Stuff About Diabetes
 

I just wanted to start a thread where I could post stuff about diabetes as I run across it.

Nerve Changes Due to Diabetes
 

Nerve changes from diabetes begin earlier than previously known:

http://www.breakthroughdigest.com/ht...s_from_di.html

Possible Cause of Diabetic Neuropathy
 

Malfunctioning bone marrow cells sabotage nerve cells in diabetes:

http://www.breakthroughdigest.com/ht...arrow_cel.html

Could a similar process be involved in other, non-diabetic neuropathy?

Benefits of Benfotiamine
 

Benfotiamine blocks three major pathways of hyperglycemic damage and prevents experimental diabetic retinopathy (benfotiamine is a synthetic variation of thiamine or vitamin B1 - being fat soluble it seems to be more readily usable):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

Vegus Nerve Activity and Diabetes, Hypertension
 

Interfering with vagal nerve activity in mice prevents diabetes and hypertension.

"'Mice that can't make Ppara don't develop diabetes or hypertension in response to glucocorticoids," says Semenkovich, who also is chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research. "The use of steroids is very common in medicine. People with asthma, arthritis, organ transplants and others rely on those steroid drugs, and many of them go on to develop insulin resistance that can advance to diabetes and hypertension.'

But in these most recent experiments, the researchers showed that both Ppara and the vagus nerve seem to play important roles in the development of these disorders."

http://www.breakthroughdigest.com/ht...l_nerve_a.html

Experiment to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
 

The Apple Figure and Insulin Sensitivity
 

http://www.diabetesnet.com/irtips.php

It seems to me that lowering blood triglyceride levels is one of the healthiest things one can do in general. Lowering blood triglycerides will also help one to deal with many of the negative effects of diabetes. Here is a good website to check out.

http://www.healingdaily.com/conditio...glycerides.htm

In addition to exercising and reducing sugars and starches, one should also reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption. This is because alcohol significantly reduces the body's ablility to burn fat.

cinnamon for diabetics
 

here is a small article:

http://www.healthbulletin.org/diabetes/diabetes4.htm

Curious,

Thanks for the cinnamon post. I've gotten my diabetic father-in-law to take cinnamon regularly. I believe it is helping him. I take cinnamon to help control my blood pressure. Two great benefits in one.

Insulin Resistance
 

New Insights and New Therapies for Insulin Resistance:

http://academic.sun.ac.za/medphys/insulinresistance.htm

tastes great too. i love it in a cup of decaf coffee. reminds me a drinking a cinnamon roll. :D and cinnamon tea...yum

i didn't know that about blood pressure. cool.

Hi guys,

Well I was on prednisone for a while last year and gained weight on lyrica. cant seem to lose any weight no matter what I do.

So I went to an endocrinologist I like and we did the 2 hr glucose test on Tuesday. should get the reults tomorrow or next week. The endo thinks I could be pre-diabetic. Diabetes runs in my family.

Well keeping my fingers crossed.

The cinimmon things sounds interesting. Can I get it at WHole Foods?

Thanks for the insight

grocery store sweety... or whole foods. :D

like you would use for baking. i don't always grind.

valarian root ( supplement) has also shown promise for diabetics.

:hug: :hug: hope you tests come back negative.

Thanks Curious! I hope it's negative too, if not I am gonna nip this in the bud.

I am gonna check our spice cabinet I might have some for baking. Although it might be some cinammon from that Cinnabon place ( yum) and might be full of sugar. Although a Cinnabon sounds good right now :D

Love your idea about putting it in tea! Might sneak some to hubby base on what you said above :eek:

And Wasabi, I read that article about New insights for insulin resistance. Great article! Thanks!!!

Hope to learn more and live healthier espeically given family history of diabetes.

Have a great night :hug:

Glycemic Load
 

Hi Shelley and Curious,

I just sprinkle cinnamon powder on my food. Whole Foods would have cinnamon. I get mine by the pound from Wilderness Family Naturals.

Most people now know this but not everyone. Here is an article titled "The Harmful Effects of High Gycemic Load Diets." Everyone, but especially diabetics need to take into account the glycemic load of their meals as much as the glycemic index of the individual foods they eat. This is why the diet to lower triglycerides (See earlier post titled "The Apple Figure and Insulin Sensitivity) is helpful:

http://www.tbkfitness.org/Glycemicload.html

Shelley - hopefully you are not diabetic, but in case your need to take Lyrica has anything to do with diabetic neuropathy, you might want to check out the link to information about benfotiamine in my earlier post titled, "Benefits of Benfotiamine"

Thanks Wasabi (I love your name) and Curious

I will be stopiing by Whole foods for some Cinammon nd P5p (B- vitamin)

The doc called on Friday to say blood tets are in and to come back to discuss treatment which means something but not sure what. She did both a glucose test and thryoid tests ( I have Hashimotos but is in normal range right now) so we will see on Friday what she says. Am not worried and deteremined to control thos and make commitment to get in shape and lose some weight.

I am reading and making list of questions to ask so thanks for the articles, insight and help.

I am off to find out the benefits of Benfotiamine.

Thinking I might need a homepath to help me with all these supplements

Hope you are both having a good day :grouphug:

Ideal Blood Sugar
 

Here is an interesting discussion about ideal blood sugar levels:

http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndi...loodsugar.html

Hi Wasabi,

Can I ask a question. So the results of my blood test have come back. And I have scheduled a conference call on Friday with the doc to review. But she said that my sugar was fine but my insulin was high. Do you have any insight on that? I'll find out more on Friday.

Thanks

Insulin Resistance
 

Shelley,

Here is a good article about insulin resistance. See how it lines up with your situation. If you want to know more, just do a search on "insulin resistance":

http://www.thenutritionreporter.com/...esistance.html

Thanks Wasabi! I have not seen this one but have done a search and am armed for my doc meeting On Friday.

Thanks for your help.

Diabetes, Dry Eye, and What to Do
 

"In addition to soothing the symptoms of dry eye, omega-3s carry other benefits for diabetics. High dietary intake of omega-3s correlates with a lower incidence of type 2 diabetes, omega-3 have been shown to reduce elevated triglycerides in non-insulin dependent diabetics, and even more importantly, omega-3s reduce the risk of death from coronary heart disease and total mortality in diabetic women."


http://www.newstarget.com/006460.html

Too Many Antioxidants Harmful?
 

Excessive Antioxidant Activity Risk Factor For Type II Diabetes

"Denman Harman, the original developer of the free radical theory of aging, has argued that, yes, there is such a thing as too much antioxidants. He found that taking too much antioxidant vitamins made him feel sluggish. This makes sense. Starting in the 1970s scientists have discovered that free radicals to be involved in an increasing number of signalling pathways in the body. If all our free radicals were quenched by extremely powerful antioxidants we'd literally die and rather quickly."

http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/002168.html

Ozone Treatment for Diabetes
 

http://www.ozonosan.de/images/upload...2005_final.pdf

http://curezone.com/diseases/diabete...d_Can_Help.htm

Insulin Receptors Play A Critical Role In Promoting Islet Growth
 

A Diet to Prevent or Deal with Type 2 Diabetes
 

This is a diet for good health. This diet has the right perspective on carbohydrates.

"Carbohydrates are used for one thing only and that is energy generation. This allows us to define a "balanced" diet, which is one where the energy used in movement and exercise equals the energy provided by the carbohydrates we consume."

Treating Diabetes: Practical Advice for Combatting a Modern Epidemic:

http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndi.../diabetes.html

"High-Normal" Blood Sugar Levels and Organ Damage
 

"Research Connecting Organ Damage with Blood Sugar Level":

http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14045678.php

Type 1 Diabetes Onset and Soy
 

Extra Iron - A Diabetes Risk
 

IP-6 + Inositol Against Diabetes
 

http://ip-6.net/WhatsNew.html

IP6 also helps to reduce excess iron.

A Short Easy-Reading Article on Glycemic Load
 

Moderate amounts of carrots are a good thing for diabetics.

http://www.bu.edu/nfc/article_reducing.html

Low Blood Sugar and Neurosis, Low Blood Sugar and Diabetes
 

Very interesting reading:

http://www.survivediabetes.com/hypt2.htm

Go to this author's home page to see the foods he eats, the foods he avoids and the supplements he takes.

The author makes this interesting statement in support of taking supplements - "If someone drinks a huge amount of water, he will lose vitamins and minerals in his excess urine. When a diabetic's blood sugar exceeds his kidneys' 'renal threshold', urine output increases, carrying vitamins and minerals out of the body along with the excess glucose. Even well-controlled diabetics have high blood sugar from time to time, so one might expect diabetics tend to be low in micronutrients, especially those relevant to diabetic complications such as magnesium (heart disease), zinc (poor immunity) and chromium (insulin resistance). And this is what is found." This statement is a reason to do one's best to keep blood sugar under control and to take supplements as well.

The author makes this interesting statement about diabetes and alcohol - "Second, alcohol is empty calories, providing all the stress of, say, sugar (even though its metabolism does not involve insulin directly). There's something addictive about these empty calories that diabetics are drawn to - sugar and refined flour probably cause the condition in the first place, and a disproportionate number of Type II diabetics are either carbohydrate cravers or alcoholics. Alcohol is likely to damage the diabetic metabolism further.":

http://www.survivediabetes.com/contents.htm#without

Shelley,

I have been taking a magnesium supplement with really good results (over the years, I have tried a number of other magnesium supplements). It is called Ionic-Fizz Magnesium Plus. I hear that Peter Gillham Natural Vitality Natural Calm magnesium is also good. I am finally getting muscles to release that have been hard and cable-like for years. Magnesium could be helpful for you in a number of ways:

For relaxing muscles - good for TOS

For sugar metabolism - good for preventing diabetes

For helping to deal with diabetic (and other?) neropathy

For dealing with stress

For thyroid issues -
"Hypothyroidism does not have to be a lifelong struggle with low energy, depression and weight gain. A therapeutic diet coupled with effective supplementation, as well as thyroid medication where appropriate, can reduce symptoms, regulate hormones, and re-establish healthy metabolism. Magnesium supports the conversion of T4 to the active form of hormone, T3. It will also help with any fibromyalgia symptoms that you may have associated with your thyroid disease. "

In addition you might want to avoid soy products.
"Do Soy Foods Negatively Affect Your Thyroid? A Look at the Downsides of Soy":

http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/soydangers.htm

Dealing with Diabetic Neuropathy
 

This is an excellent article.
"A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DIABETIC NEUROPATHY TREATMENT":

http://www.geocities.com/bsy53/dn/neuropat.html

Zonulin Upregulation, Increased Gut Permeability, and Type 1 Diabetes
 

This is a pretty technical article. This has potential implications for autoimmune disorders in general. "Zonulin Upregulation Is Associated With Increased Gut Permeability in Subjects With Type 1 Diabetes and Their Relatives":

http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org...full/55/5/1443

Type 2 Diabetes Triggered by Fatty Diet
 

"UCSD Team Discovers Diabetes Trigger in Fatty Diet":

http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2005/12_28_Marth.htm

Reducing Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Restores Insulin Sensitivity
 

"Chemical Chaperones Reduce ER Stress and Restore Glucose Homeostasis in a Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes":

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/conten.../313/5790/1137

Combination Treatment Reverses Diabetes in Mice
 

Diabetes and Ulcers
 

Ulcers Serious for All Diabetics:

http://www.health24.com/medical/Cond...1662,32030.asp

I find it amazing that members on this forum are allowed to post links to web sites for other members to enjoy or to become further informed about a particular topic. I think posting links along with messages is fundamental to the operation of a health forum. :)

I'm not sure but I think I got banned from Healthboards.com for doing something like this. :confused:

Healthboards.com will not tell me "specifically" why they banned me but, my best guess is, I believe it had something to do with trying to help another member find some important information on the Internet about their specific problem. I believe I posted a link or two and the next thing I know, my login name and password was turned off and I got a message saying I did something "inappropriate". :confused:

That's it! No further explanation. :confused:

Anyway, I don't miss it. This forum seems much more user friendly. Less stress. Much more relaxed. My thanks to www.neurotalk.psychcentral.com for giving their members a warm and friendly place that fosters trust, respect and understanding. In my opinion, Healthboards.com would do well to take a lesson from you about running a health forum. :wink: