Diabetes – What you need to know
What is Diabetes?
Type II Diabetes is Australia’s fastest growing chronic disease. It can affect your whole body, if undetected or poorly controlled, diabetes can lead to blindness, kidney failure, lower limb amputation, heart attack, stroke, impotence and potentially cancer as high blood sugar stimulates tumour growth.
Our nutritionists can help you to balance your blood sugar levels and learn how to eat in a way that reduces the risks associated with diabetes.
“Few foods produce as much as a surge of blood glucose as those made with wheat”
David Perlmutter, MD, Neurologist
What is the link between Type 1 Diabetes and Coeliac Disease?
Studies have linked Type 1 Diabetes and later Coeliac Disease diagnosis. In one study “celiac disease was diagnosed in 218 of 546 (40%) subjects within 1 year, in 55% within 2 years, and in 79% within 5 years of diabetes duration”.
“The authors concluded that because most cases of coeliac disease are diagnosed within 5 years of type 1 diabetes diagnosis, screening should be considered at type 1 diabetes diagnosis and within 2 and 5 years thereafter”. “The researchers stated that it was also notable that 85% of cases in the review presented asymptomatically.”
The symptoms of coeliac disease in people with type 1 diabetes can vary. They often go completely unnoticed until a gluten-free diet is started.
Here is a link to the 2015 article in Pediatrics reviewing the study: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/06/09/peds.2014-2883.abstract