Treatments for type II diabetes?

Question

One of them is reducing glycemic load. What does it mean by reducing it and why would you want this to happen?

Some other treatments are:
-increase insulin secretion
-increase sensitivity to insulin
-enhance glucose metabolism in cells
-etc....

Answer 1

Type II Diabetes is also known as NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES (NIDDM). This means that you don't need insulin injections to stabilize your blood glucose levels. But, you need to take in some drugs in order to stabilize blood glucose levels. In type II DM, the person has either a problem on the secretion of insulin, either too little secretion or too much, or poor metabolism of glucose in cells leading to buid up of glucose, while in type I DM, the body does not produce any insulin thats why you need insulin injections. Insulin is produce by the beta cells of the pancreas, specifically at the islets of langerhans. It is important to stabilize or lower the blood glucose levels. Without or too little insulin, can cause a build up of glucose leading to high blood sugar levels. With high blood sugar levels, lots of complications will come in leading to retinopathy and eventually diabetic coma and death. The goal of therapy or treatment in Type II diabetes is: (1) reduce the glycemic load (as you stated above) or simply to reduce blood glucose levels. YOu can do these by taking drugs that would increase insulin production to lower the glucose levels, because as i have said, insulin lowers the blood glucose or blood sugar levels. (2) enhance glucose metabolism in cells so that glucose will be used up by the body instead of being stucked up in cells. You need insulin for glucose metabolism. (3) increase sensitivity to insulin so that the cells will immediately make use of the available insulin to metabolize glucose.
If you're asking for complications of DM, either I or II, among these are heart attack, retinopathy, delayed wound healing leading to gangrene and eventually amputation, and then death. Heart attack in the sense that if you have prolonged high blood sugar, the blood will be very viscous/ thick. Blood flow or circulation is not good and is compromised due to build up of glucose deposits along the blood vessels thus narrowing the space of blood flow. With narrowed space, blood flow to vital organs especially to the brain and the heart is decreased or compromised. Decreased cardiac oxygenation (decrease blood flow since blood carries oxygen) will lead to ischemia and leading to infarction or heart attack. REtinopathy in the sense that there will be glucose deposits in the eyes particularly the retina leading to blurring of vision and possible detachment of the retina due to pressure within the retine from the build up of glucose on blood vessels of the eyes. Amputation due to gangrene from delayed wound healing. Lastly, death. That's why if you have diabetes, you have to be very careful and always monitor blood sugar levels and always consult your doctor.

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Answer 5

A lot of us go to Glycemic Index to find the glycemic load of a food. The glycemic load tells us how high the food may spike our blood glucose.

If we leave alone all the foods that may spike our glucose, we are reducing the glycemic load therefore we need less insulin to keep us going. Reducing the amount of insulin needed helps us to keep our weight under control as well as keeping our blood glucose in control.

Answer 6

You need to know if you are producing too little insulin, or it it is inneffective. Decrease glycemic load, means to eat stuff that digests more slowly, so the blood sugar doesn't spike. Cut down of fats, it is fat in the diet that causes diabetes. (at the risk of oversimplification) Supplement with vanadium and Chromium.