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What Diabetes is
====When a person consumes food, their stomach turns it into glucose, which is basically a fuel for the body. It then enters the bloodstream where it is carried by you're body's insulin to the muscles in the body. In a diabetic, the insulin is destroyed before it can carry the glucose out into the body. That causes the glucose to build up in the bloodstream, which causes high blood sugar. Without insulin, the energy from the glucose is never carried out to the body. That is why diabetics must inject insulin into their bodies every day to prevent dangerously high blood pressure.====

Web site
http://www.drmcdougall.com/med_diabetes.html

Signs and Symptoms

 * ====__**Frequent urination**__- Access water is drawn from the blood when the kidneys are overwealmed by too much glucose.====
 * ====__**Unquenchable thirst**__- You become very thirsty and you're body needs to replace the excessive water being taken in you're urine.====
 * ====__**Losing weight without trying**__- The body feeds of muscle tissue and excess fat for energy instead of glucose.====
 * ====__**Weakness and Fatigue**__- This happens when glucose is never delivered to the cells, making them energy starved.====
 * ====__**Tingling in hands, legs, or feet**__- Glucose damages you're nervous system, causing them to tingle.====

Progression of Diabetes

 * ====__**Stage 1**__- Insulin secretion is increased which decreases the size of beta cells.====
 * ====__**Stage 2**__- The glucose levels start to rise.====
 * ====__**Stage 3**__- The unstable period where glucose levels rise rapidly.====
 * ====__**Stage 4**__- When the beta cells loose they're function completely and become simplified or generalized.====
 * ====__**Stage 5**__- Beta cells become even smaller with progression to ketosis.====

Prevention

 * ====Keep you're body fat percentage down.====
 * ====Eat a low-carb diet and limit sugars.====
 * ====Don't eat heavy meals two hours before sleep.====
 * ====Eat 5 to 6 small meals a day.====
 * ====Have high- protein breakfasts.====

Treatments

 * ====Avoid fat- free foods because they will make insulin go up and down.====
 * ====Type 2 diabetics should eat grain flour foods, not wheat flour.====
 * ====By choosing good flour instead of bad flour, type 2 diabetics can keep their insulin level stable.====
 * ====Drink lots of water.====
 * ====Don't skip meals and don't eat excessively out of boredom or anxiety.====
 * ====Exercise when you can.====