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GOD 1-tICH SIGNAL STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1987–PAGE 1A
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q .�M1�ire th . ons million Canadians
Suffer from.. the pancreatic disease
The complications of, Diabetes make it the third leading cause of death in Canadians
after heart disease and cancer.'-
* Diabetes can shorten the Diabetic's life by one - third.
* Diabetics are 17 times more prone to kidney disease;. 5 times more prone to gangrene,
• and twice as prone to heart disease and stroke.
• * ,Diabetes is the leading' cause of blindness.. , .
* Woiiicn are more likely to have Diabetes than men.
The incidence of Diabetes is increasing at 6 per cent annually.
* 50 per cent of diabetics don't know they have the disease. •
* There are two types of Diabetes
* 20 per cent of the total diabetic popuiation•.ar'e TYPE 1, Insulin dependent.
All I.)iabetics are subject to the same deVpstating complications.
The chances of developing Diabetes double with every 20 per cent of excess weight.
The chance of developing Diabetes increases during middle and old age.
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BY TERESA COURTNEY
More than o,ne million Canadians have
Diabetes. Diabetes is a condition in which
the pancreas, a large gland located
behind the stomach, doesn't release
--enough insulin into the blood stream for
the body's needs.
Insulin is the hormone that regulates
the way the body cells use sugar. Without
enough of it the blood sugar content rises
and is flushed out in the urine instead of
being converted into energy to keep the
body's machinery working. Hence, sugar
in the urine and too much sugar in the
.blood are signs of diabetes, Its complica-
tions make it the third leading cause of
death in Canada.
Until 1921; when Canadian Doctors
Frederick R. Banting and Charles H.
Best .discovered insulin and research
made it possible to extact insulin from
cattle and swine for the use in the control
. of diabetes in humans, the diagnosis of
diabetes was a literal death sentence for
millions of people around the world. With
the use of insulin, diabetics have been
able to lead normal lives but INSULIN IS
A CONTROL— N:QT A CURE.
Canadian researchers continue to pro-
vide very important new knowledge into
' understanding the causes of diabetes and
recently an article in the London Free
' Press headed, "DIABETES CURE MAY
BE NEAR — NEw 1 KAINSPLAN'1'
TECHNIQUE EIAMINA'I'ES DISEASE
IN RATS" was great news,to diabetics
who take insulin. "Three Canadians
researchers have eliminated diabetes in
Laboratory rats and say the technique
they developed could lead to a cure of the
disease in humans."
Dr. Bernard Leibel, Dr. Julio Martin.
and I)r. Walter Zin,gg of University of
Toronto also believe their work may one
day end,the need for organ recipients to
take drugs for the rest of their lives to
. avoid rejecting their transplants.
"There would be no need for insulin ...0
There would be no need for measured
diet," Leibel,said. "The patients would
be released from the bonds of the
disease. The three medical scientists •
have developed a technique in which ,
small amounts of healthy organ tissue
are injected into transplant recipients for
a period of time before a transplant take
place." •
The headline in the London Free Press;
of Jan. 9, is still another setback. "TALK
OF DIABETES CURE LABELLED
'PREMATURE". Diabetics never fear,
the cure is.coming sooner .than.you think.
Volunteers aro always welcome to the
Wingham and District Branch. Fill the
long winter: days by helping someone less
fortunate.
ARMING SIGNS
OF DIABETES
'C (instant urination
• A bnornial thirst
U nusua,l hunger .
T he rapid loss of weight
I rritability
0 bviot4s weakness & fatigue
NV' ausea and viamiting
These symptoms appear
suddenly. See a doctor
immediately. It could mean
life for you or your child.
1) rowsincess
1 Iching
A family history of diabetes
B Iurred vision
E xcessive weight
T ingling, numbness in feet
E as. fatigue
S kin infections and slow healing
Any of these signals can mean.
diabetes. See your doctor
at once!
ends enjoy varied activities during Winter Carnival
I3Y
WILLIAM
THOMAS
The {. eat The
Clock Diet.;
can it Work .
Over the last decade we have seen
more diets come and go than American
talk show hosts and Soviet party
chairmen combined. Dieticians have
come up with more ways to lose weight,
than our federal government has to lose
money.
There was the •°F" Plan Diet, whose
°'F" designation stood for "fibre". An in •
-
ternal combustion problem put stress on
the, body's emission control system and
the "F" soon became known for
"flatulence". It added credibility to 'the
phrase "burning up calories." "
Then there was the Herman Tar-
nowner's Scarsdale Diet, 14 days of
blandness and broiled pulp. Tarnower
was subsequently murdered by his.
mistress and it became "The Scarsdale
Diet - Or How I Learned To Love Jean
Harris'. Jean Harris hired a high-priced
Iawyer and was convicted. What she
should have done was put the judge and
jury on Tarnower's Scarsdale diet and no
court in the land would have held that
woman responsible for his death.
There have been the Water diet, The.
Beverly Hills diet and The Think
Yourself Thin diet. The last one seemed
to direct itself to smart thinking people
and in so doing, left fat and stupid' people
doomed for life.
The U.S.' 21 -day , Rotation diet is •
. popular in the States right ,now. Essen-
tially the dieter alternates daily between
a regimen of starvation.to one of famine
and so on. At 600 calories a day, you lose
consciousness before you lose weight. If
you make the mistake of drinking -the
glass of Water your teeth were in over
night, you've exceeded - your allowed
calorie count by 25.
Last March we had Jacques Hebert's
21 -day Katimavik diet. Drawing atten-
tion to our jobless youth, it was for a
wonderful cause but a tough one to com-
plete. You .see, when people lay around
the hall of our Senate all day doing
nothing - everybody thinks it's just
business as usual.
The latest weight -loss wonder°is an im-
port' from Britain that they claim made
Lady Sarah Ferguson's beam a little less..
broad. Yob mix a couple of spoonfuls of
white pc$wder'in a cup of water and call it
breakfast, lunch. anddinner. It sounds.
like it was created by the same techni-
cian at LePage Laboratories who in-
vented Poly Filla. I know how that stuff
..plugs. up holes inbaseboards, but I•can't
imagine what it might do to your colon.
Now there's one more diet on the
market. Mine. It's called the "Beat The
Clock Diet'`. Some of you May'remember.
the old television game show called
"Beat The Clock" and hosted by a suai'e
Bucl Collier. Contestants had to complete
a series of dexterous tasks and almost
always took a cream pie in the face for
their trouble.
Most diets r•ationalfze that; anything
that, tastes good must be bad for you, so
you end up with a steady diet of water
and wood chips with slices of grapefruit
on the side.
On the "Beat The Clock Diet" you can
eat anything your little heart desires:
pizza, chocolate fudge sundaes, back
bacon sandwiches,' 'Mars bars, shrimp
crepes, cream puffs, lasagna, buttered
popcorn and eight -ounce glasses of
Bailey's.
As a matter-of-fact those eight items
make up the essential nutritional food
groups of the "Beat The clock Diet". In
fact, that IS the diet — those eight items
three times a day' for three weeks.
Substitute anything for anything.
But, as Bud Collier used to say, you've
got just one minute to complete the task.
Broken down, you have 20 seconds for
breakfast, 40 seconds for lunch and a full
minute for supper.
It is recommended you prepare all the
items ahead of time and have them well;
placed at arm's length on the table in
front of you. Organization is, everything
on this diet. Knock over a glass or get a
kernel of popcorn stuck in your teeth and
whoops! -_ There goes brea)fast:
Another member of the family,
hopefully a fellow dieter stands on the
chair across from you with a whistle and
a stop watch. if you live alone, hire a stu-
dent to come in and play Bud Collier.
"On your mark ... get set. ...
( remember to unwrap those Mars bars
Go after the softer foods first since
they can pretty much • be swallowed
whole. Knives and forks Will tend only to
slow you down and in the final seconds
could prove fatal. Rubber,gloves are per-
mitted and 'a beach towel draped down
the front of you makes much more sense
than a napkin.
Remember, when the final whistle
goes you must stop your intake of food
but you can continue to chew. The last 10
seconds of every meal of the "Beat The
Clock Diet" are known as "the loading
zone," If you've paced yourself and
finished with a flurry, when the whistle
blows your face should look like that of
an industrious squirrel with a bad case of
the mumps.
And of course, when you've completed
your meal and are offilrially finished, the
host hits you in the face With 'a' banana
cream pie just like the television show.
. _ .. . Turufto..pa.ge 5A'.
Gt)(`1 H as ablaze a ith a variety of activities last week held in conjunction with their annual
° Winter ca?nivol, The events, spread out over three days, saw a number of staff and students
take part to the activities. Taking part in T.hursday's bubble blowing contest was Stacey
Bean She,wmi the contest with a seven inch bubble. (plr(r'o by Lon -Ann Hope)
Tanya Fmpson and Rhonda t-iogant'participated in the ballon carry coin Thursday, one of
several events held during GDCI's winter carnival last week. Other events held.ineluded a
spaghetti eating contest, pudding drop, walk and roll, and staff 've'rsus student road hockey
and basketball. (photo by t,ou•Ann Hope)