Anger and Hostility raises risk of Diabetes
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Researchers studying 313 healthy Vietnam war veterans in the United States have found that anger and hostility may increase the risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure.
Over a period of 10 years, the selected men undergone regular physical examinations involving a wide variety of medical tests. Part of the examinations requires them to go through psychological examinations using well-established questionnaires to determine their levels of hostility, anger and depression.
The researchers measured blood levels of a protein called C3, a marker for the inflammation that is a risk factor for cardiovascular illnesses. After controlling for other variables, the scientists found that those in the highest one-quarter in hostility, anger and depression showed a steady and significant increase in C3 levels, while those in the lowest one-quarter had no increase.
This may put those men at increased risk for hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease,” said Stephen Boyle, the lead author of the study and a researcher at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina.
Why these increases in C3 levels happen is unknown, but the authors speculate that anger in hostile and depressed men initiates a series of chemical responses in the immune system that lead to inflammation.
Taking steps to control hostility may be helpful.
“There are interventions that appear to be useful in lowering levels of anger,” Boyle said. “I don’t know if their long-term effects on physiology have been tested, but if you’re less angry and hostile, that in itself is a worthy goal.”
Diabetes – Are You At Risk ? – a low glycemic load diet can help !
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- Are you rarely wide awake within 15 minutes of rising?
- Do you need tea, coffee, a cigarette or something sweet to get you going in the morning ?
- Do you often have energy slumps during the day or after meals ?
- Do you crave something sweet or a stimulant after meals ?
- Do you often have mood swings or difficulty concentrating ?
- Do you get dizzy or irritable if you go six hours without food ?
- Do you find you over-react to stress ?
- Is your energy now less than it used to be ?
- Do you feel too tired to exercise ?
- Are you gaining weight, and finding it hard to lose it, even though you are not noticeably eating more or exercising less ?
- Do you get very thirsty and pee a lot – especially at night ?
- Do you get blurred vision ?
** If you experience many of these symptoms, check your blood sugar levels. (we highly recommend the ” Accu-chek Compact Plus ” all-in-one glucometer for painless, accurate and convenience ) You are likely to have insulin resistance and will benefit from a low GL diet (low glycemic load diet), plus chromium and cinnamon.
(nb: A low glycemic load diet involves eating foods which provide a slow release of sugar, together with protein foods, like a few nuts with an apple.)
Can You Cure Diabetes Naturally ? Complete Reversal of Type 2 Diabetes is Possible
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There is NO CURE for Diabetes ! It’s for life, and you will rely on medication for the rest of your life ! This is what most people diagnosed with adult-onset ( or type 2 diabetes), are told. One in 10 people over 40 now suffer from this life-threatening condition.
(nb: In type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 90% of cases of diabetes, the body produces insulin but is unable to use it effectively)
Yet, complete reversal, without the need for medication, is being reported by an increasing number of former diabetics by following a low ‘glycemic load’ diet, in combination with a mineral supplement and the spice cinnamon.
(nb: A low glycemic load diet involves eating foods which provide a slow release of sugar, together with protein foods, like a few nuts with an apple.)
World renowned diabetes expert Fedon Lindberg of Norway has reported complete reversal of type 2 diabetes, even in those injecting insulin, by this radical non-drug approach. ‘A balanced low glycemic load (GL) diet, coupled with a healthy lifestyle, can also achieve non-diabetic sugar levels without the need for medication – therefore ‘reversing’ the disease,’ he says. He has challenged the Norwegian Diabetes Association to change its advice.Â
Despite 15 controlled studies on chromium, 13 of which show benefit for stabilising blood sugar, most diabetics are still being told ‘you get all the nutrients you need in a well-balanced diet’.
This is simply untrue for chromium. A really good, wholefood diet might give you 50mcg a day. You need 500mcg a day if you are diabetic. (It is very safe to take this much as the toxic level is above 10,000mcg.)
Chromium is in unrefined foods. Sugar, white flour and white rice have up to 98 per cent of the chromium removed. It works by improving the sensitivity to insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar levels. Insulin insensitivity, called insulin resistance, is the first indication of pre-diabetes, and affects the majority of overweight people.
Cinnamon, the other key natural remedy for blood sugar regulation, contains something called MCHP which mimics the action of insulin. There is a concentrated extract of cinnamon called Cinnulin® which is high in MCHP for those who do not like eating cinnamon every day.
In one study, volunteers with type 2 diabetes were given cinnamon capsules after meals. All responded to the cinnamon within weeks, lowering blood sugar levels by about 20 per cent. Some of the volunteers even achieved normal blood sugar levels. Tellingly, blood sugar levels started creeping up again after the diabetics stopped taking cinnamon.
The principle behind the low GL diet is eating foods which provide a slow release of sugar, together with protein foods. For example, having a few nuts with an apple, or seeds on an oat-based cereal, or fish with a small serving of brown rice. This leads to less hunger, reduced sugar cravings, increased energy and rapid weight loss, as well as stable blood sugar levels. But you have to do it properly – eating a strict 45 GLs a day.
If you have diabetes, I recommend supplementing 400mcg of chromium with breakfast, and 200mcg at lunch (it comes in 200mcg capsules). If you do not, but have low energy, weight gain or any other ‘pre-diabetes’ indicators, take 200mcg a day, with breakfast.
For cinnamon, you want 1g a day, or 500mg of a cinnamon extract. Half a teaspoon is 1g. If you are taking sulfonylurea medication be aware this might quickly become unnecessary and, in fact, cause too low blood sugar levels (a ‘hypo’) since the combination of diet plus supplements is so effective. This kind of approach is also great for prevention, and weight loss. Daily exercise is also an important part of the equation. With Diet and Exercise , you will be able to delay Diabetes and Normalize Blood Glucose.
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article by :
Patrick Holford
for Mind Your Body
Patrick Holford is the founder of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London and heads the Food of the Brain Foundation, pioneering nutritional approaches to mental health. He has written more than 20 health books, including the worldwide bestseller, the Optimum Nutrition Bible.
