History of diabetes whether his-story or her-story, all have the same too familiar script.

Once you are entered into the diabetic storybook as the main character, your biography starts with lifestyle changes like reducing weight, having more exercise (workouts), and consciously planned dieting.

If mending your ways still keeps you weak after a few weeks, you try to get into form with Metformin or even adding fertilizers (Sulphonyl-ureas). As days go by, you enter the glittering zone with Glitazones or sit-a-while with Sitagliptin. Your post-prandial excursions may be accompanied by Metaglinides or the travel accelerates with addition of more gas (Acarbose or Volibose), literally and physically.

Your half-tablet a day becomes full or even two or more with more additions than few deletions, until the final stony tablet threatens to invite your epigraph on it.

Don’t lose heart and hang the curtains… your true friend arrives.

Enter the INSULIN.

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A TO Z OF DIABETES  A   HbA1C Autonomic Neuropathy Aceinhibitor for kidney protection Aspirin for cardio protection B  Blood Sugar  self  monitoring Beta blockers for BP Control C   Complications of Diabetes Continuous Glucose Monitoring D        DCCT Depression and Diabetes Devices for Taking Insulin E        Erectile Dysfunction  Exercise F             Family History of Diabetes Financial Help for Diabetes Care Foot Care and Diabetes G       Gestational Diabetes Glucose Meters Glucose Monitoring Glycosylated Hemoglobin H Heart Disease and Diabetes Hemoglobin A1C Hypertension Hypoglycemia I       Impotence   Insulin Insulin Pumps Insurance K Kidney Complications of Diabetes Kidney Disease of Diabetes Know Your Blood Sugar Numbers L Logbook for blood glucose Low Blood Glucose M Meal Planning Using Carbohydrate Counting Medicare Coverage for People with Diabetes Medicines for Diabetes (Easy-to-Read)  N     Neuropathy  O  Obesity management  P Peripheral Neuropathy Physical Activity and Diabetes Pre-diabetes Preventing Type 2 Diabetes: Information for Patients Pumps R     Recipe and Meal Planner Guide Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes S    Self-Monitoring Sexual and Urologic Problems of Diabetes Sick Days Syndrome X T     Tips for Helping a Person with Diabetes   W    Weight Control Y     You Are the Heart of Your Family Z     Zeal to live inspite of diabetes

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Gaiam and the Mayo Clinic have teamed up to produce and market a series of wellness solutions DVDs including one for Type Two Diabetes.

The $20 DVD has a significant amount of useful information on Type 2 Diabetes and the practical management of it in everyday life. It is NOT a documentary on diabetes, nor is it about avoiding the disease altogether. The main idea of the video is to offer tips on managing Type Two Diabetes so you can avoid some of the more serious complications like kidney damage, vision loss and nerve damage.

Most of the content is common sense like “eat a healthy diet” and “learn all you can about the disease” but there are a great set of meditation and yoga exercises by top yoga exponent, Rodney Yee. Also, some more in-depth advice that teaches you how to do things like examine your feet for sores or blisters.

The DVD has a 90 minute runtime and includes:
Part 1 - Understanding Your Condition
A 30-minute conversation with Mayo Clinic specialists. Dr. Brent Bauer introduces you to the integrative treatment approach, and Mayo Clinic doctors share everything you need to know about diabetes and an array of conventional and alternative therapy options.

Part 2 - Eat Well To Feel Well
Change your diet to feel better Dr. Donald Hensrud, Chair, Preventive Medicine, Mayo Clinic, takes your grocery shopping and shares smart ways to eat healthy every day. A Mayo Clinic dietitian follows up with making meal planning simple.

Part 3 - Soothing Therapies
Rodney Yee, America's favorite yoga instructor, leads you in a simple 40-minute session of gentle, restorative yoga and stress-relieving meditation. The movements are ideal for beginners and designed to keep you active, improve circulation and release tension.

Bonus
You'll also get the 52-page Mayo Clinic My Stress Solution booklet. Reducing stress will help you feel better faster. Take charge of your health today.

For many Indians and Americans it is simply too late to avoid getting Type Two Diabetes but we can all continue to learn every day about ways to live with, manage and treat the disease so we don’t end up with a severely diminished quality of life as a result. After all, why suffer needlessly if you can easily manage Type 2 Diabetes.

Buy the DVD Today!
The Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Type Two Diabetes DVD is available at the Gaiam Lifestyle Website and at leading online retailers like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, MSN Shopping. Drugstore.com retails the DVD at a 25% discount for $14.98. Rent it even if you don't want to buy the DVD, NetFlix has it.

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Meet Thelma, a woman who's life was drastically altered after a routine physical checkup with her Doctor. She was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. Watch the video where she goes on to describe how her doctor said that normal blood should be the consistency of water, but when she lanced her finger it was more like syrup sticking between her fingers.

“It is a miracle you are still standing.” her Doctor told her.



Goddammit! Do you still need a reason to start taking steps to avoid Diabetes? or at least keep it in control if you already have it?

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