Type 1 diabetes puts you at great risks for serious complications!

Type 1 Diabetes, otherwise known as insulin dependent diabetes is a form of diabetes that is diagnosed in early childhood or in young adults. This chronic disease can still occur at any age.

When you are diagnosed with type i diabetes, it means that your body can no longer produce the insulin hormone that is necessary for blood glucose regulation on its own.

Because you are a type 1 diabetic, you have to now administer a dose of insulin several times a day in order to survive. This is how you keep your blood glucose under control. Without this insulin treatment, you can not utilize the glucose or sugar that you take in from the foods (carbohydrates) you consume.

Insulin is responsible for the break down of the blood glucose in your blood stream so that it can be used by your body as energy fuel.

This form of diabetes accounts for a small percentage of all the diabetic cases that have been diagnosed in the United Sates today. This percentage currently falls between 5% and 10%.

This disease has been identified or recognized as an autoimmune diseases. This means that your immune system , instead of providing a defense for the beta cells, attacks and destroys them. Once these beta cells are destroyed, they are gone thus your insulin production capability is gone.

Insulin is the key that unlocks the doors to the cells of the muscles in our bodies, so that they could open and accept the glucose from our blood streams and use it as energy fuel. If our cells do not unlock, then our blood glucose will rise to very unsafe levels. This problem will lead to serious diabetes complications which can be fatal.

Those of us that have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes have to constantly monitor our blood glucose levels. Because diabetes type one effects on kidney can be extreme. Therefore by monitoring our blood glucose, we ensure that it is maintained at the required level at all times. Failure is not an option because we put ourselves in considerable danger if we don't.

As a type 1 diabetes individual, your diet plays an important role in the treatment or management of your illness. The timing of your meals are very important especially if you are using a combination insulin and oral medication as part of your treatment.

Skipping or delaying your meals for any reason can lead to serious complications like insulin resistance. This can be fatal. So you have to maintain your scheduled meals to avoid them. Sticking to your plan will be beneficial to your overall health. Type 1 diabetics can still enjoy the foods that non-diabetics enjoy. The only difference is that you have to monitor the amount of calories you intake at all times.

Another good way for type 1 diabetics to treat their condition, is through a regularly exercise program. By maintaining a healthy weight throughout, diabetics can treat their illness and maintain a safe blood glucose level. This will help eliminate or decrease their need for frequent injections of insulin treatment.

When it comes to your exercising program, you should try to carry it out at the same time each day that way it won't interfere with your scheduled meal plan. A long, healthy, and productive life can still be achieve as long as the guidelines for proper diabetes care are followed by people with type 1 diabetes.

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