Question

1. Describe the general causes of Diabetes. Distinguish between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes and tell what nutritional steps should be taken by someone who has either already developed the condition, or may develop diabetes due to a genetic predisposition.
2. Explain, at the cellular level, the biology of cancer. What are some of the environmental causes of cancer and make at least three recommendations for reducing your cancer risk.
3. Discuss the role of complementary and alternative medicine in maintaining good health. In your own life, how may have these techniques played an important role in your health. Now, that you have studied "nutrition" for this brief time, would you have done anything differently?

Answer 1

●The general causes of diabetes are

• Age ,usually above 45 years
• Lack of exercise
• Poor weight management or obesity
• Family history of diabetes
• Certain racism

The main differences are

Type 1	Type 2
Insulin dependent Can be congenital or from childhood No insulin production The main line of treatment is insulin and it cannot be changed eve mbv with the combination of diet and exercise	Non insulin dependent Can occur as one ages due to poor life style Lack of insulin production Can be continued with medication diet and exercise

The nutritional steps which can initiated are

• A proper planned meal with the calorie measurement
• Include vegetables and fruits
• Avoid refined products, white sugar,trans fats ,flavored and soft drinks
• A high fiber diet is the preferred choice
• Alcohol
• Regular health screening

● Cancer doesn't occurs un a single day it takes years to form the first mutated cells. This cells starts growing very rapidly without any control.It doesn't undergo the normal cell cycle of formation and dyeing after its life span.Rather they stay and keeps growing resulting in a tumor finally turning into cancer cells and detoriating the health of an individual

Causes:

• Chemicals:people working in chemical industry,active and passive smokers who are exposed to the chemical nicotine.
• Radiation:in working places(research centers, healthcare sectors cellphone towers,etc )ultraviolet rays by the sun
• Ionizing radiation from the cosmic

Preventive measures

• Regular health screening
• Uses of radiation badge to measure the radiation level in working place
• Limit the number of cellphone towers
• Sign boards
• Health education on the harmful effects of smoking
• Creating awareness

● The role of complementary and alternative medicine in maintaining good health are

• It is choosen because of less or no side effects
• It is attached to nature so makes one to stick to it very easily
• There are no aggressive treatment and it is simple to follow but needs greater dedication

In ones health it can greatly bring a inner peace and satisfaction of returning to the normal life which their ancestors had by treating the root cause than by getting treated for the symptoms in allopathic medicine.

After studying nutrition one can inculcate the organic foods in the daily life and stay healthy