Guest Post:If You Don’t Control Your Glucose Level Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later

Dear Readers

Sorry for posting after a week . Now-a-days my internet connection is troubling me and work pressure is intense these days. Hope BSNL people will wake up soon.

Kristina Ridley sent  me this by email and wished to pass it on.I am reproducing it here.Enjoy

The pancreas is a body part which Type 2 diabetes affects. When we take in food, the sugar in it turns into glucose then goes into the blood stream. When it gets in blood cells, the pancreas lets loose insulin that allows our body to use up the glucose like fuel. People who have a Type 2 diabetes condition will find it difficult to make as well as use insulin. Your body contains plenty of glucose; however your cells are unable to find them.

An organization known as the American Diabetes Association is tasked with gathering information about this critical medical condition. America, with its 23.6 million people suffering from diabetes, is a very unhealthy country. Around ninety percent of all its diabetics have the Type 2 condition. A lot of diabetics are overweight, and it is not surprising to note that they also have relatives who are like this. The internal organs (and one’s entire nervous system, too) could end up with critical and lasting damage if you have an excess of glucose in you.

The Life of a Diabetic

If you have Type 2 diabetes, you need to live in a healthy manner. Living healthy and engaging in healthy practices will affect you tremendously. Two common examples of healthy routines include exercising and consuming healthy foods. Making sure that your glucose levels stay in the recommended range translates into being able to avoid complications in your health.

A finger prick test is a common and reliable way to monitor your body’s blood glucose levels. This test, according to physicians, is sufficient enough for glucose monitoring like the HbA1c test. The amount of glycated hemoglobin in your blood is determined by this HbA1c test, aside from it alerting you if you reach a high glucose level. Results of these A1c tests show that people with diabetes are at a seven percent level. The CDC reports that if one maintains their a1c levels at seven percent, they could reduce the possibility of risks as high up as forty percent.

An Iron Grip Control

If your a1c levels are below this seven percent mark, studies indicate that this could result into something bad. One particular study done in Lancet and Swedish Medical Center located in Seattle, showed that there is a higher death risk for people who use insulin regularly and those who have a1c median levels. On the contrary, there have been many tests that show that it is also healthy to keep your a1c levels at 7%. According to accredited endocrinologist Matt Davies, the seven percent maintaining level of a1c is all right; still, physicians need to consider their patient’s medical history even before they prescribe the treatment.

About the Author – Kristina Ridley writes for the  Diabetes Meters Blog , her personal hobby blog focused on healthy eating and tips to measure blood glucose levels at home to help people understand early diabetes symptoms.

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Climate change puts an end to India-Bangladesh island dispute

Once a flashpoint in India-Bangladesh ties, the New Moore Island or Purbasha in the Bay of Bengal, which Dhaka called the South Talpatti, has ceased to exist, consumed by the rising sea. This was announced by the School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, India after it scrutinised recent satellite maps of the region.“There is no presence of the island now. The recent satellite images establish this. This is the first time the loss of the island is being reported,” said Professor Sugata Hazra, Director of School of Oceanographic Studies.The New Moore Island was first noticed in 1974 in satellite images but experts claimed the island was more than 50 years old. The island surface was only two metres above the sea level.In the early 1980s, both Bangladesh and India staked claim to the island — 3.5 km long and 3 km wide, located 2 km from the mouth of the Hariabhanga River. In 1981, India sent naval ships to the island and deployed BSF personnel, who hoisted the Indian tricolour to establish, legitimise Indian claim on New Moore. But there was never any permanent settlement there.Before New Moore, the first inhabited island to have been submerged by the rising sea level was Lohachara in the Sunderbans in 1996. Ghoramara (India) is another island which faces a similar threat — almost 48% of the island is said to have been submerged. The submergence of Lohachara and Ghoramara have resulted in large-scale migration with those displaced being called climate change refugees by environmentalists.

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A Tulip in Kashmir

A Beautiful Tulip in Tulip Garden in Srinagar Clicked on our Kashmir Trip

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Nepal, China recognise two heights of Mount Everest

Nepal and China have agreed to recognise the snow and rock heights of Mount Everest, ending a long-standing debate about the height of the world’s tallest mountain. More than 4,000 climbers have scaled the mountain that straddles the Nepal-China border since it was first summited by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in May 1953. But its exact height has remained a matter of debate. The official Everest snow height of 8,848 metres (29,028 feet) was measured by the Survey of India in 1954. Chinese mountaineers and researchers climbed Mount Everest in May 2005 to determine its height afresh and concluded that the rock height of the peak was about 3.7 metres (11 feet) less than the estimates made in 1954, or the summit was 8,844.43 metres (29,017 feet), with a margin of error of about 0.21 metres. Officials from China and Nepal who met this week said both heights were accurate. “Both are correct heights. No measurement is absolute. This is a problem of scientific research,” said Raja Ram Chhatkuli, director general of Nepal’s survey department, and a delegate. Eight of the world’s 14 tallest peaks including Mount Everest are in Nepal or on its borders with China and India. In 1999, an expedition by the National Geographic Society and Boston’s Museum of Science used satellite-based technology to measure the height of the snow covered peak, and determined the mountain stood 8,850 metres (29,035 feet) high. They said they were unsure about the height of the rock peak. Nepal has stuck to the snow height determined in 1954. Some recent climbers say the mountain’s glaciers are shrinking and portions of the trail leading to the summit are losing snow and turning rocky due to climate change.

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