Outline Of Diabetes - Diabetic Weight Loss Menu

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to diabetes:

Diabetes - group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced, a condition called insulin resistance. The resultant high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger).

What type of thing is diabetes?

Diabetes can be described as a:

• A class of diseases
  • A class of systemic diseases

Types of diabetes

• Prediabetes -
• Main types of diabetes:
  • Diabetes mellitus type 1 - disease that results in autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.
  • Diabetes mellitus type 2 - metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose in the context of insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency.
    • Disease of affluence - type 2 diabetes is one of the "diseases of affluence", which include mostly chronic non-communicable diseases for which personal lifestyles and societal conditions associated with economic development are believed to be important risk factors.
  • Gestational diabetes -
• Other types of diabetes:
  • Congenital diabetes -
  • Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes -
  • Steroid diabetes -
  • Monogenic diabetes -

Signs and symptoms of diabetes

• Symptoms of prediabetes - prediabetes typically has no distinct signs or symptoms. Patients should monitor for signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes mellitus (see below).

Signs and symptoms of Type II diabetes mellitus

Symptoms of type II diabetes mellitus include:

• Constant hunger
• Unexplained weight loss
• Weight gain
• Flu-like symptoms, including weakness and fatigue
• Blurred vision
• Slow healing of cuts or bruises
• Tingling or loss of feeling in hands or feet
• Recurring gum or skin infections
• Recurring vaginal or bladder infections

Related conditions

• Impaired glucose tolerance -

Preventing diabetes

Preventing diabetes mellitus type 1

Preventing diabetes mellitus type 2

Preventing diabetes mellitus type 2 - entails a lifestyle with a routine, regime, or self care program that includes the following:

• Maintaining a healthy weight -
• Proper nutrition -
• Regular physical exercise - in addition to helping to maintain a healthy weight, sufficient vigorous physical exercise increases cells' sensitivity to insulin, and can thus prevent and possibly revert insulin resistance.
• Medication - specific medications have been shown to be able to prevent type 2 diabetes. However, the disease can often be delayed through proper nutrition and regular exercise.

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Treating diabetes

• Insulin therapy
  • Insulin

Low-carbohydrate diet

• Carbohydrate
  • Monosaccharide (simple carbohydrate) -
• Insulin index
• Glycemic index
• Glycemic load
• Medical research related to low-carbohydrate diets

Low-carbohydrate dietary programs

• Atkins diet
  • Atkins Nutritionals
  • Robert Atkins (nutritionist)
• William Banting
• Richard K. Bernstein
• Diabetic diet (low-carb)
• CarbSmart ice cream products
• Ketogenic diet
• Low-glycemic index diet
• Meatatarian - all meat diet, generally not recommended by nutritionists.
• Montignac diet
• No-carbohydrate diet
• Pritikin diet
• Shirataki noodles
• South Beach Living
• Stillman diet
• Sugar Busters!
• Gary Taubes
• Zone diet

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History of diabetes

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Persons influential in relation to diabetes

• Paul Langerhans
• Joseph von Mering
• Oskar Minkowski
• Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer
• Frederick Banting
• Charles Herbert Best
• James Collip
• Harold Percival Himsworth

See also

• Outline of health
  • Outline of exercise
  • Outline of nutrition
  • Outline of medicine

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