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Here is a piece of information for you; about 7% of the American population is diabetic. Surprised? Well, it is a fact and with the ever-increasing number of obese people, it should not come as a surprise to you.
Mainly, there are two forms of diabetes, Type I and Type II; while Type I is more common among children, Type II is the one more common among adults and it is the result of improper diet and an unhealthy lifestyle.
This form of diabetes results when our body does not produce enough insulin. The function of insulin is to enable our cells to utilise the sugar to produce energy. However, because of insulin deficiency, our body is not able to use sugar to produce energy. The result is a rise in the level of blood sugar while our body remains deprived of energy.
If you have diabetes or even high blood pressure, you must know that both of these disorders can cause kidney disease as well as kidney failure. Diabetes in fact, is the number one cause for kidney failures, with high blood pressure right behind it on the second most leading cause.
While this is true, it is also true that you will not wake up one morning to find that your kidney has failed. Kidney failure occurs following a long period of several years, even decades of kidney damage and by taking proper precautions as well as keeping a close watch on your health, it is possible to reduce the threat of a kidney failure. Read the rest of this entry
A metabolic disorder, which is described by changed levels of glucose tolerance and defective carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, is known as diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is linked with many complications that result from hyperglycemia stimulated inflammation.
The risks of last-stage renal disease, stroke and myocardial infraction, retinopathy, increased risk of infection, debilitating neuropathies and poor wound healing are greatly increased because of diabetes related vascular changes. It has been suggested by the many studies of diabetic complications that development of inflammatory response is intervened in great part of the cells by polymorphounuclear leukocytes, phogocytic cells and macrophages.
The researchers from Boston University presented the results of their studies in the 86th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, according to these results omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids are signs of an effective new genus of pro-resolution and anti-inflammatory mediators. Read the rest of this entry
