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Diabetes is one of the high risk disease list in
the world.
It can happen to anyone at any age, any gender.
My mom had diabetes when she was a teenager.
It is known that diabetes is a hereditary disease which will be brought down
from generation to the next generation unless steps are taken to stop it from
deteriorating further.
Ironically, it is now affecting the younger
generations, especially children.
The Health Ministry had been conducting various
educational campaigns, seminars and talks,
educating young and old people about the facts
of how patients contract diabetes.
However, there are still many myths mingling
around the older folks and gossipers about
diabetes that lead to lack of management and
worsen complications that could be avoided.
These are the 4 Myths that I had collected
from the people I had spoken with:
Myth 1
Children with diabetes will outgrow it
This is an old wife tale that had been speculating for years.
A rumor that doesn’t make sense and does not have any scientific prove.
Remember that once your child has diabetes, there is no cure but
medication to stabilize this disease.
Young children have to learn to cut down on sweet food and drinks in
order to control the blood sugar level.
As long as the blood sugar level is under control, your child will feel
happy go lucky like any normal children.
However, if the diabetes is out of the control or simply ignored, your
child’s health will deteriorate further.
Common symptoms are losing weight, frequent urination, fatigue-
feeling tired after a short activity, feeling thirsty all the time and small cuts
or wounds heal slowly.
Myth #2
Avoid any food related to sugar
Majority of patients thought that sweet foods and drinks are forbidden in
their diet list.
Indeed, store bought cakes, colorful desserts and fruit juices sold in boxes
are highly contaminated with SUGAR.
You could still drink fruit juice by making your homemade fruit juice, simply
blend fresh cut up fruits without adding any sugar or condense milk.
Natural fruits are sweet on its own.
Replace sugar in cakes and desserts with Stevia, a natural sweetener,
commonly used in the market.
In addition, most people do not realize that starchy food such as rice, bread
and potatoes should be taken moderately.
Take them in complex form, not in purified form because you will need the
fibre and carbohydrates in your body.
Hence, your digestive system will take a longer time to digest the food,
resulting to releasing more glucose.
Sugary desserts and drinks will increase your blood sugar level quickly
because they are easily digested.
Myth #3
Diabetics should not exercise
On the contrary, diabetics should exercise often in order to keep their weight
under control.
Avoid sedentary lifestyle. Avoid couch potato TV watching.
Apply light exercise such as brisk walking, stretching, yoga,
Tai-Chi and light household chores.
Avoid strenuous exercise.
Myth #4
Insulin shots is a compulsory medication
When the pancreas in the body fails to produce insulin on its own, it will
affect the insulin production, resulting to dizziness, tiredness and shaky
limbs.
Everyone needs insulin to absorb glucose from food.
With a malfunctioned pancreas, your body needed to work harder since
insulin is decreasing.
Hence, you are putting a strain to your body, feeling weak and fainting
spells.
By injecting insulin into the body, it will stabilize the insufficiency in the
body.
Insulin does not cure diabetes.
Conclusion
My mom’s life as a diabetic doesn’t make her quarantine in her home like
a jailbird.
Educating my mom what she can or cannot do and what food or drinks that
she has to forgo , is important.
Having 3 meals a day, no skipping breakfast, exercise moderately and
avoiding processed food are compulsory steps to enjoy a quality lifestyle
for many years to come.
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@peachpurple Great article. My mother and her whole family had diabetes. She was one of the small percentage of diabetics that could not control her glucose levels no matter what she did. She was on insulin and watched what she ate but could not control the spikes in her sugar. She passed away from this awful disease and I always try to encourage people to be so careful when I learn they are diabetic. It is such a slow progressing disease or can be if taken care of. Thanks for sharing this information.
Diabetes is a dangerous disease and its main cause it chromium deficiency in pancreas and nothing. We can say that a disorder of the metabolism causing excessive thirst and the production of large amounts of urine.
But actually Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body's cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both.
Patients with high blood sugar will typically experience polyuria (frequent urination), they will become increasingly thirsty (polydipsia) and hungry (polyphagia).
Controlling blood sugar (glucose) levels is the major goal of diabetes treatment, in order to prevent complications of the disease. Type 1 diabetes is managed with insulin as well as dietary changes and exercise. Type 2 diabetes may be managed with non-insulin medications, insulin, weight reduction, or dietary changes