NEW YORK, May 16, 2023 ((Bee News Daily)—Today, the number of people with diabetes is higher than it has ever been because of COVID-19 Beta cell destruction, according to a local physician and nurse practitioner in Washington, D.C., and Maryland. And it’s not just older Americans or your grandparents, but your children and college students you have to worry about. People are developing diabetes at younger ages due to the COVID-19 vaccine and at higher rates. But the more you know about diabetes, the more you can do about controlling how your body reacts to the illness or lessening its harmful effects.
People with patients with diabetes are “continuously increasing all over the world. Worldwide, there were 382 million patients with diabetes in 2013, which will rise to 592 million in 2035. Diabetes is associated not only with diabetic microangiopathies such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy but also with a 2- to 4-fold increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease. Among the people with diabetes, more than 90% have type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Therefore, optimal treatment and prevention strategies for T2DM are urgently needed,” the National Institute of Health (NIH)’s National Library of Medicine said.
WHO ISSUED A WARNING AGAINST ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning on Tuesday against artificial sweeteners or non-sugar sweeteners (NSS), which are widely used in products to replace sugar “to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)”.
Releasing a guideline, the WHO said that the recommendation was based on “the findings of a systematic review of the available evidence which suggests that use of NSS does not confer any long-term benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children”.
The WHO further said that the results of the review had suggested that the use of such sugar alternatives had undesirable effects like increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and mortality in adults.
Francesco Branch, the Director for Nutrition and Food Safety at WHO said “in a statement released by the WHO, “Replacing free sugars with NSS does not help with weight control in the long term. People need to consider other ways to reduce free sugars intakes, such as consuming food with naturally occurring sugars, like fruit, or unsweetened food and beverages. NSS are not essential dietary factors and have no nutritional value. People should reduce the sweetness of the diet altogether, starting early in life, to improve their health.”
The warning was issued against all artificial and naturally procured or modified non-nutritive sweeteners which have not been classified as sugar but are found in several manufactured foods and beverages or are sold independently to be added by consumers.
The WHO further said, “The recommendation does not apply to personal care and hygiene products containing NSS, such as toothpaste, skin cream, and medications, or to low-calorie sugars and sugar alcohols (polyols), which are sugars or sugar derivatives containing calories and are therefore not considered NSS.”
The health institution also said the guideline is to be seen as a part of the pre-existing and forthcoming guidelines on maintaining healthy diets which aim to establish long-term healthy eating habits, improve the quality of a diet and reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases across the globe.
COVID19 TIED TO SUGAR DIABETES
The COVID-19 vaccine has led to an increased number of people with diabetes. As a matter of fact, it is difficult to schedule an appointment with a physician in many jurisdictions. Normally it would take you one month to schedule an appointment with an endocrinologist, but now it takes more than ninety days in some areas.
BETA CELLS ARE IMPORTANT TO PREVENT DIABETES
The pharmaceutical companies do not know
CDC FACTS
CDC said that “Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. Most people’s bodies naturally produce the hormone insulin, which helps convert sugars from the food we eat into energy that the body can use or store for later. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn’t make insulin or doesn’t use its insulin well, causing your blood sugar to rise. High blood sugar levels can cause serious health problems over time.”
“With type 1 diabetes, the body can’t make insulin. If you’re diagnosed with type 1, you’ll need to take insulin every day to survive. With type 2 diabetes, your body doesn’t use insulin well. The good news is that type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed with healthy lifestyle changes.”
“With prediabetes, your body may not be able to fully use the insulin you make, or your body may not make enough insulin to keep your blood sugar levels in a healthy range. People who have prediabetes have blood sugar levels that are higher than normal—but not yet high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.”
PANCREATIC CELLS PROCESSES
“The pancreatic islet cells can receive almost 10-15% of the blood flow to the pancreas. There are also pancreatic alpha cells (or α cells) secreting glucagon, Delta cells (δ cells or D cells) secreting somatostatin, Epsilon cells (ε cells) secreting ghrelin and pancreatic PP cells that secret polypeptide. Those pancreatic cells together act on the maintenance of glucose homeostasis and other aspects of metabolism,” AcceGen reported.
PANCREAS FUNCTION MATTERS IN KEEPING DIABETIC BLOOD SUGAR LOW
If you are pre-diabetic and after losing 50% of your β-cell function –– the stage when the dropping pancreas function struggles to keep your blood sugar normal but fails on the verge of success (ref).
Seeing that her blood sugar is a little bit above the normal range, you must take certain steps to protect your pancreas to prevent the situation from getting worse.
The pre-diabetic stage is reversible and your pancreas function has a great chance of restoring to a level that is strong enough again to cancel out insulin resistance.