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Sixteen million Americans have diabetes, yet many are not aware of it. African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans have a higher rate of developing diabetes during their lifetime. Diabetes has potential long term complications that can affect the kidneys, eyes, heart, blood vessels and nerves. A number of pages on this web site are devoted to the prevention and treatment of the complications of diabetes. (see Diabetes Symptoms)

In diagnosing diabetes, physicians primarily depend upon the results of specific glucose tests. However, test results are just part of the information that goes into the diagnosis of diabetes. Doctors also take into account your physical exam, presence or absence of symptoms, and medical history. Some people who are significantly ill will have transient problems with elevated blood sugars which will then return to normal after the illness has resolved. Also, some medications may alter your blood glucose levels (most commonly steroids and certain diuretics (water pills)).

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It is a sad confirmation of a difficult life ahead – learning for the first time that you have diabetes can be very devastating. It is indeed sad news for an older person who looks forward to an easy and relaxed life upon retirement and more so devastating for the young adolescents, in case of Type I Diabetes, who look forward to healthy and energetic lives ahead.

The first few months upon diagnosis can be excruciating. One only has to scan the list of do’s and don’ts in proper diabetic management to be depressed that easily. Many of the older people with diabetes are diagnosed way too late of having Type II Diabetes and already suffer from the complications of the disease. Type I Diabetes, a rarer but a more lethal form of diabetes mostly attacks children, adolescents and young adults. Sufferers of Type I Diabetes have to endure daily insulin injections for the rest of their lives unless some new and more advanced diabetes management procedure come up in the near future.

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New research has highlighted that a minimum of two hours and thirty minutes of intense exercise per week is required for type 2 diabetics to maintain control of their diabetes. The new research, primarily from Old Dominion University in Virginia has been incorporated into a joint guideline statement from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Diabetes Association. The guideline recommends that people with type 2 diabetes perform a minimum of 2 ½ hours of exercise per week with no more than two days in-between exercise sessions. The position stand does not specify if the training should be endurance training or resistance training, but instead says that all forms of physical activity benefit type 2 diabetics when included as part of a healthy lifestyle. According to the United States Center for Disease Control as many as one in three Americans could have diabetes by 2050, and that currently 24 million people have diabetes with over three times that number on their way to developing diabetes. At this point, says Dr. Andrew Colberg, a great deal of research shows supports the notion that regular vigorous activity both lowers a persons risk of developing type 2 diabetes and can help those with diabetes better manage their condition. Additionally, according to Dr. Colberg, exercise helps individuals improve their insulin resistance, lower their blood sugar, and can help people lose weight if weight loss is a goal. A key piece of the new research according to Dr. Colberg, is that the intensity of the exercise must be high enough that it forces the body to adapt. In our research studies, we use the “talk test” where individuals are exercised on the treadmill or exercise bike at an intensity that is just high enough to make continual conversation difficult. The talk test, according to the researchers, is a simple and easy method to determine if the intensity of exercise is high enough to force the body to adapt in a positive manner. The research on exercise and type 2 diabetes will be published in the December issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise along with the joint statement from the American College of Sprots Medicine and American Diabetes Association. The guidelines, according to Dr. Colberg, who chaired the position statement, will hopefully give physicians and other health care practitioners who work with individuals with type 2 diabetes a better understanding of both the importance of regular physical activity, and also the amount and intensity needed to elicit a positive change.To learn more about subjects like this and to start changing your body, please visit us at New Lifestyle Diet.

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