Simple Health Cures

   Type 2 diabetes Alzheimer’s caught my attention when I was reading about nasal insulin spray. It was on the market for a short wile, but diabetics did not warm up to it, so it was taken off the market again.

But researchers at the National Veteran’s Administration Hospital had been looking at Alzheimer’s dementia patients and the low levels of insulin found un their brains. The researchers decided to try giving those patients doses of nasal insulin spray, hoping it wold reach their brains without causing high insulin levels in the blood.

The result were very encouraging. Memory and thinking skills were improved for a while in many of the Alzheimer’s patients, most in those who had mild levels of dementia. Of course, lots more studies will have to be done before nasal insulin spray is prescribed for Alzheimer’s dementia.

Looking For The Connection:

Statistics show that having type 2 diabetes double your risk for Alzheimer’s dementia. That is not the same as vascular dementia, which is often the result of hardening and narrowing of arteries, strokes and heart disease.

The steps from diabetes to vascular dementia are easy to follow since diabetes damages blood vessels, increasing the risk of heart disease, strokes and vascular disease as we age. But what about Alzheimer’s dementia?

When older diabetics with mental ability decline were tested, they had brain changes that look like both Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia. The cause seems to be the long- term effects on brain cells of their inability to use sugar and respond to insulin.

Increased mild cognitive impairment ( called MCI) seems to be the stage between normal aging and Alzheimer’s dementia. There is a lot of interest in the pathways to Alzheimer because of the statistics.

If there a connection between Alzheimer’s and diabetes we need to know it. On Dr. Oz’s website there is an article titled “ Alzheimer- brain form of diabetes?” The writer explains that in Alzheimer’s the brain’s ability to use sugar is reduced. it is insulin that helps the brain take up sugar. Since insulin is not as effective with Alzheimer’s, brain cells begin to starve.

In type 2 diabetic Alzheimer’s the pancreas is pumping out insulin, more than is being used because of insulin resistance. There are high levels of sugar and of insulin in your blood. The damage they cause leads to poor circulation from blood vessel hardening and weakening.

In patients with early Alzheimer’s the brain demonstrates resistance to insulin, and it starts with the sections that control memory and personality. Insulin resistance gets serious in the brain because insulin helps make neurotransmitters that are needed for neurons to talk to each other.

And your brain actually makes its own insulin, the same kind that is made in your pancreas. When that insulin isn’t being used it causes inflammatory response in your brain’s blood vessels.

Another problem for Alzheimer’s patients is the presence of brain plaques. They are formed by a protein called beta amyloid. Type 2 diabetes interferes with the breakdown of this protein, and it builds up, becoming one of the telltale signs of Alzheimer’s dementia.

What Is Going On With Mortality Rates?

Heart disease and cancer statistics are down, but Alzheimer’s, diabetes and Parkinson’s have gone up. Until 198 diabetes as a cause of death was including, but since then it has gone up steadily.

That’s in spite of improvements in medical treatment and understanding of this disease. That kind of rise in death rates does not seem to point to a genetic cause but to an environmental one.

Right now one in ten people over 20 years old has diabetes. One in four people over 65 know that have it. And the World Health Organization thinks that there is a huge who have type 2 diabetes and don’t know it.

Alzheimer’s dementia is ranked the sixth leading cause of death. One in eight people over 65 has it, and half the people over 85 do. And there seem to be strong parallels between the mortality rates of both Alzheimer’s and type 2 diabetes, and increased exposure to nitrates, nitrites and nitrosamines. But the correction has not become an accepted fact.

Type 2 Diabetes Alzheimer’s Fighting Back:

What else can you do? You can manage your type 2 diabetes, keeping your blood sugar well controlled. Take the medications you’ve been given for cholesterol and blood pressure too. Exercise for at least 30 minutes a day and eat healthy foods:

- Walnuts slow the aging of the brain with an antioxidants called luteolin, It may reduce memory deficits and inflammation of the brain too. You can also find luteolin in olive oil, peppers and celery.

- Berries, blueberries juice has improved memory and depression in trails. It can slow aging and increase signal ability in your brain.

- Fish rich in omega-3 such as wild salmon slows cognitive decline. It also has B12 which may actually protect you against Alzheimer’s.

- Coffee and tea may prevent Alzheimer’s and improve your brain’s function.

- Spinach and other green leafy vegetables have Vitamin C and E which have been shown to increase and protect brain function.

If you exercise your mind it keeps those brain cells agile. There is proof that brain games help people stay sharper as they age. And physical exercise is always a great idea.

And if have begun problems with cognitive decline, all those things will help you too. It becomes more important to manage your sleep, because it is too easy to get your sleep cycle messed up in early Alzheimer’s. And if you have pain, restless leg syndrome, or depression get some help for those too.

Type 2 diabetes Alzheimer’s dementia may have many causes, and nothing explains all the complications of Alzheimer’s or of type 2 diabetes for that matter. We may watch with interest and even hope as researchers dig into the mysteries of our body’s systems, but we must live today. We can find joy in our creative outlets and our friends and family. It’s still the secret of living with type 2 diabetes,

   We now have the key to a longer healthier life because we now know that insulin is perhaps the most important hormone in the body and its control is vital when it comes to how you age and how long you live. High insulin levels caused by a diet high in refined carbohydrates and not enough proper exercise is one of the primary causes of premature aging and poor health.

New research says that one in four of us is in a pre-diabetic state and does not know it. If this trend continues one in three of us will be diagnosed wit the devastating disease diabetes in our lifetime. Although you do not die from diabetes you can die from the damage it does do to the organs, tissues and cells of the human body.

Like most of us you have probably never given your blood sugar levels a second thought as diabetic were believed to be the only ones that had to worry about their blood sugar. But this is not so anymore as our sedentary world together with the wrong types of food and too much of them render us very susceptible to this nasty chronic disease that is now reaching epidemic proportions.

Right at the root of the problem is the fact that we have a total lack of muscular exertion in our daily lives which makes us overweight and immobile. Our muscle cells are where fuel ( calories) are burnt for energy so if we don’t use our muscle as they been designed to be used we are on a one way ticket to a download spiral of declining health.

When the muscle cells cannot uptake the blood sugar ( because they are already full to the eyebrows) more and more insulin is produced to try and reduce the levels in the blood and “push” it into the muscle cells so they shut down the receptors and say “go away.”

So now we have a dangerous cocktail of hig blood sugar together will high insulin circulating around the body with nowhere to go. This mix ends up in places it shouldn’t be and does insidious accumulative damage to the sensitive tissues of the brain, kidneys eyes, blood vessels and other important body parts.

The solution a program of health orientated strength training exercise 2-3 times each week. If muscles are well exercised to fatigue and diet is controlled by cutting out as many processed carbohydrates and eating more quality lean proteins the problem can be brought under control.

These two factors proper exercise and healthy eating have a lasting positive effect on metabolic activity within the muscles cells. The disease of diabetes is located primarily in the muscles when they become underused and have low energy requirements. So, their rehabilitation by strengthening and toning will inevitably produce a beneficial result.

Proper strength training exercise has a positive effect on our metabolism ( our body’s engine) increasing insulin sensitivity of the muscles, reducing blood pressure, improving glucose ( blood sugar) tolerance and reducing fatty tissue in and around the waistline.

In other words, a properly exercised body not only improves external appearance., it also improves health and reduces disease risk and it is within easy access of all adults. Our health really is in our hands but it does need our own personal participation.

   Can Diabetes be reversed: Can it be done without the need of drugs and medications?

   This is a good Question? The answer is YES!!!

   Do, you have a friend or a loved one suffer with diabetes? If so, read on…Let me first make it clear. I am not a doctor. But I have been in the medical field for 17 Plus! years. I have lost so many people with diabetes, from a sister, and a partner of 16 years.  I seen what this horrible disease can do. Also I seen so many people that have reverse this disease too!

   Surprised, this information is known about, and has been for some time now, yet the truth is being hidden from you, in the main by the pharmaceutical companies of the world! These pharmaceutical companies don’t want you to know the truth? Why would they do that I hear you ask, why? The answer is simple, MONEY!

   The pharmaceutical companies produce the drugs etc, to ease the diabetes, these drugs have to betaken by the patient for the rest of his or her life. Imagine if these pharmaceutical companies charged each patient ONLY $1 per week for their medication, as if that would be possible! It is estimated that as many as 300 million people worldwide could be suffering from this condition. At just $1 per week, that is a $300,000.000 per week industry just in the diabetes field alone! Now multiply that figure by 52 weeks per year and add the true weekly cost of that medication, and it starts to become a little more understandable why they wouldn’t want you to find this information.

   Diabetes is NOT the problem: Diabetes is simply a symptom of the problem! the problem is actually the Pancreas which I’m sure you know is the organ within the human body that produces the hormone insulin.

   Simply put, in these modern times, our diets are completely wrong and we now tend to eat fast food and junk foods that our bodies were not actually designed to eat. These foods are full of fats and acids etc, and these bad diets cause our bodies problems. Basically the pancreas gets clogged up with fats and acids in some cases gets disease and simply stops the pancreas of making insulin.

    This is when we develop “pre-diabetes.” Left untreated and it will turn into type 2 diabetes and eventually type 1 diabetes.

   Drugs and medications cannot reverse diabetes, they only ease the symptoms of diabetes and in some cases they can actually make the problem worse. When we treat that diabetic condition with drugs and medications, we are actually only treating the symptom. We don’t want to treat the symptom, let’s treat the root problem that causes the diabetes, lets treat the Pancreas!

   Now, without a doubt, the best healer of the body is- the body itself, ( if you cut your skin, does it not heal up all by itself?) but we have to give the body a chance at self-healing.

   To do that we first have to stop dumping all the fats and acids, ( that clog it up), into the pancreas, ( that’s what causing the diabetes in the first place) we have to change your diet in order to let your body heal the pancreas, let it recover, let it heal itself and get back to doing what nature intended it to do which was of course to produce insulin.

   Once the pancreas starts that process of making insulin again, you will no longer need those insulin shots, you will therefore no longer be diabetic!! Do some research and start today with healing your body! Naturally…

   When sugar becomes trapped and begins to increase in the blood stream, eating sugar at this point can be life-threatening. Not having enough glucose reaching the cells and organs of the body can also be fatel. If the heart cells run out of glucose, heart failure occurs. If the kidney cells run out of glucose, kidney failure occurs. If the eyes don’t get their glucose, eyesight will fail. The same applies to a sugar-straved liver, pancreas, stomach, brain, muscle and even bones cells. By not receiving enough glucose, the body begins craving foods, especially heart congestion or cancer.

   Because type 2 diabetes affects the health of every single one of the 60 trillion cells in the body, diabetics are predisposed to developing virtually every type of disorder there is. This has been denied by medical science for many years, but has recently been verified through major medical resaerch. The majority of the chronic disorders plaguing our modern world today, including heart disease, cancer, arthritis, MS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s etc…, may in actual fact not be seperate diseases at all. While sharing the same cause or causes, they manifest themselves in different parts of the body as unique symptoms of disease. There will come a time when the practicing physician will recognize that diabetes, cancer, heart disease and dementia, for example share the same underlying causes and therefore require the same treatment.

   At the beginning stages of type 2 diabetes, the pancreas tries to respond to the increasing congestion of the blood vessel walls ( with excessive proteins) and possibly, to an excessive sugar or starch consumption, by secreting extra large amounts of insulin. By constantly producing dosproportionate amounts of insulin, the cells become even further resistent to insulin. By blocking out insulin ( along with vital nutrients) the cells try protecting themselves against the cell-damaging effects of too much insulin, or otherwise they would have to face cell mutation. Eventually, though, through intricate hormonal feedback mechanisms and enzyme signals, the pancreas recgnizes both the increase in blood sugar levels and the shortage of cellular sugar, proteins and fatty acids. So the pancreas begins to deactivate, destroy or ‘put to sleep’ a large number of its insulin producing cells. this practically sets the stage for non-insulin dependent diabetes to become insulin- dependent diabetes.

   There are a number of other reasons that may lead to reduced insulin output by the pancreas. When the basal membranes of blood capillaries supplying the pancreas with nutrients become congested with protein fiber, insulin production and other important functions, such as production of digestive enzymes, become suppressed. The same occurs when stones in the bile ducts of the liver and gallbladder drastically reduce bile secretion. In an increasing number of individuals, bile sludge consisting of small cholesterol stones enters the common bile duct and gets caught up in the Ampulla of Vater ( where the common bile duct and pancreatic duct meet). Bile activites pancreatic enzymes before they enter the small intestine to aid in the digestion of foods. If bile flow is restricted, not all of the enzymes dispatched by the pancreas are activated. Any of thes usused enzymes remaining in the pancreas can damage or destroy pancreatic cells, which leads to pancreatitis- a common cause of diabetes and pancreatic cancer. In any case, the inability of the pancreas to produce enough insulin can be a lifesaver at least temporarily.

   Chronic disease is only chronic for as long as its causes are still intact. Insulin injection is the very thing that keep the person from recovering. It continues to increase the cells resistance to insulin, and forces the pancrease to destroy an ever-increasing number of insulin producing cells. There are plenty of natural things that can replace injection with insulin. Just one teaspoon of ground cinnamon per day can balance blood sugar. Turmeric is an amazing herb/spice with similar effect. Broccoli and other vegetables as well as regular full body exposure to sunlight ( vitamin D- generating), have superior blood sugar-regulating effects than potentially dangerous insulin injections.

    Abstaining from proteins foods, cleansing the liver of stones, eating a balanced deit and living a balanced lifestyle are much more effective means of restoring normal body functions than just trying to fix one symptom of disease. by taking responsibility for their health, and therefore their life, the diabetic has the opportunity to put the sweetness back into his cells and thus into thier life.

   Being diagnosed with diabetes is painful and scary. Diabetes occurs when a person’s body is not producing enough insulin. If you have diabetes, your body is not using the sugar or glucose properly and therefore, the sugar gets stocked up in the blood and is not used by the cells to manufacture energy.

   With this diagnosis comes the fact that you have to make changes on your lifestyle and diet. Since diabetes is a condition that is related so closely with the food we take, it is imperative that sufferers take their diet plan seriously. Proper nutrition as a diabetic should come as second nature and here we will be providing tips to help your identify the things that are good for you.

   The Food You Should Eat:

   Each diabetes patient has an individual plan but in general, you may eat about 60 grams of carbohydrates for each meal. You also need to eat more foods rich in starches and aim to eat at least six servings of this food group each day. Examples of food rich in starch are bread, wheat, beans, and starchy vegetables such as potato.

   You should also increase your intake of fruits and vegetables because these are rich in soluble fibers and can help slow down the process of glucose absorption. It will do you good if you eat lots of carrots, legumes, nuts and kidney beans. Eating these foods will also assist the digestive system in cleaning up your intestinal tract. Needles to say, you need to reduce your intake of foods rich in sugar such as cakes and other desserts. These foods will only increase the sugar level in your blood and this exactly what you are trying to avoid.

   The Eating Pattern:

   Your nutrition as a diabetic entails that you need to maintain a regular eating schedule. What you have to do is to to eat in the same frequency but control the portions of what you eat. Eat breakfast to store up energy for the day. At regular intervals, eat small meals and snacks about three times a day. Spread the interval per day and eat in smaller portions. This will prevent you from getting too hungry and overeating.

    While at this activity, you need to watch your calorie intake as well. If you regulate your calorie intake, you will have better control of your blood’s sugar level. To have a better idea how calorie intake is controlled, divide your plate into three parts: 1/2 and two parts 1/4. The half part should have non-starchy vegetables such as broccoli and carrots. The 1/4 should have protein such as meat and fish. The other 1/4 should have starchy foods such as potatoes, bread, or pasta.

   The Lifestyle You Should Live:

   If you have diabetes, yo need to watch your weight closely because you are prone to complications. Weight control is a top priority because extra body fat makes it more difficult for your body to produce insulin.

   Another thing you need to give up is smoking. If you have diabetes, you are likely to have blood flow problems in the arms and legs and these problems are associated with smoking. Smoking is proven to slow the blood flow and if this happens, the worst thing that can happen is to have your ,limbs amputated. Smoking will also significantly increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. 

   Type 2 diabetes is a serious conditions that significantly affects a person’s body to use insulin to process sugar or glucose, which is essentially the main source of fuel for the body. This condition also prevents the cells. This type of diabetes is life threatening. If the body has no control over sugar intake, the cells will not be able to get enough sugar and this will lead to complications. Sadly, there is no known cure for diabetes type 2 but it can be prevented using live food diet.

   The Raw Food Diet:

   This kind of diet, also called the live food diet, is comprised of foods that are completely unprocessed and uncooked. This food group includes fresh vegetables, grains, fruits, seed, beans, sprouts, and nuts. This also include sea vegetables. A variation of this diet is cooking the food no higher than 112 degrees Fahrenheit or 44 degrees Celsius. This is because of the fact that heat alters the molecular structure of food and therefore affects the composition of the vitamins, enzymes, minerals, and other nutrients.

   In this regard, raw food is regarded as healthier than  cooked food. If the food is uncooked, it retains its original nutritional content that the body can easily absorb and digest. Eating raw food guarantees improved digestion, increased energy, reduced heart rate, and weight loss. Perhaps the main issue why a lot of people refuse to eat raw food is its blandness. Surely, raw food will taste the way it is in its natural state, unlike cooked foods in which you can control the taste.

   Live Foods and Type 2 Diabetes:

   Research show that in the initial three months of the raw food diet, the food intake should be completely free of sugar to make it effective. This completely balances the body’s sugar content and this means that even fruits are not allowed. The only recommended foods are green vegetables, nuts, and seeds. If the patient insists on eating cooked food, a recommended ratio is 80% raw and 20% cooked.

   so does this help with diabetes type 2? With this type of diabetes, the body cannot use insulin in absorbing sugar into its cells. This means that the sugar will go to the blood stream instead of being stored in the cells as energy. A high sugar level in the bloodstream is called hyperglycemia. When this happens, the pancreas is forced to produce more insulin. However, the body cannot use insulin due to the diabetes and this creates a vicious cycle.

   With raw food, the body can absorb more nutrients and will be less dependent on sugar. And since there is a controlled sugar intake, the pancreas is not forced to produce more insulin. And there is no influx of sugar into the bloodstream. To make this diet more effective, the patient needs to have regular exercise because this helps burn the extra calories in the body.

   Diabetes is a killer. So many people in the world have it and all of them will tell you that it is something that restricts you from doing many things that you love. It is a condition in which the body does not make enough insulin. In other type of diabetes, the body can produce insulin but fails to use it properly.

   There are essentially two type diabetes, the type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes occurs when your body does not produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes occurs when your body does not produce enough insulin or of your body does not use the insulin.

   What insulin does is to let the sugar from digested food enter the cells and be used as energy to fuel the body’s activities. When there is no insulin or if the body does use it properly, the sugar from the food builds up in the blood instead of entering into the cells. When this happens, serious health complications can occur.

   Here, we will be discussing how nutrition and exercise can help reduce the pains and complications of diabetes. Being in the know not only lets you take control of your life, it is also fulfilling and it will allow you to do things the right way.

   Nutrition and Diabetes:

   To address this imbalance, it is important to watch what you eat. Too much sugar will worsen your diabetes because it expedites the build up of sugar in your bloodstream. Although there is no specific diet that is applicable to everybody, the main drive of nutrition for people with diabetes is to take about 60% of calories from carbohydrates, 20% from protein, and 30% from good fat.

   This combination controls the sugar level in the blood and therefore lessens the risk of complications. As you control the foods you eat, you are also controlling your intake of sugar and you are therefore helping your body cope with the digestion and absorption of sugar into the cells. To know more about what foods to eat, you need to speak to a nutritionist and a doctor because every has a different level of insulin and sugar reaction.

   Exercise and Diabetes:

   People with diabetes are encouraged to exercise. This is one great activity that is completely free of expense and yet it can do wonders for a diabetics condition.

   When you exercise, the body’s insulin sensitivity is increased. Combined with proper nutrition mentioned above, the body will be a lot more normal in terms of sugar processing. Sugar metabolism improves and as a result it also decreases body fat.

   Another main benefit of exercise, specifically on weight or strength training, is that it increases the body’s sugar uptake. This forces the body to use the insulin and deliver the glucose into the cells as opposed to letting it clog the blood. Just a word of caution, though. When a diabetic person exercises, he should be very careful not to be injured. For anyone with diabetes, any sore or blister can easily get infected.

   In diabetes you do not have a life crippling disease. In fact of all the possible lifestyle diseases that you can be afflicted with like hypertension and obesity you will find that managing and controlling diabetes is the simplest.

   Proper treatment of diabetes is a necessity not a choice. For obvious reasons when you are diagnosed with diabetes the first thing that you need to do is regularly monitor your blood glucose reports. It is half the battle won if you can keep the blood sugar levels from rising too high.

   The proper advice from nutritionists to check your eating habits can help ensure that you know the right foods to eat and the quantity in which you eat them. The need for insulin medication can actually be reduced if your diet comprises the right food.

   There must be proper monitoring of the blood sugar levels to ensure that the insulin medication that you are taking is the correct dosage for you. Initially this can fluctuate quite a lot as your body gets used to your new healthier lifestyle.

   The more you exercise the less insulin resistant your body becomes so you need to ensure that you closely monitor the management of your diabetes.

   Chromium is used by the human body as a trace mineral. It is very beneficial to those who are suffering from diabetes. This is because chromium potentates insulin which is to say that it helps to boost the production of the insulin in the body. In a person suffering from diabetes the insulin production is usually lower than desired and causes the blood sugar levels to rise.

   Naturally if it is possible to boost the production of insulin in the body it will be beneficial to the diabetic person. It also prevents hyperglycemia and gestational diabetes. It can also help delay adult onset diabetes. The removal of insulin resistance from the body and making it more insulin sensitive is an important function of chromium. Please remember that industrial chromium is a totally different thing from the trace mineral that the body needs.

   The sources of chromium in the diet include onion, tomato, potato, romaine lettuce, liver, oysters and bran. It is also possible to get a mineral supplement which can provide you with the recommended daily dose of the mineral. However you will have to ensure that you also include vitamin C and niacin in your diet as they help to absorb the chromium into the body.

   First let us consider what is insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreatic gland in the body. Insulin tends to impact the metabolism of the body along with most of the body systems. The absence of adequate amount of insulin can cause the person to become diabetic.

   What does the body need insulin to do? Insulin helps the glucose or blood sugar enter the cells and become diabetic.

   What does the body need insulin to do? Insulin helps the glucose or blood sugar enter the cells and become energy. The glucose gets drawn from the blood and stored in the liver and muscles of the body in the form of glycogen.

   This glycogen is readily available for the body’s energy needs. So the body uses this source of energy before it burns any of the fat stored in it. That is why it is so difficult for most people to lose weight by merely exercising and not controlling their diet.

   Insulin is needed in a balanced amount in the body and if there is too much of it, the body can actually be harmed. That is why if you are a diabetic you need to undergo regular blood sugar tests to see that your medication is at the right dosage. More of less of insulin are both bad for the body and may be harmful.