You are the landlord of your body and Diabetes is renting from you. If you do nothing, the renter could do all manners of harm to your body and eventually kill you.

Actual result:

Felix Beginning Fasting Blood Sugar: 450, Now 96
Amaka 504 now 130
Maria 483 Now 123
James 530 Now 120

Results vary and your result may be different from the above.

Note: This is not a quick-fix solution. It requires actual work on your part. Like most tenants, diabetes can be stubborn and may refuse to quit though you served a quit notice. You therefore must be willing to do all it takes to reclaim your home by court action and/or even removing the roof.

We will show you how

Stay tuned. We are getting to prevention, management and control of this dreadful disease. Sorry there is no know cure at this time.

Long-term complications of diabetes develop gradually. The longer you have diabetes — and the less controlled your blood sugar — the higher the risk of complications. Eventually, diabetes complications may be disabling or even life-threatening. Possible complications include:
• Cardiovascular disease. Diabetes dramatically increases the risk of various cardiovascular problems, including coronary artery disease with chest pain (angina), heart attack, stroke and narrowing of arteries (atherosclerosis). If you have diabetes, you are more likely to have heart disease or stroke.
• Nerve damage (neuropathy). Excess sugar can injure the walls of the tiny blood vessels (capillaries) that nourish your nerves, especially in your legs. This can cause tingling, numbness, burning or pain that usually begins at the tips of the toes or fingers and gradually spreads upward. Left untreated, you could lose all sense of feeling in the affected limbs. Damage to the nerves related to digestion can cause problems with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation. For men, it may lead to erectile dysfunction.
• Kidney damage (nephropathy). The kidneys contain millions of tiny blood vessel clusters (glomeruli) that filter waste from your blood. Diabetes can damage this delicate filtering system. Severe damage can lead to kidney failure or irreversible end-stage kidney disease, which may require dialysis or a kidney transplant.
• Eye damage (retinopathy). Diabetes can damage the blood vessels of the retina (diabetic retinopathy), potentially leading to blindness. Diabetes also increases the risk of other serious vision conditions, such as cataracts and glaucoma.
• Foot damage. Nerve damage in the feet or poor blood flow to the feet increases the risk of various foot complications. Left untreated, cuts and blisters can develop serious infections, which often heal poorly. These infections may ultimately require toe, foot or leg amputation.
• Skin conditions. Diabetes may leave you more susceptible to skin problems, including bacterial and fungal infections.
• Hearing impairment. Hearing problems are more common in people with diabetes.
• Alzheimer's disease. Type 2 diabetes may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease. The poorer your blood sugar control, the greater the risk appears to be. Although there are theories as to how these disorders might be connected, none has yet been proved.
Complications of gestational diabetes
Most women who have gestational diabetes deliver healthy babies. However, untreated or uncontrolled blood sugar levels can cause problems for you and your baby.
Complications in your baby can occur as a result of gestational diabetes, including:
• Excess growth. Extra glucose can cross the placenta, which triggers your baby's pancreas to make extra insulin. This can cause your baby to grow too large (macrosomia). Very large babies are more likely to require a C-section birth.
• Low blood sugar. Sometimes babies of mothers with gestational diabetes develop low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) shortly after birth because their own insulin production is high. Prompt feedings and sometimes an intravenous glucose solution can return the baby's blood sugar level to normal.
• Type 2 diabetes later in life. Babies of mothers who have gestational diabetes have a higher risk of developing obesity and type 2 diabetes later in life.
• Death. Untreated gestational diabetes can result in a baby's death either before or shortly after birth.

The following symptoms of diabetes are typical. However, some people with type 2 diabetes have symptoms so mild that they go unnoticed.
Common symptoms of diabetes:
1. Frequent urination
2. Disproportionate thirst
3. Intense hunger
4. Increased fatigue
5. Weight gain
6. Unusual weight loss
7. Irritability
8. Blurred vision
9. Cuts and bruises don't heal properly or quickly
10. More skin and/or yeast infections
11. Itchy skin
12. Itchy groin area
13. Gums are red and/or swollen - Gums pull away from teeth
14. Frequent gum disease/infection
15. Sexual dysfunction among men
18. Numbness or tingling, especially in your feet and hands
19. etc. … etc.
Now what kind of disease will have both weight loss and weight gain as symptoms. This is not right nor fair!!

Listen, if you get any two of the first 4 symptoms please see your doctor. Early diagnosis can save you from serious complications and early death.

It can take work to get your diabetes under control, but the results are worth it.
If you don't make the effort to get a handle on it, you could set yourself up for a host of complications. Diabetes can take a toll on nearly every part of your body, including the:
• Heart and blood vessels
• Eyes
• Kidneys
• Nerves
• Gums and teeth
• Hands and feet
• Stomach
• Skin
• Pancreas
• Liver
It will eat you up from the inside out without your knowing it. If you are age 40 and above, please get tested for pre diabetes and diabetes before it is too late.

Take your mom to see an eye doctor. The eye doctor will be able to examine your mom and tell her what is wrong with her sight and recommend possible treatment. The examination may not cost a lot of money. Additionally, the eye doctor will be able to identify other possible causes like diabetes, high blood pressure ... etc

Diabetic neuropathy can be classified as peripheral, autonomic, proximal, or focal. Each affects different parts of the body in various ways.

Peripheral neuropathy, the most common type of diabetic neuropathy, causes pain or loss of feeling in the toes, feet, legs, hands, and arms.

Autonomic neuropathy causes changes in digestion, bowel and bladder function, sexual response, and perspiration. It can also affect the nerves that serve the heart and control blood pressure, as well as nerves in the lungs and eyes. Autonomic neuropathy can also cause hypoglycemia unawareness, a condition in which people no longer experience the warning symptoms of low blood glucose levels.

Proximal neuropathy causes pain in the thighs, hips, or buttocks and leads to weakness in the legs.

Focal neuropathy results in the sudden weakness of one nerve or a group of nerves, causing muscle weakness or pain. Any nerve in the body can be affected.

Neuropathy Affects Nerves Throughout the Body
Peripheral neuropathy affects

toes
feet
legs
hands
arms

Autonomic neuropathy affects

heart and blood vessels
digestive system
urinary tract
sex organs
sweat glands
eyes
lungs

Proximal neuropathy affects

thighs
hips
buttocks
legs

Focal neuropathy affects

eyes
facial muscles
ears
pelvis and lower back
chest
abdomen
thighs
legs
feet

What are diabetic neuropathies?

Diabetic neuropathies are a family of nerve disorders caused by diabetes. People with diabetes can, over time, develop nerve damage throughout the body. Some people with nerve damage have no symptoms. Others may have symptoms such as pain, tingling, or numbness—loss of feeling—in the hands, arms, feet, and legs. Nerve problems can occur in every organ system, including the digestive tract, heart, and sex organs.

About 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes have some form of neuropathy. People with diabetes can develop nerve problems at any time, but risk rises with age and longer duration of diabetes. The highest rates of neuropathy are among people who have had diabetes for at least 25 years. Diabetic neuropathies also appear to be more common in people who have problems controlling their blood glucose, also called blood sugar, as well as those with high levels of blood fat and blood pressure and those who are overweight.


What causes diabetic neuropathies?

The causes are probably different for different types of diabetic neuropathy. Researchers are studying how prolonged exposure to high blood glucose causes nerve damage. Nerve damage is likely due to a combination of factors:

metabolic factors, such as high blood glucose, long duration of diabetes, abnormal blood fat levels, and possibly low levels of insulin
neurovascular factors, leading to damage to the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients to nerves
autoimmune factors that cause inflammation in nerves
mechanical injury to nerves, such as carpal tunnel syndrome
inherited traits that increase susceptibility to nerve disease
lifestyle factors, such as smoking or alcohol use


What are the symptoms of diabetic neuropathies?

Symptoms depend on the type of neuropathy and which nerves are affected. Some people with nerve damage have no symptoms at all. For others, the first symptom is often numbness, tingling, or pain in the feet. Symptoms are often minor at first, and because most nerve damage occurs over several years, mild cases may go unnoticed for a long time. Symptoms can involve the sensory, motor, and autonomic—or involuntary—nervous systems. In some people, mainly those with focal neuropathy, the onset of pain may be sudden and severe.

Symptoms of nerve damage may include

numbness, tingling, or pain in the toes, feet, legs, hands, arms, and fingers
wasting of the muscles of the feet or hands
indigestion, nausea, or vomiting
diarrhea or constipation
dizziness or faintness due to a drop in blood pressure after standing or sitting up
problems with urination
erectile dysfunction in men or vaginal dryness in women
weakness

Symptoms that are not due to neuropathy, but often accompany it, include weight loss and depression

Next - Types of neuropathies?

What are the risk factors for type 2 diabetes?

Anyone over the age of 40 should be tested for diabetes every three years. Anyone who has one or more risk factors should be tested more frequently. Risk factors are:

Having a parent, brother, or sister with diabetes;
Being a member of a high-risk group (Aboriginal, Hispanic, South Asian, Asian, or African descent);
Having health complications that are associated with diabetes;
Having given birth to a baby that weighed more than four kilograms (nine pounds) at birth or having had gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy);
Having been diagnosed with prediabetes (impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose);
Having high blood pressure;
Having high cholesterol or other fats in the blood;
Being overweight, especially if that weight is mostly carried around the tummy;
Having been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome;
Having been diagnosed with Acanthosis nigricans (darkened patches of skin);
Having been diagnosed with psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder;
Having been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea;
Having been prescribed a glucocorticoid medication by a doctor.

Don't ignore these risk factors. If you think you might be at risk for developing diabetes, get yourself tested today

The earlier you are diagnosed, the sooner you can take action to stay well – now and in the future. If you already have type 2 diabetes, your children, brothers and sisters are at risk. Urge them to be tested for diabetes.

Depression is the most common cause of insomnia so have your mom checked for depression. Try valerian and melatonin in addition to relaxation and reducing stress. Check out Dr. Weil's website on the issue:
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02037/sleep-aid
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02004/insomnia

Diabetes is the condition in which the body does not properly process food for use as energy. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose,
or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes sugars to build up in your blood. This is why many people refer to diabetes as “sugar.”

Diabetes can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations.
Diabetes can strike anyone, from any walk of life.

And it does – in numbers that are dramatically increasing. Worldwide, it afflicts more than 380 million people. And the World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, that number of people living with diabetes will more than double.
Today, diabetes takes more lives than AIDS and breast cancer combined. It is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, amputations, heart failure and stroke. Living with diabetes places an enormous emotional, physical and financial burden on the entire family.

Types of diabetes:
Type 1
People who do not make any insulin (or very little) have Type 1 diabetes. Because the immune system destroys the pancreas, they have stopped making insulin, and their body is unable to use glucose for energy. They tend to lose weight very quickly because their body is actually being starved. Their health rapidly deteriorates and they would die if insulin were not given.
They therefore require insulin by injection several times each day. Along with some dietary changes, this will allow the person to maintain good health.

Type 2
People with Type 2 diabetes are still making insulin but the production is sluggish or their body is resistant to insulin. Becoming overweight is almost always the cause of the body becoming resistant to insulin, and can trigger Type 2 diabetes, even in young people. Type 2 diabetes can be treated with weight loss and regular physical activity. Medication in the form of tablets is often required to reduce the resistance to insulin or to stimulate the pancreas to make more insulin. Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition in that the pancreas continues to get more sluggish over time. People with type 2 diabetes may eventually require insulin.

Diabetes of pregnancy (gestational diabetes)
Gestational diabetes is when a pregnant woman has high levels of glucose in her blood. High blood glucose is caused because the mother cannot produce enough insulin (a pregnant woman's insulin needs are two to three times that of someone who is not pregnant). Unlike Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes is only temporary and usually disappears after pregnancy. However, a woman who has had gestational diabetes has an increased risk (50-60%) of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future; therefore they should be tested for diabetes each year.

Type 1.5 Diabete[/b]s
Type 1.5 diabetes is a non-official term that is sometimes used to refer to a form of type 1 diabetes known as Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA).

The term type 1.5 refers to the fact that the condition is a form of type 1 diabetes that can share some features that are more commonly associated with type 2 diabetes.

Type 1.5 diabetes is diagnosed during adulthood as are most cases of type 2 diabetes. Type 1.5 diabetes also has a slow onset, similar to type 2 diabetes.

However, type 1.5 diabetes is an autoimmune disease like type 1 diabetes and will almost certainly require insulin therapy at some point in the future.

[b]References:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/media/presskits/aahd/diabetes.pdf
www.diabetes.org.nz : http://www.diabetes.org.nz/about_diabetes
www.diabetesresearch.org : http://www.diabetesresearch.org/what-is-diabetes
www.diabetes.co.uk: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/type15-diabetes.html

Lack of sleep can cause diabetes as insulin becomes less able to regulate blood sugars Having too few hours rest may disrupt fat metabolism and reduce the ability of insulin to regulate blood sugars.

But reversing this may be down to just getting a good night’s kip of around eight hours.

The study by the University of Chicago found a lack of sleep can elevate levels of free fatty acids in the blood, accompanied by temporary pre-diabetic conditions in healthy young men.

It was the first to examine the impact of sleep loss on 24-hour fatty acid levels in the blood.

Researchers found after three nights of getting only four hours of sleep, blood levels of fatty acids, which usually peak and then recede overnight, remained elevated from about 4am to 9am.

As long as fatty acid levels remained high, the ability of insulin to regulate blood sugars was reduced.

On any given night in Nigeria, there are so many sources of noise that causes serious sleep deprivation - from churches night vigil and overnight worship to early morning call to prayer by mosques.

Getting a good night sleep is important to health to avoid getting sick with diabetes.
Poor sleep raises diabetic insulin levels, according to study: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2011/May/poor-sleep-raises-diabetic-insulin-levels,-according-to-study-99880077.html