Causes of Diabetes- I
All the causative factors of diabetes have still not been discovered. But the known factors have been discussed below:
Heredity:
We can get reference of the familial nature of diabetes in ancient medical texts. More than forty six percent give a family history of the disease of the total diabetics. There are varied opinions about how parents pass on this disease to their children but non has been able to fully explain how heredity actually acts. Till recent past, It was believed that the hereditary character of diabetes follows the principles of the renowned geneticist Mendell, i.e.,
1. If both the parents are diabetics, all their children get the disease,
2. If one of the parents is diabetic and another is a diabetes career (one who does not have the disease but can transmit it), half the number of their children get the disease,
3. If both the parents are diabetes- careers, one fourth the number of their children get the disease and
4. If one of the parent is a diabetic and other is healthy, their children remain free from diabetes.
However, detailed studies and surveys have proved the fallacy of this belief. It is often seen that children of diabetic parents are healthy in every respect. In identical twins one child may have diabetes and the other may remain free from the disease. Such diabetics are also seen who hae no family history of the disease. Some researchers believe that diabetes develops not because the person has inherited defective chromosome from his parents but becuase he has not received that chromosome from his parents which imparts resistance to his disease. In short, it can be said that even though hereditary factors do play a role in the development of diabetes to what extent and in what way these factors act is still a mystery.
It can be said that hereditary factors can become effective only when certain other exciting environmental factors like obesity, faulty dietary habits and inadequate physical exertion are at work.
Obesity:
There is close connection between diabetes and obesity. Overweight persons become easy victims to diabetes. It is shown by studies that 60 to 80 percent of diabetes are due to overweight. The more the obesity, the greater is the mortality rate due to complications of diabetes. Body weight which is 30 percent below the ideal is an almost certain guarantee against diabetes.
Incorrect Dietary habits:
It may be noted that the food can maintain or save life but i can destroy life as well. Proper food serves the purpose of medicine while improper food works as poison and causes disease.
We may take pride in calling ourselves highly civilised but we have started to flout all the norms about the quality and quantity of food. Attracted to material pleasures, we have become slaves to our tongues. We have deleted bran from the flour, we mostly eat processed foods and refined sugar. In short, we can say that we hae drifted away from mother nature, thereby initiating a rise in the incidence of diabetes. According to a survey, diabetes was rare in the natives of Iceland and Canada, a few years ago. With the advent of processed and junk foods in these regions, the incidence of diabetes shot up within a very short time.
By offering chocolates, cakes and ice creams too often to our children, by giving the refrigerator a place in our homes and by attending parties every other day, we infact invite obesity and diabetes.
For the origin of diabetes, excessive food is as much to be blamed as improper (i.e., refined and processed) food. The body has to produce more digestive juices and insulinto digest excessive food. Under the pressure of such excessive work-load, the pancreas gland weakens and ultimately break down, leading to diabetes. Many a renowned researcher holds the belief that the deficiency of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) in our diet may also be a cause of diabetes. Lack of Vitamin B6 causes the transformation of tryptophane (an amino-acid present in our diet) into xanthurenic acid which harms the beta cells of teh pancreas to cause diabetes. If experimental animals are fed with a Vitamin b6 deficient diet, pancreatic destruction starts within 48 hours and symptoms of diabetes show up. A similar result can be obtained by injecting xanthurenic acid into the bodies of animals. If the pancreas is not completely damaged, large doses of Vitamin B6 can reverse the symptoms of diabetes. Experiments have also shown that treatment with the mineral magnesium to produces similarly celubrious effects on experimentally damaged pancreases.
Consumption of food containing excessive animal proteins, saturated fats and calories also stimulates the production of xanthurentic acid inside the body. A similar effect is produced by the penicillin group of drugs. Some researchers believe that diabetes arises not because of inheriting defective chromosome but because of genetically determined excessive requirement of vitamin B6 and of course, further research and investigations are called for to validate this belief.
Thanks,
Team- KnowledgeisHealing
Heredity:
We can get reference of the familial nature of diabetes in ancient medical texts. More than forty six percent give a family history of the disease of the total diabetics. There are varied opinions about how parents pass on this disease to their children but non has been able to fully explain how heredity actually acts. Till recent past, It was believed that the hereditary character of diabetes follows the principles of the renowned geneticist Mendell, i.e.,
1. If both the parents are diabetics, all their children get the disease,
2. If one of the parents is diabetic and another is a diabetes career (one who does not have the disease but can transmit it), half the number of their children get the disease,
3. If both the parents are diabetes- careers, one fourth the number of their children get the disease and
4. If one of the parent is a diabetic and other is healthy, their children remain free from diabetes.
However, detailed studies and surveys have proved the fallacy of this belief. It is often seen that children of diabetic parents are healthy in every respect. In identical twins one child may have diabetes and the other may remain free from the disease. Such diabetics are also seen who hae no family history of the disease. Some researchers believe that diabetes develops not because the person has inherited defective chromosome from his parents but becuase he has not received that chromosome from his parents which imparts resistance to his disease. In short, it can be said that even though hereditary factors do play a role in the development of diabetes to what extent and in what way these factors act is still a mystery.
It can be said that hereditary factors can become effective only when certain other exciting environmental factors like obesity, faulty dietary habits and inadequate physical exertion are at work.
Obesity:
There is close connection between diabetes and obesity. Overweight persons become easy victims to diabetes. It is shown by studies that 60 to 80 percent of diabetes are due to overweight. The more the obesity, the greater is the mortality rate due to complications of diabetes. Body weight which is 30 percent below the ideal is an almost certain guarantee against diabetes.
Incorrect Dietary habits:
It may be noted that the food can maintain or save life but i can destroy life as well. Proper food serves the purpose of medicine while improper food works as poison and causes disease.
We may take pride in calling ourselves highly civilised but we have started to flout all the norms about the quality and quantity of food. Attracted to material pleasures, we have become slaves to our tongues. We have deleted bran from the flour, we mostly eat processed foods and refined sugar. In short, we can say that we hae drifted away from mother nature, thereby initiating a rise in the incidence of diabetes. According to a survey, diabetes was rare in the natives of Iceland and Canada, a few years ago. With the advent of processed and junk foods in these regions, the incidence of diabetes shot up within a very short time.
By offering chocolates, cakes and ice creams too often to our children, by giving the refrigerator a place in our homes and by attending parties every other day, we infact invite obesity and diabetes.
For the origin of diabetes, excessive food is as much to be blamed as improper (i.e., refined and processed) food. The body has to produce more digestive juices and insulinto digest excessive food. Under the pressure of such excessive work-load, the pancreas gland weakens and ultimately break down, leading to diabetes. Many a renowned researcher holds the belief that the deficiency of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) in our diet may also be a cause of diabetes. Lack of Vitamin B6 causes the transformation of tryptophane (an amino-acid present in our diet) into xanthurenic acid which harms the beta cells of teh pancreas to cause diabetes. If experimental animals are fed with a Vitamin b6 deficient diet, pancreatic destruction starts within 48 hours and symptoms of diabetes show up. A similar result can be obtained by injecting xanthurenic acid into the bodies of animals. If the pancreas is not completely damaged, large doses of Vitamin B6 can reverse the symptoms of diabetes. Experiments have also shown that treatment with the mineral magnesium to produces similarly celubrious effects on experimentally damaged pancreases.
Consumption of food containing excessive animal proteins, saturated fats and calories also stimulates the production of xanthurentic acid inside the body. A similar effect is produced by the penicillin group of drugs. Some researchers believe that diabetes arises not because of inheriting defective chromosome but because of genetically determined excessive requirement of vitamin B6 and of course, further research and investigations are called for to validate this belief.
Thanks,
Team- KnowledgeisHealing
posted by KIH @ 12:06 AM
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