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Sugar and Diabetes Childhood Eating Disorders

By: Lindelwa Maseko Anyone who has the condition known as diabetes has a condition that creates a situation where the conversion of energy from the food they eat is faulty. Almost all the food we eat, once digested, is converted into glucose. This supply of energy use the bloodstream to be transported around where it can be absorbed by the cells but diabetes stops this from happening. It is essential that the glucose is absorbed into the body but this condition creates high levels to accumulate in the blood.

Two main types occur; information on both is looked at briefly here. The first type is called type one and primarily affects young people, usually called juvenile onset diabetes and is where the body completely stops the production of insulin; this means insulin must be given to the diabetic on a daily basis for them to live. Insulin is used by the body to regulate the amount of glucose the blood contains. Adult onset diabetes affects older people as the name suggests but differs from type one; it results when the body either cannot produce enough insulin or does not use the insulin it makes properly.

Those energy foods which we all need to live are pasta, rice, potatoes, bread and fruit of course. Excess glucose in the bloodstream has many dangers for the body and can cause heart disease, kidney problems and blindness, not to mention amputations as well.

However, it is possible to manage diabetes by maintaining a strict health regime; some of the possible conditions will be halted completely whilst others will be delayed. Care of your condition relies on you maintaining certain aspects and any prescribed medication must be taken routinely; it is very important that you don't smoke and maintain your blood glucose levels, cholesterol and other blood fats within your target range.

Stable weight is also a requirement that will help ensure your blood pressure is maintained at a health level. Diabetes is a life long condition if you are unlucky enough to contract it; in America there are more than five and a half million recognized sufferers.

The frightening thing is that it is estimated that at least the same number of people has this condition but just don't know it yet; over 600,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. The number of Americans who have diabetes and die each year is approximately 320,000 but only 34,000 die as a direct result of having the condition.