Acetyl l-carnitine Benefits
Acetyl l-carnitine is not a common treatment for diabetes mellitus. It is considered an alternative treatment for the disease and, when it is used, it is used in the management of diabetic neuropathy, which is diabetic nerve pain of the feet, hands, and legs that causes numbness and/or burning pain from glucose affecting the nerves. The […]
Diabetic Nerve Pain in Feet
Diabetic nerve pain is also known as diabetic neuropathy and specifically, peripheral diabetic neuropathy. There are several kinds of neuropathies that a diabetic can get but diabetic nerve pain in the feet is called peripheral neuropathy. It is extremely common among diabetics, involving about 50 to 70 percent of people who suffer from diabetes. The […]
How to use melatonin to fight jet lag
Jet lag disorder is clinically classified as one of the six circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders are formally defined as persistent or recurrent patterns of sleep disturbance due to alterations in the circadian timekeeping system or a misalignment between the circadian rhythm and exogenous factors that affect the timing or duration of […]
Vitamin B12 and Senility
Diabetic patients with diabetic neuropathy may be suffering from neuropathy not because the high blood sugar has damaged the nerves but instead because the elevated blood sugar levels have impaired the absorption of vitamin B12 in the gastrointestinal tract. Vitamin B12 is vital if you want to have healthy peripheral and autonomic nerves, and if […]
How Can Selenium Help the Thyroid?
Selenium is a micronutrient that generally has a positive effect on our immunity. Many studies have proven Selenium to be beneficial to most immune responses in our body. Like the armed forces that branches into the army, the navy and air force, our bodies have different groups of defence mechanisms which have similar goals but […]
Coenzyme Q 10: A little Known Supplement That Yields Big Results
Diabetes is a progressively increasing menace and is a consequence of the modern lifestyle. According to WHO, there are 422 million adult diabetics in the world1. In spite of many drugs available in the market, to control diabetes and its complications, the search for newer and better treatment continues. One of the compounds which is […]
Pantothenic Acid: A New Combination For Treating Polyneuropathy
It is possible to get peripheral neuropathy or polyneuropathy from a nutritional deficiency. There are several deficiencies that can ultimately cause polyneuropathy and it can be difficult to identify the actual cause of why the person has polyneuropathy. In polyneuropathy, several nerves in the body become inflamed, resulting in parasthesias (tingling sensations), decreased sensitivity to […]
Insulin Types
When insulin was first developed, animal sources of insulin were used, particularly bovine or porcine insulin (from cattle or pigs). There were many complications of using these types of insulin, including allergies to animal insulin. It was then when human insulin was described and was synthesized in the laboratory. In today’s time, the major insulin […]
Insulin Injection Sites
If you use insulin, you will have various injection sites for use in injecting exogenous insulin. The most common site for injecting insulin is the stomach or abdomen. Other common areas include the upper part of the arms, the upper aspect of the hips or buttocks, and the outer aspect of the thighs. These are […]
Hypoglycemia without Diabetes
Normally, hypoglycemia, also referred to as low blood sugar, is found in diabetic patients who take too much insulin or too much of their diabetic medications. Both type 1 diabetics and type 2 diabetics can suffer from hypoglycemia; however, it is seen more commonly in type 1 diabetics who use insulin. Hypoglycemia can be found […]