Dealing with Diabetes (Types, Symptoms, Diet, and after Effects)

Improper diet and lack of exercise are the main causes of diabetes. This is not a disease of a special age group; every one from the category (New-born to 85 year old) can have diabetes. The diabetes started off with common (ignore able) symptoms but left untreated very dangerous symptoms, which sometimes can cause a very irreversible loss to our dears lives. The common diabetes symptoms includes, dizziness, lack of interest, excess urination, burning of the feet, headache, etc…. but someone who have un cured diabetes say 15---20 years old then he or she can have the severe symptoms like Heart Attack, Blindness, Kidney failure, Brain hamerages and sometimes death.

In South Asian region even in Pakistan it is very common disease the popular television star, Zeba Bakhtiar, and famous cricketer Wasim Akram was diagnosed with diabetes in their early ages. It took several months before either star was diagnosed with the disease. Both had experienced symptoms like frequent urination, blurry vision, and dizziness, but neither had a family history of the disease. When the diagnosis was finalized, and they were found that they have suffered with a silent killer disease (Diabetes), both stars suffered from a very severe psychological stress, but soon they realize that this is not the end of life, they both know that this disease demands a complete change in life style. Although it is very difficult to change the life style at once but there were no other options………

As diabetes demands a complete lifestyle change, it is often a difficult disease to come to terms with - both physically and emotionally. Below is the example of a young lady who dealt with diabetes with great courage…..

“A 32 year young lady had diabetes in the age when she was just 24 years old; the disease was diagnosed when she had a fainting spell and blurry vision. Just after the diagnosis of the diabetes she comes under psychological stress she thought that she wouldn’t be able to have her babies, and no one in Pakistan would marry her, Although her fear proved unwarranted, the now mother of two children says that she don’t have a fear of diabetes and from last 6 years she is taking insulin injections, Walk (Approximately 3---5 Km Daily), Control on her diet, and a proper calorie count, and she had managed her diabetes”

So, undoubtedly, life with diabetes calls for strict vigilance and rigorous self-discipline. Eating right and exercising are essential for a healthier life in all respects, especially since the disease is currently incurable

Diabetes, Herbal treatments, and people believe.

Home remedies, herbal treatments are very popular in curing diabetes. A recent study conducted by the Department of Human Nutrition, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar, in collaboration with Nutrients Requirements and Functions Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, has shown that taking a small quantity of cinnamon, from one to six grams per day, may reduce serum glucose, triglycerides, LDL ('bad') cholesterol, and total cholesterol in people with Type II diabetes. Including cinnamon in the diet may reduce risk factors associated with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The study underlines the fact that medicinal/culinary herbs have been reported to yield hypoglycemic (sugar lowering) effects in patients with diabetes. Examples of these include bitter melon, Korean ginseng, onions, water-soaked fig and garlic, among others.

However, many such home remedies are false, like the popular belief that bitter gourd or karaila reduces blood sugar. The only way gourd can affect glucose levels is if the patient consumes at least two kilograms of sun-dried and purified gourd peel on a daily basis (which seems impossible and this remedy is thought to be very tedious). Many local quacks and pirs also claim to successfully treat diabetes with similar remedies. A famed clerk from Hyderabad NWFP Pakistan was known to insist that patients stop all modes of medical treatment and also lift all dietary restrictions. His 'cure' relied on pure sugar that had been 'blessed' with divine powers that he personally gave to affected males. Thousands of people from all over the country visited his shrine in the hope of a miraculous cure, some waiting for days in mile-long queues outside his home. But this hoax was eventually exposed when a large amount of his believers suffered a rapid death.

It is also believes that drinking four to six glasses of water before breakfast and before meals helps keep her sugar level in check. There is no medical evidence, however, it is witnessed and practiced by some people known to me.
It is essential for people with diabetes to manage a balanced food intake and exercise regularly to maintain normal blood sugar levels in an attempt to avoid hypoglycemic as well as hyperglycemic (high blood sugar) reactions, which can be fatal. People who use oral pills tend to neglect diet and exercise, expecting medicine to do miracles. However, whenever people eat anything they want, medicinal agents prove to be ineffective.

So the conclusion here is that the healthy diet is the key to preventing diabetes and helpful in its treatment. Regular exercise can help reduce the risk of diabetes. Activity can also reduce the risk of developing related complications like heart diseases, strokes, kidney failure or blindness.