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Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Blood glucose is your main source of energy and comes from the food you eat. Insulin, a hormone made by the pancreas, helps glucose from food get into your cells to be used for energy. Sometimes your body doesn’t make enough—or any—insulin or doesn’t use insulin well. Glucose then stays in your blood and doesn’t reach your cells.

Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause health problems. Although diabetes has no cure, you can take steps to manage your diabetes and stay healthy.

Signs of Diabetes

Sometimes type 2 diabetes can develop without any warnings signs. In fact, about a third of all people who have type 2 diabetics don't know they have it. That's why it's important to talk to your doctor about your risk for diabetics and determined if you should be tested.

Warnings signs of diabetes include:

Increased thirst
Increased hunger (especially after eating)
Dry mouth
Frequent urination or urine infections
Unexplained weight loss (even though you are eating and feel hungry)
Fatigue (weak, tired feeling)
Blurred vision
Headaches
Diabetic coma (loss of consciousness)

Symptoms of Diabetes

· Urinating often

Frequent urination is where you pass urine more oftenthan usual. It can sometimes occur with a sudden, compelling urge to urinate, along with bladder discomfort. Frequent urination is not the same as urinary incontinence. Common causes of frequenturination include diabetics, pregnancy and prostate problems

· Feeling very thirsty

one symptom of diabetics, a disease in which your body doesn’t make enough of the hormone insulin or doesn’t use it properly. It causes too much sugar (called glucose) to build up in your body. Too much of it in your urine draws in more water, so you pee more often. That leaves your body wanting to replace the fluid you’re losing.

· Feeling very hungry

That’s because your muscles aren’t getting the energy they need from the food; your body’s insulin resistance keeps glucose from entering the muscle and providing energy. Therefore, the muscles and other tissues send a “hunger” message, trying to get more energy into the body.

· Extreme fatigue

Your body isn’t getting the energy it needs from the food you’re eating, so you may feel very tired

· Blurry vision

could just be a temporary problem that develops rapidly and is caused by high blood sugar levels. High blood sugar causes the lens of the eye to swell, which changes your ability to see. Diabetes can also cause blurriness or double vision due to hypoglycemia

· Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal

Diabetes and slow healing wounds. High levels of blood glucose caused by diabetics can, over time, affect the nerves (neuropathy) and lead to poor blood circulation, making it hard for blood - needed for skin repair - to reach areas of the body affected by sores or wounds

· Weight loss

Diabetics and sudden weight loss. In people with diabetics, insufficient insulin prevents the body from getting glucose from the blood into the body's cells to use as energy. When this occurs, the body starts burning fat and muscle for energy, causing a reduction in overall body weight

· Tingling, pain, or numbness in the hands/feet

Vitamin deficiency, diabetics, and kidney failure are among the medical causes of tingling in the hands and feet due to nerve damage. Taking certain medications can also cause tingling in the hands and feet. Other potential causes of peripheral neuropathy include autoimmune diseases, toxins, alcoholism, and infections

What Is the Type 1 Diabetes?

type 1 diabetics can develop quickly and need immediate medical attention. If type 1 diabetics is left untreated, diabetic ketoacidosis (also known as DKA) will develop. Diabetic ketoacidosis occurs when the body can’t use glucose for energy, and chemicals called ketones are produced. High blood glucose levels and ketones cause the blood to become too acidic, and result in a loss of body salts and fluids. This is life-threatening and requires urgent hospital treatment.

The most common symptoms of undiagnosed type 1 diabetics include:

· being thirsty and drinking more than usual

· going to the toilet (to pass urine) more often

· unexplained weight loss

· feeling tired and low on energy

· mood changes

What Is the Type 2 Diabetes?

Type 2 diabetics was previously called non-insulin-dependent diabetics mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetics. Type 2 diabetics may account for about 90 percent to 95 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetics. Risk factors for Type 2 diabetics include older age, obesity, family history of diabetics, prior history of gestational diabetics, impaired glucose tolerance, physical inactivity, and race/ethnicity. African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American Indians, and some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for type 2 diabetics.

How to control diabetes

The best foods for diabetics are most often whole foods that are not processed, such as fruits and vegetables. Including these extra-healthy power foods in your diet will help you meet your nutritional needs as well as lower your risk of diabetic’s complications such as heart disease. Of course, the foods on this list shouldn't be the only foods you eat, but incorporating some or all into your diabetics meal plan will help improve your overall health.

You must follow the following Food’s Often

Fresh fruit (a few of your favorites)
Fresh vegetables (a few of your favorites - focus mostly on non-starchy vegetables)
Skim milk, 1% low-fat milk, or unsweetened soy milk (whatever you prefer)
Nonfat or low-fat yogurt
Eggs or egg substitute
Cottage cheese
Reduced-fat cheese
Fresh meat, poultry, or fish that you'll use in the next few days
Trans-free margarine or margarine with plant sterols or stanols
Frozen fruit
Frozen vegetables
Frozen fish fillets or shellfish
Frozen chicken breasts (boneless, skinless)Balsamic vinegar or other vinegars that you cook with (for example, white wine, rice, or cider vinegar)
Pepper
Salt-free spices – your favorites
Salt-free dried herbs or spice blends
Cooking spray
Vegetable oil
Olive oil
Canned vegetables
Canned fruit (canned in juice, if available)
Canned beans
Fat-free refried beans
Canned tuna or salmon
Instant oatmeal or quick oats
Whole grain cereal (unsweetened)
Brown rice or other whole grains (such as quinoa, bulgur, or whole grain barley)
Pasta (try whole wheat)
100% whole wheat bread or pita bread
Dried fruit
Unsalted nuts
Natural peanut butter or another nut butter
Seeds (sunflower, flax)
Popcorn (light, microwave)
Potatoes (white or sweet)
Spaghetti sauce

And You Need to be Exercise Daly

Exercise has so many benefits, but the biggest one is that it makes it easier to control your blood glucose (blood sugar) level. People with type 2 diabetics have too much glucose in their blood, either because their body doesn’t produce enough insulin to process it, or because their body doesn’t use insulin properly (insulin resistant).

In either case, exercise can reduce the glucose in your blood. Muscles can use glucose without insulin when you’re exercising. In other words, it doesn’t matter if you’re insulin resistant or if you don’t have enough insulin: when you exercise, your muscles get the glucose they need, and in turn, your blood glucose level goes down.

If you’re insulin resistant, exercise actually makes your insulin more effective. That is—your insulin resistance goes down when you exercise, and your cells can use the glucose more effectively.

Exercise can also help people with type 2 diabetics avoid long-term complications, especially heart problems. People with diabetics are susceptible to developing blocked arteries (arteriosclerosis), which can lead to a heart attack. Exercise helps keep your heart healthy and strong. Plus, exercise helps you maintain good cholesterol—and that helps you avoid arteriosclerosis.

Additionally, there are all the traditional benefits of exercise: