The History of the Diabetic Diet
Diabetes 101: The earliest recorded diabetic diet is in the Papyrus Ebers,“which was written in about 1500 B.C.
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Diabetes 101: The earliest recorded diabetic diet is in the Papyrus Ebers,“which was written in about 1500 B.C.
The latest report from the NIH-sponsored EDIC study demonstrates that high blood glucose levels play a role in the development of atherosclerosis, putting people with diabetes at increased risk for heart disease and stroke.
Type 2 diabetes in youth is increasing today due to increasing obesity and the sedentary lifestyle of many of today’s youth. It can be difficult to diagnose because the individual may present with clinical symptoms similar to type 1 diabetes.
What kind of medicines and other health products should you keep on hand to treat minor ailments or injuries? More importantly, where’s the best place in the house to keep them? Here’s what doctors, nurses and pharmacists recommend.
Alternative therapies are treatments that are neither widely taught in“medical schools nor widely practiced in hospitals. Alternative treatments“that have been studied to manage diabetes include acupuncture,“biofeedback, guided imagery, and vitaminand mineral supplementation.“The success of some alternative treatments can be hard to measure.“Many alternative treatments remain either untested or unproven through“traditional scientific studies.
Fill in this record about your diabetes medicines with the help of your doctor or diabetes teacher. Write this in pencil so you can make changes when your doctor makes changes in your diabetes medicines.
Are you able to stick to your low saturated fat, low cholesterol diet when“eating out? If not, you will be able to if you follow these tips…
Ask these questions when your doctor prescribes a medicine. Write the answers in pencil so that you can make changes if your doctor changes your medicines.
Women with diabetes can have healthy babies, but it takes planning ahead and effort. Pregnancy can make both high and low blood glucose levels happen more often. It can make diabetic eye disease and diabetic kidney disease worse. High glucose levels during pregnancy are dangerous for the baby, too.
For the 16 million Americans with diabetes, high blood glucose (sugar) levels can pose serious health threats like blindness, heart disease, kidney failure, stroke and foot ulcers that lead to amputations.
If your pancreas no longer makes enough insulin, then you need to take insulin as a shot. You inject the insulin just under the skin with a small, short needle. You cannot take insulin as a pill. Find out more about insuling by reading this informative article from The Diabetic Gourmet Magazine.
While Americans typically know key healthcare numbers such as their blood pressure,“cholesterol levels and weight, according to a recent Yankelovich Partners survey, 74 percent of the“population over the age of 45 does not know their blood sugar level, which indicates whether they“have type 2 diabetes.
There is an old story about a man who wrote to the Department of Agriculture in his state to find out how to cope with the crabgrass that was spoiling his lawn. The Department responded with a number of suggestions. The man tried them all, but he could not completely eliminate the crabgrass. Exasperated, he wrote the department again, noting that every method they had suggested had failed. His yard was still riddled with crabgrass. He got back a short reply: We suggest you learn to love it.
Many people complain that they do not have the time to eat a healthy breakfast. As we all“know, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Most of us have had nothing our stomachs“for at least 8 to 10 hours, and we need the boost of a good meal to get us going. You wouldn’t drive“your car if it didn’t have any gas, nor should you push your body until you have fuel to energize it!