Modes of Treatment of diabetes - V
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The major constituents of the food we eat are:
Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and fibres (roughage). To maintain health and to aid the various processes occuring in the body, it is essential that all these constituents are obtained in sufficient amount.
Carbohydrates includes sugar and starch. Cereals are their main reources. Refined sugar, jaggery, honey etc. are concentrated forms of carbohydrates. One gram of carbohydrates provides energy worth four calories to the body.
Proteins are essential for the growth of the body and regeneration of cells lost due to wear and tear. Milk, pulses, meat fish and eggs are their main sources. One gram of protein provides energy worth four calories to the body.
Fats are available from ghee and oils. There are two types of fat: saturated and unsaturated.
Saturated fats are believed to be the causes of narrowing and hardening of arteries (atherosclerosis). Atherosclerosis ultimately leads to a heart attack or cerebral haemorrhage. It is therefore desirable to drastically cut down the consumption of food articles containing saturated fats. Butter, ghee, vegetable ghee, coconut oil and palm oil have lots of saturated fats. On the other hand, groundnut oil, til oil, corn oil, soyabean oil, lineseed oil and cotton seed oil are sources of relatively harmless, unsaturated fats. Each gram of fat provides energy worth nine calories to the body.
Vitamins and Minerals are extremely important nutrients which server numerous functions inside the body. Raw vegetables, fruits, germinated pulses and germinated cereals are excellent sources of vitamins and minerals.
During the past sixty-sixty five years the notions about the proportions of carbohydrates, proteins and fats in a diabetic diet have undergone a radical change.
Uptill the second decade of this centuary, diabetics were advised to consume a very low carbohydrate and very high fat diet. But gradually it became known that a high fat diet ruins the blood vessels and harms the heart. Besides no logical reason could be put forward for carbohydrate restriction. Modern dietcians and physicians recommend for the diabetics, a diet fifty five to sixty percent of which is comprised of carbohydrates, twenty to twenty two percent of fats and eighteen to twenty percent of proteins.
It is now unanimously agreed that a diabetic should receive a larger than usual quota of Vitamins and minerals. As we know that some researchers have propounded the Vitamin B6 raises the xanthurenic acid content of the blood, which in turn damages the pancreas and leads to diabeties. A fact which supports this belief is that all diabetics excrete large amounts of xanthurenic acid in their urine. If diabetics are given 50 mg of vitamin B6 every day, urinary xanthurenic acid rapidly diminshes and symptoms of diabetes begin to disappear.
Magnesium has been found to bring down the requirements of vitamin B6 by decreasing the xanthurenic content fo the body. Dietcians suggest that every diabetic should recieve 500 mg of magnesium daily.
Some researchers claim that Vitamin C, Vitamin B1 and panthothenic acid and helpful to diabetics because like sulphonurea drugs, they stimulate the pancreas to produce more insulin. Again, animals kept on a totally 'Vitamin C- free' diet manufacture less insulin in their bodies and develop symptoms similar to those of diabetes.
It has been seen that diabetics give 300 to 600 units of Vitamin E daily, many a time require much smaller doses of medicinal insulin.
Chemical analysis has also shown that diabetics suffer from a Vitamin A deficiency. Experiements have shown that when diabetics are daily given about 15000 to 16000 units of Vitamin A, their health improves and the concentration of cholesterol in their blood falls.
Chromium is also a very important mineral for diabetics. If there is chromium deficiency in the body, the effectivity of insulin decreases. If experimental animals are made chromium deficient, their blood glucose and blood cholestrol levels rise. Besieds, if a need arises, these vitamins and minerals can be obtained can be obtained through pills as well.
It is desirable that the fibre content of our diet is high. People or tribes who give fibre containing food articles a due place in their diet, almost always succeed in keeping diabetes and other diseases at bay.
If a diet is rich in fibres, the absorption of glucose through the intestines is slowed down. Consequently the bood sugar level rises gradually. The pancrease gland is able to cope with such a situation very easily. Some researchers has proved through experiments that when diabetics are given a high fibre diet, their medicinal insulin requirements are reduced by almost twenty five percent. Vegetable, fruits, whole cereals and whole pulses are excellent sources of fibres. By removing bran from the flour, by eating polished rice, by keeping away from fruits-vegetables and by consuming processed, refined and soft foods, we invite not only diabetes but also other diseases, right from constipation to cancer.
Thanks,
Team- KnowledgeisHealing
The major constituents of the food we eat are:
Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and fibres (roughage). To maintain health and to aid the various processes occuring in the body, it is essential that all these constituents are obtained in sufficient amount.
Carbohydrates includes sugar and starch. Cereals are their main reources. Refined sugar, jaggery, honey etc. are concentrated forms of carbohydrates. One gram of carbohydrates provides energy worth four calories to the body.
Proteins are essential for the growth of the body and regeneration of cells lost due to wear and tear. Milk, pulses, meat fish and eggs are their main sources. One gram of protein provides energy worth four calories to the body.
Fats are available from ghee and oils. There are two types of fat: saturated and unsaturated.
Saturated fats are believed to be the causes of narrowing and hardening of arteries (atherosclerosis). Atherosclerosis ultimately leads to a heart attack or cerebral haemorrhage. It is therefore desirable to drastically cut down the consumption of food articles containing saturated fats. Butter, ghee, vegetable ghee, coconut oil and palm oil have lots of saturated fats. On the other hand, groundnut oil, til oil, corn oil, soyabean oil, lineseed oil and cotton seed oil are sources of relatively harmless, unsaturated fats. Each gram of fat provides energy worth nine calories to the body.
Vitamins and Minerals are extremely important nutrients which server numerous functions inside the body. Raw vegetables, fruits, germinated pulses and germinated cereals are excellent sources of vitamins and minerals.
During the past sixty-sixty five years the notions about the proportions of carbohydrates, proteins and fats in a diabetic diet have undergone a radical change.
Uptill the second decade of this centuary, diabetics were advised to consume a very low carbohydrate and very high fat diet. But gradually it became known that a high fat diet ruins the blood vessels and harms the heart. Besides no logical reason could be put forward for carbohydrate restriction. Modern dietcians and physicians recommend for the diabetics, a diet fifty five to sixty percent of which is comprised of carbohydrates, twenty to twenty two percent of fats and eighteen to twenty percent of proteins.
It is now unanimously agreed that a diabetic should receive a larger than usual quota of Vitamins and minerals. As we know that some researchers have propounded the Vitamin B6 raises the xanthurenic acid content of the blood, which in turn damages the pancreas and leads to diabeties. A fact which supports this belief is that all diabetics excrete large amounts of xanthurenic acid in their urine. If diabetics are given 50 mg of vitamin B6 every day, urinary xanthurenic acid rapidly diminshes and symptoms of diabetes begin to disappear.
Magnesium has been found to bring down the requirements of vitamin B6 by decreasing the xanthurenic content fo the body. Dietcians suggest that every diabetic should recieve 500 mg of magnesium daily.
Some researchers claim that Vitamin C, Vitamin B1 and panthothenic acid and helpful to diabetics because like sulphonurea drugs, they stimulate the pancreas to produce more insulin. Again, animals kept on a totally 'Vitamin C- free' diet manufacture less insulin in their bodies and develop symptoms similar to those of diabetes.
It has been seen that diabetics give 300 to 600 units of Vitamin E daily, many a time require much smaller doses of medicinal insulin.
Chemical analysis has also shown that diabetics suffer from a Vitamin A deficiency. Experiements have shown that when diabetics are daily given about 15000 to 16000 units of Vitamin A, their health improves and the concentration of cholesterol in their blood falls.
Chromium is also a very important mineral for diabetics. If there is chromium deficiency in the body, the effectivity of insulin decreases. If experimental animals are made chromium deficient, their blood glucose and blood cholestrol levels rise. Besieds, if a need arises, these vitamins and minerals can be obtained can be obtained through pills as well.
It is desirable that the fibre content of our diet is high. People or tribes who give fibre containing food articles a due place in their diet, almost always succeed in keeping diabetes and other diseases at bay.
If a diet is rich in fibres, the absorption of glucose through the intestines is slowed down. Consequently the bood sugar level rises gradually. The pancrease gland is able to cope with such a situation very easily. Some researchers has proved through experiments that when diabetics are given a high fibre diet, their medicinal insulin requirements are reduced by almost twenty five percent. Vegetable, fruits, whole cereals and whole pulses are excellent sources of fibres. By removing bran from the flour, by eating polished rice, by keeping away from fruits-vegetables and by consuming processed, refined and soft foods, we invite not only diabetes but also other diseases, right from constipation to cancer.
Thanks,
Team- KnowledgeisHealing
posted by KIH @ 3:40 AM
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