Diabetes must be managed lifelong, and its complications are more frightening.

 

Carbohydrates from rice, flour, potatoes, corn, and other vegetables are ingested and broken down into glucose in the body. The broken-down sugars travel through the bloodstream and enter cells with the help of insulin secreted by the pancreas, where they are used as an energy source. However, consuming large amounts of carbohydrates increases insulin secretion, and over time, this accumulation can lead to decreased insulin sensitivity, resulting in insulin resistance. When insulin sensitivity decreases and insulin becomes less effective, glucose in the blood cannot enter the cells and remains in the bloodstream, eventually being excreted in the urine. This condition is diabetes. The fundamental cause of all problems, more than diabetes itself, is insulin resistance!

​

Criteria for diabetes

Normal (mg/dL): Fasting blood sugar less than 100, postprandial blood sugar less than 140

Prediabetes (mg/dL): Fasting blood sugar 100-125, Postprandial blood sugar 140-199

Diabetes (mg/dL): Fasting blood sugar 126 or higher, postprandial blood sugar 200 or higher

 

1. Do you have a lot of fat in your abdomen?

2. Is your blood pressure high?

3. Is there a family history of heart disease?

4. Is your blood triglyceride level high?

5. Do you experience swelling in your body?

6. Are there any skin discolorations or skin tags on the neck, armpits, or other areas?

7. Do you have a family history of insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes?

8. In females, is there polycystic ovary syndrome, and in males, is there erectile dysfunction?

​

If even one of these applies, there is a high likelihood of insulin resistance, and if two or more apply,

It can be confirmed that there is insulin resistance.

 

In the early stages of diabetes, nutrients are not utilized and tend to be lost, leading to feelings of fatigue, numbness in the hands and feet, and in women, symptoms such as vaginal itching. As the condition progresses, the classic symptoms of diabetes—excessive thirst (polydipsia), frequent urination (polyuria), and increased appetite (polyphagia)—begin to appear. Due to insulin resistance, the body cannot use glucose effectively, so even though glucose is present in the cells, they remain starved and hungry, and because there is a lot of sticky glucose in the blood, the person continues to drink water.