According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity in children all across the United States has more than tripled since the 1970s. This is most probably caused by the rise in fast food consumption and the United States’ addiction to sugar. The same is true in other countries, particularly developing and developed ones.
Unfortunately, the rise in childhood obesity is not just something that rumormongers like to needlessly bring up to prove a point about vaccines, government conspiracies, and big pharma manipulations. The rise in childhood obesity is inherently tied to another more sinister health complication: Type 2 Diabetes. Specifically among children. Read below for the warning signs of Type 2 Diabetes that you should be on the lookout for, especially if you have an overweight or obese child.
1. Excessive Fatigue
Drastic changes in the body’s blood sugar level result to excessive fatigue. This can be seen in otherwise active children seemingly tired or sleepy out of the blue. Their blood sugar level might already be above the normal for their age and body mass.
2. Darkened Skin
Acanthosis Nigricans is a skin condition that causes thicker and darker patches of skin around joints and body areas with creases such as knuckles, armpits, elbows, and the sides and back of the neck). This skin condition is most commonly found in children with high blood sugar levels and most probably overweight or obese. While not contagious and relatively harmless, Acanthosis Nigricans is a warning sign of Diabetes Type 2 or other endocrine problems.
Treatment of this skin condition is by treating the health complication that triggered it in the first place, be it obesity or Type 2 Diabetes. It will eventually disappear on its own provided that the child maintains a healthy weight and diet.
3. Increased Thirst and Frequent Urination
Be on the watch out too for increased thirst and frequent urination of your children. These might be signs that they have excessive sugar in their urine which is followed by water, thereby resulting to frequent restroom breaks. Excessive thirst, on the other hand, might mean that the body has a high blood sugar level.
4. Slow-Healing Wounds
If you notice wounds, sores, or infections in your children that are slow to heal, this might be an early sign of Type 2 Diabetes. Poor blood circulation, brought upon by diabetes, might result to neuropathy or nerve damage that makes it harder for the body to heal wounds. This might cause these wounds to remain open and relatively unhealed for months, resulting to fungal or bacterial infections and even gangrene.
5. Blurred Vision
Eye damage or retinopathy is one of the major complications of diabetes. This results to blurred vision, that can be temporary or even reversed, depending on the body’s blood sugar level. Why? This is because excessive blood sugar can cause the lens of the eye to swell, making it doubly harder for the eyes to see. If the body’s blood sugar level is normal or close to normal and still the eyes’ vision hasn’t changed, then this might be another health complication.
Reverse Prediabetes
If your child already exhibits these warning signs, it’s better to have them checked by a pediatrician to determine if they have full-blown Type 2 Diabetes or just early onset prediabetes. If it’s the latter, it can still be reversed with the help of a healthy diet, regular exercise, and of course, herbal supplements such as Ampalaya Plus Junior. These supplements contain extracts from the superfood Bitter Gourd. This vegetable is well-known for its blood sugar support properties mainly due to the polypeptide-p compound that it has, a compound with extensive anti-diabetic properties.
The best thing about the supplement we mentioned earlier, Ampalaya Plus Junior, is that it can be taken by children seven years old and above and the fact that it not only contains Bitter Gourd extracts, but also extracts from Moringa and Turmeric. Your child is not just getting blood sugar support but also the health benefits of the wonder herb Moringa and “Queen of Spice” Turmeric.
