Myth: diabetes is not a serious condition.
Fact: Diabetes is causing more deaths than any other diseases, including cancer and AIDS. Two out of three people with diabetes are dying due to heart attack.
Major symptoms of diabetes are:
- Polyuria – urge to urinate frequently and in large quantities.
- Polydipsia – have frequent and increased thirst.
- Polyphagia – have frequent and increased appetite.
Diabetes is a chronic and complex disease, caused by having too much glucose (sugar) in the blood. This happens when there is low or no insulin production or improper use of insulin.
If the body’s insulin production insufficient (or is stopped) production is called as type-1 diabetes caused by autoimmune disorder, and it needs to … Read more
Obesity & diabetes was discovered by Sushruta (6th century BCE) and exercise is the suggested cure!
Ancient diabetes diagnosis – Ancient Indians diagnosed diabetes by looking at whether ants were attracted towards the urine.
That's why they (along with the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese) call it the "sweet urine disease".
In 1889 Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski discovered the … Read more
