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              Wednesday 30 august 2017


                              Pre - diabetes and diabetes management



            Here  in  Aruba,  as  in     tion  largely  depends  on  sistance.  We  also  know  disturbances  in  fat  me-      check  for  events.  Let  us
            most  modern  societies,     lifestyle  issues,  including  that the risk of develop-  tabolism are devastating  help  you  become  your
            everyone  knows  some-       diet,  weight  manage-       ing  type  II  diabetes  is  to  blood  sugar  balance  best doctor.
            one  who  has  diabetes.     ment,  and  physi-                                               and  weight  man-
            The  World  Health  Orga-    cal    exercise—a                                                agement.       Ac-    CARLOS  VIANA,  Ph.  D.
            nization  estimates  that    many-sided  com-                                                 celeration  of  this  is  an  Oriental  Medical
            by  2025,  the  number  of   bination of factors                                              negative     cycle  Doctor  (O.M.D.)  hav-
            people  with  diabetes       that  makes  treat-                                              and  the  collapse  ing  studied  in  China;  a
            will  reach  over  300  mil-  ment     complex                                                of  pancreatic  in-   US  Board  Cert.  Clinical
            lion—a  staggering  122%     and challenging                                                  sulin   production  Nutritionist  (C.C.N.),  an
            increase  in  less  than  30   Obesity  is  a  sym-                                           change       Meta-    Addiction     Professional
            years.  Type  2  diabetes    bol of type II dia-                                              bolic    Syndrome  (C.Ad.),        Chairperson
            is an epidemic requiring     betes.                                                           or    Pre-Diabetes  of  the  Latin  American
            global attention and ur-       A  tendency  to-                                               which    can    be  Committee  of  the  Inter-
            gent  action.  However,      ward  belly  fat  is                                             controlled       or  national  Academy  of
            controlling  your  blood     associated     with                                              slowed  with  life-   Oral  Medicine  and  Toxi-
            sugar  levels  and  pre-     increased  insulin                                               style changes into  cology  (IAOMT),  a  Reju-
            venting diabetes  type  II   resistance     and                                               the  ever  deterio-   venating  Cell  Therapist
            can  only  be  managed       contributes  to  its                                             rating health con-    specializing in Age Man-
            by you                       early  onset.  This                                              dition, Diabetes.     agement,  has  a  weekly
            As  a  medical  anthro-      may  explain  why                                                Get  The  Point!  radio  program,  writes
            pologist I know diabetes     85%  of  children                                                Diabetes  is  the  and  lectures  extensive-
            exhibits  a  strong  eth-    in  Aruba  who  develop  highest  among  obese  one  of  the  top  causes  ly.    For  information:  VI-
            nic  preference:  Native     type II diabetes are over-   people  who  have  an  of  death  Aruba,  Bo-             ANA  HEALING  CENTER,
            Americans,  Hispanic-La-     weight  or  obese  at  the  abnormal  accumulation  naire, Curacao the Unit-           Kibaima  7,  St  Cruz  TEL:
            tino Americans, and Afri-    time of diagnosis.           of fat. Determining insulin  ed  States  and  Europe.    585-1270 Web Site: www.
            can-Americans show an        The    preclinical   stage  resistance is not so much  From a study I conduct-         vianaheal.com or  www.
            increased     prevalence     (pre-diabetes)  of  type  by  the  amount  of  body  ed  on  Aruba  and  then  facebook.com/viana-
            compared  to  the  non-      II  diabetes  is  Metabolic  fat as by where the fat is  published I was invited to  healingcenter
            Hispanic  white  popula-     Syndrome  or  Syndrome  located.                          lecture to an internation-   “Prescriptions from Para-
            tion.                        X.    Metabolic  syndrome  In  fact,  one  of  the  best  al scientific group of ex-   dise” - International Book
            Misunderstood as a sim-      is a collection of chang-    predictive markers for in-   perts on the prevalence  Award  Winner,  Alterna-
            ple  sugar  imbalance        es  in  your  body  that  sulin  resistance  is  excess  of  Insulin  resistance  and  tive Health - ta optenible
            that can be readily cor-     progress  silently  over  a  body weight, in particu-     related  metabolic  fea-     na    Aruba  na  Viana
            rected  through  medi-       period of years.  The criti-  lar  around  the  waist  or  tures,  I  presented  facts  Healing Center, Tur libre-
            cal  treatment;  diabe-      cal change is increased  hips.                            and  treatment  options.   ria,  Gift  shops  y  centro
            tes,  in  fact,  it  is  a  com-  resistance  to  insulin,  the  In  the  change  from  be-  Options that showed im-  nan di salud di calidad.
            plex  medical  disorder.     hormone that suppresses  ing  overweight  to  be-         provement  in  symptoms    tambe  ta  disponibel
            Our  communities  have       liver glucose output and  ing  obese,  the  liver  be-    and on blood tests from  den forma do print y pa
            fundamental       genetic    removes excess glucose  comes resistant to insulin  lifestyle changes such as  Kindle download pa nos
            predisposition,     made     from the blood.              and the hormone’s abil-      drinking more water, us-     amigo nan pa fo di Aru-
            worse by our social, be-     Your body is making the  ity  to  suppress  liver  glu-   ing a metabolic or blood  ba  na    www.amazon.
            havioral,  dietary,  and     insulin,  but  the  insulin  in  cose production.         type  diet,  daily  supple-  com    Pa  anuncio  nan
            lifestyle  factors.  The  dis-  not  available  to  your  Under  these  conditions,  ments and regular exer-        acerca  di  mas  evento
            ease has serious implica-    cells  to  convert  glucose  the  excess  insulin  turns  cise.                        nan y firmamento di buki
            tions  for  vision,  cardio-  to energy. We know that  the  liver  into  a  ‘fat-pro-    If you are interested in  check  ,  check    corant
            vascular  health,  kidney    virtually  everyone  who  ducing  factory’  with  all  getting your sugar under  nan local, radio y televi-
            and  nerve  functions.       develops  type  II  diabe-   of  its  negative  effects.  control,  read  my  book,  sion  tambe  como    riba
            Its  control  and  preven-   tes  starts  with  insulin  re-  Once established, these  make  an  appointment,  www.vianaheal.com
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