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Monday, May 14. 2007
 My favorite neighbor Mrs. Lindbergh has type two diabetes. For several years, she has suffered from this disease. She told me that her love for sweet desserts like delicious Mango Pudding and chocolate chip cookies caused her diabetes. After years of treating and battling her type two diabetes, there are only a few improvements on the health condition of Mrs. Lindbergh. In fact, her left kidney failed because of diabetes. We are all so sad to hear that her health slowly falling apart. I also felt sad because whenever there's a neighborhood party, Mrs. Lindbergh can't eat a lot of delicious food that she likes since it's forbidden.
Last night when I was browsing the internet, I came across an article about low fat vegan's diet for diabetic people. In the article, it says there that the researchers discovered that the standard diet is less effective for diabetic people. They highly recommend that they follow low fat vegan's diet. It's healthy and good for people. Whoever follows this will lose fats and cholesterol. It can also help control your blood sugar.
After I read this article, I immediately went to my neighbor and let her read this article. I told her to consult her doctor and ask him whether she can take the low fat vegan's diet. Her doctor told her that it's okay for her to follow this type of diet. I was so happy to find out that there's still hope for my favorite neighbor.
Sunday, May 13. 2007
I have a friend who weighs around two hundred pounds and above. Even though, she doesn't like to eat sweets and other pastries involving sugar, she has diabetes. We were all shocked by this news because we didn't see this coming. In fact, my friend has never in her life imagined that she will get this illness. When I narrated this story to my cousin who is a doctor, she told me that being overweight can increase the risk of having this disease. So as early as now, you can determine if you'll develop diabetes in the near future by looking at the weighing scale.
Saturday, May 12. 2007
Dr. K.M. Venkat Narayan, the chief epidemiologist in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered in their studies that three out of four eighteen-year-old men will develop diabetes, while only thirty-five percent of eighteen-year-old women will develop diabetes in their lifetime. On the other hand, people with normal weight are also likely to develop this risk although the percentage is much lower for them. When I read about this stuff, I've realized that whether I'm too fat or just average, I'm still prone to developing type two diabetes.
Friday, May 11. 2007
 I read an article in the internet about the connection of weight or BMI to the risk of diabetes. I printed the article using my laser jet 1600 printer so that my friends can read it. Based from the article, there's no clear explanation as to how being overweight can increase your chances of developing diabetes. The assumption is that fats can hinder the production of insulin. Insulin is responsible for converting sugar to energy. When I read the article, I was scared because I'm a little overweight. Whether the study is proven or not, the best way to prevent diabetes is to avoid eating super sweet pastries.
Thursday, May 10. 2007
I'm a coffee junkie. My mother often tells me to stop drinking coffee because it's bad for my health. She keeps blabbing that it can increase my blood pressure and can make me look old because of caffeine. I refuse to believe her. Drinking coffee is still routine for me, especially when I found out recently that coffee can reduce the risk of diabetes in women. I've read this in the Internet. I even printed out a copy for my mother, using our new Hewlett Packard printer. After reading this, she drinks more than four cups a day of coffee.
Wednesday, May 9. 2007
Researcher Mark A. Pereira and his team discovered that women who drink more than six cups of coffee each day are more likely to develop a type two diabetes. Type Two diabetes, as we all know, occurs in middle age. But in the researches made by Pereira and company, it is found out that antioxidant is the anti-reducing element in coffee that prevents type two diabetes and not caffeine. Accordingly, it's better to drink decaf as it reduces the chances of getting type two diabetes. In the statistics, twenty-percent diabetes reduction can only be reduced when you drink coffee. On the other hand, thirty-three percent can be reduced if it's decaf. Incidentally., antioxidants protect the beta cells of pancreas from damages.
Tuesday, May 8. 2007
Rob van Dam, a researcher in Pereira's team had discovered in 2003 that the chlorogenic acid in coffee is good for the body. He observes that chlorogenic acid can lower the absorption sugar by the cells. In this way, the risk of getting diabetes will be greatly reduced. Although, Van Dam admits that this area should be further explore by experimenting on humans to understand fully the benefits of drinking coffee. With studies about the pros of drinking coffee in one's health, people are advised to drink and coffee not as a wake-up drink but for their own health as well.
Monday, May 7. 2007
He's a diabetic dude or he's nothing. I'm talking about my junior high classmate, Nick, who's as sickly as any tiny fellow can get. Diabetes runs in his family, but the symptoms never show up until in the early twenties, as in the case of his pretty twin sisters. He, on the other hand, had been pissing in his pants 24/7 ever since he was in third grade. When the student club members carried lunch boxes with Oreo and spaghetti, he won't join the potluck. Sometimes, he was branded the low-carb Johnny.
Sunday, May 6. 2007
 Don't ever believe anyone who says diabetes is contagious. It was a childhood myth we all loved to nurse in our stupid noggins. Nick didn't spread the disease, but classmates had spread the scuttlebutt that this lone fella was sick and therefore, we should all keep a wide berth. In reality, diabetes is truly safe - at least, to us who ate Oreos and spaghetti and didn't have diabetics in our families, nor lived with diabetic patients.
Saturday, May 5. 2007
It was only later in high school that we learned about Type 1 diabetes. This type of "D" can still be cured, according to Nick's physician, as long as the glucose level in the body is maintained. Back then, the Biology teacher used to call Nick out in the front to lecture about the importance of insulin in the body. We would yawn, of course, but it would be another ten minutes before Nick shocked the whole class. He had later developed Type 2 diabetes, and now we see him in sunbathing in his lawn, strapped in his wheelchair.
Friday, May 4. 2007
I don't know if diabetics (especially those who cannot afford costly treatment without income support benefits) would consider it great news to know that it is now possible to transfer the islet-cell from a donor's body to the diabetic patient. But I do know that the process can get icky, since there's always the possibility that the diabetic will reject the beta-cell that is transplanted to his body. This can only occur if the diabetic patient does not undergo follow-up treatment, which usually takes months after the first transplant operation.
Thursday, May 3. 2007
 In order for the diabetic's body not to reject the new islet cells from a donor, the doctors would have to inject immunosuppressant drugs such as Rapamume. This drug will eventually be the new lifeblood of the Type-1 patient, since the moment he stops taking in immunosuppressants, his body will react on the foreign islets that have been injected on him. This would result in more complication instead of an increased survival rate.
Wednesday, May 2. 2007
Because only Type-1 diabetics are allowed to undergo this type of treatment, there is so much hope for children dependent on insulin. The question is, is there any difference between taking insulin and getting transplants if it meant getting attached to a lifelong drug treatment anyway? Annie, my former college classmate who is now undergoing the islet-cell transplant operation, says yes. Insulin treatment requires measurement, monitoring, and other tedious tasks day in and day out. Beta cell or islet transplant demands less work on the patient's part.
Tuesday, May 1. 2007
The first time I heard the term "polyuria", I wasn't scared. I felt that it was a little too tame a name for something that keeps a person occupied with his bodily fluids 24/7. When I was doing interviews with people who had diabetic symptoms back in New Orleans, the word itself struck fear among the patients. Imagine visiting the omnipresent public bathroom every 15 minutes or so, pissing a saucerful, and then going to the kitchen to get something to drink. Polyuria and polydipsia go together.
Monday, April 30. 2007
 There was one patient that actually fell on the floor one time and just writhed. I imagined it was a possible episode of epilepsy, but it wasn't. The loss of calcium resulted in his violent spasms. The scary thing about this urinating excessively is that it causes a disturbance in the body chemistry. This symptom, along with excessive drinking, springs from the brain, the kidneys, and the fluids in the body. It may begin from as early as infancy.
Sunday, April 29. 2007
A person who is urinating excessively has compounds in the bodily fluid that causes this nonstop release of water. Also, if there is any disease in the kidney, there is loss of control over the fluid release. The pituitary gland in the brain controls the urine flow from the kidneys - but polyuria destroys this ability to control the urinary tendencies. My brother once joked that if anyone among us suffers from polyuria, there should always be a constant supply of tampon and diapers in the backpack.
Saturday, April 28. 2007
 Before diabetes, there were only healthy episodes of nighttime sleep. I could snooze right on the sofa in front of the tube when the shows get a little boring, and wake up finding myself still dressed the way I was yesterday. It's not like this anymore. Before bedtime, there's always the necessary glucose test before sleep, and in the wee hours of the morning, often at 3 am. Also, there's the constant watch on the carbs that I eat at night. This means special pasta dishes that are made specifically for diabetics like me.
Friday, April 27. 2007
If I don't do this, I'd be experiencing the deadly Somogyi effect again. I'd been to the Diabetic Information Center and learned a lot about diabetic terms I wasn't familiar before. The DIC is a great place to be educated so you can fend for yourself when the doctor couldn't come to your rescue. I've learned the hard way that if I don't watch out for my glucose level, I'm going to rebound. Sometimes it happens because of what I ate, or sometimes it just happens with some medicines I take.
Thursday, April 26. 2007
The Somogyi effect, according to the DIC, can spring from an instance of low level of blood sugar or what they call hypoglycemia. All humans metabolize sugars and release hormones in the body when the glucose supply is depleted. The trouble with diabetics is that the body produces epinephrine and glucagon - hormones that cause imbalance in the glucose level of the patients. If I don't check my BSL anytime during the dawn, I might vomit and be so thirsty when I wake up because of hyperglycemia, something that's very dangerous to me.
Wednesday, April 25. 2007
It's natural for any diabetic to keep count of his blood sugar level, especially when diet impacts the BS thoroughly. Sometime in my last visit to the Org, they gave me a spaghetti treat, something I wouldn't have taken even a snippet down my throat if they were cooked by non-diabetics. But there I was, eating a few ounces of Dreamfields pasta, trusting my other diabetic friends that it was safe for my BS level, i.e., won't give me the so-called spikes.
Tuesday, April 24. 2007
Dreamfields pasta was supposed to be made for diabetics who were seeking the taste of our favorite low-carb spaghetti, without the risk of giving spikes or drops. The great thing about this experiment is that I already knew someone has eaten quite a whole box of the pasta and didn't experience spikes, as expected. What fuckingly sucks is that you'd have to cook the food longer. Also, you can't just eat or drink anything along with the spaghetti -- damn favorites like orange punch or cherries included.
Monday, April 23. 2007
 Some diabetics take the risk and try it out anyway, but there are still alternatives to the pasta-craving crowd. Some diabetics don't really dig Dreamfields pasta, so they come up with one made with egg or whole wheat. Some examples are egg noodles and egg fettucine. You can actually make up a couple of boxes of whole wheat pasta and freeze them in plastic bags like home dinner meals. Anytime you like to have a saucerful, you can nuke it and add a few frozen meatballs, and throw in some Natucol and Parmesan cheese.
Sunday, April 22. 2007
Jessica is a diabetic and she likes to eat cookies and chocolates. However, her physician told her to stay away from too much sugar. Her doctor gave her a recipe that she can cook if she can't stop craving for puddings and other desserts. This recipe is Baked custard. With this recipe, Jessica will not feel being deprived of sweet and delicios desserts.
Saturday, April 21. 2007
2 cups skim milk
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 cup nonfat egg substitute
Friday, April 20. 2007
 Preparing this recipe is very simple, as you start by mixing milk, sugar, vanilla, and egg substitute. Then, pour the custard mixture into 4 over-proof custard dishes and place the custard dishes in a deep pan. Fill the pan with hot water up to the level of the custard, then bake in a preheated oven at 325 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes. If you see that the custard is firm in the center, then it is already cooked. You can serve it either warm or chilled. A serving of this recipe contains the following nutritional value: calories (130), carbohydrates (21 grams), protein (8 grams), fat (2 grams), saturated fat (trace), cholesterol (19 mg), fiber (0 mg), sodium (106 mg), potassium (242 mg) and calcium (155 mg).
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Diabetes Diet Comments
Sun, 22.10.2006 12:34
I love cookies and chocolates that's why I think I have diabetes.
Sun, 22.10.2006 12:34
I want to follow a strict low fats vegan's diet because I'm diabetic.
Wed, 18.10.2006 15:46
I've also heard that antioxidants in coffee reduces diabetes.
Wed, 18.10.2006 15:45
I'm starting to learn how to drink coffee because of it's health benefits.
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Sat, 07.10.2006 12:52
No one likes to piss all the time. But if you got diabetes, you should be able to cope with it.
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Sun, 24.09.2006 16:51
I'm very sure my husband will be very happy with these tips. He loves sweets but he's a diabetic.
Fri, 22.09.2006 13:30
Discipline is the key if you have diabetes. If you want to live longer, be a disciplined person.