Everywhere you turn you hear about magic cures for type 2 diabetes! What do you think is behind this talk Are there people wanting to make money and they’re hoping you fall for their deal because you are looking for a quick and easy solution to your health issue It’s not bad you want a quick solution … I just don’t think there is one. You making the decision to take care of yourself, learning about diabetes and what is available, is the real cure.

In recent years much progress has been made to help people with diabetes.

1. Medications:

• a combination drug is already in use in the US, Avandia, which is metformin and rosiglitazone. Some people are already on these two separate drugs so combining them makes sense.
• amylin, a hormone secreted along with insulin in response to food intake, is being produced in synthetic form. Research shows that amylin also helps to regulate glucose levels. It is administered via subcutaneous injection.
• you will be pleased to hear there is work being done to create a form of oral-insulin which will not be broken down by digestive enzymes. At this time it is in the early stages.
• there are clinical trials at the moment where insulin is delivered via inhalation.

2. Transplanting the Pancreas:

• it’s really not that simple as our body does not like receiving someone else’s organs and it tends to destroy the foreign tissue
• the body’s immune response needs to be blocked and the drugs used raise the blood sugar levels
• often there is post-operative illness and due to a lifelong requirement for immunosuppressive medications, younger people with type 1 diabetes are usually considered.

But we need to deal with the here and now … type 2 diabetes is predominantly lifestyle related. The choices you made are really the cause of the problem. You can bring about change by losing weight and reducing your blood sugar levels. This is the magic cure:

• find a healthy diet that you don’t want to divorce, one that you will stay with
• engage in physical activity, increase your walking to start with. You could later add resistance training as they work well together. Exercise fights insulin-resistance.
• learn the basics about diabetes and why you have high blood sugar levels
• seek the help of someone you can trust

A lot of progress has been made with how to treat type 2 diabetes and this, of course, will continue. But in the end it’s your decision, no matter what drugs are available it all starts with eating less and moving more.

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