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November is National Diabetes Month

This is National Diabetes Month . . connect with your community for better health.

Our mission at the Metabolic Research Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida is to provide our patients and sponsors with the highest quality of clinical diabetes research available in today’s medical professional environment. We are committed to delivering efficient and timely research data, while focusing on strict adherence to protocol guidelines.

Today, we have better approaches in treating diabetes & other endocrine disorders. Why? Because people like you took part in a clinical research trial.

We enroll adult volunteers in clinical research studies in the following areas:

•      Type 1 Diabetes
•      Type 2 Diabetes
•      Hypertension
•      High Cholesterol and/or Triglycerides
•      Kidney Disease (Nephropathy)
•      Peripheral Neuropathy
•      Weight loss

The benefits of participating include study medication, examinations, and laboratory tests, all at no expense to you. In addition, some clinical trials reimburse participants for time and travel.

For more information, talk with your doctor, or call: (561) 802-3060, ext. 8036

NIH statement from Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

For many millions of Americans, diabetes is a lifelong burden. But it does not have to be a lifelong barrier to better health. This National Diabetes Month, the National Institutes of Health encourages people with diabetes and those who care for them to find the support they need, and for all people to gain understanding and offer support to those with this challenging disease.

Diabetes takes multiple forms. In type 1 diabetes, the body does not make insulin. In type 2 diabetes, the most common type, the body does not make enough insulin or it does not use insulin well. Both types can lead to heart, kidney, nerve, and eye diseases.

But people are not powerless when it comes to management of diabetes. Research led by NIH has shown that working to control blood glucose, or blood sugar, can have a lifelong effect on health, dramatically lowering the risk of many complications of diabetes.

NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases remains at the forefront of pivotal research to prevent, treat and, one day, cure all types of diabetes, for everyone.

As President Barack Obama states in his Proclamation (link is external), if you have diabetes, or care for someone with the disease, you are not alone. Building a support network can help you stay healthy. And supporting a person with diabetes can start small. Ask your loved one to show you how he or she is managing the disease. What goals have been set? What gets in the way of reaching goals? How can you help?

For people with diabetes, managing the disease is a balancing act, and your needs can change over time. Caring for your health is a matter of trying and learning what works best for you. Family, friends, health care professionals, and communities all belong on your team.

More information on diabetes is available through the NIDDK and the National Diabetes Education Program, a joint program of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The NIDDK, part of the NIH, conducts and supports basic and clinical research and research training on some of the most common, severe, and disabling conditions affecting Americans. The Institute’s research interests include: diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases, nutrition, and obesity; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases. For more information, visit www.niddk.nih.gov.

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation’s medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.

Metabolic Research Institute’s clinical trials are the fastest and safest ways to find treatments that work and improve people’s health. Whether it’s diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, high cholesterol, or a variety of other health issues, clinical research studies provide the medicine of tomorrow… today.

Metabolic Research Institute, Inc. (“MRI”), is a private Clinical Research Company located at 1515 North Flagler Drive, Suite 440, West Palm Beach Florida 33401. Unless otherwise noted, all study-related appointments for qualified clinical participants in any MRI research trial will take place at this address.

Treating The Diabetic In Your Life On Valentine’s Day

As with most holidays, the food offerings that Valentine’s Day bring can be absolute torture to a diabetic. While more than 100 million Americans deal with type 2 diabetics, a majority of our nation has no idea what it’s like to manage, or live with, diabetes. Holidays are the toughest time of year because of all the sweets that rise to the surface and fill the aisles of our grocery stores. Not being able to enjoy the sweets doesn’t mean that diabetics shouldn’t be able to enjoy these holidays. The Metabolic Research Institute in West Palm Beach has found great ways for you to treat the diabetic in your life this Valentine’s Day.

CUT BACK ON SUGAR

Managing a healthy blood sugar level is hard when you’re a type 2 diabetic, but being diabetic doesn’t mean that sugar will kill you. Enjoying a small piece of cake, or a few pieces of chocolate will certainly not do a lifetime of damage to a diabetic. Straying away from the lectures, and allowing the diabetic in your life to enjoy a few sweets, is a great way to treat them.

KNOW THE RIGHT ALTERNATIVES

Diabetics don’t have to cut sweets out of their lives entirely, but they do have to know what are viable options for sweets, and which options do more damage than they do good. The primary alternative that people think of is dried fruit. While dried fruit does have the chewy texture that gummy candies do, and is still sweet, dried fruit is actually much more processed and contains more sugar, meaning it does more damage. Find sugar free candies or sweets to use instead!

Make sure that you show diabetic that you love, just how much you care. The Metabolic Research Institute works hard every day to find a treatment to this difficult, and life changing, disease. Making sure that you help any diabetics in your life maintain their blood sugar level, while still offering a way to enjoy the holiday, is already a great way to treat them!

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Insulin & Its Effects On Diabetes

Diabetes is one of the diagnoses that will change quite a few things in your life. From the amount of exercise that you should be doing, food you’re eating and medicine you’re taking, you will be paying much closer attention to different aspects of your life. One of the biggest changes that happens with the diagnosis of diabetes is the distribution of insulin that you will need.

It seems to be widely known that insulin is used to counter the effects of diabetes, but very few people truly know what insulin is, why it is distributed and how it affects our bodies. At the Metabolic Research Institute, we are always working hard on creating treatments and ailments for diagnoses like diabetes and heart disease, so we’ve looked deep into the benefits of insulin and how it affects the body. Here is a brief breakdown of what it is you should know about insulin.
What is insulin?

It’s best to start off with the knowledge that diabetes is a result of too little insulin within a blood stream. Beyond that, insulin is a hormone that is created and produced by the pancreas and then released through the islets of our Langerhans. The Langerhans regulate the amount of glucose in our bloodstream, keeping it right where it needs to be.
What does insulin do to our body?

Insulin helps our body make use of the glucose in our bodies. Our body then uses this stored insulin to feed our muscles, fat, liver and cells with fuel. Long story short, insulin is pretty important when it comes to our bodies functioning.

All in all, the insulin that is administered to diabetes patients is merely a way of providing balance to their bodies. Depending on whether someone is type 1 or type 2, the amount of glucose in the bloodstream will be too low or too high, so the insulin administered is to balance those that have too low.

We are always working towards new ways to improve the lifestyle of diabetes patients. Check back on our blog to see what new information and studies are being released.

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