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San Diego, CA

Low Glycemic Index
Wholefood

Diabetes

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder with high blood glucose level. Based on blood glucose levels, a person's condition is classified as normal, prediabetic and diabetic. There are two major types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2, and 95% are type 2.

Blood glucose rage for normal (70-100 mg/dl), pre-diabetic (100-125 mg/dl), and diabetic (>126 mg/dl). In type 2 diabetes body produce insulin, but cannot use it well

Blood glucose regulation and diabetes

Blood glucose is mostly regulated by pancreas and liver. However, Kidney, fat cells, muscle, intestine, and brain are also involved in blood glucose regulation.

Blood glucose is regulated by pancreas (releases insulin and glucagon) and liver releases glucose when it is low.

Major causes of Type 2 diabetes are defects in:

Insulin secretion
Insulin action
Glucose release by liver

Diabetes statistics in the US

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Every year 1.5 million people are newly diagnosed as diabetic.

Diabetes is linked to serious complications

High blood glucose level increases the risk of stroke, heart and kidney problems, eye and neurological complications, and early death.

Diabetes contributes to stroke (30%), heart attack (40%), Chronic kidney disease (37%), amputation (70%), and retinopathy that leads to blindness.

Lowering HbA1c reduces risk of diabetes complications

Every drop in HbA1C reduces the risk of death (21%), heart attack (14%), Retinopathy and kidney failure (37%).

Chronic inflammation is the root cause of Type 2 Diabetes and Osteoarthritis

Chronic inflammation is the root cause of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, retinopathy, and osteoarthritis.

Eating low GI food reduces inflammation, which leads to lower joint pain and stable blood glucose level (improve glycemic control).

Our hypothesis

Low glycemic index, wholefood reduces chronic inflammation. This may lead to glycemic control improvement and joint pain remission.

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