Fighting Diabetes, Proactively!

Intensive insulin therapy is very aggressive approach to diabetes treatment, designed to keep the blood sugar levels close to normal by constant monitporing and taking frequent insulin shots. It is about the most common diabetes treatment for type 1 diabetes and even type 2 diabetes. Off late there has been some debate on the safety of intensive insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes, but Mayo Clinic has been proponent of the Intensive Insulin Therapy with various press releases etc

Here is an excerpt from a recent interview of Maria Collazo-Clavell, M.D., an endocrinologist specializing in diabetes at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., where she answers questions about intensive insulin therapy.

What is intensive insulin therapy?
Intensive insulin therapy is designed to prevent or slow the progression of long-term diabetes complications by keeping your blood sugar level as close to normal as possible. Intensive insulin therapy is recommended for most people who have type 1 diabetes and some people who have type 2 diabetes — but it isn’t right for everyone.

If your doctor prescribes intensive insulin therapy, you’ll need to closely monitor your blood sugar level and take frequent doses of insulin. You’ll also need regular glycated hemoglobin (A1C) tests. The A1C test reflects your average blood sugar level for the past two to three months. With intensive insulin therapy, the goal is an A1C level as close to normal as possible.

The normal A1C range for people without diabetes is 4 percent to 6 percent. An A1C level less than 7 percent is a common target for people who have diabetes. [more]

I would always advice Preventive care, and then natural care. It is all in the food.
You see sugar is what we eat, and sugar is what diabetes all about.

You need to form diabetes groups, practice healthy lifestyle in the group and follow strict regimes.