http://www.diabetesall.com Diabetes Information Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:56:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Diabetes is an age old disease, which is recorded as early as Greek civilization. This disease is characterized by excretion of large amount of very dilute urine. Diabetes can also be explained as a syndrome characterized by disordered metabolism and inappropriate blood sugar level. On the basis of symptoms diabetes can ... http://www.diabetesall.com/diabetes-during-pregnancy/ Diabetes insipidus (DI) are a disorder of which there an abnormal increase of urine output, liquid prerecording is frequently and thirst. It is caused by a deficiency of antidiuretic hormone, also known as vasopressin, or by an insensitivity of the kidneys to that hormone. It can also be induced iatrogenically ... http://www.diabetesall.com/diabetes-insipidus-with-treatment-and-prevention/ If you are a health-conscious person, you would have come across the word diabetes mellitus or even heard of it a few times yourself. Thus, with that in mind, I will focus briefly on the aspect of classification and non-pharmacological therapy of DM. Classification of Diabetes : Type 1 DM Type 1 DM ... http://www.diabetesall.com/classification-of-diabetes-mellitus/ Diabetes mellitus is a medical condition in which the capacity to produce insulin in the body is marginally or significantly reduced. Because of this condition, glucose uptake by the body cells becomes deficient, and blood sugar levels increase. Type 1 diabetic patients produce little or no insulin, and hence need ... http://www.diabetesall.com/diabetes-mellitus-ayurvedic-herbal-treatment/ Diabetes Mellitus is divided into two categories, namely type 1 and 2 respectively. In both types of diabetes mellitus pathophysiology they are more likely to be similar as the blood sugar is high. Firstly, it is either due to less production of insulin, or no production which resulted insulin resistance. ... http://www.diabetesall.com/diabetes-mellitus-pathophysiology/ Syndrome X is a term used a describe a set of cardiovascular risk factors that includes glucose or insulin disturbances, high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, elevated blood pressure, and upper-body obesity. Other terms to describe this syndrome are the metabolic cardiovascular risk syndrome (MCVS), Raven’s syndrome, insulin resistance syndrome, ... http://www.diabetesall.com/syndrome-x-diabetes-and-cardiovascular-disease/ Investigations indicate that insulin stimulates protein synthesis by increasing transport of amino acids into cells and at the same time stimulating nucleic acids, particularly RNA and the messenger RNA, which is especially involved in protein synthesis. Insulin has been shown to stimulate RNA synthesis in many cases. Thus it appears ... http://www.diabetesall.com/the-role-of-insulin-in-protein-metabolism/ Diabetes can be treated effectively with the co-operation of the patient. If you have a high glucose level in the urine and blood the first and most important thing to do is to control the diet. Cut down sugar completely if you are a clear cut diabetic case. This will ... http://www.diabetesall.com/effective-treatment-of-diabetes/ Diet therapy is concerned with the modification of the normal diet to meet the requirements of the sick individual. Its purposes are: 1. To maintain good nutritional status. 2. To correct deficiencies. 3. To afford rest to the whole body or the body that is affected. 4. To maintain body's ability to metabolize the ... http://www.diabetesall.com/principles-of-diet-therapy/ Sugar, jaggery and honey should not be used in cooking. Flour, cheese, groundnut powder and coconut have considerable food value and should not be added as "free foods" (food stuffs of low caloric value and low carbohydrate content). In order to preserve the fibre, vegetables should be cut into large pieces. ... http://www.diabetesall.com/diabetic-cookery/