Supplements
HW-205 Unit 9
Professor Dengler
With so many supplements on the market, it is impossible to know what is best for you. The best strategy is to do research and note any side effects or possible contradictions with any other medication you may be taking. I have chosen to create a supplement for Diabetes. Clearly this is not meant to cure the disease but merely to help to lessen any side effects you may be experiencing from the disease. High levels of glucose over long periods of time can cause a series of problems. Some health problems to watch for include heart disease, kidney disease, digestive problems and even nerve damage ( NIDDK, 2013). As with any medication, supplements are best taken under the advice of a doctor.
Many diabetics may experience difficulties controlling their blood glucose by diet alone. Supplements may be useful to help diabetics maintain a safe blood glucose level. There are many factors that influence blood glucose levels. The amount of food you consume and what time you eat can be detrimental to blood sugars. This can also be a positive to taking supplements to help control your sugars. With the different forms of Diabetes, my supplement will be useful to help all forms, whether it is to help regulate blood glucose levels or help to lessen the affects of prescribed diabetes medicines.
Insulin whether made by your body or manmade helps to regulate blood glucose levels by moving glucose from your blood into your cells which in turn uses it for energy ( NDDK, 2013). So it makes sense that without insulin to regulate blood glucose, there is no energy. Without insulin we cannot turn sugars into a useable resource therefore sugars would then be stored as fat. This happens when the liver can no longer store sugar because it is full, when this happens the liver then turns the excess sugars into fatty acids ( Schlenker and Roth, 2007). This is why I chose my first ingredient COQ-10, our body makes it and it helps
Professor Dengler
With so many supplements on the market, it is impossible to know what is best for you. The best strategy is to do research and note any side effects or possible contradictions with any other medication you may be taking. I have chosen to create a supplement for Diabetes. Clearly this is not meant to cure the disease but merely to help to lessen any side effects you may be experiencing from the disease. High levels of glucose over long periods of time can cause a series of problems. Some health problems to watch for include heart disease, kidney disease, digestive problems and even nerve damage ( NIDDK, 2013). As with any medication, supplements are best taken under the advice of a doctor.
Many diabetics may experience difficulties controlling their blood glucose by diet alone. Supplements may be useful to help diabetics maintain a safe blood glucose level. There are many factors that influence blood glucose levels. The amount of food you consume and what time you eat can be detrimental to blood sugars. This can also be a positive to taking supplements to help control your sugars. With the different forms of Diabetes, my supplement will be useful to help all forms, whether it is to help regulate blood glucose levels or help to lessen the affects of prescribed diabetes medicines.
Insulin whether made by your body or manmade helps to regulate blood glucose levels by moving glucose from your blood into your cells which in turn uses it for energy ( NDDK, 2013). So it makes sense that without insulin to regulate blood glucose, there is no energy. Without insulin we cannot turn sugars into a useable resource therefore sugars would then be stored as fat. This happens when the liver can no longer store sugar because it is full, when this happens the liver then turns the excess sugars into fatty acids ( Schlenker and Roth, 2007). This is why I chose my first ingredient COQ-10, our body makes it and it helps