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Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that occurs only during pregnancy. Like other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes affects the way your body uses sugar (glucose) — your body’s main source of fuel. The result may be dangerously high blood sugar levels.
Any pregnancy complication is concerning, but there’s good news. You can manage gestational diabetes by eating healthy foods, exercising regularly and, if necessary, taking medication. Taking good care of yourself can help ensure a healthy pregnancy for you and a healthy start for your baby. Thankfully, gestational diabetes is short-lived. Blood sugar levels typically return to normal soon after delivery.

Who Is at Risk for Gestational Diabetes?
The following factors increase the risk of developing gestational diabetes during pregnancy:
•    Being overweight prior to becoming pregnant (if you are 20% or more over your ideal body weight).
•    Being a member of a high risk ethnic group (Hispanic, black, Native American, or Asian).
•    Having sugar in your urine.
•    Impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose (blood sugar levels are high, but not high enough to be diabetes).
•    Family history of diabetes (if your parents or siblings have diabetes).
•    Previously giving birth to a baby over 9 pounds.
•    Previously giving birth to a stillborn baby.
•    Having gestational diabetes with a previous pregnancy.
•    Having too much amniotic fluid (a condition called polyhydramnios).

Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism. Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body. After digestion, glucose passes into the bloodstream, where it is used by cells for growth and energy. For glucose to get into cells, insulin must be present. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, a large gland behind the stomach.

When we eat, the pancreas automatically produces the right amount of insulin to move glucose from blood into our cells. In people with diabetes, however, the pancreas either produces little or no insulin, or the cells do not respond appropriately to the insulin that is produced. Glucose builds up in the blood, overflows into the urine, and passes out of the body. Thus, the body loses its main source of fuel even though the blood contains large amounts of sugar.

There are three main types of Diabetes:
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. It appears most often in middle-aged adults. It develops when your body doesn’t make enough insulin or develops “insulin resistance” and can’t make efficient use of the insulin it makes.
Type 1 diabetes usually occurs in children and young adults. In type 1, the pancreas makes little or no insulin. Without daily injections of insulin, people with type 1 diabetes won’t survive.
Gestational diabetes develops only during pregnancy.  Women who have had gestational diabetes have a 20 to 50 percent chance of developing type 2 diabetes within 5 to 10 years.

There are many ways to help treat the symptoms of diabetes including EDTA chelation therapy.  Visit Cardio Renew to learn more.

Diabetes Quick Facts -
There are 23.6 million people in the United States, or 8% of the population, who have diabetes. The total prevalence of diabetes increased 13.5% from 2005-2007. Only 24% of diabetes is undiagnosed, down from 30% in 2005 and from 50% ten years ago.

Do you experience any of the following?

•    Fingers or toes that often feel cold?
•    Your arms or legs often “go to sleep”?
•    Do you experience numbness or heaviness in arms or legs?
•    Does your hand often cramp when writing a letter?
•    Is there a sharp, diagonal crease in your earlobe?
•    Do your lips or fingers often have a tingling sensation?
•    On short walks, do your legs get aches or pains?
•    Is your memory worse than it used to be?
•    Ankles that swell late in the day?
•    Do you get breathless on slight exertion or when lying down?
•    Is there a whitish ring under the outer part of the cornea in your eye?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you may have warning signs of arterial blockage. Arterial blockage can be caused by many reasons including genetics air pollution, smoking, stress, poor diet, diabetes, and more. Cardio Renew EDTA chelation therapy is a safe, fast and cost effective way to clean your veins and arteries or plaque build up. Visit us today to learn more about the benefits of chelation therapy for the removal of plaque build up and help with other health conditions including high blood pressure, headaches, fatigue, arthritis, high cholesterol, and much more.

Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels. It happens when the body’s immune system attacks the blood vessel by mistake. The cause is often unknown. Vasculitis can affect arteries, veins and capillaries. It can cause changes in the walls of your blood vessels, including thickening, weakening, narrowing and scarring. Inflammation can be acute or chronic and can be so severe that the tissues and organs supplied by the affected vessels don’t get enough blood.

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Common symptoms include fever, fatigue, weight loss, muscle and joint pain, loss of appetite, and numbness or weakness.  Treatment for Vasculitis varies depending on what type you have. Often doses of a corticosteroid drug, such as prednisone or methylprednisolone will be used.  Some cases of vasculitis that are severe or that don’t respond well to corticosteroids may need treatment with cytotoxic drugs, such as azathioprine (Imuran) and cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan).  Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others), can be effective in treating mild symptoms of some types of vasculitis, such as polymyalgia rheumatica or Kawasaki disease. EDTA Chelation therapy can also help alleviate the symptoms of mild forms of Vasculitis.  Visit Cardio Renew to get started on the 6 week starter program right away.

Hemochromatosis is an inherited condition in which too much iron builds up in your body. This extra iron is toxic to the body and can damage the organs, especially your liver, heart and pancreas.  If hemochromatosis is not treated, it can lead to life-threatening conditions such as cancer, heart problems and liver disease.

Early signs and symptoms of hereditary hemochromatosis mimic those of many other common conditions which makes it difficult to diagnose. Early signs and symptoms include:

•    Arthritis, especially in your hands
•    Chronic fatigue
•    Loss of sex drive (libido) or impotence
•    Lack of normal menstruation (amenorrhea)
•    Abdominal pain
•    High blood sugar levels
•    Low thyroid function (hypothyroidism)
•    Abnormal liver function tests, even if no other symptoms are present

Testing and diagnosing for hemochromatosis can be difficult. Public health officials recommend that you be tested for hemochromatosis if you have a parent, and a child or sibling with the disease. It’s also recommended to be tested if you have joint disease, severe fatigue, heart disease, elevated liver enzymes, impotence, or diabetes.

EDTA chelation therapy can help relieve the symptoms of hemochromatosis. Liquid EDTA is absorbed into the bloodstream. It then begins to chelate toxic and heavy metals including iron, along with excessive mineral deposits. When metals and minerals remain in the bloodstream, they accumulate and harden, causing poor circulation. By cleansing the body’s arteries and veins, the blood flow is increased.