New research suggests diabetes is becoming a global problem.
One study found that more than 60 percent of all cases of diabetes are likely to occur in Asia. Those hit in Asia are younger and less likely to be overweight than those in the West.
Numbers worldwide could grow by a third by 2025, with low and middle income countries worst hit.
At the same time, however, another report warns that the number of children in Europe with type 1 diabetes is set to double between 2005 and 2020. Genetics alone cannot account for the rapid rise, which means that lifestyle factors are likely to play a role.
The study was based on analysis of nearly 30,000 cases of type 1 diabetes recorded in 20 European countries.
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Natural Chinese Treatment May Beat Type 2 Diabetes
From time to time, I enjoy finding and sharing natural, safer solutions for disease with you that have nothing at all to do with taking a toxic drug. To that end, you may want to know about berberine, a compound found in the roots and bark several plants (Oregon grape and goldenseal), that may lower glucose levels in type 2 diabetics.
Up to now, berberine had been used for a spectrum of medicinal purposes including treating diarrhea, and specifically in Chinese medicine to treat diabetes, so scientists tested its beneficial effect by giving oral doses to mice and rats.
No surprise, a dose of berberine lowered blood sugar levels, worked better with insulin, reduced body weights and led to fewer fats circulating in the bloodstream. How berberine works: The plant compound switches on enzymes in body tissue, improving a patient's sensitivity to insulin, thus lowering blood sugar levels and decreasing fats in the blood.
Other natural treatments that will fight type 2 diabetes if you have it, or protect you from it if you don't:
- Eat the right foods based on your body's unique metabolic type.
- Reduce, with the plan of eliminating, grains and sugars from your daily diet.
- Get the right amount of sleep.
- Start an exercise program today.
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You know about the growing reputation of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) as a potent cancer-fighter. CLA may be just as powerful in treating diabetes naturally, according to Penn State University researchers. CLA's reputation for inhibiting certain cancers intrigued scientists because its actions mimicked the effect newer synthetic drugs had on treating diabetes in humans by triggering sets of nuclear receptors called PPARs whose purpose is to detect fatty acids and fatty acid metabolites within cells. When synthetic drugs interact with PPARs, they turn the receptors on and regulate gene expression, thus processing fatty acids and increasing the body's sensitivity to insulin. CLA testing on mice with type 2 diabetes showed a similar improvement in insulin action and a drop in circulating glucose. Even better, the early results from human trials are just as positive, when consuming CLA for longer than eight weeks. Although researchers have patented their discovery in hopes of creating a proprietary dietary supplement that may have an array of side effects just like all the other ones, tap into the healthiest, most natural sources of CLA by consuming grass-fed beef and full-fat dairy products that aren't pasteurized.CLA Fights Diabetes as Effectively as a Drug
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