Diabetes, Alcohol & Obesity

• Diabetes is a condition where a person’s body cannot control the blood glucose levels itself and blood glucose levels stay too high following a meal.
• The liquid that a diabetic’s body will try and flush excess glucose out in is urine.
• People with untreated diabetes will pass urine more frequently as their body is trying to remove the excess water that was drunk to dissolve and remove excess glucose.
• A person with untreated diabetes will be more thirsty as their body needs it to dissolve and flush out excess glucose out of blood and urine.
• A person with untreated diabetes will be more tired as they cannot use the glucose as a source of energy.
• A person with untreated diabetes will lose a lot of weight as their body will use up its fat store to make energy.
• A person with untreated diabetes will have genital itching and thrush as bacteria and fungi thrive on excess glucose and will increase.
• A person with diabetes will pass glucose in their urine.
• A non-diabetic person will not pass glucose in their urine.
• To test for glucose in the urine you would use benedict solution.
• The Benedict solution at the beginning is blue.
• For the Benedict solution to work you must heat it up in a hot bath.
• If glucose is present in the urine, the benedict solution will turn from blue-green-yellow-orange-brick red.
• If glucose isn’t present in the urine the Benedict solution will stay blue.
• To treat diabetes you would inject insulin into the body.
• The extra insulin will help to break down the glucose in the food that they have eaten.
• There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 and 2 diabetes
• Type 1 diabetes develops quite quickly.
• Type 2 diabetes will develop slowly.
• Type 1 diabetes is caused by the beta cells in the pancreas are damaged or destroyed.
• Type 1 diabetes can be inherited.
• Another way you can get type 1 diabetes is by catching a particular virus.
• Type 1 diabetics produce a little to none insulin.
• • Type 1 diabetes can be controlled by: healthy diet,injecting insulin or a pancreas transplant.
• A type 1 diabetic will have to test their blood sugar levels frequently throughout the day.
• 2 factors that affect the amount of insulin they need is exercise and diet.
• A diabetic will have to make sure they inject the correct amount of insulin before meals
• When exercising, the body uses up glucose for respiration.
• Type 2 diabetes can be caused by the body becoming resistant to insulin.
• Type 2 diabetes can be controlled by diet and exercise.
• Type 2 diabetes can be inherited.
• Increased levels of obesity can increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
• Eating too much fatty foods can increase risk of becoming obese.
• Two other lifestyle choices that can contribute to the onset of type 2 diabetes is alcohol and drugs.
• Alcohol increase the body’s reaction time. (Slower to react)
• When a person is under the influence of alcohol they mustn’t drive.
• People can become dependent on alcohol and drugs as they are addictive.
• A person who suffers from alcohol addiction can suffer with withdrawal symptoms if they don’t have it.
• Drinking alcohol can cause long term damage to your liver.