THE ETIOLOGY OF DIABETES MELLITUS

Written by Wong Lai Teng


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The etiology of type II diabetes mellitus (non-insulin- dependent diabetes mellitus, NIDDM) is even less clearly understood. Two factors have been identified:

a) Impaired insulin release-basal secretion of insulin is often normal, butrepparttar rapid release of insulin follows a meal is greatly impaired, resulting in failure of normal handling of a carbohydrate load. In most patients, some level of insulin secretion is maintained, so thatrepparttar 142244 abnormality of glucose metabolism is limited and ketoacidosis is uncommon. In these patients, insulin secretion can be stimulated by drugs such as sulfonylureas. Exogenous insulin is therefore not essential in treatment. It also have been suggested that inheritance of a defective pattern of insulin secretion is responsible forrepparttar 142245 familial tendency of diabetes. The genetic factor is very strong in type II diabetes, with a history of diabetes present in about 50% of first degree relatives.

b) Insulin resistance-a defect inrepparttar 142246 tissue response to insulin is believed to play a major role. This phenomenon is called insulin resistance and is caused by defective insulin receptors onrepparttar 142247 target cells. Insulin resistance occurs in association with obesity and pregnancy. In normal individuals who become obese or pregnant,repparttar 142248 B cells secrete increased amounts of insulin to compensate. Patients who have genetic susceptibility to diabetes cannot compensate because of their inherent defect in insulin secretion. Thus, type II diabetes is frequently precipitated by obesity and pregnancy. In a few patients with extreme insulin resistance, antibodies againstrepparttar 142249 receptors have been demonstrated in plasma. These antibodies are mostly ofrepparttar 142250 IgG class and act againstrepparttar 142251 insulin receptors, causingrepparttar 142252 decreased numbers of insulin receptors and defective binding of insulin to receptors.

Other specific types of diabetes mellitus includes maturity-onset diabetes ofrepparttar 142253 young (MODY), diabetes due to mutant insulin, diabetes due to mutant insulin receptors, diabetes mellitus associated with a mutation of mitochondrial DNA and obese type 2 patients.

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Catnip

Written by Robert Bruce Baird


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‘To be honest with you. I didn’t even know atrepparttar time what this was. But upon making some inquiries, I soon learned it was an herb. But I was faced with another dilemma. Even though I knew which herb was right for my problem, I didn’t know how to use it. Was I to eat it raw? Was I to make a tea out of it? Was I to soak it in alcohol and use it as a tincture that way? Or were gelatin capsules ofrepparttar 142243 dried powderrepparttar 142244 way to go?

I tried each and every possibility and soon discovered thatrepparttar 142245 hot tea wasrepparttar 142246 best course to follow. In about a quart of boiling water I would put one good-sized handful ofrepparttar 142247 cut fresh catnip {Contains acetic acid, biotin, buteric acid, choline, citral, folic acid and vitamin A as well as many B vitamins including B6 and 12 which are useful in dealing with lycanthropy and other obsessive hallucinatory events.} herb and let it simmer for a few minutes before setting it aside to steep a while. I would then pour myself a couple of cups of this brew while it was still quite warm and sip it down wheneverrepparttar 142248 craving came over me for more of these addictive substances.

‘I was amazed, quite frankly, at just how well this tea worked. My withdrawal symptoms were nowhere near what they used to be before. I sincerely believe thatrepparttar 142249 good Virgin Mother used this common herb to help me overcome my addiction. I then enteredrepparttar 142250 priesthood where I’ve served with honor and distinction ever since.’ He concluded.

I looked up at him from my note-taking and asked with a smile, ‘I believe this isrepparttar 142251 first time I’ve ever heard a priest confess to a commoner and non-Catholic.’ All three of us enjoyed a hearty laugh following this remark.” (1)

For people who do not knowrepparttar 142252 extent of control exerted byrepparttar 142253 Catholic Church in Canada and especially Quebec I highly recommend looking intorepparttar 142254 Pauline Principle as detailed inrepparttar 142255 Catholic Encyclopedia before checking out arranged marriages and allrepparttar 142256 man ways they get money from companies and force people to act according to their materialistic designs. My father was withrepparttar 142257 Judge-Advocate General Corps afterrepparttar 142258 cessation of hostilities in Europe and stayed forrepparttar 142259 Nuremberg Trial of Kurt Mayer. He told of many stories where men sending all their pay back torepparttar 142260 wife in Quebec or other Eastern Provinces had foundrepparttar 142261 church had takenrepparttar 142262 children away fromrepparttar 142263 mother and were using these funds (Often augmented by Black Market efforts headed byrepparttar 142264 later Governor-General and including my father.). The church would sayrepparttar 142265 woman was ‘running around’ and in one caserepparttar 142266 man went AWOL and was up on charges because he tried to free his children and his wife who he had an understanding with aboutrepparttar 142267 so-called ‘running around’. Of course now we know, andrepparttar 142268 courts have shown –repparttar 142269 church was mightily involved in many other serious and immoral acts.

Weak people leading weak people to ddo bad things in the name of God are the most significnt cause of the War on Terra.


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