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Possible Cures for Diabetes and the Causes of Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is not as common as Type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes requires insulin substitution shots to replace the hormone that a person with diabetes’ body no longer makes. Islet cells in the pancreas are what normally produce insulin and they also are made up of cells called beta cells, which analyze blood sugar levels that in full-blown diabetics are measured with a glucometer. The immune system turns traitor on islet cells when somebody becomes a diabetic. Beta cells cannot release insulin anymore when diabetes actually manifests itself. Alpha cells produce glucose. In diabetes, only the alpha cells function with glucose. Islet cells are attacked by the body’s immune system, and this makes type 1 diabetes an autoimmune problem.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
The Moment I Became a Voice for the Voiceless
Growing up, I would always tell people how much I loved animals. Voice for the Voiceless I would say things like "animals are my biggest passion" or "the world would be such a boring place if animals did not exist." I would post comments on my social media such as "animals are the best thing on our planet." I loved animals so much that I went to college to study animal care. I have qualifications in animal care. I would spend all day in class learning about animals, talking about animals, and "caring" for animals, yet at least three times a day, I would eat them.
By Keira Asha8 years ago in Longevity
A Horse of a Different Color
Let me tell you, I am seeing interesting things happening. So since we have been fixated on my feet for the last couple days, I totally forgot to tell y’all about the color changes. Get this, my leg changes colors all the way down to my toes!
By jessica young8 years ago in Longevity
I Tried Arbonne30 and Here's What Happened...
Have you spent countless hours trying to find the right "diet" or "cleanse" for you? Or are you just trying to live a healthier life but don't know where to start? I put quotes around diet and cleanse because sometimes we perceive those two words as temporary. I've spent countless days and way too much money on juice cleanse and workout programs that I thought I would benefit from but in the end I realized I was just wasting my money. Last month I was introduced to the company Arbonne and I learned that Arbonne doesn't just have a nutrition line but a skin and makeup line as well. Some friends and I decided to do the Arbonne30 days to healthy living, and I haven’t looked back since.
By Alexis Johnson8 years ago in Longevity
Which Is Stronger: Muscle or Mentality?
How much can you bench bro? What's your max squat? How about your deadlift PR? We tend to measure strength only by how much we can lift over our heads. I'll admit, it takes a strong individual to be able to go into a gym and lift two to three times their body weight. It takes a even stronger individual to lift themselves up after being knocked down time and time again. It does not matter how many muscles you build or hours you spend at the gym, a strong body can still be weak if it possess a fragile or poor mentality.
By Cory Garner8 years ago in Longevity
Diagnosed with Arthritis at Age 16
I was 15 years old at the time and on a mini vacation in Lake Katrine, NY with my family when I experienced my first flare up. I sat on the couch to watch tv with my grandmother. I remember having my legs crossed for about an hour. When I got up to use the bathroom, my right hip locked up and started to hurt as I took a step with that leg. I limped, but I thought it was probably from having my legs crosses for so long. About a month later, the pain went to my wrists, and then to my right hip a couple weeks later. The pain only increased as the weeks went by. That happened to be the last flare up I had before I was taken to the hospital. My mom was scared and hurt to see me in such excruciating pain. I couldn't even walk to the bathroom by myself.
By Tiffany Ortega-Anton8 years ago in Longevity
Coming Out Twice: Being a Gay Diabetic
I remember the first time I stopped sex because of diabetes. I was 20 years old living on campus in Chicago for a summer job — a long-time friend we’ll call Nick decided to drop by, leading to a hook up. Things were moving along nicely until my pancreas slammed on the brakes. The room became a tunnel. My limbs were weak and began to shake. I felt cold sweat cover my palms. Nick looked confused and concerned, because of course he did. Not many know what a low blood sugar episode looks like, even when over 1.2 million people grapple with type 1 diabetes in the United States.
By Jake Giles8 years ago in Longevity
Living With Chronic Illness
Living with chronic illness is a constant fear. You don’t know what your body is going to do next, or even what your body is doing now. You don’t understand why it feels like a million time bombs are ticking and you’re just waiting for them to go off.
By Sabrina Bailey8 years ago in Longevity
Am I Going to Die?
Where It All Began... October 27, 2001. That's the day that changed my life forever. When I was five years old, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is a life-threatening autoimmune disease in which a person's pancreas stops producing insulin - a hormone essential to the ability to get energy from food. It affects both children and adults suddenly and changes life as they know it forever. It cannot be prevented and there is no cure.
By Jen McBride8 years ago in Longevity
Plus Size Start
Let's set aside the stigma of the way we LOOK when we are overweight and jump to the fact that it is simply unhealthy. Weight management should not be directly related to how we WISH we look. As everyone knows by now, you can't believe everything you read and see on the internet. Thanks to photo editing software, the people we see don't even really exist; they are figments of an editor's imagination. Ah, if only we lived in a world where we could erase our thigh fat with the click of a mouse. Yeah, right. The ONLY reason you should consider maintaining your weight at a healthy level is just that—it is HEALTHY. When you are HEALTHY, you feel great. When you are HEALTHY, you look great.
By Mickey Sigga8 years ago in Longevity
So… There’s Something I Need to Tell You. Top Story - January 2018.
One of the most violent elements within our society is ignorance. It has the capacity to shape generations, to stir cultural prejudice, and to create fear and discrimination at the expense of those without a voice. The rise of HIV and AIDS in the 1970s, at a time when little was understood about this forthcoming pandemic, gave birth to fear and recriminations against the homosexual communities and drug users. These sub-groups were the perfect target into which society could pour their fears and distrust. These communities were seen to be the corrupting influence of acceptable social norms and became the reason for this associated disease, and so stigma towards sufferers began to take root.
By Chris O'Hanlon8 years ago in Longevity
