There is a new, very good service that deals with real life and how to deal with it when you have diabetes. Now is a good time to give it a look - just when you might be giving up on those New Year's Resolutions.
http://www.diabetesoutside.com/
It is done by a woman, Amy Gonsalves, who has lived with her diabetes for over two decades. She is a Boot Camp Instructor no less and she just completed her first marathon. But the major part is she knows how to live normally.
I know her personally. You would love to know her personally because she also knows how to have fun in life. She’s smart. She’s tough. She’s cool. Take a look at her site. It just may be your time.
Dr. Joe
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Relieving Stress on Beta Cells Prevents Diabetes 2
News from the Joslin Clinic may help show the way to prevention of Diabetes 2
Cells in your body are constantly changing to make poisonous forms of oxygen called oxidants after which they bring in opposite forms of proteins and chemicals called anti-oxidants to oppose these oxidants. This yin-yang balance of normal oxidative stress has also great potential to negatively affect the insulin producing beta cells. They can malfunction and then start to die causing diabetes 2. So far all this tells us is a story of the balance of normal cells and where things can go wrong.
This process of malfunction seems to begin with a certain enzyme, G6PD, the main producer of an antioxidant called NAPDH that plays a central role in defending beta cells against oxidants when all is normal. The damage to the G6PD by the unopposed oxidation begins to decrease the size and activity of insulin producing cells. Thus we know that an enzyme can start the malfunction.
This indicates a start in a new deadly cycle with the G6PD damaged by the high levels of blood glucose caused from all the known unhealthy issues as from as excessive weight, lack of exercise, excessive carbohydrates produced in causing diabetes. This indicates how these risk factors work to cause diabetes. They kill enzymes.
So how do we prevent diabetes? First we go to the end of the process by providing a diet restricted in fats, carbohydrates and excessive calories. Secondly, I usually recommend Mistica in the early stages of diabetes. The dose is 2-4 ounces daily depending on your size. Mistica is an antioxidant that is five times more powerful than any other available product on the market be they pharmacologic or natural. Thirdly, increase the level of exercise!
The Joslin Clinic work involves only mice at this point. (So many mice have given their all to advance humankind). However the pharmacological industry is already planning their role and the natural supplements are ready.
However, knowing how diabetes 2 begins is what all researchers have looked for since I entered medicine. It is not surprising that it would be a two step process. NAPDH is an essential antioxidant that can regulate the growth and death of beta cells. Health dominates metabolism until stress, activated genes or outside forces upset the balance. This is why I pursue health, strategic health to once again retain balance. Strategic health is finding disease prior to symptoms. For diabetes 2 we probably have the earliest moment until we can look for activated genes.
It’s likely this information will be helpful with other diseases. High levels of oxidants are thought to be a major cause of disease such as Alzheimer’s, Hypertension, heart disease and kidney disease. All the complications of diabetes and the role of the metabolic syndrome as the intermediary situation on the way to clinical diabetes are likely to be targets of research projects.
Yet there are many ways to take advantage of what we know today. No need to wait. It’s your time.
“Dr. Joe”
Cells in your body are constantly changing to make poisonous forms of oxygen called oxidants after which they bring in opposite forms of proteins and chemicals called anti-oxidants to oppose these oxidants. This yin-yang balance of normal oxidative stress has also great potential to negatively affect the insulin producing beta cells. They can malfunction and then start to die causing diabetes 2. So far all this tells us is a story of the balance of normal cells and where things can go wrong.
This process of malfunction seems to begin with a certain enzyme, G6PD, the main producer of an antioxidant called NAPDH that plays a central role in defending beta cells against oxidants when all is normal. The damage to the G6PD by the unopposed oxidation begins to decrease the size and activity of insulin producing cells. Thus we know that an enzyme can start the malfunction.
This indicates a start in a new deadly cycle with the G6PD damaged by the high levels of blood glucose caused from all the known unhealthy issues as from as excessive weight, lack of exercise, excessive carbohydrates produced in causing diabetes. This indicates how these risk factors work to cause diabetes. They kill enzymes.
So how do we prevent diabetes? First we go to the end of the process by providing a diet restricted in fats, carbohydrates and excessive calories. Secondly, I usually recommend Mistica in the early stages of diabetes. The dose is 2-4 ounces daily depending on your size. Mistica is an antioxidant that is five times more powerful than any other available product on the market be they pharmacologic or natural. Thirdly, increase the level of exercise!
The Joslin Clinic work involves only mice at this point. (So many mice have given their all to advance humankind). However the pharmacological industry is already planning their role and the natural supplements are ready.
However, knowing how diabetes 2 begins is what all researchers have looked for since I entered medicine. It is not surprising that it would be a two step process. NAPDH is an essential antioxidant that can regulate the growth and death of beta cells. Health dominates metabolism until stress, activated genes or outside forces upset the balance. This is why I pursue health, strategic health to once again retain balance. Strategic health is finding disease prior to symptoms. For diabetes 2 we probably have the earliest moment until we can look for activated genes.
It’s likely this information will be helpful with other diseases. High levels of oxidants are thought to be a major cause of disease such as Alzheimer’s, Hypertension, heart disease and kidney disease. All the complications of diabetes and the role of the metabolic syndrome as the intermediary situation on the way to clinical diabetes are likely to be targets of research projects.
Yet there are many ways to take advantage of what we know today. No need to wait. It’s your time.
“Dr. Joe”
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