Reprint courtesy of www.facts-about-diabetes.com
Energy drinks are becoming more and more popular among physically active people that need a good source of energy during their activities. But are they safe for diabetic people?
We will demonstrate in this article the effects of energy drinks on blood sugar level among diabetics, the dangers related to energy drinks and some diabetic friendly alternatives to energy drinks.
First of all, one of the major components of most energy drinks is caffeine. Caffeine is very dangerous to diabetic people. A research conducted on ten diabetics revealed that glucose levels rose by 8 percent when participants took pills filled with the level of caffeine found in four cups of coffee. Another effect caffeine has on the system is that it increases the level of insulin (in)tolerance of blood cells making it harder for the insulin to break down the glucose in the blood thus resulting in a build up and subsequent rise in blood level.
Besides caffeine, energy drinks are full of refined sugars and carbs. Refined sugars are the 1# enemy of every diabetic. They have an almost immediate effect on the blood sugar level and do not provide energy over a long period of time. This is why people who drink heavily sweetened drinks may feel thirsty right after they consume them. Carbs are also very harmful to diabetics and should be avoided at any cost.
So what are the best alternatives for diabetics who still need a good source of energy and hydration? Well a Minority Business Enterprise by the name of Hip Hop Beverage Corporation just released an ADA approved sugar free energy drink called Pit Bull sugar free energy drink, the first of its kind to receive such certification. Pit Bull sugar free energy drink contains no calories, carbs or sugar per portion, making it a perfect choice for any diabetic. More and more companies are becoming aware of the huge demographic diabetic people represent and try to do their best to make their products diabetic friendly, but none of them have been approved by the ADA or any other healthcare association as safe for diabetics.
If I was to give you only one piece of advice, it would be to stay away from energy drinks by all means if you are diabetic, especially if you have type 2 diabetes. Most energy drinks just have to much harmful ingredients in their composition and can be very dangerous to diabetics.
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The real answer for diabetics like everyone else is to drink ionized, alkaline water!
When exercising or working out strenuously, you are burning glycogen to power
your muscles at an accelerated pace. Lactic acid is a by product of this process.
Over a period of time, if the exercise is intense, like weight lifting or prolonged, as in a marathon, the amount of lactic acid overwhelms the body's ability to dispose of it by sweating. It then actually steals magnesium from the muscles and calcium from the bones to try to neutralize the acid; just when your body need these minerals more than ever.
There is still yet another phenomenon that impedes peak performance. As your body burns fuel, another pollutant produced are free radicals. These are dangerous chemicals that ravage normal cells. The harder you work out or compete, the more of these free radicals your body produces. These free radicals can attack the walls of your muscle cells, thickening them and making it harder for nutrients to penetrate them.
They can also attack and damage red blood cells at a crucial time when you need their maximum ability to carry oxygen to your muscles.
The result is the familiar phenomenon of exhaustion, the perverbial "Hitting the Wall!"
"Sports Drinks" are the worst thing you could drink to recharge your muscles!
Let me count the ways:
1- They are acids themselves, contributing to the very over acidity the body needs to rid itself of.
2- They have artificial dyes and other chemicals that produce even more free radicals in your body.
3- They do not supply your body with the anti oxidants necessary to stop the damage to the red blood cells by free radicals.
4- Sports drinks are slow acting. They must first be digested in your intestines before they can enter the blood stream and make it to the muscle cells.
Other than that, they are just fine!
Seriously, the absolute best and quickest way of eliminating the excess lactic acid and free radicals from your body in real time, is to drink ionized alkaline water.
Let me tell you why:
1- Ionized alkaline water has a high PH value, meaning that it will neutralize the lactic acid in your muscles quickly.
2- This water is a powerful anti oxidant, which will quickly neutralize the free radicals and prevent them from harming your red blood cells.
3- Pure Ionized water, produced by electrolysis has no additives and therefore passes directly from the stomach to the bloodstream. Ionization also breaks up the normal large water molecules into smaller molecules which means the cells are hydrated that much faster.
The result is that your muscle strength and stamina are restored in real time, not after the race, but during the race!
This water is certified as a medical substance in Japan where it has been in use to treat various chronic illnesses for decades.
Unfortunately, Ionized Alkaline water is not yet universally available in the US. Furthermore, it is fragile. It cannot be shaken, subjected to light and should not be stored in plastic containers and should be drunk shortly after being produced.
There are a few but growing number of health clubs and gyms in the US that offer Ionized Alkaline water to clients.
You can also buy your own home water Ionizer. Learn more about them at: The Best Water!
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You Can Stop Complications of Diabetes with Alkaline Treatments!
Diabetes Related Complications: Neither oral diabetic medications nor insulin prevents the progression of diabetes and its deadly complications. In fact, 7 out of 10 diabetics die from heart disease.
There are many potential complications of diabetes. The four most common are heart disease (hardening of the arteries), nephropathy (kidney damage), neuropathy (nerve damage), and retinopathy (eye damage).
Leading an Alkalizing (acid neutralizing) Lifestyle and augmenting your body's anti oxidants has been found to prevent, control or even cure these complications.
HEART DISEASE
The most common complication of diabetes and the leading cause of death in people with diabetes is heart disease or hardening of the arteries.
Hardening of the arteries is caused by damage by free radicals (more later) and by over alkalinity of the blood.
The Standard American Diet, (SAD) is a major contributor to over acidity in the body. The body needs its Ph, (a measure of the amount of hydrogen)to stay pretty close to its natural value of 7.365.
As the diet, worry and environmental pollutants make the body more acidic, disease producing microbes multiply, giving rise to all types of diseases and the acid attacks the lining of blood vessels, giving rise to cardiovascular diseases.
To protect itself against the excess acid, the body is ready to take extreme measures as excess acidity can mean death.
The body first tries to eliminate the acid by excretion, respiration and sweating. (Exercise anyone?)
If that is not enough, it then isolates the acid by storing it in joints (arthritis), tissues and in a special type of fat which it deposits around your middle, giving rise to the apple shaped body of many diabetics.
If the acidosis, (over acidity) persists the body will actually steal calcium from your bones (osteoporiasis) and magnesium from your muscles (fibromyalgia) to buffer the excess acid.
Hence it is seen that acidosis is the genesis of most diseases of the body. The amazing thing is that once the excess acid has been eliminated, the disease conditions caused by the acidosis, recede or disappear, the body heals itself, just as mosquitos can only live in dirty, stagnant water and disappear when the water is cleaned up.
Free Radicals:
Excess insulin in the blood causes glucose to be turned into triglycerides by the liver. These triglycerides may then attack the nervous system and are a prime target of free radicals, which oxidize them and lead to cardiovascular problems.
Free radicals are "rogue" molecules that are a by product of oxidation or energy production by the body and or are introduced from outside by air pollution, food or drink. Believe it or not, they can also be produced in the body by worry, depression or other negative thoughts!
They are extremely dangerous substances. They attack the cell walls and DNA of normal cells, disrupting their functioning and in many cases, turning them cancerous. They also turn these damaged cells into free radicals, causing a chain reaction. Sort of like when you are bitten by a vampire, you become a vampire?
They can also attack the body's enzymes, which play a pivotal role in virtually every chemical reaction in the body. If they cannot function normally, they will produce disease and disruption in all of the body's systems.
Carbonic Hydrase is an enzyme that turns carbon dioxide, CO2 a waste product of oxygen metabolism in the cells into a form that can be transported by the blood to the lungs where it can be turned into a gas (again by Carbonic Hydrase) and expelled.
Carbonic Hydrase transforms about 1 million molecules of CO2 per second. If the functioning of carbonic hydrase were disrupted you would die as it is the presense of CO2 in your lungs that triggers the diaphragm to expand and contract, in other words your breathing.
Your body has a limited defense against free radicals called anti oxidants. The main one is glutathione which is made by the liver. Some Lipoic acid, another anti oxidant, is also synthesized by the body.
However with the relentless attacks of free radicals, the DNA of the average cell in your body is attacked 10,000 times per day by free radicals according to Bruce Ames a prominent anti oxidant researcher; it needs help.
This is normally supplied by fruits and vegetables in the form of Vitamins C and E and the carotenoids, the minerals that give fruits and vegetables their characteristic colors.
However, with the depleted state of our farmland and the genetic engineering of our foods by Corporate Agriculture, food alone does not supply enough anti oxidants.
So the stage is set for additional damage to the body.
NEPHROPATHY (KIDNEY DAMAGE)
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure leading to dialysis in the United States. The intricate blood vessels and pathways in the kidney are prime targets for free radical damage and enzyme malfunctioning brought on by acidosis.
NEUROPATHY (NERVE DAMAGE)
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy most commonly occurs in the extremities. Diabetes is the leading cause of peripheral amputations in the United States. Since the nerves that travel from your brain to your feet and vice versa are subject to damage from acidosis and free radicals your diabetes medication only exacerbates the problem by becoming acids in your body as they are metabolized. This includes insulin.
RETINOPATHY (EYE DAMAGE)
It is sad to say but diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in America. The nerves in the retina and the small blood vessels that supply it are again, subject to damage from acidosis and attack by free radicals.
What does the AMA, Big Pharma and the ADA have to say about dealing with these preventable complications of diabetes? Quoting from a recent article on diabetic complications: "Screen for the common complications of diabetes, so that any problems can be identified early or, ideally, prevented. Special: Get a free diabetic meter!"
The Real answer to preventing, controlling and maybe even curing Type 2 diabetes and eliminating the progression of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is to alkalize your lifestyle and augment your anti oxidants.
Click here to learn how you can begin to alkalize your lifestyle for free! Begin by watching this amazing video of Japanese doctors preventing the amputation of Mr Abbi, a diabetic, gangrenous feet. His doctor did more than just offer him a "free diabetic meter!"
There are many potential complications of diabetes. The four most common are heart disease (hardening of the arteries), nephropathy (kidney damage), neuropathy (nerve damage), and retinopathy (eye damage).
Leading an Alkalizing (acid neutralizing) Lifestyle and augmenting your body's anti oxidants has been found to prevent, control or even cure these complications.
HEART DISEASE
The most common complication of diabetes and the leading cause of death in people with diabetes is heart disease or hardening of the arteries.
Hardening of the arteries is caused by damage by free radicals (more later) and by over alkalinity of the blood.
The Standard American Diet, (SAD) is a major contributor to over acidity in the body. The body needs its Ph, (a measure of the amount of hydrogen)to stay pretty close to its natural value of 7.365.
As the diet, worry and environmental pollutants make the body more acidic, disease producing microbes multiply, giving rise to all types of diseases and the acid attacks the lining of blood vessels, giving rise to cardiovascular diseases.
To protect itself against the excess acid, the body is ready to take extreme measures as excess acidity can mean death.
The body first tries to eliminate the acid by excretion, respiration and sweating. (Exercise anyone?)
If that is not enough, it then isolates the acid by storing it in joints (arthritis), tissues and in a special type of fat which it deposits around your middle, giving rise to the apple shaped body of many diabetics.
If the acidosis, (over acidity) persists the body will actually steal calcium from your bones (osteoporiasis) and magnesium from your muscles (fibromyalgia) to buffer the excess acid.
Hence it is seen that acidosis is the genesis of most diseases of the body. The amazing thing is that once the excess acid has been eliminated, the disease conditions caused by the acidosis, recede or disappear, the body heals itself, just as mosquitos can only live in dirty, stagnant water and disappear when the water is cleaned up.
Free Radicals:
Excess insulin in the blood causes glucose to be turned into triglycerides by the liver. These triglycerides may then attack the nervous system and are a prime target of free radicals, which oxidize them and lead to cardiovascular problems.
Free radicals are "rogue" molecules that are a by product of oxidation or energy production by the body and or are introduced from outside by air pollution, food or drink. Believe it or not, they can also be produced in the body by worry, depression or other negative thoughts!
They are extremely dangerous substances. They attack the cell walls and DNA of normal cells, disrupting their functioning and in many cases, turning them cancerous. They also turn these damaged cells into free radicals, causing a chain reaction. Sort of like when you are bitten by a vampire, you become a vampire?
They can also attack the body's enzymes, which play a pivotal role in virtually every chemical reaction in the body. If they cannot function normally, they will produce disease and disruption in all of the body's systems.
Carbonic Hydrase is an enzyme that turns carbon dioxide, CO2 a waste product of oxygen metabolism in the cells into a form that can be transported by the blood to the lungs where it can be turned into a gas (again by Carbonic Hydrase) and expelled.
Carbonic Hydrase transforms about 1 million molecules of CO2 per second. If the functioning of carbonic hydrase were disrupted you would die as it is the presense of CO2 in your lungs that triggers the diaphragm to expand and contract, in other words your breathing.
Your body has a limited defense against free radicals called anti oxidants. The main one is glutathione which is made by the liver. Some Lipoic acid, another anti oxidant, is also synthesized by the body.
However with the relentless attacks of free radicals, the DNA of the average cell in your body is attacked 10,000 times per day by free radicals according to Bruce Ames a prominent anti oxidant researcher; it needs help.
This is normally supplied by fruits and vegetables in the form of Vitamins C and E and the carotenoids, the minerals that give fruits and vegetables their characteristic colors.
However, with the depleted state of our farmland and the genetic engineering of our foods by Corporate Agriculture, food alone does not supply enough anti oxidants.
So the stage is set for additional damage to the body.
NEPHROPATHY (KIDNEY DAMAGE)
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure leading to dialysis in the United States. The intricate blood vessels and pathways in the kidney are prime targets for free radical damage and enzyme malfunctioning brought on by acidosis.
NEUROPATHY (NERVE DAMAGE)
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy most commonly occurs in the extremities. Diabetes is the leading cause of peripheral amputations in the United States. Since the nerves that travel from your brain to your feet and vice versa are subject to damage from acidosis and free radicals your diabetes medication only exacerbates the problem by becoming acids in your body as they are metabolized. This includes insulin.
RETINOPATHY (EYE DAMAGE)
It is sad to say but diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in America. The nerves in the retina and the small blood vessels that supply it are again, subject to damage from acidosis and attack by free radicals.
What does the AMA, Big Pharma and the ADA have to say about dealing with these preventable complications of diabetes? Quoting from a recent article on diabetic complications: "Screen for the common complications of diabetes, so that any problems can be identified early or, ideally, prevented. Special: Get a free diabetic meter!"
The Real answer to preventing, controlling and maybe even curing Type 2 diabetes and eliminating the progression of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is to alkalize your lifestyle and augment your anti oxidants.
Click here to learn how you can begin to alkalize your lifestyle for free! Begin by watching this amazing video of Japanese doctors preventing the amputation of Mr Abbi, a diabetic, gangrenous feet. His doctor did more than just offer him a "free diabetic meter!"
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