Advanced Wellness Solutions

Last month I wrote a post on the Signs of Diabetes , but it appears I jumped the gun.

Turns out that not only is November National Diabetes Awareness Month, but November 14th (today) is National Diabetes Awareness day.

Here’s stuff you may not know about Diabetes:

RedFiery Heart blog says:

Myth #1  You can catch diabetes from someone else.
No.  Although we don’t know exactly why some people develop diabetes, we know diabetes is not contagious.  It can’t be caught like a cold or flu.  There seems to be some genetic link in diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes.  Lifestyle factors also play a part.

On Pins and Needles blog has two children with Type I Diabetes.   She writes:

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases to affect children. It can strike children of any age, even toddlers and babies. If not detected early enough in a child, the disease can be fatal or result in serious brain damage. Yet diabetes in a child is often completely overlooked: it is often misdiagnosed as the flu or it is not diagnosed at all.

A little bit of everything blog reports:

I have heard several testimonies from people with type 2 diabetes, who drank alkaline, ionized water and their blood sugar went back to normal.  My friend has this, I will recommend the water to him.

My Son has Diabetes blog writes:

Whatever you are doing on World Diabetes Day, take just a moment to consider the facts behind the campaign:

• Every 10 seconds a person dies from diabetes-related causes.
• Every 10 seconds two people develop diabetes.
• Over 250 million people live with diabetes worldwide. In 2025, this figure will reach 380 million.
• Over 500,000 children under age 15 worldwide live with type 1 diabetes.
• More than 200 children a day develop type 1 diabetes.
• In developing countries, close to 75,000 children live with diabetes in desperate circumstances.
• Type 1 diabetes is increasing fastest in pre-school children, at a rate of 5% each year.
• Type 2 diabetes has been reported in children as young as eight.
• Type 2 diabetes affects children in both developed and developing countries.

To be honest, these figures surprised me.  I assumed that the Type II Diabetes epidemic we’ve seen in the US was a reflection of our sendentary lifestyles.

Get your blood sugar tested.  So many people live for YEARS with undiagnosed diabetes and the tragedy is that, with proper blood glucose management, diabetes does NOT have to be a killer disease!!!

When I was 18 years old, I was very proud of my flat belly and trim waist.  Twenty years later, both have disappeared under a disgusting layer of belly fat!!!

Turns out that hormones are to blame.  Researchers have found that as women age, our estrogen levels decrease.  This decrease in estrogen leads to a rise in the stress hormone called Corrisol.  Increased Cortisol levels have been showed to increase belly fat.

Cortisol is a stress hormone produced by the adrenal glands in response to stress. It is very useful in the short term when you need to respond to a life-threatening situation. But long-term high levels of cortisol have these negative effects on your body:

Reduce Cortisol Levels to Control Belly Fat

In the August 25, 2008 issue of Woman’s World - they suggest that a simple belly fat busting solution is to switch from drinking coffee to drinking tea.

Researchers first instructed volunteers to drink 4-6 cups of black tea daily for 6 weeks.  However, like any good study, some of the volunteers were drinking a “fake” tea.

Then, the researchers placed volunteers in a stressful situation and then measured their corisol level.  The “real” tea drinkers’ cortisol levels dropped 47% compard to 27% drop in the control group (those who drank the “fake” tea.)

High Cortisol levels have also been linked to various diseases including:

• heart disease
• gall bladder disease
• certain cancers
• osteoarthritis
• diabetes
• asthma

Adding 4-6 cups of black tea a day to your diet may help to lower cortisol levels AND fight these deadly diseases