A place for all diabetics to meet, to support each other during their hard times, to discover that everyone of them has a healthy, happy and a wonderful life ahead.

If you are alive with Diabetes today, its because there are people who love you and want you to live along with them and care for you. And it is because of yourself too that you are living because you like yourself and you want to live this wonderful life successfully too.

Now face the reality, all you have to do is alter your lifestyle in a healthy manner, change your diet to  healthy but still tasty and predict the future complications and work towards them from now that is from this very second. consult doctor if needed, get a strategic plan.

Don't  forget that every process takes time. Be patient but active. have frequent fitness workouts , LAUGH

Sit back and relax, meditate in the  mornings. But don't forget to live your life to the top.


For further inspiration 
you can talk to me at
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Make your life special!!!!

Diabetes Facts

Rising Prevalence of Diabetes

An estimated 366 million people, corresponding to 8.3% of the world's adult population, lived with diabetes in 2011. The number is expected to grow to 552 million by 2030, corresponding to 7.8% of the adult population¹

While the global prevalence of diabetes is 8.3%, the prevalence varies from 10.7% in North America and the Caribbean to 4.5% in the African region.¹ However, the African region is expected to experience the highest increase¹

80% of the current cases of diabetes occur in low- and middle income countries.⁴ With an estimated 90 million people living with diabetes, China has the world's largest diabetes population, followed by India with 61.3 million¹

Diabetes is one of the major causes of premature illness and death worldwide.² Non-communicable diseases including diabetes account for 60% of all deaths worldwide³

The largest age group currently affected by diabetes is between 40-59 years¹

Bringing long term glucose levels down by a single point reduces the risk of blindness and kidney failure by 37%⁴

Diabetes Diagnosis and Treatment

Many people in developing countries with type 1 diabetes die before they are diagnosed or soon after diagnosis due to inadequate access to diabetes treatment⁵

In developing countries, less than half of people with diabetes are diagnosed. Without timely diagnoses and adequate treatment, complications and morbidity from diabetes rise exponentially⁶

Type 2 diabetes can remain undetected for many years and the diagnosis is often made from associated complications¹

The number of deaths attributable to diabetes in 2011 was approximately 4.6 million, equivalent to one death every seven seconds. The highest number of deaths due to diabetes is in India, China, United States of America, and the Russian Federation¹

Type 2 diabetes is responsible for 85-95% of all diabetes in high-income countries and may account for an even higher percentage in low- and middle-income countries¹

Up to 60% or more of type 2 diabetes is preventable by changing diet, increasing physical activity, and improving the living environment. Yet, without effective prevention and control programmes, the incidence of diabetes is likely to continue rising globally⁷

Insulin is vital for the survival of people with type 1 diabetes and often ultimately required by people with type 2 diabetes. Even though insulin's indispensible nature is recognised by its inclusion in the WHO's Essential Medicines List, insulin is still not available on an uninterrupted basis in many parts of the developing world⁸

In the Africa region, 78% of people with diabetes are undiagnosed¹

Bringing long term glucose levels down by a single point reduces the risk of amputations by 43%⁹

A person requiring insulin for survival in Mozambique will live an average of 12 months⁸

A person requiring insulin for survival in Zambia will live an average of 11 years⁸

A person requiring insulin for survival in Mali will live an average of 30 months⁸

Diabetes Costs – A Burden for Families and Society

The financial burden borne by people with diabetes and their families as a result of their disease depends on their economic status and the social insurance policies of their countries. In the poorest countries, people with diabetes and their families bear almost the whole cost of the medical care they can afford¹

In Latin America, families pay 40-60% of medical care expenditures from their own pockets. In Mozambique, diabetes care for one person requires 75% of the per capita income, in Mali it amounts to 61%, Vietnam is 51%, and Zambia 21%^1,9

Estimated global healthcare expenditures to treat diabetes and prevent complications totaled at least US dollars (USD) 465 billion in 2011. By 2030, this number is projected to exceed some USD 595 billion. An estimated average of USD 1,274 per person with diabetes was spent globally on treating and managing the disease in 2011

Besides excess healthcare expenditure, diabetes also imposes large economic burdens in the form of lost productivity and foregone economic growth. The largest economic burden is the monetary value associated with disability and loss of life as a result of the disease itself and its related complications¹⁰

The World Health Organization (WHO) predicted net losses in national income from diabetes and cardiovascular disease of International Dollars (ID) 557.7 billion in China, ID 303.2 billion in the Russian Federation, ID 336.6 billion in India, ID 49.2 billion in Brazil, and ID 2.5 billion in Tanzania (2005 ID), between 2005 and 2015. International Dollars (ID) correct for differences in purchasing power¹⁰

80% of people in developing countries pay directly for some or all of their own diabetes medication¹⁰

Diabetes and Changes in Society

More than 50 countries worldwide have a formalised "National Diabetes Programme"¹¹

From  changingdiabetesbarometer.com

Do You Meditate?

David Spero

Last Monday, I went to my first meditation class. For years, I have heard that meditation reduces stress, increases energy, and improves focus. It might also open the doors to spiritual growth. I’m finally giving it a try.

Perhaps I was inspired by Scott Coulter’s article about living in the moment, on this site last week. So I found a class on Meetup.com.That’s a great site — you just type in the kind of activity or group you’re looking for, and there’s a good chance you will find it not too far away. You have to pay to start your own group, but finding a group and joining it is free.

The class I joined is called Lighten Up Meditation. It’s meditating to music. Surprisingly, it’s not soft, gauzy New Age music. They use rhythmic, up-tempo Celtic music.

The energetic music surprised me, but Lisa, our teacher, explained that meditation is not for relaxing. It’s for focusing. The music reminds you to focus.

Lisa had us focus on one of two places in our bodies. First was the heart (fourth) chakra, which I gather is in the center of the chest. We did that for ten minutes, twice. Then she had us focus on the third eye (sixth) chakra, which is one finger width above the center of the eyebrows.

I don’t know anything about chakras, but Wikipedia says they are “centers of life force… Chakras correspond to…major [connecting points] of arteries, veins and nerves.” They seem sort of like the meridians in acupuncture, points and pathways through which our life energy is supposed to flow.

Unlike most kinds of meditation, in the type used in this class you don’t focus on your breathing, just on the chakra points. I’m not sure if the fourth and sixth chakras are supposed to have special benefits, or if they are just something to focus on. Perhaps I’ll find out more at the next class.

The day after class, I started a practice of meditating 15–20 minutes a day to Celtic music. I’m terrible at it. That’s why I’ve never stayed with it before. My thoughts just pour in. I turn them off for one or two breaths, and then they come right back.

I asked some friends and family about their experience with meditation, and they all said the same things. They tried for a while and gave up because they couldn’t keep the thoughts at bay for more than a few seconds.

But Lisa says that is totally normal. She says I just have to keep practicing. Very gradually, the thoughts will start to take longer breaks. When thoughts do come, it gets easier to let them go. Over time, you can get into deeper and deeper states. When the thoughts (brain chatter) fade, we can focus on other, more healing things.

I sense that this is possible. A few times this week, I was able to sense the world opening up as I focused on my heart, even though the periods only lasted a few seconds. And I must say I felt more relaxed afterward.

Lisa has been meditating for 25 years. She says it has changed her life profoundly, so much so that she teaches these classes for free and even gave out free CDs of meditation music. She says it has brought her to states of ecstasy, joy, and peace, and has brought huge amounts of love into her life.

That’s the kind of thing I was looking for when I came. I’ve become aware lately of people who seem to be able to visit heaven on a regular basis. Some have written books about it, like Jill Bolte Taylor’sMy Stroke of Insight and Eben Alexander’s Proof of Heaven. They got there through brain damage. Now they can visit regularly through meditation or something like it. I’d like to visit, too.

Even if I never get to heaven, there are proven health benefits to meditation. This Huffington Post article reports,

Studies show that meditation is associated with improvement in a variety of psychological areas, including stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, eating disorders and cognitive function, among others. There’s also research to suggest that meditation can reduce blood pressure, pain response, [and] stress hormone levels.

Many hospitals around the world now teach a meditation form calledMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, because it benefits so many conditions. For 20 minutes a day, even if you can’t achieve Nirvana, it seems like it’s worthwhile.

I’ve committed to giving it one year of daily practice. I would appreciate any advice or experience you can share about meditating. Thanks.

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My new book, cowritten with Jim Healthy, is out. Diabetes Heroes is about ordinary people reversing their Type 2 diabetes. A lot of inspiring stories like the ones we read here all the time, although the book features people who followed the diet outlined in Stefan Ripich’s30 Day Diabetes Cure. It’s pretty much the same things our readers do.

You can see a very moving video interview with one of the “heroes” here. The video also tells you how to get a free copy of the book.

From  Diabetesselfmanagement.com....

Cocoa May Help Fight Obesity-Related Inflammation

June 12, 2013 — A few cups of hot cocoa may not only fight off the chill of a winter's day, but they could also help obese people better control inflammation-related diseases, such as diabetes, according to Penn State researchers.

Mice that were fed cocoa with a high-fat diet experienced less obesity-related inflammation than mice fed the same high-fat diet without the supplement, said Joshua Lambert, associate professor of food science. The mice ate the human equivalent of 10 tablespoons of cocoa powder -- about four or five cups of hot cocoa -- during a 10-week period.

"What surprised me was the magnitude of the effect," Lambert said. "There wasn't as big of an effect on the body weight as we expected, but I was surprised at the dramatic reduction of inflammation and fatty liver disease."

The researchers reported that several indicators of inflammation and diabetes in the mice that were fed the cocoa supplement were much lower than the mice that were fed the high-fat diet without the cocoa powder and almost identical to the ones found that were fed a low-fat diet in the control group. For example, they had about 27 percent lower plasma insulin levels than the mice that were not fed cocoa. High levels of insulin can signal that a patient has diabetes.

The cocoa powder supplement also reduced the levels of liver triglycerides in mice by a little more than 32 percent, according to Lambert, who worked with Yeyi Gu, graduate student in food science, and Shan Yu, a graduate student in physiology. Elevated triglyceride levels are a sign of fatty liver disease and are related to inflammation and diabetes.

The mice also saw a slight but significant drop in the rate of body weight gain, according to the researchers, who reported their findings in the online version of the European Journal of Nutrition.

While researchers have linked obesity-related chronic inflammation to several diseases, including type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease, the reason for the inflammation response is not completely known. Lambert said two theories on inflammation and obesity that have emerged may help explain cocoa's role in mitigating inflammation. In one theory, Lambert said excess fat may activate a distress signal that causes immune cells to become activated and cause inflammation. The cocoa may reduce the precursors that act as a distress signal to initiate this inflammatory response.

Lambert said that another theory is that excess fat in the diet interferes with the body's ability to keep a bacterial component called endotoxin from entering the bloodstream through gaps between cells in the digestive system -- gut barrier function -- and alerting an immune response. The cocoa in this case may help improve gut barrier function.

Cocoa, although commonly consumed in chocolate, actually has low-calorie content, low-fat content and high-fiber content.

"Most obesity researchers tend to steer clear of chocolate because it is high in fat, high in sugar and is usually considered an indulgence," Lambert said. "However, cocoa powder is low in fat and low in sugar. We looked at cocoa because it contains a lot of polyphenolic compounds, so it is analogous to things like green tea and wine, which researchers have been studying for some of their health benefits."

Lambert said he expects future research will be conducted to better identify why the cocoa powder is effective in treating inflammation, as well as determine if the treatment is suitable for humans.

The National Institutes of Health supported this work

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