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Insulin-resistant Diabetes

Also called NIDDM (Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes) and Type II (Type II), it generally means you make your own insulin, you eat too many calories, your storage cells are filled and are taking no more fuel, your liver is stuck in a rut and keeps making more glucose out of everything you eat, your brain has no control over its consumption of glucose, but you have run out of places to put it so you pee it out, sweat it out, etc. etc. Also called Adult-onset Diabetes. An Internist may cry out in dismay at this simplification, and there are many subtle distinctions between the various types, as well as a number of distinct hereditary considerations. This, however, is the glossary of an herbalist, and this is the common picture of the Type II person that herbs will help.... insulin-resistant diabetes

Internal Medicine

general adult medicine, with a focus on acute, chronic, and complex conditions. A doctor who specializes in this area in a hospital setting is sometimes called an internist. From August 2019 all entrants to the British medical profession must undergo a three-year programme of Internal Medicine Training after completion of the *Foundation Programme (see Appendix 9).... internal medicine



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