What is diabetes? Its causes and treatment

Hello! This is the owner of Fusubon. Today, I would like to introduce you to the different types of diabetes. Types of Diabetes

Simply put, diabetes is a condition in which the pancreas becomes less effective at producing insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels.
Diabetes can be broadly divided into two types: type 1 and type 2. In addition, the number of gestational diabetes patients has been increasing recently, so we will explain each type below.

What is type 1 diabetes?

Diabetes is diagnosed when a person is born with almost no insulin produced by the pancreas, and therefore does not produce enough insulin to meet the glucose intake.

Insulin is a hormone that allows glucose in the blood to be absorbed into cells. If there is a lack of insulin, glucose cannot enter the cells, and glucose remains in the blood for a long time, resulting in diabetes.

What is type 2 diabetes?

It is believed that excessive sugar intake weakens the pancreas' function and reduces the ability to secrete insulin, which leads to diabetes. In the case of type 2 diabetes, lifestyle is also an important factor, so it is classified as a lifestyle-related disease. Approximately 95% of diabetes patients in Japan have type 2 diabetes.

What is gestational diabetes?

Please see the following article for more details.

Symptoms of Diabetes

・Your throat gets dry easily and you drink a lot of water. ・You urinate frequently. ・You get tired easily. ・You feel hungry and eat a lot but you are losing weight. ・Your legs become crampy or numb. ・Your eyesight becomes blurred or you see black spots. ・Small wounds are difficult to heal.

Some examples include:

How to improve diabetes?

In order to improve diabetes, people are instructed to follow a calorie-restricted diet or, in severe cases, to lower their blood sugar levels by taking insulin injections, but neither of these methods are fundamental. It is important to suppress insulin secretion and give the pancreas a rest by following a low-carbohydrate diet.

It is carbohydrates, not proteins or fats, that raise blood sugar levels, and restricting calories and reducing fat intake will not improve diabetes. Above all, restricting calories leads to unpalatable meals, so it is not sustainable. In the end, people often end up eating sweets as a reward, which defeats the purpose.

In the first place, if you don't consume that much carbohydrates, you won't develop hyperglycemia and your pancreas will be able to rest. Also, with insulin injections, it's nearly impossible to take the right amount of insulin for the amount of carbohydrates you ingest, and active oxygen is produced when breaking down unnecessary insulin, so it's best not to use them.

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