Posts Tagged ‘diabetes mellitus’

Hystory of Diabetes

Egyptian doctors had already discovered that this disease at the time of Amenhotep III from the fifteenth century and the sixteenth century BC (the date varies according to Egyptologists. The disease is described in Section vases of water body, in the Papyrus Ebers preserved in Leipzig, written during the reign of Amenhoptep or III (Amenhotep III in Greek) where all sources of Egyptian medicine . The Greek physicians of the school of Hippocrates of Cos, who gave his name to the disease (dia Baino, Greek: ??? ???ïvo or ?????ï??), then observed about the third century BC. AD or second century BC. BC (depending on sources) “that the patients were struck with a constant thirst, and they seemed to urinate immediately what they had been drinking, as if they were” crossed by the water “without able to retain. “It Praxagora Cos av.J.C. 384-322 disciple of Hippocrates, who spoke for the first time the harmfulness of sugary difluens. In some cases the urine had no taste (diabetes insipidus) in others were sweet urine (diabetes mellitus or hyperglycemia)  In the seventh century AD. BC, the Chinese shared their observations and their interpretation concerning the urine sweet and proposed treatment close to modern methods that recommend people with diabetes to refrain from consuming alcohol and starch

Disadvantages of Junk Food

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_97/1163433918xH5bJJ.jpgToday the advertising that reaches across all media is full of products better known as junk food. This junk food is very attractive in their wrappers, but in regard to nourish the body really is not much (though the label says so) because it has several disadvantages, let’s see why.

Disadvantages junk food and prejudice

  • By the way have been prosecuted, have lost all their nutritional and only serve to create generations of children and adults obese and malnourished.
  • In its manufacture are used at very high temperatures which destroys all the vitamins found in fruits and vegetables in their natural state.
  • They add chemicals to keep up for many months without spoiling, additives, flavorings, coloring, etc., that do not benefit at all to the body.
  • And the worst, are sold at enormous prices which only serve to enrich the producer and the consumer continues to nutrient deficiency in the long run will bring him various ailments.
  • Junk foods have been identified as a major cause of heart diseases including myocardial infraction, cardiac arrest and atherosclerosis. This is due to the fact that junk food contains excessive amount of low-density lipoproteins and cholesterol that get deposited on the inner linings of blood vessels.
  • Even liver gets damaged due to presence of ingredients such as fat, cholesterol and salt inside the junk foods.
  • Junk foods also cause damage to the pancreas resulting in insulin-dependant diabetes mellitus (IDDM).