Diabetes Tests

The origin of Diabetes Tests is somewhat of a mystery.  Findings that date back to the 19th century have given science what  knowledge it does have about the disease.  Diabetes was found to be linked to the pancreas in the early 1900's by Canadians Frederick Banting and Charles H. Best.  It wasn't until the 1976 that a clarification of causation was expressed by Alexander Beam.  In a paper on diabetes, Beam wrote that the susceptibility to develop diabetes was inherited, but that environmental factors could contribute to the onset of the disease.

The vagueness surrounding diabetes unfortunately does not aid in determining a concrete plan of prevention.  Without fully understanding its cause, one cannot educate the public as to how to avoid developing diabetes.  Unfortunately, even insulin's role in diabetes and metabolic processes is not completely clear.  It is known that poor nutrition, increased levels of stress and physical inactivity are environmental factors that can bring on diabetes, with or without genetic predisposition.

Diabetes is an old disorder. It has been known about for thousands of years and yet it is only today that it has become an epidemic and when Diabetes Tests have become widely available. Part of the problem is that the nature of diabetes is a mystery, even to educated adults. People do not understand what insulin does in the body and how the insulin metabolism affects the health. Even current medical science has some misconceptions about the true nature of the disorder.

While exact causes of diabetes are not clear, there is speculation concerning obesity and diabetes.  It is the classic cyclic question, which comes first.  As an individual's weight increases as result of poor nutrition, over indulgence and an inactive lifestyle, the body responds less and less to its natural metabolic processes.  It fails to convert glucose into fuel for the cell.  As a result, the glucose is stored as fat, contributing to the existing weight problem.  It is acceptable to state that reduction of weight can assist in prevention or management of the disease.

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