Diabetes Epidemic

With obesity levels being at an all time high, the epidemic
of type 2 diabetes is growing at an alarming rate, and will
only get worse.


Between 2001 and 2002, the diagnosis of diabetes went from
5.5 percent of Americans to an alarming 6.5 percent. In
just one year!

Overall, twelve million Americans have been diagnosed and
another 5 million Americans have diabetes and don’t know
it. And yet another 12 millions are on their way to type 2
diabetes because of impaired glucose levels.

Not knowing is the worst because risks of untreated
diabetes puts us at a terrible risk of complications
including but not limited to blindness, amputations and
ultimately death.

The stickler is, that type 2 diabetes is almost completely
preventable. Doctor’s say eat less, eat better and
exercise. The numbers show just how many Americans are
currently overweight.

Statistically, people are now living longer, and it has
been on the rise for years. But this will not continue if
type 2 diabetes is not put under control.

We are a gluttonous society and ultimately it is affecting
how we live and how long we live.

And unfortunately, the diabetes epidemic is not just a US
problem. It is spreading worldwide with epidemic reports in
Asia, the Middle East and the Caribbean.

It is estimated that by 2025, the number of diabetics
worldwide will rise to 380 million. And diabetes is now
affecting more of the young and middle-aged population in
developing countries between the ages of 40 and 59.

Liver Disease Still Can Be Prevented, Perform From Now

Liver plays an important role keeping the body healthy by removing toxins from the body that enter with food and drinks. The liver produces bile that helps break down fat apart from food, is also capable of storing glucose that will support the provision of energy for the body.

Therefore, any form of interference affecting these organs can be at risk of disruptive discharge system toxins from the body. If not promptly treated, the risk ultimately bring life-threatening disease.

Unfortunately, many day-to-day habits of humans at risk of causing disturbances in the liver. Began to pay attention to your diet from now and also look at the conditions that keep the risk as follows.

Too much consumption of sugar
Requires careful fructose, which is one type of sugar, to produce fat. But if eating too much refined sugar and artificial sweeteners from corn starch with a high fructose content, it can lead to a buildup of the risk of causing liver disease. This type of sugar commonly found in soda, candy, and sweet cakes. This risk can occur even in people who are not overweight though. The study found that the danger caused by the equivalent resulting from the consumption of liquor.

Obesity
Being overweight can lead to accumulation of fat in liver cells which can lead to non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). In addition to being overweight, the disease is also the most risky befall those who have diabetes and middle age (around 40-60 years). If not dealt with, in the long term scarring that can harden replaces healthy tissue.

Monosodium Glutamate / MSG
Some research may call flavourings or MSG as a harmless substance, but other studies on animals found that MSG can cause irritation of the liver and can lead to liver cancer and non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Although the effect has not been proven in humans, but it's good to limit consumption of MSG. In the product packaging, you can recognize MSG with other names, such as yeast extract (yeast extract), extracts of soy (soy extract), or hydrolyzed vegetable protein.

Tran’s Fats
The study found that the consumption of foods containing Tran’s fats can cause liver disease with scar tissue. These fats are found mainly in foods written on the packaging and package labels as partially hydrogenated vegetable oil or vegetable shortening.

Check out other conditions that can cause liver disease here.

How to Handle Shortness of Breath?

After we discuss the possible causes of shortness of breath. Now, we will discuss about how to deal with shortness of breath.

How to Handle Shortness of Breath?

Handling shortness of breath is not the same in each individual. Therefore, it needs a precise diagnosis of the cause of shortness of breath. If you experience shortness of breath due to asthma or allergies, then you need to do is avoid the elements triggers, such as dust, cigarette smoke, air pollution, pet dander, or pollen. Keep always the cleanliness of your home to be free from dust, ticks, or mites.

Taking drugs can do to deal with shortness of breath due to allergies, such as decongestants and antihistamines. Both of these drugs can accelerate the process of breathing air. If you have severe allergies, is likely to be given a steroid inhaler. Inhaled medications can also be applied by patients with sinusitis.

People with asthma can be treated with drugs that are inhaled or drunk. The goal is to help alleviate or prevent airway obstruction and excessive mucus production. If you are undergoing treatment with inhaled medicine, make sure the supply is adequate and the tool works well.

Quitting smoking can also accelerate your breathing. In addition, smoking can also give other effects, the risk of heart disease, lung disease, and cancer.

Diet can also be done if you experience shortness of breath because of obesity. By losing weight to a healthy level, breathing can be more relieved. Also avoid strenuous activity when it is in place with a height of over 1500 meters.

For those of you who experience shortness of breath due to a serious illness, may have to undergo treatment or taking certain drugs from the doctor. Consult your doctor about what treatment is right for you.

If you experience shortness of breath accompanied by high fever, chills, cough, swelling in the legs, lip colour to blue, or shortness of breath worsened, immediately visit a doctor as soon as possible.

HOW IMPORTANT IS VITAMIN D FOR YOUR HEALTH

Important Information About Vitamin D! Vitamin D prevents osteoporosis, depression, prostate cancer, breast cancer,and even effects diabetes and obesity.  Vitamin D is perhaps the single most underrated nutrient in the world of nutrition. That's probably because it's free: your body makes it when sunlight touches your skin.  Fifteen facts that are important to know about vitamin D and sunlight exposure: 1. Vitamin D is produced by your skin in response to exposure to ultraviolet radiation from natural sunlight.  2. The healing rays of natural sunlight (that generate vitamin D in your skin) cannot penetrate glass. So you don't generate vitamin D when sitting in your car or home.  3. It is nearly impossible to get adequate amounts of vitamin D from your diet. Sunlight exposure is the only reliable way to generate vitamin D in your own body.  4. A person would have to drink ten tall glasses of vitamin D fortified milk each day just to get minimum levels of vitamin D into their diet.  5. The further you live from the equator, the longer exposure you need to the sun in order to generate vitamin D. Canada, the UK and most U.S. States are far from the equator.  6. People with dark skin pigmentation may need 20 - 30 times as much exposure to sunlight as fair-skinned people to generate the same amount of vitamin D. That's why prostate cancer is epidemic among black men - it's a simple, but widespread, sunlight deficiency.  7. Sufficient levels of vitamin D are crucial for calcium absorption in your intestines. Without sufficient vitamin D, your body cannot absorb calcium, rendering calcium supplements useless.  8. Chronic vitamin D deficiency cannot be reversed overnight: it takes months of vitamin D supplementation and sunlight exposure to rebuild the body's bones and nervous system.  9. Even weak sunscreens (SPF=8) block your body's ability to generate vitamin D by 95%. This is how sunscreen products actually cause disease -by creating a critical vitamin deficiency in the body. 10. It is impossible to generate too much vitamin D in your body from sunlight exposure: your body will self-regulate and only generate what it needs.  11. If it hurts to press firmly on your sternum, you may be suffering from chronic vitamin D deficiency right now.  12. Vitamin D is "activated" in your body by your kidneys and liver before it can be used.  13. Having kidney disease or liver damage can greatly impair your body's ability to activate circulating vitamin D.  14. The sunscreen industry doesn't want you to know that your body actually needs sunlight exposure because that realization would mean lower sales of sunscreen products.  15. Even though vitamin D is one of the most powerful healing chemicals in your body, your body makes it absolutely free. No prescription required. On the issue of sunlight exposure, by the way, it turns out that super antioxidants greatly boost your body's ability to handle sunlight without burning. Astaxanthin is one of the most powerful "internal sunscreens" and can allow you to stay under the sun twice as long without burning.  Other powerful antioxidants with this ability include the super fruits like Acai, Pomegranates (POM Wonderful juice), blueberries, etc.  Diseases and conditions cause by vitamin D deficiency: * Osteoporosis is commonly caused by a lack of vitamin D, which greatly impairs calcium absorption.  * Sufficient vitamin D prevents prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, depression, colon cancer and schizophrenia.  * "Rickets" is the name of a bone-wasting disease caused by vitamin D deficiency.  * Vitamin D deficiency may exacerbate type 2 diabetes and impair insulin production in the pancreas. * Obesity impairs vitamin D utilization in the body, meaning obese people need twice as much vitamin D.  * Vitamin D is used around the world to treat Psoriasis. * Vitamin D deficiency can cause schizophrenia.  * Seasonal Affective Disorder is caused by a melatonin imbalance initiated by lack of exposure to sunlight.  * Chronic vitamin D deficiency is often misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia because its symptoms are so similar: muscle weakness, aches and pains.  * Your risk of developing serious diseases like diabetes and cancer is reduced 50% - 80% through simple, sensible exposure to natural sunlight 2-3 times each week.  * Infants who receive vitamin D supplementation (2000 units daily) have an 80% reduced risk of developing type 1 diabetes over the next twenty years.  Shocking Vitamin D deficiency statistics: * 32% of doctors and med school students are vitamin D deficient.  * 40% of the U.S. population is vitamin D deficient.  * 42% of African American women of childbearing age are deficient in vitamin D.  * 48% of young girls (9-11 years old) are vitamin D deficient.  * Up to 60% of all hospital patients are vitamin D deficient.  * 76% of pregnant mothers are severely vitamin D deficient, causing widespread vitamin D deficiencies in their unborn children, which predisposes them to type 1 diabetes, arthritis, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia later in life. 81% of the children born to these mothers were deficient.  * Up to 80% of nursing home patients are vitamin D deficient.  BEFORE FOLLOWING ANY HEALTH ADVICE YOU MUST CHECK WITH YOUR G.P.

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Stop Obesity!

In addition to appearance is not good, the body is too fat too risky to invite the arrival of dangerous diseases.

Do not underestimate the weight problem. In addition to support the appearance, the ideal body weight is also good for health. It is important for us to keep the weight from getting too fat, especially for those in the family has a history of high blood pressure / hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and high cholesterol levels.

If there are family members who suffer from this disease, losing weight can reduce the risk of illness.

Agency overweight can cause a variety of health risks. These risks include:

Cause Sleep Disorders
Obese people tend to be more at risk of sleep disorders. Sleep apnea, a condition when people stop breathing several times during sleep and this is a serious disorder. These conditions make oxygen levels dropped dramatically, thus affecting the heart and blood vessels and increase the risk of diabetes and stroke.

Causing Disturbances on the Knees and Waist
Being overweight can increase the risk of osteoporosis. In addition, you are also at risk of back problems due to excessive load.

Increases the Risk of Chronic Diseases
People with a body too fat tend to be more at risk of developing several serious diseases such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, liver, arthritis, and gall bladder disorders. Being overweight can affect the performance of the hormone insulin causes diabetes and increase the risk of heart disease. Excess fat interfere with the heart because it raises cholesterol deposits, increased blood pressure and clogged arteries. Besides excess fat makes the blood loses its ability to clot which can lead to stroke. In women, obesity can lead to irregular menstruation and infertility disorders. In the end, obese people have a shorter life risk compared with those who had normal weight.

Discrimination and Lack Confidence
Adolescents who are overweight tend to have psychological and social problems. They risk being teenagers who lack confidence and experience discrimination or bullying of friends around him.

Increased Risk of Cancer
In men, obesity can also lead to increased risk of various types of cancers such as esophageal adenocarcinoma, gall bladder cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer, and colon cancer. While in women, obesity can increase the risk of kidney cancer, gallbladder cancer, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, and uterine cancer.

There are many medical reasons for keeping the body is not too fat. Therefore, do not delay to maintain healthy body weight by implementing a healthy diet and exercise regularly. Know whether your weight has begun to excess with her doctor. With normal weight, the risk of disease will be decreased and the quality of life you can stay a maximum.

Herbs for Obesity

Obesity is usually caused by the build-up of fat in body tissues has been more than 30% (women) and above 25% (men). Normally, the male body fat composition of 12% - 28% of total body weight, while women 18% - 24%.

Herbs for Obesity

Obesity can make the body tired quickly if used to work hard, the heart beat faster, and breathing so disturbed. Obesity is also sometimes a trigger can be disease heavyweights, such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and heart disease.


To cope with obesity, herbs are the answer. Because herbs are safer, no side effects, and easily obtainable ingredients. Empirically, several medicinal plants that have been used for weight loss, among others: noni, Dutch teak trees, pomegranate, pineapple, yellow leaves.


Herbs for obesity:
Noni: wash 2 ripe noni fruit until it is clean. And scar, and filtered. This herb is taken 2 times a day.


Dutch teak trees: wash and slice the leaves 20 Dutch identity, then boil with 3 cups water. Once cool, strain and drink 2-3 times a day.


Pomegranates: prepare two young pomegranates. Wash and mash until smooth, then squeeze with boiled water mixed. Add salt to taste. Then squeeze and strain. Drink 1-2 times a day.


Pineapple: pineapple peeled fruit is ripe. Wash and grate the pineapple fruit, then squeeze and strain. Drink 2 times a day.


Yellow leaves: prepare a handful of yellow leaves, add a handful of leaves of Morinda citrifolia and 10 cm heyneana curcuma. Mash all ingredients until smooth, add water with a cup, then wring it out and drink in the morning before breakfast.

That's some natural ways to overcome obesity. Hopefully this article can be useful for those who want to lose weight naturally.