Juvenile Diabetes, is there a cure ?

Diabetes mellitus type 1 used to be called “juvenile diabetes“. Currently, this type of diabetes is believed to be an autoimmune disease. It can strike suddenly affecting children and adult.

Researchers do not believe that it is the actual viral infection of the pancreas that is the cause but rather an autoimmune response caused by the viral infection. Some 80% of the new-onset patients with type 1 diabetes have islet cell antibodies. These antibodies are directed against the beta cells of the pancreas where insulin is made basically attacking itself. These antibodies are markers of the true damage caused by the cells of the immune system.

It was taught in some medical school that autoimmune diseases were the result of an overactive immune system since the body was essentially attacking itself. Most of these patients are placed on chemotherapeutic medications, which primarily suppress the immune system like Methotrexate, Plaquinil, and Immuran are just a few of the potent medications that are used. Corticosteroids like Prednisone are also used not only because of its strong anti-inflammatory qualities but also because they suppress the immune system. However, with type I diabetes almost all of the beta cells have already been damaged and destroyed by the time the actual diagnosis is made. This results in leaving one option for the physician-to give the patient insulin.

It is important that the child and eventual adult needs to develop a lifelong healthy lifestyle that can effectively slow down this process.

As a patient you will need to learn about a healthy diet and an effective exercise program . It is absolutely imperative for patients to eat in such a way as to not spike the blood sugar. See glycemic Index.
As a side note: I personally believe the diabetic diet taught by most dieticians is a poor one because they don’t take into consideration the glycemic index of carbohydrates. The glycemic index is the rate at which the blood sugar rises after a person eats a particular carbohydrate. All physicians understand that it is critical to control the blood sugar spike following a meal. However, most health care professionals simply believe a carbohydrate is a carbohydrate and make no distinction in regards to their glycemic index.
For example, eating white bread, white flour, pasta, rice, and potatoes increases the blood sugar faster than if the patient were slapping table sugar on their tongue. What goes up must come down-and in the case of the type 1 diabetic this means using more insulin. The healthy diet I recommend teaches the patient to eat his or her meals and snacks in such a way as to not spike their blood sugar. As a result they not only need less insulin but they are able to control their diabetes much more effectively. process called glycation. Complications like hypertension, high cholesterol, high homocysteine levels; this aging of the arteries is
accelerated even faster. Therefore, it is critical for diabetics to not only control their diabetes as best they can but also to avoid additional cardiovascular risk factors.
Taking optimal levels of nutritional supplements is key for these patients.

Support for Nutritional supplements :
My recommendation is to take supplements which assists in the reduction of your blood sugar level naturally. Bitter mellon, Vitamin B6, psyllium husk, Alpha lipoic acid, Chromium Picolinate and Cat’s claw in a right formulation has been found to be effective in bringing down of your BG level drastically. There is a special formulation comprising all these essential ingredients done by a group of Swiss scientists led by Prof Dr Shirley J. that has helped many to overcome their complications arising from diabetes instead of drugs that has caused more
side effects and miseries.

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