Archive for December 2011

Diabetes in dogs with obesity, it is associated with diet or a high-fat diet. Since today many dogs are overweight, you really look at the ingredients and avoid a diet high in fat and sugar in their diet.

Causes of diabetes in dogs:

Many people are surprised to know that the food and treats contain sugar. Do you know a dog who prefers the sugar in your diet, because I have not met recently. I was recently at the local pet store, only to read labels and read the following list of ingredients on a particular brand I surprised that what is in the diet and the list was as follows:

“Ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, animal fat with mixed tocopherols (vitamin E in the form of), rice flour, beef, soy flour obtained, sugar, sorbitol, tricalcium phosphate, water, salt, phosphoric acid digest, animal, potassium chloride, dicalcium phosphate, sorbic acid (Konservierungsmittel. ”

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We have a diabetes epidemic in America. The latest statistics indicate that 24 million people or about 8% of the total population of the United States suffer from diabetes. However, the picture is much darker, while 57 million Pre-diabetics are also included – about 26% of adults between the ages of 20 and 35% of seniors aged over 60 are already diabetic. This means a total of 81 million people or one in four Americans either pre-diabetes or the disease in its own right! Diabetes is not to be taken lightly. This is a very debilitating condition that can lead to:

Amputation below the knee,
Blindness,
Kidney disease,
Stroke,
Heart disease and
Cancer.
Anyway, you know, that type 2 diabetes completely preventable and reversible with no drug use, as long as you are willing to make some adjustments in diet and lifestyle are?

Types of Diabetes

There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2

In type 1 diabetes, the body’s own immune system destroys insulin-producing pancreatic cells, leading to a complete deficiency of the hormone insulin. This type of diabetes is relatively rare and occurs mostly in people aged 20 years.

Type 1 diabetics need insulin in addition to his life. The cause of type 1 diabetes is not fully understood but is thought to be, due to genetic and environmental factors, there is currently no known cure for this disease. Read the rest of this entry »

You will be surprised to learn that the rate of diabetes in cats is staggering. You can even more shocked to learn that diabetes can be prevented in cats often. Prevent your cat is not a feline diabetic is much simpler than treating disease once it has developed. Here are three ways to prevent this disease.

Feline obesity is the number reason for diabetic cat

We feed our animals too much bad food types. Some experts even say that diabetes in cats is a man’s disease, and it is completely preventable through diet of good food.

Here’s what you need to know about problems associated with dry cat food:

First The protein is plant-based, non-animal basis.
Second The carbohydrate content is too high for cats, which leads to weight gain.
Third The water content is too low.

Cats are carnivores, which means most of their protein must come from sources on animals. You should not consume large amounts of carbohydrates. In addition, they have developed to make the most of their water from their food. You can see that the feeding of dry food for years for a health disaster lead to your pet.
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