“Glucose” is the primary source of energy for animal and human cells. It is one of the kinds of the sugar that travels in our bloodstream. Glucose enters to our body whenever we eat foods that include carbohydrate. The level of glucose is regulated by glucagon and insulin. It is a hormone produced by pancreas. [...]
Living with diabetes is not impossible, but it does require adherence to diet and exercise especially, as well as recording one’s blood sugar level regularly with the aid of a diabetes blood sugar chart. The body uses glucose as its main form of fuel to produce energy. We get glucose from the foods we eat, [...]
Along with medical nutritional therapy and insulin, exercise is the third component to successfully treating diabetes. Exercise, like insulin, lowers blood glucose levels, assists in maintaining normal lipid levels, and increases circulation. For most individuals, consistent and individualized exercise helps reduce the therapeutic dose of insulin.Diabetics should be forewarned that they should never perform exercise [...]
Doctors have always recommend exercise as one of the effective ways to start controlling your diabetes. As little as fifteen to thirty minutes of daily, heart-pumping exercise can help to maintain a normal blood glucose control and reduce your risk of developing diabetic complications. One of the easiest and least expensive ways of getting moving [...]
This is the question my diabetic patients always ask. There are various methods to determine blood sugar level. Some tests give you accurate diagnosis of diabetes or pre-diabetes, while others will tell you how well you are managing your diabetes.Fasting Blood Sugar Test:Measures the gulucose level after 8 hours fast or overnight. Normal fasting glucose [...]
Diabetes check involves measures on two scales – blood sugar level before eating & blood sugar level after eating. While the prior one shows the normal status of your body reactions, the other states if the diet you are taking is justified to your health or not. Now, one thing we must consider is that [...]
The diabetic has certain challenges with meal planning. If you are taking insulin or pills for diabetes it is helpful to plan in advance the timing of your meals so you can watch your sugar levels. Having a regular eating time each day will make this work well. As you monitor your glucose levels, you’ll [...]
When you have diabetes whether its diabetes type one or type two, you should be prepared to start making meal plans of what you will eat every day. Whilst main meals can become the focus of any diabetic diets, the truth is that meals throughout the day will need to be monitored. As well as [...]
Avandia is a oral anti-diabetic drug that is used to treat type 2 diabetes. The drug has recently been the subject of a report that suggests that it may increase the chance of heart failure. This article will look at how Avandia treats type 2 diabetes. The article also deals with what to do if [...]
Diabetes is an illness that the patient must live with the rest of their lives. The key to living with diabetes successfully is tight glycemic control, or controlling blood sugar levels. Blood sugar levels can vary from time to time depending on several factors such as stress levels, amount of food consumed, type of food [...]