Sian Welby discusses with Dr Chris Steele the symptoms of diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes is most prevalent in young people, whereas Type 2 is more likely to be found in older people. Type 2 represents 90% of all cases. Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes: Symptoms can come on very rapidly, and include intense thirst, need to pass urine frequently, weight loss, and recurrent infections. For Type 2 Diabetes, on average a sufferer will ahve the disease for 7 years before it is diagnosed. Symptoms come on more slowly, and include thirst, tiredness, need to pass urine, disurbance to vision. It is a serious disease that can lead to blindness, amputation, heart disease, kindey failure, erectile disfunction and other problems. It is easy to be tested, and this can even be done yourself at home with a testing kit from your pharmacist. Who should get tested People over 40 The overweight If you ahve family memebers who are diabetic. People of Asian and afro-carribean origin should be tested in their twenties. 80% of diabetics are overweight.
www.deathtodiabetes.com Introductions of DeWayne McCulley (author of “Death to Diabetes”) by a doctor at a medical conference, a doctor (cardiologist) via a radio interview, and the director of a health federation
A 12 year old girl with Type I Diabetes shows you how she checks her blood sugar level She was diagnosed 6 weeks ago after losing weight rapidly and drinking water all the time.
www.DeathToDiabetes.com http Segment No. 3 of diabetes lecture. Topics: Honeymoon period, Doctor’s denial, Engineering methodolgies, Root causes, Pathology at cellular level, BG/Insulin levels. Ex-diabetic engineer, who almost died of diabetic coma, explains how to defeat Type 2 diabetes, based on his experience, research, and acclaimed book, Death to Diabetes (ISBN 0977360741), the Diabetes DVD (ISBN 0977360733), and the soon-to-be-released The Diabetes Handbook (ISBN 097736075X). DeWayne McCulley: Penn State graduate, Xerox engineer, Hughes Aircraft, Urban League math tutor, Eta Kappa Nu honor society, Farrell High School, Shenango Valley
www.PreOp.com Storage Insulins refrigerator temperature Insulin glucose sugar blood syringe Humalog Novolog bolus Lispro Aspart Pens needles This program will demonstrate injecting insulin. The goal is to inject the insulin into the subcutaneous tissue between the top layer of the skin, the dermis and the underlying muscle layer. The only concentration of insulin available in the United States is 100 units per milliliter. A milliliter is equal to a cubic centimeter. All insulin syringes are graduated to match this concentration. Insulin syringes are available in various volumes, for example 3/10 cc, which would hold a maximum dose of 30 units, 1/2 cc to hold a maximum dose of 50 units and 1 cc to hold a maximum dose of 100 units. Some insulins are cloudy suspensions. To ensure uniform dispersion of the insulin in the cloudy suspension, roll the vial gently between your hands. Avoid vigorous shaking, which will produce air bubbles or foam and interfere with obtaining the accurate dose. Wipe off the top of the bottle with an alcohol swab. Discard the swab. Pick up the syringe and remove the needle cap. With the syringe held upright, pull the plunger back until the end of the plunger is at the mark of your dose,which in this example is 20 units. There is now air in the syringe. Check the insulin bottle to ensure you have the correct type of insulin. With the insulin bottle held firmly on a counter or tabletop, insert the needle through the rubber cap into the bottle. Push …
A 12 year old girl with Type I Diabetes shows you how she checks her blood sugar level and injects herself with insulin. She was diagnosed 6 weeks ago after losing weight rapidly and drinking water all the time.
www.deathtodiabetes.com Video excerpt from medical conference of DeWayne McCulley, author of the top-selling book “Death to Diabetes”, explaining how he beat Type 2 diabetes despite a diabetic coma and a 1337 blood sugar level!
What is insulin? What is insulin resistance? What is metabolic syndrome? What is pre-diabetes, prediabetes? What does it mean to be insulin resistant? How does insulin work? Why does blood sugar get high? What is high blood sugar? Blood glucose explained. Joan O’Keefe, Registered Dietitian and Chief Medical Officer of CardioTabs, www.cardiotabs.com, explains what insulin is and why so many people get type 2 diabetes. Thin people can get diabetes too and Joan explains how. Joan O’Keefe, RD goes explains what insulin resistance means, how it begins and how to combat the issue. Being insulin resistant is the step before becoming diabetic. Combating these issues is very important and begins with starting your day off right and continuing the trend throughout the afternoon and evening: with a good diet. According to Joan, starting the day off right helps to avoid spiking and crashing throughout the day. Diabetes is a disease where there is too much sugar in the blood. It gets into the arterioles and essentially rots them from the inside out. Having a high blood sugar for a long period of time is dangerous to the arteries in the vital organs of the body. Insulin is important because it brings the blood sugar back down. Joan breaks down the importance of insulin through “Sammy the mouse” who works too hard to keep insulin levels down. It is important for us to help Sammy out and watch what we eat so that Sammy doesn’t have to work so hard. A protein and two colors every morning …
