(October 15, 2014 at 7:23 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: I'm a T1 diabetic and I can tell you, whilst much more manageable than even 20 years ago, it's still a constant thought in your mind of 'what ifs', such as what if I accidentally inject too much and don't have some glucose on me? Or what If I'm travelling somewhere and someone steals my insulin, especially in a foreign country where I don't know the health system? Or what if my insulin has been activated for too long and no longer works? What if my glucose monitor runs out of battery and I don't know what my blood sugar levels are?Insulin is just the hormone, not the enzyme associated with lowering blood glucose.
Perhaps a viable treatment could be around within the next decade? Who knows, but very promising research none the less.
If you don't have enough glucose your body will just make it - i.e. by breaking down fatty lipids and metabolising into glucose, or using its other stores.
If your glucose levels remain too high you'll piss glucose - which is why physicians used to have to taste your urine to diagnose you (now there's a machine that does it - damn computers taking jobs from the workers!)
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
