Type 2 diabetes, Self-Management, Epidemiology.
Root Cause of Disease
With type 2 diabetes, your body doesn’t use insulin well and can’t keep blood sugar at normal levels. About 90-95% of people with diabetes have type 2. It develops over many years and is usually diagnosed in adults (but more and more in children, teens, and young adults).
Symptoms
You may not notice any symptoms, so it’s important to get your blood sugar tested if you’re at risk. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed with healthy lifestyle changes, such as:
- Losing weight
- Eating healthy food
- Being active
Causes
Type 2 diabetes starts out as insulin resistance. This means your body cannot use insulin efficiently, which causes your pancreas to produce more insulin until it cannot keep up with demand. Insulin production then decreases, which causes high blood sugar.
The exact cause of type 2 diabetes is unknown. Contributing factors may include
- Genetics
- A more sedentary lifestyle
- Higher weight or obesity
There may also be other health factors and environmental reasons.
Home Remedies to treat Type-2 Diabetes
Remedy – 1: Fenugreek
Materials : Fenugreek Seeds
Fenugreek seeds (trigonella foenum graecum) are high in soluble fibre, which helps lower blood sugar by slowing down digestion and absorption of carbohydrates This suggests they may be effective in treating people with diabetes.
Procedure:
- Soaking two tablespoons of fenugreek seeds in water at night, and drinking with the seeds in the morning can help lower blood sugar levels.
Product Link: Fenugreek Seeds
Remedy – 2: Cinnamon
Materials : Cinnamon
Clinical trials clarified that cinnamon also possesses an anti-inflammatory effect, which may act beneficially in diabetes. Based on in vitro and in vivo studies, cinnamon seems to elicit the regulation of glucose metabolism in tissues by insulin-mimetic effect and enzyme activity improvement. Cinnamon is a natural bioactive spice and can help maintain blood sugar levels.
Procedure:
Just add half a teaspoon of grounded cinnamon in a glass of water, stir to mix and sip it down slowly.
You can repeat this once a day.
Product Link: Cinnamon
Remedy – 3: Aloe vera with Buttermilk
Materials Used: Aloe Vera with Buttermilk
Aloe vera may be helpful in maintaining low blood sugar levels. Cut a few fresh slices from aloe vera leaves and consume it with buttermilk.
Product link: Aloe Vera , Buttermilk
Remedy – 4: Drumstick
Materials : Drumsticks
In the Indian subcontinent, drumsticks are a popular ingredient in many delicious recipes. Another great thing about it is that it may help manage blood sugar levels. Add a couple of slices to a jug of water and drink from this jug whenever thirsty.
Product Link: Drumsticks
Other Remedies
Satsuma
Satsuma is rich in fiber. Also it has potential to lower and control insulin levels by preventing the transformations of sugar into fats. Satsuma can be used by diabetics to keep the sugar levels under control.
Licorice root tea
It is known that licorice root extracts are excellent substitutes for sugar. When you are making your regular tea, then you should add licorice tea instead of sugar. You will get health and sweetness together in one cup.
Preventions
Control your weight:
Excess weight is the single most important cause of type 2 diabetes. Being overweight increases the chances of developing type 2 diabetes seven-fold. Being obese makes you 20 to 40 times more likely to develop diabetes than someone with a healthy weight.
Losing weight can help if your weight is above the healthy-weight range. Losing 7-10% of your current weight can cut your chances of developing type 2 diabetes in half.
Get moving—and turn off the television:
Inactivity promotes type 2 diabetes. Working your muscles more often and making them work harder improves their ability to use insulin and absorb glucose. This puts less stress on your insulin-making cells. So, trade some of your sit-time for fit-time.
Long bouts of hot, sweaty exercise aren’t necessary to reap this benefit. Findings from the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study suggest that walking briskly for a half hour every day reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 30%. More recently, The Black Women’s Health Study reported similar diabetes-prevention benefits for brisk walking of more than 5 hours per week. This amount of exercise has a variety of other benefits as well. And even greater cardiovascular and other advantages can be attained by more, and more intense, exercise.
Television-watching appears to be an especially-detrimental form of inactivity: Every two hours you spend watching TV instead of pursuing something more active increases the chances of developing diabetes by 20%; it also increases the risk of heart disease (15%) and early death (13%). The more television people watch, the more likely they are to be overweight or obese, and this seems to explain part of the TV viewing-diabetes link. The unhealthy diet patterns associated with TV watching may also explain some of this relationship.
Tune Up Your Diet:
Four dietary changes can have a big impact on the risk of type 2 diabetes.
1. Choose whole grains and whole grain products over refined grains and other highly processed carbohydrates.
2. Skip the sugary drinks, and choose water, coffee, or tea instead.
3. Choose healthy fats.
4. Limit red meat and avoid processed meat; choose nuts, beans, whole grains, poultry, or fish instead.
Don’t smoke:
Add type 2 diabetes to the long list of health problems linked with smoking. Smokers are roughly 50% more likely to develop diabetes than nonsmokers, and heavy smokers have an even higher risk.
