| Diabetes is the fifth-deadliest disease. Since 1987 the | | | | or deformed and they attack any cell they come in |
| death rate has increased 45 percent. In 2002; diabetes | | | | contact with. Now if they do manage to steal an |
| claimed an astonishing 224,092 lives in the United | | | | electron, that once healthy cell, in turn, becomes a |
| States alone. It is believed that the number was | | | | free-radical doing what was done to it. This is a vicious |
| actually higher since most deaths of the elderly had | | | | cycle, basically there is a war going on inside your |
| multiple chronic conditions associated with their death | | | | body. You can not see or feel this war but it is there, |
| including diabetes. | | | | and one day it will show its ugly head in the form of a |
| Many people do not know they have diabetes until | | | | serious disease or illness. You must be on the |
| they develop other life threatening conditions such as, | | | | defensive and feed your body what it needs in order |
| heart disease, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney | | | | to combat these little piranhas. |
| damage, nervous system damage, dental disease, | | | | Inflammation is a bully, after the free-radicals have |
| sexual dysfunction, and a number of other | | | | done their damage, inflammation is sent by the body to |
| complications. When you have diabetes the above | | | | help heal the damage, but it is unable to heal mutations |
| complications are side illnesses, diabetes is the root of | | | | and deformities so the deformed or mutated cells |
| all of your medical problems. You must get diabetes | | | | begin to feed on the healthy inflammation cells. Now |
| under control for you to recover from the side illnesses | | | | the inflammation cells are deformed or mutated and |
| period! Being checked by your physician on a regular | | | | become chronic inflammation cells, the chronic |
| basis is absolutely necessary for your overall quality of | | | | inflammation cells begin attacking your healthy tissues |
| life. If you do not know that you have diabetes, there is | | | | and cells. |
| no other way of knowing that you have this deadly | | | | You have the power to take your health into your |
| disease without a check up. | | | | own hands and put a stop to the damage now. As |
| There are several different types of diabetes such as, | | | | we know anti-oxidants help the body fight against |
| type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Type 1 is the | | | | free-radicals, anti-oxidants are molecules or atoms that |
| body's inability to produce insulin, people with type 1 are | | | | have an extra electron. It gives this extra electron |
| insulin dependent for the remainder of their lives, and | | | | away and in turn the free-radicals stop attacking |
| they must also keep close track of their diets. Type 2 | | | | healthy cells. Science has proven that ALL diseases |
| is the most common form of diabetes; diabetes is a | | | | and illnesses are caused by free-radical damage and |
| chronic disease and has no cure. While an estimated | | | | the vast majority has chronic inflammation as their side |
| 14 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes, it | | | | kick. There are risk factors for all diseases but |
| is also estimated that close to 6.2 million are unaware | | | | free-radicals and chronic inflammation is the source |
| that they have this deadly disease. In 2005, 1.5 million | | | | and cause of major complications. Free-radicals can |
| new cases were diagnosed in people age 20 and | | | | not be avoided; they are in air and water pollution, in |
| above. If this dangerous trend continues it is believed | | | | the junk foods we eat, and caused by traumas and |
| that 1 in 3 Americans will develop diabetes in their | | | | injuries. Free-radicals are a part of life; they even |
| lifetime. It is also estimated that 41 million Americans | | | | affect the aging process itself. |
| have pre-diabetes today. | | | | Anti-oxidants are essential for health, plants contain |
| Pre-diabetes is a dangerous condition in itself, this is | | | | about 1,000 to 1,500 anti-oxidants, a diet of fruits and |
| when the glucose level in the blood is not high enough | | | | vegetables is essential, supplements are key, vitamins |
| to be diagnosed as diabetes, yet damage is being | | | | and minerals contain high numbers of anti-oxidants. |
| done to your internal organs. The body can not handle | | | | You need to do some research and try to find fresh |
| any unsafe level of sugar or glucose in the blood for | | | | supplements; they tend to lose their potency the longer |
| any extended period of time. | | | | they sit on the self. |
| Diabetes is the body's inability to use the sugar called | | | | Anyone with diabetes or even pre-diabetes must |
| glucose. Glucose is created when the body breaks | | | | re-think their diets, moving towards fresh and properly |
| down food for energy. The hormone insulin opens up | | | | cooked foods, stay away from fast foods and |
| the cells in the body to allow glucose to enter into the | | | | anything with high sugar content. Taking in a large |
| cell and be used as fuel. In diabetes the cell never | | | | number of anti-oxidants everyday is essential in helping |
| opens up and the glucose flows through the blood | | | | your body recover and maintain better overall health. |
| stream causing high blood sugar levels. With diabetes | | | | Type 2 diabetes can be controlled with diet and |
| the body either does not make enough insulin or is | | | | exercise, as long as you begin now. Pre-diabetes can |
| resistant to its own natural insulin. High blood sugar can | | | | be reversed. |
| lead to very serious complications. | | | | There are also super charged, super powerful |
| Heart disease is the leading cause of premature death | | | | anti-oxidants in nature called Xanthones. Xanthones |
| in people with diabetes. Diabetes is the major cause of | | | | have the power to defeat a larger number of |
| leg and foot amputations in Americans today. | | | | free-radicals at one time, due to strong carbon bonds |
| Infections are much harder to control in people with | | | | that make the molecule stable. Each Xanthone |
| diabetes, they are at greater risk of complications and | | | | performs a specific biological function inside the body |
| death due to infection. The high risk factors leading to | | | | unlike regular anti-oxidants. Universities and scientists |
| type 2 diabetes is too much body fat and high sugar | | | | have been studying xanthones for over 20 years. |
| intake! Diabetes is on the rise; Americans are eating | | | | Scientists have found that xanthones are able to |
| poorly and are lacking physical activity and this is | | | | relieve a variety of problems and also help in the |
| starting to really show in the children of America. | | | | improvement of serious conditions. This is the reason |
| Free-radicals are very active in a person with diabetes. | | | | that more and more universities and scientists are |
| They attack a number of cells at once because | | | | becoming involved in the research on these amazing |
| diabetes causes an abnormal immune function due to | | | | xanthones. Two hundred xanthones have been |
| high glucose levels in the blood and organs. | | | | identified in nature, and 41 are in the mangosteen fruit |
| Free-radicals are the reason you see so many | | | | alone, you can compare that to the Aloe Vera plant |
| different complications or side illnesses in this disease. | | | | that contains only one xanthone. The mangosteen fruit |
| Free-radicals are molecules or atoms that are missing | | | | also contains 25,000 anti-oxidants. How can that help |
| an electron, free-radicals attack healthy cells trying to | | | | your health? |
| steal an electron from them. Chronic inflammation is | | | | The mangosteen fruit has the highest number of |
| also a major player with this disease and in the side | | | | anti-oxidants and xanthones ever found in one source. |
| illnesses. | | | | One thing about xanthones you need to know is that |
| Chronic inflammation is being called the silent killer by | | | | they must be consumed in their natural form. |
| doctors and scientists. All of the above diseases need | | | | People with diabetes are ruled by their medications |
| medications to help regulate the disease, but what you | | | | and checking their blood everyday, they must see their |
| need to know is medications cause free-radical | | | | doctor on a regular basis in order to keep their blood |
| damage, and this damage is called side effects. All | | | | sugars under control by adjusting their medication. If |
| medications can cause side effects. So eating properly | | | | their sugar goes too far up or too far down, massive |
| to help your condition is absolutely essential for your | | | | damage to the internal organs and tissues is done and |
| life. | | | | even the brain is affected, and can cause comma. |
| Think of free-radicals as a school of piranha, they feed | | | | This is a deadly disease, but with the right food intake it |
| on everything in sight, they are not picky eaters. | | | | does not have to be, take care of your self. |
| Free-radicals cause healthy cells to become mutated | | | | |