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Are You the Diabete's Dog or Master?

Which came first, diabetes or being overweight? Does it really matter once you've been diagnosed? Almost 90% of people diagnosed with Type II diabetes are overweight. Many don't realize how much being soft can cost. Type II diabetes, once known as adult onset diabetes, is the most common form of affecting millions of people in the United States alone. According to the American Diabetes Association, over 20 million people have been diagnosed. Type II refers to insulin resistance. The body's cells simply ignore the insulin released by the pancreas. Sometimes the pancreas doesn't produce enough. Either way, blood glucose levels aren't effectively reduced and the result is damage.

Diabetes is a serious disease that affects over 20 million people in the United States alone. Of those diagnosed, the majority of diabetics have Type II. Type II diabetes refers to the body's resistance to insulin. Whether the body simply ignores the amount of insulin produced by the pancreas, or insufficient amounts are made by the pancreas, natural metabolic processes are unable to reduce blood glucose levels. When a body cannot convert the glucose to energy for the cell to use, it stores it as fat. This contributes to the weight problem.

At the same time, being overweight aggravates the diabetic condition. Gaining too much weight for one's height and frame can predispose him for diabetes. Consuming too much food as well as eating foods rich in simple carbohydrates or highly processed fats leads to an increase in weight. More importantly this lifestyle leads to a pattern of hills and valleys in respect to blood glucose levels. Each time the sugar levels are elevated, the body reacts by overproducing insulin to lower them. As levels drop quickly, adrenaline is released to reestablish balance in the system. This pattern continues until cells are less sensitive to insulin. At this point the body cannot effectively reduce blood sugar levels on its own anymore. The result is Type II diabetes.

Fight it standing up. Don't sit down and let Diabetes control you. Stand up and take control of your body back. This is a fight to the finish and if you let it, diabetes will be your end. If you fight it standing up, lose the weight, get out there and exercise, listen to the doctor's orders and follow them. Find the strength within you to battle this disease head on. You'll be amazed at what happens when you decide to stand up and fight for your health.

Get active. Find activities that you enjoy and get out there and do them. Don't make those activities passive activities either. Even if it's just going out to play shuffleboard everyday get out there and play. Enjoy your time in the sun. Pick flowers with the little ones. Take up golf. Do whatever it takes to get up and moving each and every day in order to remember why you want to live forever in the first place.

It is correct to say that diabetes is life altering. However, making conscious choices to fight the disease, as opposed to being victimized and paralyzed by the diagnosis, mean the difference in living and merely existing. Diabetics around the world have found success and well being by reducing their weight. Not only are their blood sugar levels more stable, causing less damage to their systems, but joint pain is reduced or alleviated. Mood swings lessen and depression is gone. They feel better. Diabetics that have successfully reduced their weight have a new perspective concerning their health. They have realized that they are ultimately responsible for caring for themselves.

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Julia Hanf author of the book How To Play the Diabetes Diet Game and Win Through a real life crisis Julia figured out how to live diabetes free. Visit www.yourdiabetescure.com and find out more about your solution for diabetes

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