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Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health J. Douglas Bremner See book keywords and concepts

According to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, type 2 diabetes in children has risen dramatically since 1994, when less than 5% of new childhood diabetes cases were type 2. By 1999, type 2 diabetes was accounting for 8% to 45% of new childhood diabetes cases, depending on geographic location. That's because type 2 is closely linked to lifestyle, most especially obesity and lack of physical exercise, and is associated with resistance to insulin at the cell level and/or impaired insulin secretion.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa See book keywords and concepts

Although childhood immunization programs begun in the late 1950s have all but eradicated mumps, a recent resurgence of mumps outbreaks in the United States coupled with today's skyrocketing rates of childhood diabetes seems likely to resurrect this inquiry again in the near future. It all sounds quite grim. One viral infection and you end up with a lifelong, debilitating autoimmune disease? Well, not exactly. Remember the barrel effect?

Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health J. Douglas Bremner See book keywords and concepts

By 1999, type 2 diabetes was accounting for 8% to 45% of new childhood diabetes cases, depending on geographic location. That's because type 2 is closely linked to lifestyle, most especially obesity and lack of physical exercise, and is associated with resistance to insulin at the cell level and/or impaired insulin secretion. The growing prevalence of type 2 diabetes over the last twenty years has led to terms such as diabesity (obesity plus diabetes) and metabolic syndrome (abdominal fat, insulin resistance, increased lipids, and hypertension).

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa See book keywords and concepts

In the mid 1990s, researchers in Sweden examined stored blood samples from mothers who had delivered babies in Swedish hospitals, in hopes of better pinning down the relationship between coxsackie B viruses and childhood diabetes. They compared blood samples of 57 mothers of diabetic children with those of 203 mothers of nondiabetic children. Coxsackie B antigens turned out to be significantly more prevalent in mothers whose children later developed diabetes.

Still, this is little comfort for the parent whose child goes in for his Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine and ends up with a disease as devastating as childhood diabetes before the age of seven. All this points to a more important mystery that has yet to be solved. Why don't more people who experience common infections or who receive vaccines get sick? Why aren't all 25 percent of people who have a genetic predisposition to autoimmunity falling ill as a result of molecular mimicry? Why does a viral hit cause the immune system to make such a monumental gaffe in some people and not others?

Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health Joseph E. Mario See book keywords and concepts

Improper function of Immune T-Suppressor Lymphocytes may attack the body; and elevated Class-2 Prostaglandin secretion from a lack of Prostaglandin E-1 (precursed by Vitamin F/Gamma-Linolenic Acid) causes eczema, inflamed bowels, ulcerativecolitis (Manganese deficiency), Crohn'sdiseasejuvenile/ childhood diabetes, multiple sclerosis, A.I.D.S.; (childhood) rheumatoid arthritis (help in 4-12 weeks with Primrose oil's F/GLA, and Manganese), and (childhood) lupus erythematosus (both have low serum Glutathione/GSH, depressed T-cells, and hyperactive B-cells).

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II See book keywords and concepts

See chapters seven and nine for a more thorough discussion of childhood diabetes.) Elevated blood pressure is nine times more likely to occur among obese kids. Sleep apnea, which can cause neuro-cognitive problems, is found in one in ten obese children. A wide variety of bone problems is more common in obese kids. Most importantly, an obese young person is much more likely to be an obese adult,3 greatly increasing the likelihood of lifelong health problems. CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ADULT If you are obese, you may not be able to do many things that could make your life more enjoyable.

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

Another study shows a significantly lower incidence of childhood diabetes during periods in which blood glucose level was carefully controlled.22 Although the data in this study are based on a number of suppositions, they again indicate a greater than fifty-percent drop in the incidence of childhood diabetes when mothers avoided increases in blood sugar levels above normal. Monitoring the Diabetic Patient There appears to be a strong relationship between blood sugar level and the development of the complications of diabetes.

Vibrational Medicine: The #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies Richard Gerber, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Many diseases of organ hypofunctioning, such as primary ovarian failure, adrenal atrophy, and certain types of childhood diabetes, are now being linked to autoimmune mechanisms of glandular destruction. The important point is that many diverse diseases may be indirectly affected by the immune regulation of the thymus gland, which, in turn, is influenced by the activity of the heart chakra. Various researchers who have examined the link between emotions and illness have found a strong association between depression, grief, and suppression of immune functioning.

Other examples of diseases with autoimmune components are lupus, mysasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, adrenal failure, primary ovarian failure, and possibly certain types of childhood diabetes. In some of these diseases there is evidence to suggest a possible viral contributing factor. Some researchers have suggested that particular viruses may alter certain proteins, making them look foreign to the eyes of the immune system. These foreign-appearing proteins may initiate a general immunologic attack against both virally-altered and normal proteins within the body.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

Another study shows a significantly lower incidence of childhood diabetes during periods in which maternal hyperglycemia was carefully controlled and the fetus protected from hyperinsulinism.22 Although the data in this study are based on a number of suppositions, they again indicate a greater than 50% drop in the incidence of childhood DM. MONITORING THE DIABETIC PATIENT There appears to be a causal relationship between hyperglycemia and the development of the complications of diabetes.

Power Healing: Use the New Integrated Medicine to Cure Yourself Leo Galland See book keywords and concepts

A high level of emotional distress may predispose people to conditions that persist after the stress subsides. childhood diabetes, hyperthyroidism, appendicitis, and chronic headache are all associated with preceding stressors.33 In pregnancy, an increase in life stress in the third trimester more than doubles the rate of serious complications affecting the newborn infant. Marital disruption due to death or divorce is one of the greatest stresses a person can undergo, and recent or pending marital separation is associated with suppression of several measures of immune function.

Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition Larry Trivieri, Jr. See book keywords and concepts

Mothers who are breast-feeding infants whose siblings or parents had childhood diabetes should avoid drinking large amounts of cow's milk, as proteins from the cow's milk that can trigger this condition may be absorbed intact and end up in mother's breast milk. • Persons with blood type O should not consume milk and other dairy products at all. • Other adults and children over the age of 2 should drink only skim or 1% low-fat milk in moderation.

This case shows that it is possible to significantly help manage and reverse childhood diabetes using diet, homeopathics, and nutritional supplements, but that the disease must be managed with a long-term plan. A prime reason the red blood cells in the diabetic's blood are unable to release their oxygen is that a key molecule called 2,3-diphosphoglycerate is in reduced supply. Under normal conditions, 2,3-diphosphoglycerate stimulates red blood cells, to deliver oxygen to the tissues, but if there isn't enough of this molecule in the system, the red blood cells can't deliver the oxygen.

The Doctor's Complete Guide to Vitamins and Minerals Dr. Mary Dan Eades See book keywords and concepts

Chromium levels fall low during and after childbearing, in childhood diabetes, and in coronary artery disease (hardening of the arteries to the heart). Deficiency of chromium during pregnancy may explain the diabetes that develops during pregnancy (gestational diabetes), and through its interaction with insulin may also contribute to the rapid weight gain, fluid retention, and rise in blood pressure some women experience during pregnancy and afterward. More recently, chromium (in the form of chromium picolinate) is being studied for its potential role in altering body composition.

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