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Remembering “Mad Cow Disease”
I saw a very interesting documentary on the DOC channel the other night. The disease in cattle called “Mad Cow Disease” began in England. this disease almost doomed the beef industry throughout the entire globe. So, where did this come from? According to this TV documentary, the cattle industry in England decided to cut costs and improve their profit margins by supplementing their cattle feed with ground up carcasses of sheep and cows. Before that time, their cattle where strictly vegeterian, eating local grasses, grain and hay. What happened when the cattlemen started making cannibals out of these innocent animals? The cows became sick.
For a number of years a disease known as ”scrapes” has been part of raising sheep. When a sheep contracts this disease it begins to scrape its body uncontrollably upon the nearest post or tree or whatever. Eventually it starts to lose its balance and control of its body. Then it dies. When cattle started being fed the bodies of dead sheep that had died of this disease, they started to show the same symtoms of scraping and loss of balance of the diseased sheep they were being fed.
The British government and meat industry had not put the pieces together yet. People had to DIE first. Two or three people came down with neurological brain cell damage and destruction that had not been seen before in humans. Scientists eventually discovered the disease they where seeing in human brain tissue resembled a brain disease they had known about in sheep for years. The question is, how did this disease get into humans? In the meantime, cattle were being euthanized all over the world, wherever “Mad Cow” was suspected. I’m talking about hundreds of thousands of heads of beef being killed or embargoed under the suspicion of being deadly. Economies were threatened in Europe, Canada, United States and even Japan. Something had to be done.
Scientists across the continents finally figured it out. Diseases can jump from one species to another. They found that cattle were being fed diseased sheep. Cattle were getting sick. No Problem! What became a problem was that people were now getting sick because were were eating sick cattle. When people start getting sick because of one industry it becomes worldwide news. When you get this news, its not to inform you about, lets say buying beef. The only reason you found out about “Mad Cow Disease” is because the story made money for print the press, TV, and all types of media outlets.
My blogsite is about Diabetes. It is also about our health. There are a lot of circumstances in life that are not in our control. For example, you live in a dictatorship. You were born in a rural village on the continent of Africa where you now have to buy your drinking water from a foriegn corporation. You live in the lower socio-economic level in America. The basic fact is no matter where welive on this planet, we must look after ourselves. Our governments are bought by multi-national comglomerates. The only reason why scientists discovered the roots of “Mad Cow Disease” was because it threatned the beef industry throughout the world. Economies could fail.
The Diabetes epidemic in America is not like “Mad Cow Disease”. It is not threatening anyone’s economy at the present. Diabetes effects Black People twice the times of White People. As more and more countries adopt the American diet of convenient fast processed food outlets, the rates of Diabetes will inevitablly rise in those countries. This fact will not matter to food corporations. They don’t care. How can a company care about you when they are selling you beef that has been fattend on the carcasses of dead sheep and other beef? Did you know that as much as 5% of your hot dogs, sausage and salami is sawdust? Check the food labels and look for celloulous fillers. It will be somewhere in the small print of the ingredients lable. In some ways we are like the cattle, being fed who knows what and becoming sick, even dying.
Nutrition is life. What we eat can mean life or the alternative. The food industry in America is corrupt and dangerous for the we, the consumers. We must get back to our “mother-wood since” as my dad used to say to me. I’m afraid of ground beef. Maybe I shouldn’t be, but I am. We must be more investigative in what we eat and drink. Watch out for all the disguised names of SUGAR. There is a reason for the explosion of obesity in this country in the past 30 years. Thus, there is a reason for this huge epidemic of Diabetes in America today.
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My Own Advice
Did you exercise for at least 15 minutes today? Good for you! I didn’t. Got on my computer this morning and have been here for almost 8 hours. No excuses. That’s how time gets by you. Tomorrow I will get back to what I Preach. Good nutrition and exercise can prevent type 2 Diabetes. There is no If’s and But’s. Just DO it.
FoodSpook
Skin Care and Diabetes by Maricon Williams
Diabetics are prone to some skin complications. In fact, diabetics have a tendency towards dehydration that causes dry skin. It can also lead to chapped, cracked skin or worst to amputation. That’s too much for a skin worry, isn’t it?
Prevention, however, is the key to avoid serious complications regarding skin problems. We have to prevent them from to stay sound and healthy. In order to do so, here are the guidelines that diabetics must follow in order to be free from these complications.
There are skin products that are made especially for diabetics. Nonetheless, the content and effectiveness of these skin products does not vary. Thus, just anybody can acquire it without spending extra sum.
A word of caution though, has to be faithfully exercised: use only reliable products and be keen to possible injuries. Before you apply a certain skin product, consult first a healthcare expert. There are products that can peel or burn your skin. These products contain steroids that can decrease your sensitivity. Moreover, the injuries may not be detected right away.
Examples of these skin products are some analgesic creams and anti-itch creams. To a non-diabetic, prolonged steroid exposure can lead to heart and blood circulation problems. To a diabetic person it is more dangerous because prolonged exposure can be fatal. Nevertheless, the use may not have adverse effects on other diabetics. However, to other diabetics, they cannot use even once.
Aside from skin care products, diabetics must also avoid lotions and moisturizers. These products reduce the amount of oxygen that reaches the skin. This situation can result to infection. Poor blood circulation and low supply of oxygen can lead to a condition called gangrene. If not remedied in due time, this may entail amputation. Thus, diabetics should avoid putting moisturizers in the enclosed spaces of the body like the skin folds, armpits, orifice, genitals and groin areas.
Diabetics must also avoid sharp objects such as blades, nail clippers, knives and the likes to remove calluses, corns and warts. When doing manicure or pedicure, be sure that the tools are sterilized or soaked in alcohol.
To free yourself from any qualms about using skin products or not, the best way is to consult a healthcare expert or a physician for that matter. It is better to prevent the possible dangerous condition before it gets worst and unmanageable. This is called preventative care and it works all the time!
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Diabetic? Watch Your Stress Level by Richard Bean
Deep Breathing: Two to three deep breaths are taken for immediate release of tension. For deeper relaxation, seven to eight breaths are recommended. This is deep, abdominal breathing, and light-headedafeedbackness can occur if you get up too quickly afterward.
Progressive Relaxation: This is a process of contracting and relaxing the muscles, beginning with the toes and moving up to the face. You learn to sense how the muscles feel by contracting the muscles for 10 to 20 seconds and sensing how they feel in that contracted state, then relaxing these same muscles and sensing how they feel in the relaxed state.
Autogenic Therapy: The same muscle sequence can be followed as in progressive relaxation. In this approach, you imagine that your muscles are very heavy (relaxed). When the muscles surrounding the blood vessels are relaxed, these muscles become warmer due to unobstructed blood flow. This is a physical, or mechanical, response rather than an imagined response.
Meditation: Traditionally, the focus here is a sight or sound. For example, a mantra or other specific sound might be repeated over and over again. Dr. Herbert Benson, associate professor of medicine at Harvard, is a leader in the stress-management field. Dr. Benson has people focus on the repetition of the word one as part of his program involving the “relaxation response.” Other people use prayer or a scripture. Still others concentrate on a picture or on a spot on the wall. As relaxation ability improves, the relaxation response can occur within a shorter period of time.
Imagery: This technique takes your focus away from your problems. The imaging can take the shape of people, places, or things, or it can involve focusing on bright to calm colors (and back) or bright to calm music (and back). Visualizing an accomplishment, such as climbing a mountain with supportive aid as needed (from family, friends, or spiritual strength), gives an impression of accomplishing a goal and the peace and good feelings that accompany it.
Biofeedback: is a technique in which you learn to use information about changes in your body. Relaxation training may be enhanced through biofeedback, such as might be obtained by measuring skin resistance, muscle energy output, or temperature of the hands or feet. The initial use of biofeedback is just to let you know how you are responding to changes in thought or position. Later on, it aids in training you to become more relaxed by letting you know which types of activities represent your “getting out of the way of yourself” so that your body automatically relaxes. The key is not to try. (Remember what happens when you try to go to sleep? You are more wide awake. Similarly, if you try to relax, you will become more tense.) Instead, allow yourself to become relaxed by focusing your thoughts away from the hectic problems of the day.
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