The incidence of diabetes is rising in this country (United States) at an alarming rate the same as it is all over the world. Research studies, doctors and pharmaceutical companies are all scrambling to figure out why the increase and try to find ways to control the escalating numbers through conventional medicine.
What Are The Reasons For Such An Increase In Diagnosed Cases
Giving a list of reasons is actually a list observations and deductive reasoning. There is no way to say definitively that this is the exact reason. So some identifiable factors which research now believes is leading to this cause is:
Longer life spans - the senior population is more prone to diabetes but because of improved medical care seniors are living on average an additional 10 to 20 years longer.
Increase in numbers of minority populations - some minority populations have a greater chance of getting diabetes more than other nationalities. With the increasing numbers settling in the United States and calling this their home, the figures on diabetes are rising.
Type 2 diabetes in children - type 2 in children is more commonplace now than in former generations. Excess fast food and junk foods, lack of exercise (computer time and hand-held games) has been causing a generation of children with a weight control problem
Sedentary lifestyles - Many people are leading a less active lifestyle than former generations. Sustained movement requires the body to burn more glucose for energy. Even if your blood sugars do consistently run high, the continuous movement (burning off more glucose) will help to lower your blood sugars naturally often without even the aid of medications.
After starting any exercise program, whether it be walking, running, playing golf, washing a car everyday, gardening or any project which enables continuous movement - check your blood sugars regularly several times daily to prevent low blood sugars. Notify your doctor if you seem to be running low consistently. This will probably require a change in your medications.
Can I Cure My Diabetes For My Lifetime
Although conventional medicine now claims an improved diet and increased exercise will greatly reduce your odds of a diabetic diagnosis, or maybe even reduce the severity of your currently diagnosed condition, some treatments through alternative medicine actually claim considerable success in all together eliminating diabetic symptoms in many people.
So common alternative medicine advice to preventing the disease or to help alleviate your current symptoms includes a 5 step program.
Yes, this program is a complete lifestyle change.
You arrived at these difficulties with diabetes because of your current lifestyle. So eliminating the progression of this disease is going to take a change. Realize though, this change is not an "overnight I have got to be doing everything different tomorrow."
Work with these five steps daily and with time you will begin to notice the changes you are making in your body.
Step 1 Stop eating all refined sugars. This includes table sugar, high fructose corn syrup, molasses, honey or anything else made by man somewhere in a manufacturing facility. This especially means the elimination of all sodas and sweetened drinks. This one is always the hardest for most people so take it day by day. Every time you get the urge for a sweetened drink, candy, cookies or absolutely anything which contains a processed sugar product, substitute another good for you product such as a piece of fruit or some ice chunks instead.
Step 2 Add a few daily servings of superfoods to your diet from a high quality nutritional supplement supplier. Talk to a naturopathic doctor first for the safest and most effective way to learn how to do this. Then verify your source of nutritional supplements are a good source. There is many, many companies out there selling low quality offerings.
Step 3 Start a daily exercise program. Pick something you like and just do it - everyday!
Exercise alone helps many people to reduce their diabetic symptoms and reduce their dependence on medications.
Step 4 Get out and get some sunshine - everyday - as long as the weather permits outdoors.
A vitamin D deficiency is one of the leading contributing factors to the breakdown of your immune system and its complex functions. If you do not get enough sunshine (our bodies manufacture it's own vitamin D with the aid of sunshine) then add a good quality vitamin D3 supplement to your daily program.
Step 5 Eliminate all processed food. This one is generally hard for most people also. But remember, you are not being asked to give up all meat, just the kind that is already processed (hot dogs, sausage, deli meats etc.). It is necessary to remove all cow's milk products also from your diet so there goes the glass of milk, ice cream, cheese, etc.. Next is all the "white" goods. This group includes the white bread, pasta and pastries, donuts or any item just made from white flour.
Now for what you can have - make your own sausage or ground beef products by grinding up your own fresh meats. Deli meats can get replaced by you baking your own fresh roasts, chickens, pork etc.. Just verify with your butcher that no additives, preservatives, colorings etc. have been added to your products before selling to the customer.
By following these five steps diligently, over time you are going to notice you are dropping pounds, reducing your dependency on medications for blood sugars, cholesterol, blood pressure and many other nagging little conditions. You have just drastically reduced your chances of developing heart disease, increased your energy and vitality, have improved your daily sleeping habits and you are now leading an improved lifestyle each and every day for the rest of your life.
