Diabetes Mellitus is a condition that’s one of the most costly and burdensome chronic diseases of our time - it is a condition that is fast increasing to almost epidemic proportions throughout the World. Diabetes is a serious disorder of the pancreas. Basically the body is not able to use the glucose (sugar) in the blood as the levels are too high. Glucose is obtained from the digestion of certain foods like bread, potatoes, rice, sugar and other sweet foods, as well as from the liver. There are two main types of Diabetes known as Type 1 Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes.
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The causes of Type 2 diabetes are constantly being researched by experts all over the world for many years now. Doctors have found that type 2 diabetes are genetically linked and have found that people with family members having type 2 diabetes are in the higher risk group. Early Signs : Insulin Resistance
In China the Luo Han Guo fruit has been used as a natural sweetener for nearly a millennium. The official name of this herbaceous perennial vine is Siraitia grosvenorii. It is native to southern China and is best known for its fruit. Luo Han Guo, (罗汉果; Pinyin: luóhàn guǒ) literally means “arhat fruit” or “monk’s fruit”, and is one of several that have been called the “longevity fruit”. It is also commonly spelled as “luohan guo”. It is grown primarily in the southwestern Chinese province of Guangxi (mostly in the mountains of Guilin), as well as in Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, and Jiangxi. These mountains lend the plants shade, and are often surrounded by mists.
Mention the word diabetes and the vast majority of people will assume that you are talking about either type 1 diabetes, which affects about 10% of diabetes sufferers, or type 2 diabetes, which is the most commonly seen form of the disease and is currently growing alarmingly. But did you know that there is a third type of diabetes which has no connection whatsoever with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, apart from sharing the name diabetes.
In a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Medtronic, Inc., they found that 67 percent of people incorrectly believed a cure existed for type 1 diabetes. The survey also showed that nearly 80 percent of U.S. adults don’t know the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes develops when the body’s immune system destroys pancreatic beta cells, the only cells that make insulin, a hormone that regulates blood glucose. About 1 million Americans with type 1 diabetes are insulin dependent for survival. |