Why Diabetes Type 2 Patients Need Insulin? - Diabetes 18

Insulin injection for illustration only (credit to Google)

At early stages of type 2 diabetes, insulin is produced enough by body (specific organ in the pancreas).

The disturbance of blood sugar level, may be controlled with additional activities such as:

- Low caloric diet

- Need physical activities more

- Some medications (oral pills)

Why patients need insulin injection? Two main reasons are:

- Body reduces ability slowly to produce insulin to control blood sugar over time.

- Oral medications not effective to reduce blood sugar anymore

What mean by adding insulin to the body? Few are:

- To lower blood glucose to healthy level in quick manner

- Insulin make body take rest from hard work to break down glucose in the blood.

In term of cost, it is said that using insulin is cheaper compared to other diabetic medications in long term average.

Take out insulin

The most favorite area to inject insulin is abdomen, but other areas also perfect:

- Hip

- Buttocks

- Back of arms

- Thighs

Methods to deliver insulin into the body are developed well, in addition to syringe and needle other methods are:

1. Using a kind of pen. This method is less pain than syringe and needle, but little bit expensive.

2. Insulin pump. This method is imitating the body to control blood sugar. Specific training is needed to execute this method.

On going researches are conducted to find out the best way to manage diabetes. Improvement are seen day by day.

Are Colorful Cacti Favorite as Summer Flowering Plants?

Colorful cacti

We just visit Home Depot to buy our lawn mower spare parts. Then, have a look to nursery section.

We saw colorful cacti at one corner, one of waitress said that colorful cacti is one of favorite Summer Flowering Plants.

This cacti also called as chin cacti or moon cacti. It scientific name is Gymnocalycium mihanovichii.

They have variety of colors, include:

- bright reds

- pinks

- yellows

- oranges

- green

- purple

- blue

Yellow cactus

Moon cacti also known as desert germ cacti. They come from South America. Easy to grow, especially indoor.

Since colorful and small size, they are good for home decoration. Look beautiful on the table top or desks. They are perfect to be mixed with other houseplants arrangements.

Several yellow and orange cacti

The moon cacti have shorter life span compared to other cacti. The average life span was 1 to 2 years.

They would reach 4 years if we give a good care. But shorter compared to 10 years life span of several cacti.

Pink cactus

Rotting their roots is the main problem for any kinds of cacti. Rotting causes moon cacti turned to brown on the top

Generally, root rotting is caused by:

- over watered

- bad drainage

- both of over watered and bad drainage.

During winter, we no need to watering the cacti at all. They could survive until spring season.

Have you ever take care of moon cacti?

Why Medical Students Need Specific Social Media? - Part 1

First aid for gun shot wounded, illustration only (credit to Google)

There is social media called as “Figure 1,” a kind of Instagram for Doctors. “Figure 1 app” was developed by a physician and associates.

Their names are Dr. Joshua Landy, Richard Penner and Gregory Levey from Canada, then spread all over the world.

It is believed that more than one million viewers have accessed to the website, they are include, but not limited to:

- medical doctors

- students of medical school

- nurses and nurse students

- health professionals or health technicians

- other related professionals

A Surgery room (credit to Google)

Doctors may take any pictures of their patients that their think exciting or unusual such as a gun shot wounded.

Before posting the pictures, Doctors need approval from their patients. An agreement between doctors and their patients just by touching built in screen.

After permission of patients, the photos to be legal. Then, Doctors allowed to post in “Figure 1 app.”

Other doctors from around the globe examined the pictures, made comments and favorites its.

However, the name and face of patients cannot be shown in the social media.

By the way, just to let you know that this article is based on Podcast (Please see: #2 The Secret, Gruesome Internet for Doctors).

The Podcast tried to discuss about “Figure 1 app” and its impact to daily life, include medical field.

The podcast hosted by PJ Vogt and cohost Alex Goldman. They have some guests that are John Herrman and Lauren.

# This article will be continued. See you in the following post (part 2).

Which Menus do You Like from Taco Bell Fast Food Restaurants?

Self order

My last visit to Taco Bell, fast food restaurant was about 3 years ago or may be longer. I remember that we should queued up to order and pick our order.

Queue line was quite long, some times in lunch time. We could spend more than 30 minutes from order to pick up.

I saw at least two self order machines when I visited one of Taco Bell chains recently. Surprising me, automation can’t be avoided every where, here, in America.

Menus, no customer services

In case you never come to Taco Bell restaurants, especially for international friends that there are main menus:

- Tacos

- Buritos

- Quesadilas

- Nachos

- Vegetarian

These menus are Mexican menus with American taste. I always order Nachos, occasionally together with Burritos.

Nachos is Mexican food that found in America only. So, you can’t find Nachos in Mexico. 

Table at the corner

Nacho is a appetizer or snack originally, composed of tortilla chips, then covered with slices cheese.

Taco Bell chains sell what they called as a Nachos Bell Grande, which is the same with original Nacho which consist of tortilla chips, but difference covered.

The cover includes:

- ground beef

- diced tomatoes

- fried beans

- cheese sauce

- sour cream

- sprinkle green onions.

Two self order machines

Burrito is a food with ingredients which wrapped with a tortilla flour. The wrapped is “a closed ended cyclinder.”

Ingridients for US$ 1 Beefy Fritos Burritos are:

- seasoned ground beef

- cilantro rice

- cheese sauces

- fritos corn chips.

If you ever visited Taco Bell restaurant recently, what menus do you like?

Why Tsimane People, Bolivia Have the Healthiest Heart in the World?

Illustration for Starchy foods (credit to Google)

We knew that Japanese people, especially women have the healthiest heart in the world.

Their slim, drinking green tea sugar free, and eating fish promoted Japanese women for healthy hearts.

Recently, researches found that Tsimane People who live in the Amazon river, Bolivia have healthier heart compared to Japanese women.

If we compare the hearts of Tsimane to American people:

- Hearts of Tsimane people much more health than American average

- 80 years old of Tsimane people similar to health of 50 years old American heart.

Researchers refers to 3 important things that might responsible to Tsimane “excellent” heart conditions:

- Diet

- Physical activities

- Habits

Canoeing is one of physical activities (Credit to Google)

In respect to diet, Tsimane people eat low fat and high fiber foods. They consumed 70% of starchy foods:

- Banana (plantains)

- Rice

- Corn

- Manioc root

- Cassava

Source of protein comes from wild animals. They are hunting for mammals and fishing in the Amazon river for fish.

Banana is one of starchy foods

Tsimane tribe is slim in appearance, thus, obese no exist in the community. It is because they are physically active.

They are going every where such as for hunting, fishing, farming and enjoying by:

- Walking on foot

- Riding bicycle

- Canoeing of small boat

- Swimming in the river

Smoking for illustration only

Another good habit of Tsiname people have that they almost no smoking, thus in addition to hearts, they have healthy lung as well.

Would you like to copy the way of life of Tsimane tribe?

Did Your Place or State Get June Snow this Year?

June snow in Colorado

Almost all states (49 out of 50 states) of America experienced snow in recent years. Florida was snow free state only.

If we look at data from National Climate Data Center back to a decade or several decades ago, there were 3 states snow free:

- California

- Florida

- Hawaii

In case of Louisiana that the state has snow fall around 0.1 day or two to three hours average in a year.

Moreover, I visited Colorado around May last year. I was surprised of snow in some places close to hills and mountains. Pile of snow was seen near by the streets.

Make me wonder that some areas of several states have snow in the middle of June. At least two states got snow in late June, 2019, they are:

- Colorado

- Montana

Light snow fall in Montana

Colorado got almost 2 feet (61 cm) of snow fall in summer this year, June 22, 2019. The last June snow was recorded almost 100 years ago, June 17, 1928.

Montana, another northern state of America experienced June snow this year. This state even had snow in July last year, 2018.

How about with your area, state or country? Do you experience with summer snow?

Are Thermopolia the First Fast Food Restaurant?

Thermopolia, a fast food restaurant in the ancient Roman

In modern era, many people believe (arguably) that White Castle is the first fast food restaurant in the world.

It was founded in Wichita, KS in 1921, then developed the chains across America. White Castle has 599 locations in 33 states until recently.

Some menus that the White Castle sells are:

- Slider with egg and cheese

- Hash Brown Nibblers

- Waffle Slider with Sausage

- Chicken rings

- Coffee

- Smoothie

- Many other soft drinks and beverages

One of menus in the White Castle fast food restaurant

Then, several decades after White Castle, two American fast food restaurants, KFC and McDonald open restaurant chains world wide.

These restaurants together with other American restaurants to be multinational corporations and present in almost any countries in the world.

Americans not only export high technologies, but also their tastes across the borders.

KFC menus for illustration only

We may wonder, did fast food and its restaurants invented or created in the modern era? The answer is no.

Ancient Roman is known as the first who invented fast foods and fast food restaurants in the world.

Thermopolia were restaurants to sell hot things that ready to eat. In fact, they sold hamburgers, fish sauces, baked cheeses, hot drinks and many others.

Who are the consumers? Common people, include poor people who have no time to prepare their own food.

Not like modern fast food restaurants, the Thermopolia had small rooms to provide services of take out food only.

It is interesting for me, how about you?