MYTH OF NOVEMBER

Blood glucose in a higher level which is called diabetes is a reality. But the whole concept laid down to blame the substance glucose for all of the complications and even so-called mechanisms behind the causes for development of disease diabetes is a dangerous MYTH….

Diabetes and its course in human body

One morning, without any obvious reason, blood sugar levels may begin to rise. People who have been feeling hungrier than usual and then get tested often find out they have diabetes. Soon, they might start experiencing excessive thirst, frequent urination, and overall fatigue. It’s common for them to lose weight quickly and noticeably get slimmer.

As time goes on, they may face various diabetes-related health issues such as nerve damage in the limbs, vision problems, skin issues, and kidney problems. In severe cases, these conditions worsen. Diabetes can also harm the arteries going to the muscles, heart, and brain. A serious complication known as diabetic ketoacidosis can occur, damaging vital organs.

Additionally, infections become more frequent in various parts of the body. Some may suffer from hard-to-heal ulcers on their limbs and some might experience sexual dysfunction. Over time, heart problems like heart attacks and strokes can lead to loss of life. Kidney failure is also a common cause of death in these patients.

This was a short description of diabetes and its fate in human being.

There are a lot of books and sites and videos available in internet describing A-Z about diabetes hence all of you know about Diabetes Version 1. Let us explore version 2, FOH-2 Version

A good reader can very well note and analyze few things I want you to note. Please refer in various sites.

  • What is diabetes.
  • Causes of diabetes
  • Complications

  What do we know about glucose? Please refer various sites and books.

  • Chemical formula, check its reactivity qualities like presence of free radicles or ions which make it a dangerous molecule by any chance for living body.
  • Source of glucose in human body.
  • Qualities, uses, needs and importance in living organism.
  • Organs which need major portion of glucose in human body.
  • Find/show any chemical reaction, say any chemical reaction proving that the presence or accumulation of this substance is harmful to human body by any chance (Not just a vague statement as in many sites but specific chemical reaction)

Increased blood glucose level shows symptoms like increased thirst and increased urine frequency. Human body has got its own mechanism to deal with increased blood glucose level by leaving the excess glucose drain through kidneys without reabsorbing it. There is no evidence for the belief that glucose has any unique quality to cause any of the complications mentioned in our literatures.                                                                                        

Causes of diabetes (Please refer all sources}

  • Insulin resistance
  • Decreased insulin production
  • Familial or Hereditary
  • Unknown causes                                                                                                                      

In observation for centuries medical field has found in diabetic cases a decreased insulin production than in normal humans and they relate it to increased glucose in blood.

 At the same time they say that body of diabetic individuals develop in them an insulin resistance which creates a situation where the blood glucose cannot enter skeletal muscle fibers and hence glucose remains unused in blood stream resulting in diabetes. This inference was derived when it was found that even an ample amount of insulin could not keep the blood glucose level to normal range.

In observations it was found that a good percentage of recruits to diabetic group had a familial background a genetic background which again is an observation but no genes or chromosomes related to diabetes is yet found.

Unknown cause is the last but not the least or may be the only reasonable cause to this disease as after two centuries the puzzle stays unsolved.

Man has not succeeded in finding a single or specific reason for diabetes yet. In fact we are beating around a bush for over two centuries, that too a wrong bush.

It is found that insulin rise in circulating blood when hunger sets in and it gets to the peak when blood glucose level rise after food. After utilization and storage of glucose both drops in circulating blood. This is a demonstration of this healthy mechanism. But in case of diabetes it is initially seen that the insulin level rise with glucose level, later on insulin keeps on reducing in blood circulation. There comes a threshold where insulin resistance sets in and the glucose surge destroys the whole mechanism and even start destroying beta cells of pancreas taking disease to an irreversible state resulting in minimal to no production of insulin .But no mechanisms are demonstrated to explain this phenomenon.

Health enthusiasts please note all the contradictory elements.

Complications

Complications of diabetes is found to be caused by long continued presence of high glucose   concentration in blood. But we have already seen earlier that glucose till date has not demonstrated any such reaction in living beings that could produce any of the complications entitled on to it. Only thing we shall notice is that these complications and high glucose level in blood coexist in a diabetic individual and are not connected to each other the way all our literatures propose.

Glucose

Everything about glucose is available at your fingertips, yet

1. Uses of glucose in human body in wider sense (Please do search through other sources as I am   concentrating on putting my point rather than copy pasting the known things)

  • Glucose is energy resource of human body.
  • It is essential for repair and growth of our body.
  • You get many other uses, both the above being the summary I am moving on.

2. Highest demand of glucose in human body (Source – Common sense)

  • Hypoglycemic conditions
  • Situations where repair is needed – injuries, burns, surgeries, fractures, stroke, muscle         wasting in injuries and neurological conditions 
  •  Blood loss -Various bleeding conditions
  • Where body is in need of extra energy – infections, inflammations, recovery from a  diseased state
  • Pregnancy

3.  Demand for glucose varies among organs. The demand varies drastically depending on the workload and storage capacity of each organ. The brain is the largest consumer, requiring a major portion of blood glucose and needing the highest and uninterrupted supply throughout the day. Therefore, it must be maintained at any cost.

Demand for Glucose

  • There is a major demand for glucose that is measurably expressed during inflammation and infections in the body. This is quite natural, as the body is in immediate need of energy to face the situation and to repair and replace the lost cells during the crisis.
  • Thus in similar situations short term need of supply of large quantity of glucose is needed during pregnancy periods in some ladies.- Gestational diabetes.(Here all the reasons laid down to justify the occurrence of type 2 diabetes such as shot of insulin, hereditary etc. doesn’t exist ) Yet this temporary condition is classified under diabetes.

Conclusion

  • Glucose is the source of energy to human body
  • No single specific cause identified for diabetes.
  • Body has its own mechanism to expel the excess amount of glucose in blood circulation through urine. Excess concentration of glucose in blood elicit signs like increased thirst and increased frequency of urination demonstrating the highest quality of health management.
  • No specific reactions demonstrates glucose as a hazardous chemical to human body.
  • No evidence specifically demonstrates a role of glucose in any of the complications it is entitled to.
  • Like in every situations where body need extra energy glucose rise in blood, why is it not possible that the underlying reason of crisis due to lack of ample supply of blood sugar is triggering diabetes.

Conclusion

Hence the allegations on high blood glucose level for causing all the complications of disease diabetes is a myth. “MYTH OF NOVEMBER” 14.