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Diabetes Management Tips

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Do you or someone you care about have diabetes? This common disease is usually progressive over several years time, and it can create many kinds of health problems for those who have it. If you suspect you have symptoms of a diabetic nature, make a list of their type and frequency and let your doctor know right away. Symptoms may include increased thirst and urination, fatigue, and weight loss, among others. The sooner you get a firm diagnosis, the better outcome you are likely to have.

Diabetes results from the bodys reduced ability to make insulin. When this happens, body organs can be affected as the circulation slows, leading to slow wound healing times and loss of feeling in the extremities. Eventually, without treatment, diabetes can progress to organ failure, especially the kidneys and heart, as well as possible blindness, strokes, and other problematic conditions.

If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, ask your doctor about a personal management plan. Read all the information you can find about your condition, and ask your doctor any questions about things you dont understand. It may be helpful to borrow library books or visit online medical Websites to find out how others cope and what types of possible new cures or treatments are on the horizon.

Your doctor may advise you to change your diet to one that is low in sugar, fat, and salt. He or she may want you to begin a daily exercise program unless you already have one. You might have to do finger sticks for your blood sugar each day, perhaps after eating or at others times, to check blood readings. Depending on the status of your disease, you may have to take pills or give yourself daily injections. When your blood sugar levels get too high or too low, you could experience life-threatening complications.

It may be a good idea to wear a bracelet or necklace identification tag, so that if you should happen to pass out or become dizzy from blood sugar changes, someone will know how to help you. Carrying a small amount of sugar in the form of orange juice or a candy bar might be helpful if you begin to feel light-headed or your levels start to drop. Let coworkers and friends know about your condition so they can take appropriate steps if you experience difficulties from your diabetic condition.

Joining a support group could help to relieve anxieties and put you in touch with others who have been where you are. Their experience and insight can help you to adjust with a new diabetic diagnosis or a significant change in your condition. This could be particularly welcome if you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant, since this may impact the status of your diabetes.

Although diabetes is a complex condition and more needs to be known about its development and progress, there is hope and success for many who struggle with the side effects of this disease. Help is available, so dont hesitate to ask for and make use of it.

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What Is Diabetes Causes And Controls

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Diabetes is a disease that is caused when there is either too much or too little insulin in the body. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that controls the level of sugar (glucose) in the body.

When blood sugar levels are too high, for example, just after eating, insulin allows cells to increase their uptake of sugar where it can be converted into energy or other forms (eg: fat) This will bring sugar levels back to normal. When blood sugar levels are too low the pancreas reduces or stops producing insulin and the liver releases glucose to try and maintain a normal blood sugar level.

Someone who has diabetes is unable to produce normal amounts of insulin which means they are unable to adjust their blood sugar levels properly. There are two types of diabetes:-

Type 1 Diabetes Insulin dependant Diabetes. This is where the pancreas is unable to produce insulin. The cells may have been damaged by a bacterial or viral infection but generally type 1 diabetics have a genetic predisposition to this disease.

In this case regular tests of their blood sugar levels and self administered shots of insulin are required to help the body use up its sugar supply.

Type 2 Diabetes Non-Insulin dependant Diabetes. This is where the persons cells are unable to respond to insulin. It is generally developed in the later years of a persons life as a result of age, being overweight or a lack of physical activity. As insulin is not effective is is treated with exercise, weight loss and a diet low in carbohydrates, saturated fats and sugars.

Diabetes is becoming a more and more common which means the chances of you knowing someone who has this condition is much higher. Having a basic understanding of this condition can help you to help a member of your friends or family with the monitoring and treatment of diabetes. Diabetes can lead to more serious health problems and even death if left to get out of control.

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What Disease Are You Fighting Against

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The headline article in Arizona Woman, October 2006The Fight Against Breast Cancer Expands, prompted me to write this article.

Many books have been written on the important fact that our thoughts and feelings create our reality. I am sharing these insights with you because I want you to know you have greater control of your health than you know. I know from my own experience and from the experience of my clients whom I help heal from dire dis-easescancer, diabetes, lupus, Hepatitis C, Fibromyalgia, MS, high blood pressure, mitral valve prolapse and the list goes on. I hope I can explain the origin of dis-ease that will inspire you to transcend victim consciousness and live the life you were born to livehealthy, happy and with peace of mind.

Nothing can be healed through a process of fighting against it. First we need to look at how reality is created. Thoughts are created in the mind and feelings follow. Thoughts and feelings are impulses of energy. The human body is made up of trillions of cells. Cells of the nervous system, called nerve cells or neurons, are specialized to carry messages through an electrochemical process. The human brain has approximately 100 billion neurons.

Neurons have specialized projections called dendrites and axons. Dendrites bring information to the cell body and axons take information away from the cell body. Information from one neuron flows to another neuron across a synapse. The synapse is a small gap separating neurons. The synapse consists of:
1. a presynaptic ending that contains neurotransmitters, mitochondria and other cell organelles,
2. a postsynaptic ending that contains receptor sites for neurotransmitters and,
3. a synaptic cleft or space between the presynaptic and postsynaptic endings.

Thoughts and feelings are impulses of energy and information. They send out vibrational pictures, patterns, and colors (not words or language). This energy affects the atmosphere (energy field) around the person thinking the thought or feeling the feeling. Once they go out they can never be retracted. What we see in the outer world is a reflection of collective humanity’s thoughts and feelings.

Radio and TV programming create our future. It’s simple to understand how reality is created when you understand the Science of Consciousness. But what is consciousness and how can you influence it? Collective consciousness is the sum total of humanity’s beliefs, thoughts, feelings and actions. Media, public relations firms, and advertising constantly send out thought-forms that program us for sickness, drugs, violence, fear, and materiality. These thoughts go into collective consciousness and create a huge cesspool of dysfunctional beliefs from which we draw our personal thoughts. Perception is carefully and precisely regulated by pharmaceutical and medical practices.

Most conventional wisdom is implanted into the public consciousness by a thousand contrived media clips per day. Whose Thoughts Are You Thinking? Where attention goesreality is created. Have you wondered why most people in America generally think the same thing about most issues? Have you wondered why a entire community has a high incidence of a particular disease? These perceptions are perpetrated and continuously reinforced by spin-doctors. The thought is created first-then it manifests in everyday life. For example, constant awareness to medical problems creates more drug customers. Constant awareness to being a victim creates more people feeling victimized.

Cancer was rare until someone told us about it and programmed fear thoughts into consciousness. People did not think about flu shots until the media promoted them. Have you ever wondered about the ethics of TV Allergy Reports being sponsored by a drug company? Do you believe allergy medicine will cure allergies or are pharmaceuticals a profit making industry? What’s true is that awareness to allergies promotes allergies. Remove those thoughts from your energy field and your allergies will be gone. Now inspite of all the research, chemotherapy, etc. cancer is on the rise. Thoughts and feelings create disease!

Let’s explore conventional thought streams promoted in today’s society which are creating public consciousness:
1) An education guarantees financial success,
2) war will create peace,
3) fluoride protects your teeth,
4) take out your gall bladder, tonsils, spleen, appendices and after a certain age, remove breasts, uterus, ovaries, etc., because they arent really needed or that is the way to create health. Think about itif these body parts werent needed why did the human body evolve with them in tact?

5) HIV causes AIDS,
6) without vaccines infectious diseases will return,
7) the FDA thoroughly tests all drugs before marketing them,
8) if it’s written in the newspaper, on TV or professional journal, it’s true,
9) flu shots prevent flu,
10) menopause complications are something every woman can expect,
11) pharmaceutical drugs restore health. Think about itif drugs restored health why are thousands of people taking numerous drugs?
12) pets need drugs, shots and surgery,
13) scientists and doctors are god-like,
14) be afraid of sun causing cancer,
15) own a piece of the rock, makes you wiser, wealthier
16) the purpose of life is shoppingshop till you drop.

Do yourself a favor, Dare To Think For Your Self even though you might be considered a weirdo. Being a weirdo is healthier, than allowing yourself to be programmed to have all the diseases the pharmaceutical companies want you to have so they can sell drugs. Most people are ignorant-not evil. But, as the saying goes ignorance of the law is no excuse. The result of ignorance however, is why I rely on Universal Laws. These laws transcend man-made laws, and hold true without fail. If you jump out of a window on the 10th floor you will go down … and if you plant potato seeds you will get potatoesnot corn. Thoughts are planting seeds. Feelings follow thoughts. Thoughts and feelings create disease!

We cannot create solutions to problems with the same consciousness that created them.Einstein. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.Anonymous.

When you understand the truth about how reality is created, you will think beyond living in only a physical world and think in terms of an energy world. To break free of collective programming you will need to shift your thought programming and then vigilantly select each thought and feeling. Shifting your thought programming is much like installing an upgraded computer program onto your computer. Fight Against Energy Creates More Of What You Don’t Want and Collapses Your Energy Field.

For example, if you are in a relationship with someone and they are stuck in their doldrums, what you need to do is observe what makes you feel good, or what brings you joy-and do it. Don’t waste your energy fighting against what you don’t want. This only creates more of what you don’t want. Another example: Many people are dissatisfied with management or the company they work for. Most of their energy is wasted ruminating about the boss and co-workers. It’s more productive to decide what makes you fulfilled and create it. Only invest in positive thoughts. Make the necessary changes to your preferred state of functioning. Your energy, time and money will increase because you’re not fighting against something or ruminating about getting rid of something. It’s impossible to get far enough away from anything or anyone, because separation is only an illusion. People or experiences are never more than a thought away.

The Internet is helping people learn about being connected. Just as you can send e-mail via the Internet, we constantly send people energy e-mail messages. It doesn’t matter whether the person is in the same room or across the globe. They instantly, consciously or unconsciously, get your energy e-mail. To create the reality you prefer - you need to be very selective with each thought you allow to enter your mind, and carefully monitor the thoughts and feelings you send to others. Hedging Against and Ruminating. To Protect Yourself Most people have been programmed to hedge against inflation, to purchase insurance to protect against disability, fire, death, and illness, etc. The save for a rainy day mindset is also hedging against. This attracts to you what you don’t want in your life. The hidden motivation to save for retirement is usually driven by a desire to protect against old age. Has the campaign, Say NO to drugs worked, if not, why not? It can’t work because, the brain only records the last word drugs drugs drugs. The saying, needed to be, Say, NO to drugsand Say, YES to Life.

The mindset of AGAINST vs. FOR profits huge industries. People buy vitamins, hair and beauty aids, their children’s education, and get regular medical tests and checkups for the negative reasons of protecting themselves. All of the above scenarios are fear-based motivations that dis-empower you, collapse your energy field and create the opposite of your intentions.

PR Firms Raise Lots Of Money For Organizations Hedging Against something. I know several people who had a health crisis, after training for today’s popular fund raising events. Well-intended participants are running, walking or biking, with the intent to avoid cancer or honor someone they knew who experienced cancer. What they have not understood is that by putting these thoughts into their mindsthe disease gets created. What if people knew they get what they are thinking and feelingnot what they think they are thinking and feeling AND that whatever they give attention to will expand. Would they still participate? Words and feelings are powerful creators of reality. Avoid putting cancer thoughts in your consciousness (consciously or unconsciously)you wont create cancer in your life. A magnet does not stick to woodonly to metal. Remove the thoughts from millions of people’s consciousness (and even from your family genetic consciousness)-and the disease or conditions disappear.

Your brain can’t hold two thoughts simultaneously. You can’t simultaneously hold a happy and sad thought, or healthy and sick thought. It’s impossible to think about Fighting Breast Cancer and simultaneously hold the thought of total health and vibrant aliveness. So what are you doing when you are fighting against something? The answer is, the more attention you put on the diseasethe more people experience it.

Health is our natural state. Disease is abnormal and can’t exist in a healthy body. Remove the thoughts of victim, fear, worry, war, disease, etc., and the thoughts are deleted from the collective thought cesspool. Your search engine will come up with nothing. Spell check makes sure words are spelled right. Empower yourself by using a thought-check system for the next 30 days and see how your life changes. Allow only thoughts of health, joy, peace, integrity, and harmony. Watch how everything changes. We need to hold the pharmaceutical and medical profession liable for the results of their actions.

A well-known PR firm claims they have netted more dollars for breast cancer and AIDS charities more quickly than any known private event enterprise in United States history. But the goals are not aligned to natural laws and universal principles. Dis-ease consciousness creates dis-ease-and that is why there have been no solutions, no real cures for a variety of dis-eases. This is why there have been no solutions, no real cures for a variety of dis-eases. To quote the promotional brochures for this event, 3 Days Of Walking from Santa Barbara to Malibu to FIGHT breast cancer with 3,000 others like you. 3 Days Of Kindness, commitment and friendship. 3-Days of Meaning you’ll remember for the rest of your life. Some good will comes from these events. There will be some heart-warming experiences, new friendships will be made, and money will be raised. But what will be deposited in the collective thought/feeling bank to prevent dis-ease in the future?

My high school peers who are zealots for long term care insurance, and fighting against every disease imaginable are dying at very young ages. They constantly think about how awful it is for people to get ill and lose their life savings and retirement money. Their real motivation was FEAR. From their fear, they manifested their greatest fear in their own life. Another analogy how thoughts create realitydid the campaign, Say, NO to drugs work, if not, why not? It can’t work because the brain only records the last word drugs drugs drugs. The saying needed to be, Say, NO to drugsand Say, Yes to Life.

Think about this, grocery stores are now Food & Drug Stores. Where are we headed? Unless you own stocks in pharmaceutical companies and don’t care about the future world or yourself, your children and grandchildren will live in please take heed. Now that you are more informed and aware about how thoughts/feelings create reality, how would you like to work for the Orange County Financial Abuse Specialist Team? They specialize in training financial abuse specialists in agencies and organizations that serve the elderly. Or are you willing to support the National Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week, where a PTA organization puts a death toll poster car on display at the high school campus depicting people killed last year by drunk drivers in Orange County. Their stated objective We hope to increase a greater awareness of substance abuse through this project. How awful that our children have to suffer because of ill informed, dysfunctional thinking adults; Or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fighting Blood-Related Cancers; Or TV evangelists, who play on people’s emotions using starving children’s pictures or pictures of the helpless and hopeless; Or a concert to STOP THE ABUSE of Afghanistan women or children; Or Help Stamp Out Hunger. Or, America’s Walk For Diabetes; Or, run or walk the marathon in Honolulu for the Arthritis Foundation? Joints In Motion with a slogan, Take it on! Or, Race for the Cure-112 events nationwide and this organization is the leading catalyst in the FIGHT AGAINST this devastating disease…every woman is at risk-great perks, extra mammograms, T-shirts, and complementary refreshments; Or you can create more awareness to arthritis by becoming a member of the Arthritis Foundation’s Joints in Motion Training Team, take a vacation, and run the I Love Paris In The Springtime Marathon. What about, Prevent CHILD ABUSE? Again, the brain records child abuse; Or Alzheimer’s Memory Walk-a fun way to join the FIGHT AGAINST Alzheimer’s Disease, where participants are instructed to bring pictures of their loved ones to remind them of why they are walking. The brochure shows four generations with only two generations with Alzheimer’s disease; Or Project Sister sexual assault crisis services educating the communities we serve about the nature and causes of sexual violence; Or these internet sites: The Hunger site, The Kids AIDS site, The Landmine site, The Rainforest site, or The Child Survival site. What solutions do any of these examples provide? Is it any wonder why hospitals, doctors and drug companies have so many patients? In addition to all the previous information in this article, many magazines use full front page headlines like, The Diabetes Epidemic…a killer disease. This creates conscious awareness to diabetes and creates patients for the medical profession.

Consider this: A Walk For Peace in Celebration of the United Nations; Walking the Camino for the purpose of a spiritual and physical challenge… and with the intention to find one’s deepest spiritual meaning, and write a book about it, as Shirley McClaine did. Can you hear the difference in the motivations and energetic vibration?

These examples are FOR health and FOR very different motivations than the previous examples. Polarized Thinking Presenting information with polarized viewpoints is another way to increase negative results through creating apathy. The back and forth bantering does the same thing to your psyche as a cat that bats a mouse back and forth until it’s lethargic. Many people today are confused and don’t know who to believe or what to trust. This is the result of strategic spin-doctors who practice the science of creating public opinion. They can put a particular product or concept in a desirable light. They know the best public relations takes place when people are unaware that they are being manipulated. To create public opinion PR firms select specific radio, TV, magazines and newspapers and use third party endorsements, institutes, foundations, celebrity endorsements, scientists for hire, attack strategies, and the media uses press releases from pharmaceutical companies ostensibly as investigative news. The sole purpose of press releases as news is to keep you in fear and uncertainty so you will watch again and be subjected to more advertising. Polarized talk show participants keep consciousness stuck in no-win situations. Dowsing and Kinesiology Testing has been used for eons to find water, oil and gold. . What Dowsing proves is the impact on a person’s energy field of all the information I’ve been sharing. If it’s truththe field expands. If it isn’tthe field collapses. It’s amazing to witness testing someone who doesn’t even know what the pink cancer ribbon means, yet we get negative test results.

There is a disease of the month celebrated every monthWhat are we creating when we celebrate a disease? What do you think Breast Cancer Awareness month will createmore health or dis-ease? Do you want to be part of the problem, or part of the solution? Think about this and then determine what you will do.

Who You Are and What You Do Makes A Difference. We are not only responsible for what we do, but also, for that what we dont do.Voltaire

One of the greatest gifts we can give to the world is to monitor everything we think and feel. Stop reading popular magazines and newspapersstop watching TV and listening to radioand you will be amazed at how different you think and feel.

It takes great courage to pull out of the cesspool of dysfunctional thinking … and live the Universal Laws of truth. It’s time to wake-up and take responsibility for your health, wellness and happiness. What we envision is what we will create. Consider how different the world would be if TV and radio programming only broadcast information about the positive aspects of life, instead of all the ills and deviants. Their negative thought forms are a major factor in creating society today. Think about the world our children and grandchildren will live in. Be discerning, selectiveand only support people and empowering causes that truly make this world a better place to live.

Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, author, international speaker and inspirational leader, specializes in: Mind, Body, Spirit healing and Physical/Sexual Abuse Prevention and Recovery. Dr. Neddermeyer empowers people to view life’s challenges as an opportunity for Personal/Professional Growth and Spiritual Awakening. www.drdorothy.net

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Diabetic Complications Can Benfotiamine Help Prevent Them?

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Diabetic complications contribute too many life threatening diseases globally. The root cause of diabetic complications is elevated glucose levels which contribute to blood vessel damage. Diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, or neuropathy are caused by damage to small blood vessel in the eyes, nerves and kidneys, etc. The bottom line of this damage is the lowering of the life expectancy of millions of diabetics worldwide.

What Can Be Done About It?

Few therapies are available today that treat diabetic complications. Most healthcare professionals recommend that their patients monitor their blood sugar by taking several blood readings a day to determine the amount of sugar in their blood. Blood sugar readings are generally higher from one to two hours after a meal.

It is suggested by these professionals that keeping blood sugar readings as close to normal as possible will reduce the onset of diabetic complications. Research has shown that there are four, chemical pathways that lead to diabetic complications. Instead of trying to explain these rather difficult chemical pathways, let the reader understand that diabetic complications are mainly caused by excess sugar in the cells, a condition known by the term advanced glycation endproducts (AGE) formation.

The research that was released in 2003 by a team of researchers from the Albert Einstein Collage of Medicine opened the possibilities that it may be possible to actually prevent and/or contain diabetic complications such as retinopathy, neuropathy and heart/circulatory conditions brought about by the presence of advanced glycation endproducts.

What Did This Research Suggest?

The Einstein researchers work showed that a substance called, benfotiamine, could reduce the effects of AGE by increasing the amount of an enzyme called transketolase. The research indicated that transketolase was increased by 300% which was enough to make a serious reduction of three of the four chemical pathways that open the door for diabetic complications in terms of vascular damage in diabetics. This vascular damage is directly responsible for the diabetic complications such as neuropathy, retinopathy and heart/circulatory conditions that lead to heart attack and stroke.

Can Benfotaimine Be Considered A Prudent Preventative?

Current research suggests that benfotiamine could possibly reduce the chances of diabetics developing the aforementioned complications. Many healthcare professionals readily recommend patients to add this nutritional supplement to their toolkit in the battle to prevent these insidious conditions that shorten the lives of thousands of diabetics annually.

Where Can I Find More Information About Benfotiamine?

More information about benfotiamine can be found by visiting the web site below and following the links. These links will give the reader a good base to make an informed decision about the use of benfotiamine in the battle against diabetic complications brought about by the presence of advanced glycation endproducts (AGE) which is excess sugar in the blood.

Research:

Hans-Peter Hammes, Xueliang Du, Diane Edelstein, Tetsuya Taguchi, Takeshi Matsumura, Qida Ju, Jihong Lin, Angelika Bierhaus, Peter Nawroth, Dieter Hannak, Michael Neumaier, Regine Bergfeld, Ida Giardino, Michael Brownlee. Benfotiamine blocks three major pathways of hyperglycemic damage and prevents experimental diabetic retinopathy. Nature Medicine 9, 294 - 299 (01 Mar 2003).

Michael Brownlee. Biochemistry and molecular cell biology of diabetic complications Nature 414, 813 - 820 (13 Dec 2001).

Roya Babaei-Jadidi, Nikolaos Karachalias, Naila Ahmed, Sinan Battah, Paul J. Thornalley. Prevention of incipient diabetic nephropathy by high-dose thiamine and benfotiamine Complications. Diabetes. (August 2003).

Zach Malott is CEO of Brentwood Health International, a nutritional supplement company involved in distribution and supplying wholesale, retail and end users.

Mr. Malott is available to discuss the research as it applies to benfotiamine in the treatment and prevention of diabetic complications such as neuropathy and retinopathy.

He can be reached at:

Phone: 505.354.0526

Website: http://www.emuhealthproducts.com

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Diabetes And The Long Term Dangers

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Diabetes has hidden dangers that begin before diagnosis and continue to worsen if certain steps are not taken to prevent the complications that are the true, killers in terms of diabetes.

Statistics show that there are around 18 million diabetics in America, both Type 1 and Type 2. It is amazing how many people, diabetics included, who have no idea what dangers a diabetic faces over their lifetime. A diabetic, all things being equal, lives almost 10 years less than their non-diabetic counterpart on average.

Why do diabetics life shorter life spans than non-diabetics? The answer is both simple and complicated. Simple in explaining in general terms, complicated in the medical sense. Without traveling the complicated route in this article, I will try to give a simple, straight forward answer to the above question. Diabetics live shorter lives than non-diabetics because of diabetic complications.

What Are Diabetic Complications?

Diabetic complications are chronic medical conditions that begin to affect the body of the diabetic. These complications are brought about mostly by a condition the medical community had named, Advanced Glycation End products which is simply, excess sugar saturating the inside of the cells of the body. This condition also called AGE for short includes coronary artery disease, vascular disease, blindness, kidney disease, retinopathy (blindness) and loss of feeling in the hands and the feet (peripheral neuropathy) among others.

Diabetes in the early stages does not produce symptoms. Unless found during a routine medical exam, it is possible for a diabetic to remain undiagnosed for years. It is during these years that the beginnings of diabetic complications can gain a foothold due excess sugar in the cells (AGE). The statistics show there is the possibility of as many as over 5 million people going about their normal lives while having undiagnosed diabetes.

Are Diabetic Complications A Certainty?

While the current consensus is that the formula for diabetic complications Diabetes Time = Complications. What this means is there is a much higher potential of a diabetic becoming diagnosed with one or more diabetic complications over time. This is partly due to how well the individual monitors and controls his/her blood sugar.

Drastic rises and falls of blood sugar can be hard on the body and the excess sugar present in the cells create havoc on the different nerves within the body as well as the capillaries, veins, and arteries. The evidence to date show that excellent control of blood sugar and an active lifestyle goes a very long way in preventing and/or slowing down the onset of diabetic complications.

The Different Types Of Diabetes

There are two types of diabetes - Type One and Type Two. Type One attacks children and young adults and is characterized by the pancreas failing to produce insulin which is a hormone that breaks down sugars and starches while converting them into energy. Type Two occurs usually later in an adults life and is characterized by the pancreas being unable to produce enough insulin due to several factors, obesity being one of them.

Around 10 percent of diabetics are Type One while the other 90 percent are Type Two. The major difference between the two being that Type One diabetics are completely dependent on insulin and take daily injections while the Type Twos have both those who require insulin shots while others can rely on oral medication and/or changes in diet and exercise.

The Risk Factors Surrounding Diabetes

There are several risk factors that can push a pre-diabetic into full blown diabetes.

1) being overweight.

2) family history of diabetes,

3) lack of adequate exercise.

4) history of gestational diabetes (occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears after delivery).

5) certain ethnic groups

People over 45 years of age and has one or several of the risk factors mentioned above should be screened for diabetes each year, preferably during an annual medical exam. It has been shown that people with these risk factors comprise the majority of diagnosed cases of diabetes each year.

What Tests Help Diagnose Diabetes Cases?

There are two, main tests used for determining whether or not a person has a glucose intolerance:

1) Fasting Plasma Glucose Test

2) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

Both of these tests can determine glucose intolerance which is where blood sugar is higher than what is considered normal. This is not always an indication of diabetes however.

Can The Onset Of Diabetes Be Prevented?

People with the above risk factors can go a long way toward preventing the development of full-blown diabetes by making significant lifestyle change. What are lifestyle changes? Changing unhealthy diets to more blood sugar friendly ones, doing enough exercise to help offset increased blood sugar levels and keep the body healthy and losing weight especially if considered obese by the medical community.

If you are pre-diabetic you need to stay on a strict diabetic diet. Ask your healthcare professional for a diet that meets that criteria and limit cakes, candy, cookies, and other things made of simple sugars. Eat small, nutritious meals and eat 5 times a day instead of only three.

If you are already diagnosed with full-blown diabetes, you should follow the same diet while under the meticulous care of your healthcare professional. Keep your cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar within proper limits and have your eyes checked every year.

Diabetes can contribute to blindness, kidney disease and heart disease. Complications caused nearly 70,000 deaths in 2000.

What Can The Diabetic Look Forward To?

Diabetic complications can be prevented or lessened for a longer time period by paying serious attention to lifestyle. A diabetic who eats right, keeps his blood sugar in control and within accepted limits, exercises and gets proper rest can expect to have a quality of life that is much higher in terms of the pain and suffering that diabetic complications brings into the lives of diabetics who do nothing to change their lifestyle.

What begins to occur in the diabetic who starts to develop complications because of uncontrolled blood sugars over time is a life filled with the possibility of becoming an invalid, either blind, an amputee, or suffering renal failure or a heart attack.

The above paints a rather grim picture if lifestyle changes are not adhered to. Research has shown that the diabetic that keeps their blood sugar within acceptable limits and follows a healthy, diabetic lifestyle that has been shown to be effective against diabetic complications stands a much better chance of not developing many of the complications their less than dedicated counterparts do.

There is a new derivative of thiamine (Vitamin B1) available now that is showing great promise in greatly reducing the excess sugar in the cells of the diabetic, the process known as Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGE).

Is Benfotiamine Effective Against Diabetic Complications?

Benfotiamine is a lipid soluble derivative of thiamine. Japanese researchers developed benfotiamine in the 1950s and later patented it in the United States in 1962. No one in the US medical community paid much attention to it at the time. For the past 12 years in Europe it has been used for neuropathy, retinopathy and other uses.

The chemical name and formula for benfotiamine is: S-benzoylthiamine-O-monophosphate (C19H23N4O6PS). It wasnt until a group of researchers in New York at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University released the results of their research in 2003 in Nature Medicine Magazine did the rest of the world begin to take a look at this substance.

Benfotiamine is unique and was reported by Michael Brownlee, M.D., as showing much promise in preventing nerve and blood-vessel damage in diabetics. Every diagnosed diabetic has been told by his/her healthcare provider that diabetic complications are the true killers in terms of diabetes.

If you are a diabetic or know a diabetic, you may find additional information about benfotiamine and view research that has been recently conducted showing the benefits of preventing diabetic complications by following the link to the website below.

Zach Malott is CEO of Brentwood Health International, a nutritional supplement company involved in distribution and supplying wholesale, retail and end users.

Mr. Malott is available to discuss the research as it applies to benfotiamine in terms of diabetic complications such as neuropathy and retinopathy.

He can be reached at:

Phone: 505.354.0526
http://www.emuhealthproducts.com/benfotiamine.html

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I.R.S. Tax Credit For Weight Loss And Smoke Cessation Programs

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Youve made the life-saving decision to go for help to lose weight or stop smoking, now how do you pay for it?

Many health care insurances, no longer pay for losing weight or smoke cessation, which seems counter-productive, because weight problems or smoking can lead to severe health problems that cost far more for treatment than the cost of losing weight or smoke cessation programs.

The I.R.S. recognizes this obvious catch twenty-twoTax laws passed for 2003 onwards means you can get a tax credit for money paid for smoking cessation and weight loss programs.

This is a tax credit - not a tax deduction, so that means 100% credit on your taxes of the total amount spent for the entire program!

You Can Get 100% tax credit for your Weight Loss and/or Smoking Cessation program when using Hypnotherapy or other programs to resolve these two health threatening issues!

The information below is quoted from page 12 for Smoke Cessation and page 13 IRS Publication 502 year 2003.

Stop-Smoking Programs
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You can include in medical expenses amounts you pay for a program to stop smoking. However, you cannot include in medical expenses amounts you pay for drugs that do not require a prescription, such as nicotine gum or patches that are designed to help stop smoking.

Weight-Loss Programs
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You can include in medical expenses amounts you pay to lose weight if it is a treatment for a specific disease diagnosed by a physician (such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes or heart disease). This includes fees you pay for membership in a weight reduction group and attendance at periodic meetings. You cannot include membership dues in a gym, health club, or spa as medical expenses, but you can include separate fees charged there for weight loss activities.

How to Report

To claim the credit, complete Form 8885, Health Coverage Tax Credit, and attach it to your Form 1040 or Form 1040NR. Report the credit on Form 1040, line 67, or Form 1040NR, line 62, and check box c. You cannot claim the credit on Form 1040A or Form 1040EZ.

You must attach invoices and proof of payment for any amounts you include on line 2 of Form 8885 for which you did not receive an advance payment. If you file your return electronically, attach the invoices and proof of payment to your Form 8453. Proof of payment may include a pay stub if insurance is through a spouse’s employment, a bank check, or bank statement for premiums that are automatically deducted from your account.

If you claim this credit, you cannot take the same expenses that you use to figure your health coverage tax credit into account in determining your:

Medical and dental expenses on Schedule A (Form 1040)
Self-employed health insurance deduction, or Archer Medical Savings Account (MSA) distributions.

Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Hypnotherapist, Life Coach and Inspirational Leader specializes in: Mind, Body, Spirit healing and Physical/Sexual Abuse Prevention and Recovery. Dr. Neddermeyer empowers people to view life’s challenges as an opportunity for Personal/Professional Growth and Spiritual Awakening. www.drdorothy.net

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5 Element Theory: A Logical Myth

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I was talking to a group about how 5 Element Theory is at the ‘root’ of Oriental medicine, when someone said, 5 Element Theory is a myth. Somewhat eager for an argument, this person seemed surprised when I agreed with him, and paraphrasing Joseph Campbell, I said: A real myth is true.

Try Oriental medicine and within several weeks you’ll ‘know’ if it’s working for you.

A Myth Is A Truth
As Joseph Campbell explained throughout his long career as a teacher, myth reaches far back into humanity’s past, and deep into our current collective unconsciousness. Through its guises of tale, lore, legend, and story, myth presents us with the facts of life, but not in the linear, rational way we’re accustomed to receiving information, but rather wrapped in metaphor and poetic perspective. Learning that begins with a thought, and understood with a feeling.

A Diagnostic Model
The 5 Element Theory of Oriental Medicine is a diagnostic model, discovered in ‘pre-scientific’ times and understood today by using your mind, to ‘recognize’ the defined relationships laid out in the 5 Element matrix, and then after working with an Oriental medicine practitioner to determine what adjustments in your ‘lifestyle’ are needed to address your health issues ‘feeling’ if your problem is being corrected. As the folk wisdom says: The proof is in the pudding; does it taste good or not? Are you getting better or not? That’s what’s most important to your body. And for your mind: it is much more credible when it can say, I know, rather than I believe. And the way to know if something is improving your health is to ‘feel’ it.

Try Oriental Medicine
When you try the Oriental medicine approach to health and well-being, within a period of several weeks you’ll ‘know’ if it’s working for you; and whether or not you ‘believe’ in why it’s working won’t make any difference at all, because you’ll be enjoying your pudding.

Kitty Bradshaw is a licensed acupuncturist, with an advanced clinical degree in Oriental Medicine. Studying and working with Oriental Medicine since 1986, Kitty combines Traditional Oriental Medicine with Taoist healing methods to offer healing possibilities beyond the level of standard health care. Her deep understanding of Chinese medical herbs, combined with her intuitive abilities to diagnose and treat difficult problems, has helped many people regain and maintain their health.

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Diabetics Testing Your Blood Glucose

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When you are diabetic, it is important for you to regularly test your sugar, or blood glucose, levels. The readings that the blood glucose meter gives you can help you to make informed decisions about your lifestyle, exercise and diet. There are several different ways for you to test your blood glucose:

1.The Finger-Stick Method involves using a single drop of blood from your fingertip, which is then placed on to a small test strip and inserted into an automated blood glucose testing meter. The reading is displayed on the meters digital window display.
2.The Alternate-Site Method involves obtaining blood from either the forearm or thigh, because there are fewer nerve endings in these locations than can be found in the tips of your fingers. There is significantly less pain when it comes to testing in this manner.
3.The Hemoglobin A1C Test is actually meant to monitor your diabetes treatment and management plan over a period of two to three months to make sure you’re managing it correctly. This test measures your total glycated hemoglobin, known as GbA1c, which will reflect the average blood glucose level registered over a longer period of time. This is a test that can be taken at the doctors office or purchased at a pharmacy and done in your home. If you qualify, Medicare will cover this test 100%. Most people who take this test are hoping for a Hemoglobin A1c test of 7% or less.

Tips for Testing your Blood Glucose Level:
Make sure that your hands are washed and dried thoroughly before any testing is done. Using warm water will help to keep your blood flowing.
Use a fresh alcohol wipes to clean the skin surface where you plan to obtain your blood.
Make sure that your meter is calibrated every time you start a new box of testing strips.
Make sure that you are using fresh, non-expired test strips with each and every reading.
The lancets that come with your testing kit are also meant for single usage, just like the test strips. So make sure you are always using a fresh, new lancet with every test.

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Medtronic Monitors Glucose And Hypoglycemia

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First things first, Medtronic - the largest medical technology company in the world based in Fridley Minnessotta is credited with the manufacture of the first ever wearable artificial pacemakers.

Medtronic, Inc. announced the introduction of the GuardControl Trial. Currently, this is the first ever large-scale, prospective, multi-center clinical random trial that commenced in Europe in order to evaluate the usage of real-time and continuous readings on blood sugar in order to help improve the management of diabetes.

The Guardian RT by Medtronic provides continuous monitoring of glucose and is particularly designed to display readings that show glucose levels in as little as five minutes. An alarm then sounds whenever the level of blood sugar reaches high levels or low levels, as according to the limits prescribed by clinical professionals.

Glucose readings that are done in real-time helps patients as well as professionals involved in health care to make immediate adjustments also in real time therefore improving the control of blood sugar.

The Guardian RT twelve-week study has an objective to reduce hemoglobin A1c in about 0.5 percent and more specifically in those patients that have type 1 diabetes.

What is an A1c measurement? Basically, this reflects the average persons control of their blood sugar over a period of three months or two. Studies show that a drop of about one percent in A1c also results in a significant reduction in diabetes complications as well as costs related to healthcare.

Meanwhile, the Fructosamine measurement like the A1c test is also used to assess ones blood sugar in a period of time that is shorter.

The trial also evaluates how long low and high blood sugar patterns occur as well as the average blood glucose levels each day.

Believe it or not, the value of maintaining a normal as well as controlling blood sugar levels significantly reduces complications in the kidney by fifty six percent. Disease of the nerves meanwhile is reduced to sixty percent, and diseases that involve the eye is also reduced by more than seventy percent. These therefore result in diabetic patients improving their overall life and health.

It is a fact that patients that have type 1 diabetes usually experience erratic fluctuations in their blood sugar. This also includes hypoglycemia in the night time and unawareness of hypoglycemia could experience complications.

With the ability of glucose readings to warn and alarm diabetic patients of dangerously lethal low and high blood sugar levels.

The Medtronic technology

Medtronics Guardian RT is actually designed for any patient suffering from any type of diabetes to be used. These include those patients that have pre-diabetes. Basically, these are persons whose levels of blood sugar is higher than the normal, yet not that high to fall under those diagnosed with diabetes.

There are actually a lot of diabetic patients that use the 2 to 3 finger stick measurements each day in order to manage their diabetes. Thanks to the Guardian RT, more than two hundred glucose measurements could be conducted in a period of twenty four hours. This makes it possible for diabetes information to be had in real time. This capability makes it easier to manage diabetes and avoid complications along the way.

All in all, Medtronics Guardian RT offers diabetes management in an easy, accessible and real-time method that all types of diabetes patients could benefit from.

Karen Newton is a registered nurse and fulltime freelance writer dealing with endocrinology issues such as diabetes and hypoglycemia. To get a free copy of the 7 Day Hypoglycemia Survival Guide go to: http://www.hypoglycemiasecrets.com/hypoglycemia.htm

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