...4/16/2015 Eating too much sugar causes diabetes Can eating too much sugar cause diabetes? Diabetes is a medical condition where there is too much sugar circulating in the bloodstream. The main sugar found in the body is glucose, and it’s essential for good health. Glucose is the main source of energy in the body. Blood glucose is regulated by a hormone called insulin, which is produced by the pancreas. Insulin deficiency whether complete or partial is the basic mechanism behind diabetes. Although most people believe eating too much sugar will cause diabetes that’s not true. According to Diabetes by Matthews et.al, diabetes is divided into two categories: type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), affects mostly children and teenagers, although it can be diagnosed any time in life. Have symptoms of thirst, tiredness, weight loss, urinating frequently and rapid breathing when condition becomes extreme. The person generally has normal weight or thin. There is some genetic predisposition but it’s not caused by a single gene. The onset is critical and needs urgent medical attention. It’s triggered by autoimmunity, a condition where the body mistakes the cells producing insulin for ‘foreign’ cells and destroys them as though they were an infection. It’s treated by use of insulin and lifestyle changes. Lifestyle changes are things like a healthy diet, exercising and not smoking. Type 1 diabetes affects about 0.2% of the population...
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...DIABETES By: Lilianna Avila Osuna SCI/163 THE HISTORY OF DIABETES 1552 BC – This is the earliest known record of Diabetes. 1500 BC – Ants are attracted to the urine of people with a mysterious emaciating disease. 500 BC – First description of sugar in urine and its occurrence in obese individuals. 250 BC – Apollonius of Memphis is credited with coining the term “diabetes”. 1st Century AD – “A melting down of the flesh and limbs into urine.” 164 AD – Galen of Pergamum, diagnoses diabetes as a kidney ailment. Up to 11th Century – Mellitus, the Latin word for honey, is added to the term “diabetes”. 16th Century – Paracelsus identifies diabetes as a serious general disorder. 1776 – This is the first time the distinction between Type 1 & Type 2 has been made. 1797 – Rollo applies the first significant approach to the treatment of diabetes. Early 1800s – First chemical tests developed. 1848 – This is the first linking of diabetes and glycogen metabolism. 1869 – “Islets of Langerhans” 1897 – Average life expectancy of people with diabetes is reported. 1911 – Benedict devises a new method to measure urine sugar (Benedict’s Solution). 1921 – Insulin is “discovered”. A de-pancreatized dog is successfully treated with insulin. 1945 – Average life expectancy increased. WHAT IS DIABETES? a metabolic disease in which the body’s inability to produce any or enough insulin causes elevated levels of glucose in the blood. a lifelong (chronic) disease in which there are high levels...
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...Type 2 Diabetes Diabetes is a rising problem worldwide. Today there are 3.9 million people diagnosed with diabetes living in the UK. This statistic shows the severity of the problem. Diabetes splits into two types: type 1 and type 2. Type 1 is genetic, meaning that the person is born with it, and type 2 (also known as diabetes mellitus) is developed over one’s lifetime (Type 2 Diabetes - Causes). Diabetes causes a disruption in the inner body balance therefore affecting homeostasis. People with diabetes have issues with blood sugar level. Either their body doesn’t react to insulin or their body doesn’t produce insulin. However, there are a few ways of treating this disease. It not only has an effect on the health of the population, but it also causes a great expense to the economy (General Diabetes Facts and Information). Diabetes is a permanent illness, which causes the diabetic’s blood sugar level to become too high (Type 2 Diabetes - Causes). So there is no cure for it can only be treated. People suffering from type 2 diabetes have insulin resistance, which means that their pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin, or the body doesn’t produce enough insulin. As shown in Figure 1 (General Diabetes Facts and Information). The pancreas is large gland behind the stomach and its job is to produce the hormone insulin. The job of insulin is to move glucose from the blood into the cells, where it gets converted into energy (Type 2 Diabetes - Causes). In the UK, 1 in 16 people...
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...Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Specific Purpose: I want my audience to know the cause, affects, treatment, and prevention of type 2 diabetes. * Introduction I. You would never think a disease as common as diabetes mellitus would have such a large impact on your lifestyle. II. Although it is a chronic disease, it can be managed and in some cases, even prevented. III. 4 years ago, my dad was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the result of one’s insulin either not working properly or not enough being produced. After being diagnosed, my dad had to make a lot of changes in his lifestyle in order to manage the disease. IV. Fortunately, since it was first discovered in 1552 B.C., scientists have learned a lot about the causes, affects, treatments, and prevention of diabetes. First, I will discuss the causes of diabetes. Body I. Diabetes is a disease in which ones blood sugar levels are higher than normal. Depending on the type, different things can cause this. a. There are three types of diabetes: i. Type 1- occurs in children due to the pancreas either not making enough or no insulin. ii. Type 2- one’s insulin is not working properly or not enough is being produced. iii. Gestational- results from fluctuating hormones in pregnant women affecting their blood glucose levels. b. In non-diabetics, the insulin helps glucose enter cells, which then use the glucose for energy. In diabetics, the insulin...
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...Diabetes Mellitus Christa Hackett SOC 313 Sabrina Geoffrion June 17, 2013 Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic, incurable condition of carbohydrate metabolism that involves an imbalance of the supply and demand for insulin; it is the most common of all endocrine conditions (Laffel & Wood, 2007; Olefsky, 2001). Diabetes is a common health condition that affects millions throughout the universe. Diabetes affects millions of people in different and diverse ethnic groups. In the United States diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death. Diabetes is a growing problem in the US and it is becoming an epidemic. There are 3 types of diabetes mellitus, Type-1, Type-2, and Gestational Diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is insulin dependent and accounts for at least 10% of diagnosed cases. In Type 1 diabetes the immune system makes it hard for the body to produce insulin. With no insulin the body cannot transform sugar from food into nutrients for cells. When excess sugar collects in the blood stream, it may eventually cause premature death and heavy damage to organs. Type-1 diabetes can affect adults and children suddenly and require supplemental insulin, a carefully planned diet and exercise regimen. Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in young adults, teenagers, and children. Type 1 diabetes happens when the body’s immune system strike and destroys cells in the pancreas, the organ which is located behind the lower part of the stomach. These beta cells commonly produce insulin, the hormone...
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...Diabetes Diabetes mellitus or just diabetes is a disease that is affecting America. It is the most common disorder of the hormone system. There are 23.6 million people in America, both children and adults that have been diagnosed with this disease. That is 7.8% percent of the entire population. Every one of us probably knows someone that has diabetes in some form. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. This disease comes along and produces many complications to the individuals that have it. These include: heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure, blindness and kidney disease, nervous system disease, and amputations. There are three forms of diabetes that a person can have. Type 1 diabetes is usually seen in children and young adults, and cannot be prevented. Type 1 diabetes comes from the body’s inability to produce insulin. Type 1 only accounts for five to ten percents of the total number of people with diabetes. With the use of insulin therapy and other treatments people with Type 1 often live long lives. Type 2 diabetes is much more common than Type 1; it also affects different races more than others. Other than the elder, Latinos, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian American and Pacific Islanders are more prone to getting Type 2 diabetes. This form of diabetes comes from the body not producing enough insulin or the cells in the body ignore the insulin that is made. A family history of diabetes will put you at a higher risk...
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...did that. He told it was because he had diabetes. He would always tell me to take care of myself, because our family has a history of diabetes. And it could be me that would be poking a needle in my finger. II. Today I am going to inform you about Type II Diabetes. III. I’m pretty sure many of you know about this disease, but today, I will give you more information about it. Hopefully you can use this information to get a better understanding of Type II diabetes. IV. So I will be talking about the causes, signs and symptoms, and treatment of Type II Diabetes. Body I. First, I will explain the causes of this disease. A. Type 2 diabetes develops when the body becomes resistant to insulin or when the pancreas stops producing enough insulin (Web MD, 2015). 1. Insulin regulates the amount of glucose that is made within the body, and that glucose is the sugar within our bodies 2. If there is not enough insulin, the glucose cannot get in the cells and builds up in the blood instead and causes damage in many areas (Web MD, 2015). 3. At first, the pancreas makes extra insulin, but overtime, it won’t be able to produce enough to keep blood glucose normal (American Diabetes Association, 2015). B. “Even though not everyone with type 2 diabetes is overweight, obesity and lack of physical activity are two of the most common causes of this form of diabetes” (Web MD, 2015). 1. It is responsible for 95% of diabetes cases in the U.S. (Centers for Disease...
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...What You Need To Know About Type 1 Diabetes 1 What You Need To Know About Type 1 Diabetes DeeBra Richardson ITT – Technical Institute EN 1320: Composition 1 Prof. Julia Davis December 1, 2014 What You Need To Know About Type 1 Diabetes 2 My report is on type 1 diabetes. How people get type 1 diabetes and how to deal with it. It tells about the different type of insulin people with diabetes used. It take about what complications, it can cause. It also tells about the different body parts it can affect. Talk a little about depression and how type 1 diabetes can cause depression. Also talk about the difference sing or symptoms to watch out for. So you know what to look like with getting type 1 diabetes and when you have high and low sugar. Other symptoms or sing it gives you is depression sings. This is why my topic is call “What You Need to Know about Type 1 Diabetes” What You Need To Know About Type 1 Diabetes 3 What causes type 1 Diabetes? It seems that no one is really sure what cause diabetes. They do say that a virus infect the body. When the virus infect the body the person immune system starts to produce antibodies and that fight the infection. The cells that are in charge of making the antibodies are called the T – Cells. The T- Cells also fight the virus. There is also a cell call the beta...
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...“What is Diabetes Mellitus?” Definition: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease in which the pancreas is no longer able to produce enough insulin (Type 1) or cells stop responding to the insulin that is being produced (Type 2), so that glucose in the blood cannot be absorbed into the cells of the body. Symptoms often include frequent urination, lethargy, excessive thirst, and hunger. The treatment for this disease includes changes in diet, oral medications, and in some cases, daily injections of insulin. Historical Background Diabetes mellitus was first described in ancient Egypt. It was first named by Aretaeus in the 1st century A.D. In the 2nd century, Galenus blamed the cause of diabetes on, kidney weakness. There were several theories...
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...cancer, or diabetes. In IIT we had to make a PowerPoint saying if we could make the world a better place, what would we do? We chose to research Type 1 diabetes, also known as Juvenile diabetes. Juvenile diabetes is often found in kids to young adults between the ages of 1 -20, but they can often be found in older people also. According to diabetes.org , about 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year, and only about 5% of the diabetic population have type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death, with a total of 234,015 death certificates listing diabetes as the under laying or contributing cause of death in the United States in 2010. Along with the death rate, about 208,000 people under the age of 20 acquired diabetes. During our...
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...Diabetes Mellitus Michelle McCormick SCI/163 June 24, 2013 Charles Ware Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes mellitus is a disease affecting millions of people each year, according to the American Diabetes Association in 2011 8.3% or 25.8 million Americans suffer with diabetes. Diabetes is a disease where the body does not produce insulin, does not produce enough insulin, or does not react properly to insulin. Insulin is a hormone the pancreas releases to allow blood glucose to enter cells to produce energy and growth. Without the proper amounts of insulin, the glucose gets trapped in the bloodstream causing dangerously high blood sugar levels. This can cause many problems with one’s health, such as comas, heart attacks, seizures, and strokes. The term “diabetes,” originating in Greece in second century A.D. by Aretus the Cappadocian, meaning “siphon” describes a patient who passes to much water or in other words, urinates too frequently. He named this condition diabainein later translated into the English term diabetes. In 1675 the word “mellitus” was added by Thomas Willis to increase to quality of the meaning. Mel in Latin means honey, which describes the sweet aroma of a diabetic’s urine. Ancient China coined this “The Sweet Urine Disease.” There are three types of diabetes even though most people will say there are only two. The first is the least common affecting only 5% to 10% of people diagnosed with diabetes. This is called type one diabetes, but you may also hear people refer...
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...Diabetes is a chronic debilitating disease, which according to the American Diabetes Association in 2010 affected 25.8 million children and adults in the United States (The American Diabetes Association, 2011). Diabetes is a condition where not enough insulin is produced by the pancreas, or when the cells in the body stop responding to the insulin produced. When this happens, the cells of the body cannot absorb the glucose in the blood (The American Diabetes Association, 2011). There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, previously known as juvenile diabetes, is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, while Type 2 diabetes, referred to as non-insulin-dependent or adult-onset diabetes, can be diagnosed at any age. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes (The American Diabetes Association, 2011). Since diabetes affects so many people it is important to discuss the similarities and the differences in the cause, symptoms, treatment, and complications of both types of this disease. The cause of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are similar in the fact that both are genetic. This means that a person with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes inherits a predisposition to the disease and that something in his or her environment triggers it. The trigger could be anything such as cold weather, viruses, or even the early diet of a child (Hall, 2011). If a person has Type 1 diabetes his or her child has a 1 in 17 chance of developing diabetes...
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...Student Name: 1-Fuad Sa’ed Maraw’a 2-Suzan Sammar 3- Amera Mohamad Zaed 4-Madlen Adnan Ateeq Instructor: D.R.Ahmad Ayed 1 Diabetic & Obesity for children Introduction Diabetes is a major cause of mortality globally, and it has been estimated that 400 million people worldwide will suffer from it by 2030. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions throughout the global, and this has affected on people of the world, especially those in higher-income, oil-producing countries. The importance of this subject the relationship between diabetes and obesity and how to control and prevent it. An important factor contributing to obesity is the imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. In ancient obesity was identified as a worldwide health care problem affecting the wellbeing of populations. Now The WHO (World Health Organization) defines obesity as a BMI (body mass index) of 25 kg/m2 or more and considers obesity as a visible but neglected health issue that has only received recognition during the last 15 years. The prevalence of obesity has risen in both developed and underdeveloped countries and has been particularly problematic in children. Excess weight is the sixth most important risk factor for worldwide disease burden and is associated with diabetes mellitus is defined by WHO is a chronic disease, which occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. This...
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...pancreatic shutdown disease known as diabetes Introduction Diabetes is a disease where your body cannot produce enough insulin the body needs in order for it to function correctly. The insulin in the body of a human is produced by the pancreas. Without the full work of the pancreas in a human body, there is no insulin, which causes type 1 diabetes. Diabetes has troubled the medical community for a long time because there has been no real cure found. A temporary one has been found here and there but no permanent cure. Type one diabetes has been a terrible disease for years, and now it is finally time to find a cure. History of Diabetes Glucose and insulin are the main components when it comes to diabetes....
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...catered to each and every community. This will require some footwork allowing you to assess the needs of that area. Today, chronic diseases affect almost 50% of Americans and account for 7 of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States (CDC). Chronic diseases and conditions such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, obesity and arthritis cause suffering and limitations to daily functioning. Many of the diseases are preventable and those that are not can be treated properly if patients are properly educated on how to help themselves. The program I will be working on is to help prevent, control and treat diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the body is either no longer making a hormone called insulin or the insulin that is made is not working as it should. Either way, high amounts of glucose (a form of sugar) build in the bloodstream and cause problems from damage to the eyes, kidneys, blood vessels and nerves. Diabetes can cause blindness, kidney failure and due to the damage it can cause to the blood vessels and nerves can lead to limb amputation. There is also pre-diabetes, where those who have not been diagnosed with the actual disease, experience higher than normal blood glucose levels. People with pre-diabetes are at high risk of developing diabetes. The programs objectives are: * To increase knowledge about risk factors, such...
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