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Diabetes: A disease in which the body doesn’t produce or properly use insulin.

Insulin: A hormone, insulin unlocks ‘doorways’ in cells and allows glucose that comes from sugar, starches, and other foods, to enter the cells and be used as energy. Glucose provides the energy that the body needs to function normally and fuel daily activities.

Diabetes causes

Diabetes Can Cause:

Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)

Hypoglycemia

Retinopathy: Nearly 39,000 Americans lose their sight to diabetes each year.

Nephropathy: One out of three people with insulin-dependent diabetes develops kidney failure and need kidney transplants.

Type 1 diabetes-It’s not clear why this happens, but a number of explanations and possible triggers of this reaction have been proposed. These include:

Infection with a specific virus or bacteria;

Exposure to food-borne chemical toxins; and

Exposure as a very young infant to cow’s milk, where an as yet unidentified component of this triggers the autoimmune reaction in the body.

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Cholesterol, a yellowish fatty substance, is one of the essential ingredients of the body. Although it is essential to life, it has a bad reputation, being a major villain in heart disease. Every person with high blood cholesterol is regarded as a potential candidate for heart attack or a stroke. Most of the cholesterol found in the body is produced in the liver. However, about twenty to thirty per cent generally comes from the food we eat. Cholesterol is measured in milligrams per 100 millimetres of blood. The normal level of cholesterol varies between 150 – 200 mg per 100 ml. In blood, cholesterol occurs in combination with certain lipids (fats), hence, known as lipoptroteins. There are two main types of lipoproteins: a low density one (LDL) and a high density one (HDL). The low density lipoprotein is the one which is considered harmful and is associated with cholesterol deposits in blood vessels. The higher the ratio of LDL to the total cholesterol, the greater will be the risk of arterial damage and heart disease. HDL, on the other hand, plays a salutory role by helping remove cholesterol from circulation and thereby reducing the risk of heart disease.

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Also known as the third set of molars, the wisdom teeth are the last set of teeth in the mouth to erupt, which normally happens around the ages of 17 – 25. For many years, there has been a lot of controversy as to the need to remove these teeth.  If the teeth don’t cause any harm or pain, they are normally fine to stay in place.  If they present a bad position or cause you a lot of pain or discomfort, they will need to be removed.

When the wisdom teeth first come in, they will sometimes be impacted.  Impacted teeth will normally need to be extracted.  Sometimes they can be pulled, although in most cases they need to be cut out by a qualified surgeon.  When the time comes to have your wisdom teeth extracted, you’ll need to go to an oral surgeon and have a consultation first.  Read more...

Obesity affects a large portion of the total population of United States. A distressing 64% of adults from ages 20 to 74 were reported obese in 2000.

Female obesity can be observed in all population clusters, however the racial and ethnic orientation of a person plays a very substantial factor. Obesity is more commonly found among Hispanic, Pacific Islander and African American women.

Fifty percent of African American adults are seriously battling with health and weight problems. These figures are certainly not a laughing matter. The continued dramatic escalation of this health epidemic should be given more serious attention.

There are a number of ailments that can directly be associated with overweight and obesity. Female obesity has been known to develop some really serious health complications such as heart diseases, diabetes, stroke and cancer.

People who are overweight have a considerably low glucose tolerance, which result to higher risk of acquiring type 2 diabetes. Obese people are also prone to a serious medical condition known as sleep apnea. This condition causes a person to stop breathing for a few seconds and snore heavily, which is mainly due to an enlarged neck and a narrowed airway.  Read more...

Your eyes are just as important as your body. They need to be taken care as well. Maintaining your eye health is not hard, infact it is rather quite simple. All you have to do is follow a few tips for keeping your eyes healthy. The first thing is really easy to do. Make sure that your eyes are in tip top shape, call and take an appointment with your eye specialist at least once a year. If you have any eye conditions that suck you, then you need to see the specialist more often in order to maintain your eye health. When summer time is in the air you should always wear your sunglasses. It has been proven that UV rays can badly damage your eyes, but with a good pair of sunglasses, the damage can be prevented. When you are choosing a sunglasses make sure that they at least block out 98 percent of UV rays.  Read more...

If you’ve been diagnosed with high cholesterol, you’re probably trying to modify your existing diet to lower your cholesterol. You might be surprised to learn that a high cholesterol diet is not necessarily the culprit behind your high serum lipid levels.

Let’s talk about cholesterol first, and then we’ll get into the effects of a high cholesterol diet. What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a fatlike substance that is synthesized by the body. That’s right! We make it in our bodies. Only animal products contain cholesterol. If it didn’t have a liver, it doesn’t have cholesterol! As a matter of fact, I get a kick out of food labels that tout “No Cholesterol” as a marketing tool when the food item never had a chance of having cholesterol in the first place. I know what you’re thinking. Some items have cholesterol and it doesn’t appear to be an animal product. This is simply because they used animal fat to produce the product.

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