Saturday, July 2, 2011

Pumpkin Magic "hypoglycemic" Effect Is True

Pumpkin is also known as "China's Pumpkin," "pumpkin", "rice melon," "pumpkin," "Pumpkin," and so on. Pumpkin likes the warm, adaptable, growing in a frost-free season Jieke, and resistance to storage, collection and placed in warm place, can be saved until the following spring. Known as "China pumpkin," the reason is because it is native to southern Asia, was introduced to China earlier time's sake.
Now in our country has become an important vegetable throughout the north and south is summer, autumn and winter, one of the main vegetable varieties. Pumpkin products (variable) many species, called the leading vegetables in melons. From the point of view if there are oblong-shaped, flat, round, scoop-shaped, etc.; fruit surface smooth or tumor, when the old familiar white powder; color red brown, yellowish brown or ocher, there are snakes, textured or wavy markings. From the maturity point of view, there are a difference of 10 to 20 days. Thus, according to its product (variable) of different species can be used as vegetables or fodder. As a specific example can be shredded fried vegetables, stew, soup, stuffing, that is quite sweet and delicious; on behalf of the rice grain with tomatoes as sweet and delicious pumpkin rice, or mash mixed with flour made from pastry, pasta, etc. , also got character; old steam cooked diced fresh pumpkin, sweet potato and egg yolk and a taste of folk and more to the generation of grain, so there are "rice melon" in the name, and "ham," Blair said.
Pumpkin products (variable) types a lot, so the nutrients are also quite different.
Pumpkin (pumpkin), origin of Beijing, its per 100 g edible part of the protein 0.6 g, fat 0.1 g, carbohydrates 5.7 g, crude fiber 1.1 g, phosphorus 32 mg, calcium 10 mg, phosphorus 32 mg, iron 0.5 mg, carotene, 0.53 mg, vitamin B10.04 5 mg, B20.05 mg, niacin 0.7 mg, vitamin C5 mg.
Pumpkin, place of origin of Xinjiang, per 100g edible portion of protein 1.0 g, fat 0 g, phosphorus compounds, water, 10.2 g, crude fiber 0.2 g, calcium 20 mg, phosphorus 11 mg, iron 0.5 mg, carotene 2.7 mg, vitamin B11 mg , B20.05 mg, niacin 0.4 mg, vitamin C10 mg.
Rice flower skin melon (pumpkin), origin of Gansu, per 100 g edible part of the protein 0.6 g, fat 0.1 g, carbohydrates 3.1 g, crude fiber 0.4 g, calcium 27 mg, phosphorus 25 mg, iron 1.0 mg, vitamin B20 .02 mg, niacin 0.3 mg, vitamin C49 mg. Per 100 g of protein, especially from 0. 3 g (Hunan) to 0.9 g (Guangxi, Sichuan), fat from 0 g (Beijing, Jiangsu, Hubei, etc.) to 0.3 g (Hubei), carbohydrate from 1.3 g (Beijing) to 10.2 g (Xinjiang), calcium from 9 mg (Hubei) to 47mg (Sichuan), carotene from 0.11 mg (Guangxi) to 320 mg (Fujian), vitamin C from 4 mg (Beijing, Hubei) to 49 mg (Gansu ), the difference is very obvious
In general, the pumpkin is more abundant vitamin C and glucose. Foreign Pumpkin also contains trigonelline, adenine, arginine, and more shrunk to sugar and other substances. But in general provided by sugar pumpkin, carotene, vitamin C and calcium, compared with other vegetables, or have the most over, and even relatively abundant.
Pumpkin seeds
Pumpkin seed kernel oil content of up to 50%, high-quality cooking oil can be used as raw materials. Fried pumpkin seeds is not only sweet and delicious, and rich in nutrition. White melon seeds (fried) (Beijing) per 100 g protein 35.1 g, fat 31.8 g, carbohydrates 23.3 g, 520 kcal energy, crude fiber 2.3 g, calcium 235 mg, phosphorus 630 mg, iron 67 mg, carotene 0.47 mg, Vitamin B10.15 mg, B2 0.15 mg, niacin 30 mg.
In addition, pumpkin seeds is also important to medicine, pharmacological tests show that pumpkin seeds alcohol solution, in 1 hour can kill tapeworms, squeeze the liquid can kill within 15 minutes tapeworm.
Also, according to the report, pumpkin seeds also has the role of schistosome killing. Schistosomiasis patients, three times a day oral administration of shelled pumpkin seed powder to the oil 280 g, results show that, even for patients with acute week, body temperature returned to normal, increased appetite, a month later, the majority of patients with schistosome eggs in vivo disappear.
There were also reports that in some European medical researchers in the rich pumpkin Eastern Europe, Central Europe study found that children in these countries eat pumpkin man, there is little risk of prostate disease. Further research by medical scientists found that prostate disease was mainly due to reduced zinc within the prostate's sake. The pumpkin seeds are rich in zinc exactly. So eat pumpkin seeds, you can prevent and improve prostate disease. Of course, we can not eat too much, too much can cause loss of appetite or diarrhea.
Pumpkin hypoglycemic function really that magical?
In recent years, the increasing number of patients with diabetes, blood glucose pumpkin can also have spread the legend even. The public and even heard some of the remedies, that is as long as the continuous consumption of 50 kg pumpkin will be able to control diabetes, and do not take medicine.
Most of these legends is said to come from abroad, one of the most convincing in the 1980s, the Japanese Hokkaido diabetes up to 5%, but the village did not Yubari a diabetic. In Japan this report caused a great interest in the medical profession, resulting in the rise of Japan, the "pumpkin fever." Many businesses also as a basis to develop a lot of pumpkin products. Followed in China such as Beijing's health food stores and pharmacies, supermarkets are also known to have been a lot lower blood sugar, to pumpkin as the main raw material of health food. And almost all of the sales staff and customers in all of the "pumpkin to glucose," the correctness of this diagnosis method, no doubt.
But when someone asked the sales staff "pumpkin hypoglycemic" scientific basis, then they have hedged their people in the word. As a Beijing production of "pumpkin powder," the company's manager, said: "Business is not necessary to complete the whole process starting from research, and some ready-made conclusions can be directly used, the direct production." Tianjin, a manufacturer of pumpkin powder business also said that they only see newspapers, magazines, on such propaganda, that is a business, you do.
Pumpkin hypoglycemic truth
This will be the legend from abroad as research practice, of course, attracted the attention of many scientists in China, and was made the test. For example, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Diabetes Consultation Center Director Professor Lei Shunqun said: pumpkin in common food on the glycemic index, a high index of foods, eat pumpkin not only not hypoglycemic, but will appear yellowish discoloration of skin, and even make blood sugar rise high.
According to Professor Lei Shunqun description: pumpkin glycemic index of 75, if the generated index at 55 below, basically people with diabetes can eat. If 55 to 75, should control the consumption of 75 or more is a high index foods, high index of food is easily digested stomach into the body, absorption rate, quick release of glucose, and after the peak high into the blood, thereby contributing to hyperglycemia. Therefore, in everyday life, it is recommended people with diabetes should not eat too much pumpkin, enough is enough.
Department of Endocrinology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Professor Xu Yan pairs, dozens of people with diabetes to do the experiment, found that patients after eating pumpkin (do not eat anything else) before the increase in blood sugar than eating pumpkin 1 to 2 mmol.
China Yi-Horticultural Society Pumpkin reported, the researchers said club president, pumpkin is rich in carotene, pectin and other nutrients, vegetables are a good health, eat regularly and moderately beneficial to humans. At least pumpkin more than 100 kinds, and some varieties of pumpkin has a hypoglycemic effect, but a lot of pumpkin varieties, and nutrient content are very different, and sometimes differences of up to 3 to 5 times. Even individual species have a hypoglycemic effect of pumpkin, the patient may not guarantee this kind of food is pumpkin.
As a common vegetable, pumpkin contains carotene, vitamin C, calcium, or a relatively high amount of rich, which has some nutritional value. The hypoglycemic function, so far there is no research reported in this area, so patients with the legend "eat pumpkin" behavior should be a big misunderstanding, and even cause blood sugar. Should stop immediately. Business of speculation, it is totally unnecessary.
Diabetes pathology, physiological changes are absolute or relative lack of insulin, caused by carbohydrates, fat, protein and other metabolic disorders. Thus, according to the type and severity of illness in patients with diet controlled diabetes is one of the important measures. There are three traditional ways: First, a simple diet; second is diet plus insulin; Third, diet plus oral hypoglycemic drugs. Other research confirmed the folk without unilateral, still less or not at all.
The medicinal value of the pumpkin, then still Li's "Compendium of Materia Medica" and said, pumpkin "smell sweet, warm, non-toxic", a deficiency of the function is correct.

Pregnant Women Can Prevent The Next Generation Of Diabetes Carnivorous

Researchers from mice found that a male bovine amino acid (taurine) to help prevent diabetes. The meat is rich in amino acids of male cattle. Responsible for the study of the City of London, Ontario, Medical Director of the Center Hill said Lawson, Bull importance of amino acid for pregnant women with folic acid, one day as indispensable.
Hill Physicians and the research team found in the laboratory, if only for the pregnant rats fed low-protein foods, these mice give birth to a mouse pancreatic stem cells in the body will be reduced by 50%. On the contrary, if the male of the cattle feeding pregnant rats a high acid foods, a small number of mouse pancreatic stem cells will be normal.
Bull amino acids the human body is the most common amino acid, the human central nervous system, muscle, brain and heart are such amino acids. Bull amino acids in protein foods that are high in content-rich, such as meat and fish. Male eggs and dairy cattle in the amino acid is also abundant, but in the plant protein does not include such amino acids.
Banteng pregnant women eat foods high in amino acids is very important because they are the body of the female hormone - estradiol cattle will reduce the production of amino acids.
Another study found that male cattle amino acids can lower blood pressure, congestive heart failure patients can increase the heart's contractions. Some physicians use this medication to treat heart disease.
Sugar Mama during pregnancy, usually selected as the main method of treatment of insulin, the key problem is to eat "good", that is, scientifically controlled diet. As the mother during pregnancy nutrition not only their own needs, but also for the baby's growth and development to provide nutrition, so dietary management requirements are different from other types of diabetes. Therefore, how a balanced diet to ensure the effective control of blood sugar, and mother can pass pregnancy, dietary management is the key to sugar mom.
Xiao Bian reminder: gestational diabetes diet: Sugar Mama Catering Management
The main nutrients in food, including carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins, sugars mother should have a good amount of them.
1, the proper control of carbohydrate intake
Control, including intake of total carbohydrate intake, intake time, each intake and composition. Total carbohydrate intake should not be too high or too low, should be 60% of the total energy. Total carbohydrate intake in the given circumstances, increase meal times, reducing food intake for each meal; strictly monosaccharides and disaccharides usage, the best selection of polysaccharides, such as rice, cornmeal, etc., while adding some potatoes, taro, yam and other root vegetables mixed food. Due to different sources of carbohydrates in food digestion and absorption, the difference in the interaction of food and the resulting difference between glucose and insulin response to mixed meals, so that slow digestion and absorption of sugar, is conducive to disease control.
2, increasing dietary fiber intake
Dietary fiber has a good lower blood sugar, research shows that regular consumption of high dietary fiber, fasting glucose levels less than those who eat less dietary fiber. Vegetables, fruits, seaweed and beans are rich in dietary fiber, especially pectin in a variety of fruits accounted for 40% of dietary fiber, which has a strong absorption in the intestine to form the gel filtration system, can reduce some of the nutrients discharge, to extend the food in the gastrointestinal emptying time, reducing hunger. Meanwhile, the pectin can reduce the intestinal hormone "stomach suppressing peptide" secretion, delay glucose absorption, so that after a meal blood glucose and serum insulin levels. Therefore, mothers should eat more vegetables, sugar, fruits. Strawberry, pineapple and kiwi fruit, etc. due to soluble fiber, vitamin and mineral content can be preferred. However, bananas, sugar cane, longan and grapes due to the higher sugar content, it should not eat. Green leafy vegetables provide a lot of vitamins, minerals and fiber, not only to regulate sugar mother's taste, its sugar content is low, the food can not limit.
3, the protein is not only important to maintain normal development of the placenta nutrients, but also for normal fetal development is very important
The best food sources of protein are milk, dairy products, eggs, fish and soy products. Protein per kilogram of body weight can be 1.5 to 2 gram, lean meat, fish, legumes and soy products and other protein-rich, can be an appropriate mix of the daily diet.
4, minerals
Iron: Iron is the main blood substances. During pregnancy, mothers need to add more sugar, iron, the fetus is also stored in the liver need more iron in order to leave the mother after birth, when, unable to get enough iron in the supplement, to their own blood. Thus, the mother should eat some sugar, foods high in iron, such as animal liver.
Calcium: Calcium is an essential nutrient, not only on fetal bone development is very important, as the third trimester of pregnancy increases the absorption of calcium, calcium supplement if less, make Sugar Mama muscle cramps, bone and muscle pain, severe will lead to tooth decalcification, bone softening. Therefore, the Sugar Mama Daily from 1200 to 1500 mg should ensure that the calcium supplement.
Should be food-based, as far as possible to get calcium from the diet, milk and dairy products are the main source of calcium. Other calcium-rich foods are beans and soy products, green vegetables, fish, shrimp, kelp, seaweed, sesame and so on. The most simple way to knock the bone vinegar can be used to make the bones of calcium dissolved in the soup, to the oil soup, with excellent results.
Calcium Sugar Mama (such as cow's milk allergy, etc.), can be under the guidance of a doctor taking a dose of calcium preparations. But be careful not to overdose.
5, vitamin
Vitamin D: increased requirements during pregnancy, can be added every day the sun or drink vitamin D milk.
Folic acid: requirements during pregnancy increased by 2 times than usual, eat some containing folic acid should be more and less impact on blood sugar foods such as green leafy vegetables (spinach and cabbage vegetables), beans, animal liver, orange and full wheat flour.
Vitamin B, C family: requirements increase only slightly, and in many foods, there is considerable content, which is generally not a lack of, may not have special supplement.

Super 8 Hours Of Sleep A Day Diabetes Susceptibility

Sleeping too long may cause damage to health, experts, studies have shown that sleep time and sleep time is short, as long is not healthy, how much sleep a long time to ensure that healthy?
 Sleep too long mental decline
 Life, people often complain that they sleep too little, so dizzy, weakness. Therefore, most people will agree that fatigue should be sleeping, sleeping more, the better the human spirit. In fact, this idea is completely wrong.
 China Sleep Association experts pointed out that lack of sleep and sleep too long, like, can lead to Shenpi, tired body, metabolic rate. Because sleep too long after, the human heart will beat slower metabolic rate will also drop very low, while the muscle will relax. Over time, people will become lazy, weak, or even intelligence will fall. So, that want to increase sleep time to get the concept of health is not only incorrect, but also counterproductive, shortened life expectancy.
 Sleep too long mental decline
 Life, people often complain that they sleep too little, so dizzy, weakness. Therefore, most people will agree that fatigue should be sleeping, sleeping more, the better the human spirit. In fact, this idea is completely wrong.
 China Sleep Association experts pointed out that lack of sleep and sleep too long, like, can lead to Shenpi, tired body, metabolic rate. Because sleep too long after, the human heart will beat slower metabolic rate will also drop very low, while the muscle will relax. Over time, people will become lazy, weak, or even intelligence will fall. So, that want to increase sleep time to get the concept of health is not only incorrect, but also counterproductive, shortened life expectancy.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Friends Of Blood Sugar Fluctuation Stay Up All Night

Many people have the habit to sleep late, and occasionally sleep Lanjue, for most healthy people, no big problem, but in diabetic patients, is likely to make it sicker, increased blood sugar fluctuations.
Department of Endocrinology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, MD, deputy director of Shu Xueyi that diabetes blood sugar under control if it is to be relatively stable, we must adhere to the law of life, which is very important is to develop good sleep habits.
Large fluctuations in blood sugar often stay up late
Lo is a foreign manager, last year found suffering from physical type Ⅱ diabetes. Doctors told him that in addition to control diet, increased exercise, spoke back to him serving hypoglycemic drugs. A few months later, although strictly follow the prescribed medicine, but Lo's blood glucose control has been unsatisfactory, significant fluctuations in blood sugar levels. In this regard, he was very anxious, or even suspect that he is not suffering from other diseases. Doctors found that after careful inquiry, the original, very regular habits Lo, busy business day, often overtime, stay up all night is common, due to working late at night, morning, sleep late naturally became commonplace. According to his case, doctors believe that large fluctuations in blood glucose with his bad habits and often sleep late on. To smooth hypoglycemic, he must make reasonable arrangements to work to develop regular habits, get rid of the problems late at night to sleep late.
Expert advice: the best friends of sugar to fall asleep before 10 pm
For busy, entertainment, recreation and other reasons, many people sacrificed their precious sleep time, and so have time to sleep late and then rely on other methods to make sense back, this habit has become the lifestyle of many white-collar . Lanjue occasionally sleep for most healthy people, no big problem, but in diabetic patients, is likely to make it sicker, increased blood sugar fluctuations.
4:00 to 9:00, is the most likely to increase the time blood sugar. If the morning does not get up, eat no regular medication, blood glucose throughout the day the law will be completely disrupted, can cause blood sugar was significantly higher, increasing the burden on the kidneys, and then lead to fluctuations in blood sugar, increase blood vessel damage, but also increase the disease.
In addition to elevated blood sugar, insulin injections for some patients, up late can cause low blood sugar reactions. Especially in patients taking long-acting insulin, if the morning do not get up in time to eat the night before injection of the drug still works, it is easy to hypoglycemia. For older people with diabetes, sleep in the low blood sugar can cause coma, severe and even endanger the lives of patients.
Therefore, a smooth hypoglycemic diabetic patients, should be to change bad sleep habits. Do not sleep late at night time, preferably before 10 pm, and the next morning at 6 am to get up between 8 pm, the daily sleep time remained at 8 hours. Even if the work needs, but also try not to disrupt sleep patterns, not to delay the time to take medicine injections. If you sleep late the night before, the next morning needs "Bubu feel" better together in 8:00 before taking hypoglycemic drugs or insulin and eat breakfast, sleep a "return of sleep", so as to try to ensure that the impact of changes in blood glucose from sleep.
Change the habit to sleep late, stay away from diabetes risk
Develop good sleep habits not only help maintain normal body weight (many stay up all night working overtime family found themselves not only tired, not thin, but "the more intense the more fat"), but also the body from diabetes.
One study showed that long-term sleep too long or too short of people, the probability of diabetes than people with normal sleep. The results showed that less than 5 hours of sleep every day people, the probability of diabetes is 2.5 times the standard population; more than nine hours sleep each day the person is about 1.7 times the standard population.
Therefore, when the night owl and work Superman is not desirable, there is a family history of obesity such as diabetes or high-risk groups, but also to change the habit of staying up late and sleep late, to reduce the risk of diabetes.

Do Not Be Fooled Sugar-free Yogurt

Manufacturers of sugar-free yogurt and referred patients with diabetes need real "sugar free" is different. Because yogurt is milk as raw material, dominated by microbial fermentation, itself contains a lot of lactose, which is lactose in the fermentation process, in part by the use of micro-organisms, into lactic acid and other metabolites.
Because of unstable blood sugar, for diabetics, the free bottle of yogurt drink is a luxury. Target market, businesses have launched a sugar-free yogurt, sugar, friends, or did not expect to be fooled.
Nanjing Li diabetes for as long as twelve years, and usually his own pay particular attention to diet and lifestyle, so sick for so long, his blood sugar has been controlled pretty well. But recently, Lee has found that, since drinking a dairy production in Nanjing Yamada, sugar-free yogurt brand high calcium, and unstable blood sugar began to rise up.
According to the company service department, a responsible person, Yamada license sugar-free yogurt with calcium is not an ordinary sugar, but aspartame, aspartame in the metabolic process will not impact on blood sugar.
Department of Endocrinology, PLA 305 Hospital, Chief Physician Zhu Kaisi, said: "Aspartame is a new rise of sweetener, it is mainly composed of two amino acids, protein, sugar, we call it vulgar, the human body after intake of aspartame, through the normal metabolism of the body, broken down into two amino acids, amino acids, amino acids entering the body's circulation, to metabolized, it should be said is safe for diabetics. "
Because of unstable blood sugar, for diabetics, the free bottle of yogurt drink is a luxury. Target market, businesses have launched a sugar-free yogurt, sugar, friends, or did not expect to be fooled.
Nanjing Li diabetes for as long as twelve years, and usually his own pay particular attention to diet and lifestyle, so sick for so long, his blood sugar has been controlled pretty well. But recently, Lee has found that, since drinking a dairy production in Nanjing Yamada, sugar-free yogurt brand high calcium, and unstable blood sugar began to rise up.
According to the company service department, a responsible person, Yamada license sugar-free yogurt with calcium is not an ordinary sugar, but aspartame, aspartame in the metabolic process will not impact on blood sugar.
Department of Endocrinology, PLA 305 Hospital, Chief Physician Zhu Kaisi, said: "Aspartame is a new rise of sweetener, it is mainly composed of two amino acids, protein, sugar, we call it vulgar, the human body after intake of aspartame, through the normal metabolism of the body, broken down into two amino acids, amino acids, amino acids entering the body's circulation, to metabolized, it should be said is safe for diabetics. "

How Much Sugar Should Be Reduced To The Best?

Diabetes, is its rising prevalence, has become a serious threat to human health, the prevalence of diseases. According to the World Diabetes Federation in 2007 released data show that China now has 39.8 million diabetic patients, is expected by 2025 will reach 59.3 million, of which 90% to 95% of type 2 diabetes; cardiovascular disease, kidney and retina microvascular disease is the most common complications of type 2 diabetes is leading cause of death, cause of disability. Recalling the past, clinical research of diabetes, before the people of the two problems to be solved: type 2 diabetes blood sugar level should drop much? Whether intensive glucose control can reduce the vascular complications? Current treatment guidelines and the International Diabetes Federation guidelines of diabetes type 2 diabetic patients are recommended glycosylated hemoglobin should be controlled to below 6.5%, but this is mainly the result of speculation based on epidemiological data, the results confirm that there is no drug intervention, the medical profession are In looking forward to seeing the new evidence-based treatment strategies for clinical medical research to provide more solid evidence.
Beijing June 7, 2008, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 68th Annual Meeting from 20 countries, 11,140 cases of type 2 diabetes participated, the largest ever diabetes study - ADVANCE study. Well-known New England Journal of Medicine also published the findings. ADVANCE study with cardiovascular risk factors for type 2 diabetes to reduce the glycated hemoglobin value of less than 6.5% target for the treatment, evaluation of intensive blood glucose control can further reduce the variety of vascular complications. After five years of observation, the study confirmed to gliclazide MR (gliclazide extended-release tablets) enhanced glucose-based programs to achieve a safe hypoglycemic standards, a significant reduction in major macrovascular and microvascular composite end point risk up to 10%, the end points included cardiovascular death, diabetes, kidney disease events and the most common complications of diabetes, including kidney disease by up to 21%, 30% reduction in proteinuria, which is the major predictor of cardiovascular mortality reduction factors. Meanwhile, the study of severe hypoglycemia in the UKPDS study of the occurrence rate of only 1 / 3, which also demonstrate the good safety of the treatment program. Thus, patients can order gliclazide sustained-release tablets based on a comprehensive program to strengthen the benefit of hypoglycemic.
ADVANCE study results for the development of future diabetes treatment strategies provide an important basis and therefore a landmark. Concern is that one-third of the study patients from China, Chinese diabetes treatment strategies will no doubt provide a more adequate and convincing evidence. The latest by the Chinese Medical Association Diabetes will be issued by the Chinese type 2 diabetes prevention and treatment guidelines, patients with diabetes to control blood sugar clear that the goal is less than 6.5% glycated hemoglobin, which is the goal of ADVANCE glucose. Therefore, ADVANCE study used to gliclazide sustained-release tablets enhance glucose-based solutions, safe, effective and worthy of further promotion.

Many New Methods Of Diabetes Treatment

Experts have long suggested that diabetes is a "source of sickness" in a variety of chronic disease, most patients with diabetes is painful.
According to the Ministry of Health survey, China now has at least 34 million people with diabetes, accounting for 2.6% of the total population.
And 30 years ago, this figure was only 0.7%. According to the World Health Organization predicts that by 2025 the world will have 300 million diabetes patients, while China is likely to become diabetic, "superpower."
Experts have long suggested that diabetes is a "source of sickness" in a variety of chronic disease, most patients with diabetes is painful. In order to sustain life, the patient can not do without daily insulin and drugs; because the body lacks insulin or the body can not use insulin, patients are often hesitant to eat, just moving, always worried about blood sugar, life-threatening; In addition, Diabetes also affects the blood vessels and nervous system, causing high blood pressure, stroke and other diseases --- say, diabetes, human life becomes fragile.
Great harm because of diabetes, the incidence of more serious, therefore, overcome diabetes, make life easier for diabetes patients, has been the focus of the international medical community. Conquest of diabetes in the end how long? With this issue, the domestic newspaper reporter interviewed the field of diabetes research and treatment of several experts, meanwhile, told reporters in Denmark and in diabetes research is a global leader in contact Novo Nordisk, interviewed the the company's vice president and chief scientific officer Maizi hole Sigma Dr. Tang Musen.
Drug: control blood sugar more "intelligent"
In Copenhagen in Denmark, Novo Nordisk headquarters, reporters saw Dr. Tang Musen. He is a quick thinking, and often people can not keep pace, a diabetes expert. Interview, he described to reporters on the road in the conquest of diabetes, scientists have made the latest developments.
Dr. Tang Musen told reporters that people with diabetes to get rid of one of the biggest worry is not insulin dependent, therefore, scientists have been working on how to reduce the number of diabetes drugs, while increasing the drug's safety. He said that recently, called glucagon-like peptide-1 natural hormone has been of great concern to the medical profession, the use of this material, we can develop a more secure, convenient diabetes drugs. He told reporters that the body has called glucagon substances will stimulate glycogenolysis, elevated blood glucose levels. In eating, gut will release glucagon-like peptide-1. On the one hand an effect on the brain to reduce appetite; on the one hand to stimulate the body to secrete insulin, suppress glucagon, lower blood sugar.
Dr. Tang Musen that processed glucagon-like peptide-1 in the human body 24 hours to take effect, as long as the higher than normal blood sugar levels, it can be mobilized, "suppress" blood sugar. Moreover, compared to insulin injections and taking glucagon-like peptide-1 drugs can blood sugar dropped to normal levels, then medication will no longer have an effect; the insulin dose must be carefully controlled, because excessive doses, will lead to low blood sugar, severe life-threatening. Obesity is the cause of type 2 diabetes is an important factor, and glucagon-like peptide-1 can suppress appetite, is also beneficial to weight loss. Dr. Thomson, if successful, glucagon-like peptide-1 drug
Materials will be available this winter for the third clinical trial. In addition, the reporter also learned that some new drugs will focus placed to help patients get rid of the pain of the injection needle. Indian experts have developed an oral medication, insulin will be put into the capsule until the intestine was released. In addition, scientists have also developed a package of insulin, patients can "suck" the way insulin intake. It is reported that the drug will be available this year.
Surgery: cell transplantation for patients to get rid of insulin
In addition to actively develop new drugs, through surgery and other aspects of diabetes, scientists have made no small achievement. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that from last September to the end of January this year, Britain's 61-year-old named Ryan with type 1 diabetes received three transplants of islet β-cells. Now, in addition to taking anti-rejection drugs regularly, he has no need to inject insulin up. He said: "I feel like a changed man." King's College London Medical experts believe that for type 1 diabetes, this is an exciting news. It is reported that Japan, Canada and other countries have carried out such transplant. Among them, Japan's transplant patient, a woman the mother of islet β cells, 22 days after surgery to get rid of insulin.
Dr. Tang Musen also mentioned that Novo Nordisk is studying artificial pancreas. Artificial pancreas is mounted in the body of a tiny device, real-time detection of blood glucose levels, insulin and then release the test results for patients, convenient and timely. Dr. Tang Musen optimistic that these results will greatly improve the lives of patients with diabetes. Reporters also learned that scientists at the University of California, is also studying artificial pancreas.
Early diagnosis: The new method greatly improves the detection rate
Diabetes treatment in continuous improvement, while early detection of diabetes have also been everyone's attention. Reporters from the Beijing Tongren Hospital, Division of physician medical cadres learned Zhou Jian, about 80% of diabetes patients is found in the examination, to identify the problems, many people have been very ill the. He believes that this figure adequately illustrates the importance of early diagnosis. Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Professor Jia Weiping told reporters: "There are about 50% of diabetes patients appears quite normal, ruddy, so easily, if you go to the hospital for tests, it may not even know they have disease, and naturally not take treatment. "
Diabetes screening is currently the major comprehensive survey of fasting and postprandial blood glucose, and then make a diagnosis. Duke University researchers have invented a name HgA1c the early diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, the body by detecting the six weeks the average blood glucose level to screen for diabetes, to improve the detection accuracy. They are at high risk of 1235 subjects were examined and found that 4.5% of people with diabetes, the final detection rate of 75%, while the use of traditional screening methods, many patients have shown "no disease."
In addition to HgA1c detection, scientific director of the South African Medical Research Council also invented a type 2 diabetes detection: determination of blood insulin and insulin in the ratio of the former. Before the insulin is a protein secreted by the pancreas, can be converted into insulin, but patients with type 2 diabetes before insulin but does not become insulin. Therefore, by detecting the ratio of two substances, can be found in diabetes.
Even decades to conquer diabetes
With so many drugs, surgery and diagnostic methods, then, to conquer diabetes, the most fundamental way? Dr. Tang Musen that the cure for this disease hope in stem cells. "Stem cells can grow into any cell." He told reporters, can stem cells into insulin-producing islet β-cells should only be a matter of time, the key now is to find the transformation method. He pointed out that to complete the stem cells into pancreatic islet β-cell research, takes about 20 years, they need to conduct clinical trials for 10 years, that is, to cure diabetes, have to wait two or three decades. He told reporters that for now, type 2 diabetes are most likely to be the first radical. Reporters from the Chinese experts on diabetes research, Chinese Medical Diabetes Society chairman Kun-san Xiang learned academicians of China's diabetes patients, 85% of people suffering from type 2 diabetes. Thus, Thomson predicted Dr. diabetic patients in China is undoubtedly a blessing.
In addition to stem cells, gene therapy is currently the focus of global concern. Item academician told reporters that China had approximately 5% of patients with diabetes have a special type of diabetes. Diabetes is the body of this one gene, "bad" result, also called single-gene mutation diabetes. Now, the international community have it as a breakthrough in the study, the problems caused by a single gene through diabetes research, and multiple genes causing type 2 diabetes also have conquered hope.
In addition, the reporter also learned that foreign scientists are studying diabetes vaccine. Recently, King's College London University of Bristol, prepared jointly with the world's first human trials of type 1 diabetes vaccine. This vaccine into the blood, it will produce a protective cell, blocking β-cell destruction of the white blood cells. If successful, diabetes research will a big step forward.
Chinese people prone to diabetes than Westerners
Although diabetes is a worldwide topic, but Dr. Tang Musen that Chinese people pay particular attention to prevention and treatment of diabetes. He said that as East and West of the gene, the Chinese are more likely to suffer from diabetes. Americans to 30% of body weight is fat only when the risk of diabetes, while China may have 23% of body weight is fat, it has been suffering from a type 2 diabetes. In addition, he told reporters in China's rural areas, 2% -3% of people suffering from diabetes, the prevalence of Beijing and other places even close to 10%, and most patients did not receive good treatment. After 2030, the number of Chinese patients with diabetes may double to 70 million. Professor Jia Weiping pointed out that from the perspective of China's population distribution, family history of diabetes, more fat (especially the big belly, thin legs), people over 45 years of age in high risk groups. Mental and work pressure, more people are entertaining the incidence is relatively high.
Dr. Tang Musen told reporters, according to the survey, 58 percent of the global diabetes and obesity, in some countries, this ratio is as high as 90%. Now, many Chinese people who blindly follow the Western way of life: eat high-calorie foods, with car travel, the result more and more obese, the incidence of diabetes on the rise. He is not without concern that, in accepting the training of people to prevent diabetes, only 1/4-1/3 of the people will follow the guidance to improve their lives, therefore, have to carry on educational work. Professor Jia Weiping said that as long as people with diabetes take active and effective treatment, adhere to a healthy lifestyle, not only to live a happy life, but also longevity.