always look for the cause of any disease or health problem. If you know that, and treat it, then the problem disappears. Just treating symptoms without looking at the cause seems to be heading down a dark alley.

So lets look at the cause of the human diabetes, before moving on to the canine form.

In the above situation, the six people were put on a strictly raw diet. Nothing cooked at all. So fast food was out!

It’s not just the cooking that destroys essential nutrients for a healthy body. It’s also the food itself. All processed food, such as sugar and white flour have been processed to remove the valuable nutrients that help digestion. So the molasses that comes from sugar refineries, is very rich in minerals, which would help digest the white sugar.

Likewise the wheat germ that is removed from flour, helps to digest it.

Without these valuable nutrients, the body goes badly out of balance and all sorts of things can go wrong, including blood sugar levels.

So if you’re feeding a diabetic dog one of the big brands of commercial dog food, that could be the answer to your problems.

The vast majority of commercial dog foods use a filler of some sort to pad out the protein content. This makes it go further, so is more profitable for them, less nutritious for your dog.

Fillers vary according to what ever is in surplus on the world market, making very cheap options. Sugar was (probably still is) one such filler.

Can you imagine the impact on your dog’s health, if you are feeding a high percentage of sugar on a regular basis?

If the food is the cause of your dog having diabetes, it seems sensible to change the diet. If you are feeding a diabetic dog all raw food, not only will there be no processed food, but there will be no filler either.

This alone can cure most diabetic dogs.

What you have probably been recommended to feed your dog is the most likely cause of the diabetes.

By virtue of its daily consumption, food is vital to all living beings good health. Feeding a diabetic dog on food which closely resembles that of a wild dog’s diet, is the best way of bringing health back into balance.

Studies show that oral hygiene plays a role in overall health. Researchers have found that people who have periodontal disease have in increased risk of stroke, heart attack, and type II diabetes. The same harmful bacteria found in the mouth have been found in arterial plaques that cause heart disease. Saving your teeth can also save your life!

In conjunction with the in-office treatment you will receive, there are several things you can do at home to prevent and maintain your periodontal condition.

Coenzyme Q10, also known as CoQ10, is an antioxidant recommended by many dentists for the prevention and treatment of periodontal disease. CoQ10 is found in every cell of your body, particularly in the heart and oral tissues.

Researchers found that people with periodontal disease had a deficiency of this essential nutrient. It is recommended that you take at least 30mg two times per day. This is not a magic pill, you still need to brush, floss, and see your dental hygienist at least twice per year. Every day, bacteria that naturally builds up in the oral cavity, along with food particles, form a sticky, clear film on your teeth. This film is called plaque, and it forms above the gumline and below the gumline on the root surface. Plaque forms regardless of whether you eat or not.

Plaque that is not removed by brushing and flossing. It becomes hard and is unable to be removed with a toothbrush or floss. This hard plaques is called tartar. These tartar deposits produce toxins from the bacteria which cause inflammation. Inflammation of the gums is called gingivitis, and it is reversible. The inflammation below the gumline breaks down the bone and other supporting structures. This breakdown causes a space to form between the tooth and the gum, called a pocket. The breakdown of the bone and pocket formation is called periodontitis, and it is not reversible.

It is recommended that you have a dental phophylaxis or “cleaning” at least two times a year. Unfortunately, even with regular visits gingivitis and periodontitis still occur. In fact, it is estimated that 80% of adults have some severity of bone loss.

Another at-home option is to use a waterpik, which is an oral irrigator. The waterpik uses a high-powered, pulsating stream of water to gently clean around the gumline. There is also an attachment called a pik pocket, which is designed to clean periodontal pockets. In clinical studies the waterpik was 93% more effective than floss.

Doing one or both of these easy oral healthcare practices could save your teeth and your life.

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There are many children of all races with type 1 diabetes. It is suspected that environmental factors trigger type 1 diabetes, but the exact cause of this disease still evade medical researchers. Typical signs and symptoms of this diabetes are that the children are forever thirsty, they drink a lot of water and they pass urine very frequently. Because the sugar level in their blood is high, there is also a lot of sugar in their urine. It is the high sugar level in the bladder which cause them to drink a lot of water, and that causes them to visit the bathroom so frequently. They do wet their beds also sometimes, especially if they are very young. If this condition goes untreated, these children will also burn fat for energy, and they will lose weight.

What must parents do, if they notice these symptoms in their child?
They need to take the child to their faily doctor for a medical checkup immediately, so that he/she can test for type 1 diabetes . A urine sample will be taken and tested. If there is sugar in the urine, a finger prick test must also be performed. Any high blood sugar reading will indicate that the child has diabetes type 1. No other tests are actually required.

What is the treatment for type 1 diabetes ?
First and foremost, a child diagnosed with type 1 diabetes needs a lot of medical and parental guidance. Guidance is especially required as far as the lifestyle adjustments are concerned. The parents must realise that the child has to continue with his/her life as normally as possible. However, the disease has to be managed properly so that further complications in their adulthood are prevented, or at least minimised. This must be done in the least traumatic way possible.

Blood sugar levels must be contolled through the following methods:

1) Insulin must be administered by injection. The majority of children of 5 years and older, quickly learn to inject themselves four times per day. The administration of these injections are not painful, as the needles are thin, sharp and short.

2) A healthy diet must be followed. The parents must help the child to manage his/her blood sugar levels properly, through adjustments. For example if the child has to attend a party, they need to work out what the child can eat and drink, and how much, bearing the insulin in mind, so that the blood sugar level is maitained on a healthy and constant level. Parents must assist the child to lead a normal, quality life.

3) Regular exercise must be maintained. There are many many child diabetics who participate in sports. These children need to be encouraged to participate in sports, or else they need to exercise regularly.

What are te long-term affects of type 1 diabetes on the health of children?
If these children can learn to manage their blood sugar levels, they will have the same risks as the average person to suffer from heart and circulatory problems, kidney disease, blindness or neuropathy. They must be motivated from the word go to control and manage their blood sugar levels properly. A child with a constant high blood sugar level has a 30 % of developing terminal kidney failure in 10 years’ time.

Developing Gestational Diabetes during pregnancy carries a 15 to 60 percent chance of developing Non-Insulin Dependent (Type II) after pregnancy within a 5 to15 year period of time.  It is important to determine the significant risk factors that lead to Type II diabetes as this disease has reached epidemic proportions around the world.  From 1994 to 2002, the incidence of gestational diabetes doubled to now involve 7 percent of pregnancies.  This has an increased  maternal and neonatal morbidity which includes but is not limited to elevated blood pressure, preeclampsia, eclampsia, placental abruption, maternal kidney disease, increased susceptibility to premature delivery, increased incidence of C-sections, uterine infection, bacteria in the blood, maternal death, fetal macrosomia (large infant) hypoglycemia of the infant, prematurity of the lungs even late in the third trimester, increased risk or neonatal infection, hyperbilirubenemia, intrauterine fetal death, and perinatal mortality. 

By knowing the risk factors that lead to a higher incidence of gestational diabetes, there is hope to be able to prevent them before, during, or after the pregnancy in order to reduce the complications mentioned above associated with the immediate problems with gestational diabetes.

When patients are diagnosed with Non-insulin dependent diabetes, there are a host of complications and risk factors that occur:  increased risk of heart, peripheral vascular, kidney, eye, and neurologic diseases such as heart attacks, angina, pain in legs when walking (claudication , kidney failure,  blindness, stroke, transient ischemic attack, loss of balance when walking and unable to feel feet due to peripheral nerve damage.

Several  studies show three factors  that lead to highest risk for women developing Type II diabetes after having gestational diabetes in pregnancy:

1) BMI  (Basal Metabolic Index) > 27

 Patients have a 4 to 8 fold chance of developing Type II diabetes whose BMI is greater than 27

2) Developing gestational diabetes before 24 weeks gestation

 Patients who develop gestational diabetes after 24 weeks have less chance of developing Type II diabetes.  The fetal placenta is responsible for abnormal glucose intolerance after 24 weeks 

3) Use of insulin to control the blood sugars in pregnancy

Insulin  use in pregnancy means  the mother has less ability to produce an adequate amount of insulin during stress (excessive sugar loads, viral or bacterial infections, ect.)

Measures must be in place to prevent, reduce, and or treat each risk factor.

Regarding prevention, reduction, or treating a BMI of greater than 27 requires a comprehensive approach  involving  psychological, environmental, nutritional, and exercise.

1)  Eating minimal amounts of calories is noted to increase longevity. This is because obesity leads to chronic diseases such as cancer, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis. One must learn to eat frequent small meals. Eating 5 to 7 small meals throughout the day will increase the metabolism by 10 to 12 percent. Increasing the portion of protein and reducing the amount of carbohydrates will reduce insulin demand that is needed to metabolize sugars in the body.  Patients must reduce breads, pasta, and sweets.  Patients must increase fiber intake, brown rice, sweet potatoes, nuts, and non-starchy vegetables.

2) Exercise. One must engage is some form of exercise 30 minutes to 1 hour a day.  Swimming, walking, riding bicycles, stationary bicycle, treadmill, weightlifting, rowing, stair climber, etc, are examples of exercises that will build muscle and help increase the uptake of sugars into muscle which in turn decreases the demand for insulin and reduces glucose resistance.   Increase in one pound of muscle leads to an increase of 50 calories a day being burned.  

3) Supplements  known to increase glucose utilization in diets.

a. Cinnamon

b. Bitter melon

c. Cane sugar

d. Alpha Lipoic Acid

e. Chromium Piccolinate

In summary, Type II diabetes leads to serious illness and disease left untreated.   Gestational Diabetes during pregnancy predicts a high incidence of developing Type II Diabetes within a few years.  Knowing the risk factors that lead to Type II diabetes after Gestational Diabetes and the ways to reduce or prevent these factors from occurring, will help to reduce the incidence of this detrimental disease.

What is the cause?  How do we prevent and treat it?

Non-Insulin dependent or Type II diabetes has reached epidemic proportions around the world.  Over 50% of the population that has this disease does not know they are affected.  Elevated blood sugars over a long period of time begin to effect bodily organs; including the heart, kidneys, eyes, liver, and peripheral vasculature and nerves.  There is a increase in heart disease (angina, heart attack), stroke, blindness, fatty liver, kidney failure, lack of circulation to the lower extremities leading to gangrene and amputation of the lower limbs, and decrease pressure and pain sensation of lower extremities due to peripheral nerve damage.  There can also be pain in the extremities due to nerve damage.

Immediate initiatives must be taken to treat high blood sugars.  Normal blood sugar control occurs due to secretion of insulin by pancreatic Beta cells.  Type 2 diabetes is caused by an inadequate amount of insulin being released, and insulin resistance.  Insulin works by attaching to receptors (special areas on the surface of the cell) on muscle and fat cells.  Glucose is picked up and transported inside where it is utilized for energy.  Patients with Type 2 diabetes are not able to transport the glucose into the cell.  This is called “insulin resistance”.  There are many theories to why this occurs.  What we do know is the following:

1) Type II diabetes is related to obesity.  Obesity has increased astronomically in the past 10 years.  As obesity has increased, so has the diagnosis of Type II diabetes.

2) Weight loss decreases level of blood sugars.

3) Decreasing fat intake reduces the amount of glucose in the blood

4) Exercising increases a certain protein in muscle that causes the cells to increase their uptake of glucose into the muscle cell which decreases blood sugars

Let’s briefly take a look at fat intake as a factor leading to insulin resistance.  A single human cell is made of many parts which carry out their specific responsibility in keeping the body alive and functioning properly. When a certain part of the cell stops functioning properly, the cell will eventually die.  Not only does this process affect one cell, it can do so in all the cells of the body thus resulting in death. All cells need glucose for energy which are necessary for the body to maintain strength, fight bacterial and viral infections, produce blood, live, breath, move, detoxify and excrete waste from the body.  Mitochondria are the specific portion of the cell that is important to convert glucose into the forms of energy that the body needs to live.  There are times when glucose is not available and the mitochondria use  fat cells to produce energy for the body.  This way of producing energy burns a lot more calories and takes more work in order to produce the same amount of energy than by utilizing glucose.  Under normal circumstances when  glucose is available, the mitochondria  prefer utilizing  it.  In Type II diabetes, the mitochondria continue to use fat as an energy source and not glucose.  There seems to be a “signal” that the mitochondria sends  to the surface of cells to prevent them from taking up glucose.  There is plenty of insulin, but the signal that the mitochondria sends out in the presence of fat cells over rides the presence of insulin.  This is the “insulin resistance”  that is seen and  the glucose level in the blood increases.  With the higher amount of energy and work that it takes for the mitochondria to produce energy by utilizing fat, they burn themselves out (stop working properly)

Type II diabetes can be treated in its early stages by exercise, decreasing carbohydrate and fat intake.  If the excess excretion of insulin does not decrease, and there is not a decrease in the mitochondria burning fat to produce energy, the Beta cells of the pancreas, and the mitochondria will eventually die.  This is when insulin will be required to control the blood sugars, organ failure will occur, resulting in death.

It is my hope that everyone will be screened for abnormal elevation of their blood sugars and that preventive measures will start today to reduce or prevent the detrimental complications that occur with this disease.

Approximately 7% of women that carry a pregnancy to term develop Gestational Diabetes during pregnancy. The incidence of Gestational Diabetes doubled from 1992 to 2004.  No one understands why this has occurred except that the incidence of obesity increased tremendously during this same period of time.  Type II diabetes has a incidence of developing between 15 to 60 percent 5 to 15 years after patients have had gestational diabetes.  The three risk factors that indicate who will develop Type II diabetes are 1) BMI >27, 2) developing gestational diabetes before 24 weeks gestation, and 3) the use of insulin or not during pregnancy.

Sugars not controlled during pregnancy can lead to fetal abnormalities, fetal macrosomia (large fetus), hypoglycemia (low blood sugars), hyperbilirubinemia (elevated bilirubin) which can cause damage to the infant’s brain, and pulmonary ( lung) immaturity.  These problems are reduced tremendously when blood sugars are kept under control.

Normally the way sugars are kept under control are diet, exercise, insulin, and glyburide.  There are other alternative treatments that show promise and have minimal side effects:

1) Cinnamon

2) Chromium Piccolinate

3) Bitter Melon

4) Cane Sugar

5) Alpha Lipoic Acid

Today we are going to discuss Cinnamon.  Cinnamon has been shown to decrease glucose significantly in patients.  1 gm, 2 gms, and 6gms of dried Cinnamon has been shown to decrease the fasting glucose by 18 to 30 percent.  It does so by its anti-oxidant effects and increasing the sensitivity of  the insulin receptors located in fat  and muscle cells.  In essence it activates the insulin receptors which allows efficient uptake of glucose into the cells so that it can be stored and metabolized properly.

With Type II diabetes there is an over abundance of insulin floating around and attached to receptors.  For some reason the receptor is not sensitive to the insulin in order to allow sugars to be taken into the cells properly.  This chronic elevated sugar state leads eventually to severe heart, kidney, peripheral nerve, and eye disease.

Dried Cinnamon has no side effects or teratogenic defects on the fetus in the recommended dosages.  When given in extremely high doses in rats, it has been found to cause skeletal and kidney problems including death.

In summary; Cinnamon has been found to decrease fasting glucose significantly dosages ranging from 1 to 6 grams.  With the decrease in the incidence of perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality due to the significant decrease in maternal sugars, Cinnamon needs further study to determine whether or not it can be used as a first line agent to treat patients with Gestational Diabetes.

Diabetes is a serious and lifelong condition by which maximum people get affected. It is a metabolic disorder which affects the way the body uses the digested food for growth and energy. The chief source of fuel in the body is glucose. As we eat, digestive juices break down the food into a simple sugar and that is known as glucose. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is related with chronic medical condition. It is a condition in which an organ in the abdomen known as pancreas, produces very little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone which helps our body to absorb and use glucose and other nutrients from food, store fat and build up protein. In the absence of insulin, the level of blood glucose goes on increasing and becomes higher than normal.

For Type 1 diabetic people, regular monitoring and treatment with insulin is necessary. Adjustment in lifestyle, proper treatment and self care are very helpful in controlling the levels of blood sugar. It also reduces the risk of complication which is related with diabetes.

Usually Type 1 diabetes begins in childhood or young adulthood but it may develop at any stage and at any age. People with Type 1 diabetes have an overwhelming and frightening experience. It affects our day to day life.

Usually the cause of type 1 diabetes is related with the condition, when the immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. This is also known as autoimmune response. Usually type 1 diabetes develops in people with a family history of type 1 diabetes. It can also develop in the people with no family history of diabetes. In both the cases the people suffer from this problem that has one or more genes that make them susceptible to the disease. Even sometimes and in some cases type 1 diabetes might trigger the autoimmune response due to environmental factors. These environmental factors may be exposure to certain viruses and foods early in life.

On the basis of symptoms and blood test the diagnosis of diabetes is done. Some of the important symptoms of diabetes –

1. Losing weight
2. Feeling tired
3. Excessive thirst
4. Needing to urinate frequently
5. Blurred vision

The basic therapy for type 1 diabetes is the daily intake of insulin injection. Intake of insulin injections must be managed and balanced with proper and suitable meals. For the patients of type 1 diabetes, daily activities as well as frequent blood testing is necessary to monitor the level of blood glucose.

Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic anarchy in which the body does not respond to the possessions of the hormone insulin. It’s also known as insulin resistance. In addition to this, some people with type 2 diabetes also may not generate sufficient amounts of insulin in the pancreas.

The role of insulin is to assist movement of sugar (glucose) from the bloodstream into the body’s cells, where it’s used for energy. Insulin also helps the liver to store surplus glucose. When the body cannot process and use glucose appropriately, the body’s cells do not get the energy they need. Medically, this is known as incapability to metabolize glucose, which results in a peculiarly high level of glucose in the blood, called hyperglycemia.

Type 2 diabetes often develops gradually from a condition called prediabetes, and symptoms may not appear for years. Symptoms can comprise of excessive thirst, which develops because of hyperglycemia, or high levels of glucose in the blood, it acts as a sponge to pull fluid out of the body’s tissues. This leads to sunstroke and extreme thirst as well as repeated urination. This pulls fluid away from the eyes, resulting in blurred vision.

As the body’s cells aren’t able to get the glucose they need for energy, people with type 2 diabetes may feel tired and weary. Without the appropriate energy supply for the cells, people with type 2 diabetes may feel very hungry, and weight loss may effect because the body has to use other sources for energy, such as burning muscle and fat supplies. High level of sugar in the blood makes it more difficult for the body to defy and fight infection and to heal, resulting in recurrent infections, especially skin infections and open, slow healing sores.

High amount of glucose in the blood can also pilot to coma, hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome, and shock. Over time hyperglycemia damages the body’s blood vessels, foremost to serious long-term complications, such as diabetic retinopathy, kidney failure, and blindness, kidney failure, serious skin infections, gangrene, cardiovascular disease, stroke, peripheral neuropathy, disability, and death.

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Type 2 diabetes includes the 27 symptoms listed below –

No early symptoms – many people have Type 2 diabetes without knowing it

Early mild symptoms – from moderate blood sugars (which are dangerous and lead to serious complications) –
1. Skin rashes
2. Skin infections
3. Athlete’s foot
4. Poor skin healing
5. Urinary tract infections
6. Candida
7. Thrush
8. Dry itchy skin
9. Flaky skin
10. Skin ulcers
11. Peripheral neuropathy
12. Paresthesias
13. Foot tingling
14. Foot numbness
15. Hand tingling
16. Hand numbness
17. Blurred vision
18. Sexual problems
19. Erectile failure
20. Unusual vaginal dryness v 21. Premature menopause
22. Absent periods
23. Poor healing – any type of difficulty in healing of minor infections, injury or after surgery.
24. Weight loss
25. Weight gain
26. Drowsiness
27. Malaise