For a long time, type 2 #diabetes was only seen in adults. But the increasingly poor lifestyles of many people, children included, has led to a correlated increase in the prevalence of #type2diabetes, especially considering that #obesity is a huge contributor to insulin resistance. - http://clapway.com/2015/09/17/three-year-old-girl-type-2-diabetes123/

A three-year-old girl was diagnosed in 2013 with type 2 diabetes, after her parents brought her to doctors at the University of Texas complaining of excessive urination and thirst. She has since reversed the condition through treatment.

What Leads to a Childhood Diagnosis?

Upon examining her, doctors at the UT clinic for pediatric endocrinology established that the girl had no family history of diabetes. However, her diet “consisted mainly of fast food, candy, and sugary drinks, and she hardly ever played outdoors.” She was also in the heaviest five percent of children her age, weighing a little over 77 pounds. Her parents were also obese.

This instance may represent the earliest lifetime diagnosis of type 2 diabetes to date. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body develops a resistance to insulin, the hormone produced by your pancreas that metabolizes sugar. Insulin resistance means that the body has trouble converting sugar into energy, and the glucose builds up in the bloodstream instead. If left untreated, diabetes can be life-threatening.

For a long time, type 2 diabetes was only seen in adults. But the increasingly poor lifestyles of many people, children included, has led to a correlated increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes, especially considering that obesity is a huge contributor to insulin resistance.

Reversing Childhood Diabetes

Thankfully, this girl’s diagnosis was reversed after six months of treatment. Doctors prescribed her the liquid form of a drug called metformin, which helps reduce glucose production by the liver. Perhaps more importantly, they worked with her parents to swap out sugary drinks for water, fast food for home-cooked healthier meals, and inactivity for walks, swims, and outdoor playtimes. Within half a year, she had lost 25% of her weight, her blood sugar levels had normalized, and she was able to stop the metformin treatments. Today, at age five, she is symptom-free.

Taking Proper Precautions against TYPE 2 Diabetes

Genetics are also a factor in the onset of type 2 diabetes, but a healthy lifestyle can go a long way for most in working to prevent the disease. Early screening and diagnosis is also important for reversing symptoms, especially in children. Warning signs include excessive thirst and urination, blurry vision, irritability, and tingling or numbness in your extremities, among others. If you’re worried about you or your children’s risk of developing the disease, see a doctor!

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Three-Year-Old Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes Can Affect People"s Brains and Daily Activities - http://clapway.com/2015/07/09/type-2-diabetes-can-affect-peoples-brain-and-daily-activities769/

The fact that diabetes can produce damage to a number of organs is well known. The disease can affect the eyes, kidneys, as well as the heart. However, until this moment, there was no evidence that blood sugar can also affect the brain for patients who have type 2 diabetes.

type 2 diabetics may have cognitive impairment

This means that people suffering from type 2 diabetes might experience drops in cognitive functions. Memory decline, and also poor decision-making skills as they age, are two of the problems people with diabetes can have.

In the study published on the 8th of July in the journal Neurology, and funded by the U.S. National Institute on Ageing, the American Diabetes Association, the Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center and the U.S. National Center for Research Resources were evaluated forty people, with the average age of 66. Nineteen of them had type 2 diabetes, while the rest didn’t have a blood sugar disease.

All volunteers were tested at the beginning of the study, as well as after two years. They were given MRI scans to check the blood in their brains, and they completed memory and thinking tests. Also, their blood sugar levels and inflammation were investigated.

researchers say inflammation levels of brain worsened blood flow regulation

According to the researchers, the inflammation levels of the brain made the blood flow regulation worse. The higher the inflammation levels, the worse the blood flow regulation becomes. That was a problem, even for people who had good control of their diabetes.

The dilatation of the blood vessels was the reason why more blood could flow through the brain, and adequate amounts of blood are crucial for people to perform normal thinking, or to be able to do their daily activities.

Researchers will continue studying ways for the brain functions to be improved, through the health of blood vessels. At this moment, the investigation is focusing on a method that involves inhaling insulin through the nose. They are also working on blood pressure medicine that would improve the brain vessel activity.

new study currently being planned

In addition, as stated by the research team, a new study involving a larger group of people is needed and planned, since a better understanding of how type 2 diabetes may affect blood flow to the brain is necessary.

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Rearranged "Food Order" for Those on a Type 2 Diabetes Diet - http://clapway.com/2015/06/25/rearranged-food-order-for-those-on-a-type-2-diabetes-diet765/

When it comes to being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, restrictions immediately begin to follow. The most evident of the restrictions have to do with eating, to the point where it has been stated by experts that most foods are to be avoided, as opposed to being consumed in moderation. Fortunately, a recent study featuring people on a type 2 diabetes diet shows that avoiding foods is highly unnecessary, just as long as they are eaten in a specific order.

Significance of type 2 diabetes diet on glucose and insulin levels

Not only is the type 2 diabetes diet significant to individuals suffering from the disease, but it also applies to those suffering from obesity as well. The main food groups these diseases tend to focus on are protein, fruits and vegetables, and carbohydrates. In previous years, two groups that were considered to have a significant negative impact on glucose and insulin levels were fruits and carbohydrates. This is due to both of these food groups raising blood sugar at highly drastic, potentially dangerous, levels. According to researchers of studying the matter, “Carbohydrates [and fruits] raise blood sugar, but if you tell someone not to eat them -or to drastically cut back- it’s hard for them to comply.” Following this statement is the breakdown of the recent study of the type 2 diabetes diet itself.

A new study further breaking down the typical type 2 diabetes diet

Featuring 11 participants, the study had them eat two different sequences of type 2 diabetes diet meals, one for each week. In the first week, the participants ate carbohydrates and fruit juice first. A few minutes later, it was followed by vegetables, fat, and protein. During the second week, vegetables, fat, and protein were eaten first followed by carbohydrates a few minutes after. While the participants were eating in two different orders for the next few weeks, their glucose levels were taken. There were many findings and, a new phenomenon was revealed.

A potential new food order for the type 2 diabetes diet

Researchers found that when the participants were eating carbohydrates first and vegetables afterwards, glucose levels proved to be a lot higher than when they were consuming vegetables and protein beforehand. Although more research and studies need to be conducted in order to fully confirm this new finding, it is safe to say that this new food order of eating veggies and protein before carbs is a good bet for Diabetes Type 2 patients.

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Rearranged "Food Order" for Those on a Type 2 Diabetes Diet