Syndrome X

The diabte type 2 is often preceded by a set of symptoms known as
Syndrome X, which leads to insulin resistance. This syndrome
can exist for years before the development of diabetes (or other diseases
such as heart disease and cancer). It is estimated that approximately 25% of Americans
carriers can be unaware of the syndrome X. Among the signs of
syndrome X, there are signs of tiredness after eating, weight gain
with difficulty in losing it, levels of blood pressure and cholesterol
progressively increased over time. Syndrome X may be fought
through a healthy diet, exercise and making the body
adequate amount of nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, the
vitamin E, vitamin C and potassium ascorbate.



Health risks

Diabetes is a serious threat to the health of its victims. May
lead to blindness, for hypertension, depression, all'aterosclerosi, the
malfunctioning of the kidney, all'amputazione Arts and increases
considerably the risk of heart attack. Since many people are not
not even aware of having diabetes, changes in lifestyle and
the beginning of his treatment often come too late. Happens
that someone has the disease 5-10 years before it is
correctly diagnosed, and in the meantime irreversible organ damage
and tissues may be occurring.



Factors contributing

Surely our western way of life contributes to sedentary
damaging our health and encourages the development of diabetes.
Unfortunately, exercise is not a habit in the lives of the majority
the Americans and in the words of Andrew Weil, MD, author of
several books on alternative medicine among the best sellers: "A quarter of
all cases of Type II diabetes could have been avoided with 30 minutes to
day of moderate physical activity. "
Exercise stabilizes sugar, decreases the resistance
to insulin, reduces the need for treatment of insulin and helps the
weight control.

The main contributor to the development of diabetes is
certainly obesity.
Almost every person who develops Type II diabetes is overweight.
Accordingly, we conclude that diet also plays a part
great in the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Michael Murray, ND
and Joseph Pizerno, ND wrote nell'enciclopedia of natural medicine:
"Even in normal individuals, a significant weight gain causes
intolerance to carbohydrates, high levels of insulin insensitivity and
of insulin in muscle tissue and fat. The gradual
dell'insensibilità of insulin is believed to be the basic factor in
development of diabetes type II. The weight loss alone can correct
all these abnormalities and significantly improves the diabetes. "



Diet and Diabetes

The refined carbohydrates (the basic food of the American diet), including
white flour, sugar, white bread, pasta, white rice, etc..,
can be done quickly raise your blood sugar level. Instead, we should eat
foods that have a high content of fiber, like whole wheat,
legumes and vegetables fresh. "The important role in this diet (for the
diabetes), "writes Dr. Whitaker in his" Guide to Natural Health "," is
entrusted to the legumes. These foods are rich in fiber. Eat food
containing fiber diet is one important strategy towards
obesity, but it's in the blood circulation of the diabetic that legumes
have particular value. Help control glucose levels. The
My recommendation is a diet rich in fiber and vegetables, this
combination helps to improve all the control functions
diabetic. "

To avoid a further charge already weak immune system, the
diabetics to stay away from commercial products and buy the meat,
plant products and dairy products as organic as possible. Needless to say,
food too artifacts or surrogates, such as hydrogenated oils (such as
margarine) and the desserts should be omitted from the diet. Although
certain artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, are deemed
"prejudice" for diabetics, research indicates that products are made of
harmful chemicals in the long term can cause cancer of the brain,
the decline of memory, headaches and a myriad of other diseases
children. The only alternative to sugar that suggest it is a herb
of South America called Stevia. Contains virtually no calories and
second search, can actually lower your blood sugar level. Stevia has been used
for centuries by Indians and Paraguayan in Japan, so it can be considered
a safe food.