Journey To A New Life
Reversing Diabetes
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Note: Actually the ratios are better indicator of your cholesterol health than the absolute numbers which can be misleading, especially if you have a high HDL-which is a good indicator. But here lies something very obvious, but it still escapes from our eye – It’s the alarming sound of the ratio TGL/HDL that accounts the Syndrome X. What is this Syndrome X?
Is it killing you?
SILENT ARRIVAL OF TYPE 2 DIABETES
Most physicians do not routinely request blood insulin trends for the patients. But there is simple although indirect way to see if you may be developing Syndrome X or Insulin Resistance. When your blood is tested, you will routinely get a lipid profile, which includes the levels of total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and the triglycerides (other fat in the blood). Almost everyone is familiar with the ratio you obtain by dividing the total cholesterol by the HDL cholesterol. But if you divide the triglyceride level by the HDL cholesterol, the ratio you get is the indication of whether you are developing the syndrome or not. If this ratio is greater than 2, you may be starting to develop Syndrome X. Also if you notice that your blood pressure or that waistline is increasing, it is even more likely that you are developing a serious case of syndrome x.
Here’s an example of how to do this simple test. Let’s say your triglyceride level is 210 and your HDL cholesterol is 30. Dividing 210 by 30 equals a ratio of 7.Since this is definitely greater than a ratio of 2, you would conclude that you have early sign of insulin resistance or syndrome x.
As soon as person begins developing insulin resistance, his physician should recommend and support lifestyle changes. Because as I pointed out earlier, this is when cardiovascular damage really begins. Therefore, physicians need to be readily aware of the early signs of developing insulin resistance via the triglyceride/HDL cholesterol ratio. Insulin resistance is totally reversible at this point. We must never be content to wait until a person becomes fully diabetic before treating him.
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About the Book
There are many books written on the subject 'diabetes'. So why write another? To me, there was only one good reason to do so: because there was something different to offer; something that has not already been said; something that can really help people. It is my hope that this book will encourage readers to work with their physicians to help better manage their diabetes. The author has given minute and eye-opening details - all at one place of integrated metabolic and biochemical processes of both sound health and diabetic disorders which are of immense trail blazing value for the students of life sciences,medicine; practicing physicians as well as for the common educated people who wish to take care of them and their families health. This book is separated into chapters that each explore and answer questions about a specific issue related to diabetes.
About the Author
Ms Pridhi Vishal Bhatia has been a brilliant and dedicated student of life sciences and mass communication, not just limiting herself to a formal degree in science and writing respectively; but actually pushing her studies to a purposeful and practical use in relieving human sufferings caused by diabetes.She is a brilliant writer and too punctual in her work. The author is very commited and accurate in extracting the best out of her every effort.