Blood Sugar Metabolism - Let Natural Drugs be Your Controller! (24 Sep 2005)
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism and refers to Diabetes (siphoning through) Mellitus (sweet). People with this disorder have high level of blood sugar known as hyperglycemia and lose sugar in their...
Diet Guidelines Can Kill You: What the FDA Diet Does for Diabetes (19 Oct 2005)
In 1990, Dr. Diana Schwarzbein, M.D. joined a famous diabetic clinic in Santa Barbara, California. She found that the diabetics at this clinic were struggling to keep their blood sugar down and complained that they were often accused of cheating w...
Diabetic Diets - What to Eat and What to Avoid (07 May 2006)
When a person has diabetes, their body does not produce enough insulin to manage the blood sugar levels within the body. This means that a person will have to resort to other measures for controlling their blood sugar levels by following a diabeti...
Check Those Feet (04 Apr 2006)
The mantra for all diabetics is "Check those feet, everyday, every way." Healthcare professionals preach the message; articles scream it over and over. However, many diabetics don't and won't. My husband was one of those who didn't believe he ...
Should Diabetics Drink Coffee? (02 Apr 2006)
An extensive survey reported in JAMA (July 6, 2005) showed that drinking coffee reduces risk for developing type II diabetes. However, two recent studies suggest that once you have diabetes, drinking coffee may be unwise.
Canadian re...
Diabetic? Exercise Is Essential (01 Apr 2006)
Thirty-five percent of all Americans will develop diabetes, which can cause heart attacks, strokes, blindness, deafness, impotence, amputations, kidney failure and sudden death. Three studies show why virtually all diabetics should exercise. The ...
Diabetes and the Feet (15 May 2006)
We diabetics have to take special care of our feet, or we can find them troubled in
two ways: reduced blood circulation and nerve damage.
Here's what to look for and some prevention ideas.
Symptom:
If your feet are consta...
Diabetes and Your Mouth (15 Dec 2005)
We diabetics have to pay even more attention to our teeth and gums than other
people.
We are at greater risk of cavities, gum disease and tooth infections. Not only that,
but those infections can cause our blood sugar to rise, so it become...
Diabetes and Your Eyes (13 Apr 2006)
Diabetes can play havoc with your eyes, and sometimes there are no early
sumptoms. So you may have no idea anything is wrong until your eyesight is in
danger.
Here are the main eye problems that can be caused, or made worse, by diabetes.
Diabetes and Your Heart (06 Oct 2005)
Diabetes is one condition that must be treated as soon as it is diagnosed, even
though in its early stages it doesn't hurt, or cause inconvenience, or create any
worrisome symptoms. But ignoring it is a mistake, because the blood sugar
imbalanc...
What to Do if You Have Hypoglycemia (09 Sep 2005)
Hypoglycemia is a condition involving a low blood sugar level. It usually affects adults and children over 10 years of age. Symptoms include feeling tired, fatigued, anxious, hungry, light-headed, sometimes with excessive perspiration and/or diz...
Diabetic Diets (06 Aug 2005)
When a person has diabetes, their body does not produce enough insulin to manage the blood sugar levels within the body. This means that a person will have to resort to other measures for controlling their blood sugar levels by following a diabeti...
Manage Diabetes the Natural Way (16 Mar 2006)
Currently, about 20.8 million Americans suffer from some form of diabetes. That's a whopping 7% of the population. Of those 20.8 million people, it's estimated that nearly one-third of them (or 6.2 million) don't even know they have it.
Ther...
Heres How You Control Your Blood Sugar With a Diabetes Natural Remedy (31 Aug 2005)
Diabetes affects over 170 million people world wide and that figure is expected to double by the year 2030 - according to the World Health Organization. Left untreated, it leads to cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, blindness and joint proble...
Quick Guide on Diabetes (24 Apr 2006)
The prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing world over. Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal.
It is estimated that more than 2000 new cases of diabetes are diagnosed everyday in the United States a...
Diabetes: 5 Pieces of Information on Diabetes that Everyone Needs to Know (15 Jan 2006)
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with diabetes, it can be scary with all of the conflicting information on diabetes that is currently available. While the internet can yield some great information, there is also a lot of wrong informa...
Diabetes: Latino Kids May Develop Type 2 Diabetes Due To A High-sugar Diet (06 May 2006)
Diet is quite an important matter for diabetic people. Everything they eat may have a consequence positive or not in their disease evolution. According to researchers from Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, overweigh...
Diabetes: Diabetic Foot Ulcers May be Cured by A Vitamin A Compound (24 Sep 2005)
A compound of vitamin A called topical Retin-A also known as tretinoin, mainly used to treat acne problems, enhances the healing of foot ulcers in patients with diabetes according to a report of the Archives of Dermatology.
Though previous s...
Diabetes: Diabetics Should Not Have A High Carb Diet Due To Blood Pressure (10 Aug 2005)
New studies evaluating the effects of high-carbohydrate and high- monounsaturated fat diets indicate that patients with type 2 diabetes suffered modestly raised blood pressure after being exposed to 14 weeks of a high-carbohydrate diet compared to...
Diabetes: Health Coaches Will Help To Combat Rising Diabetes Cases (04 Mar 2006)
Pennsylvania has a moderate rate of increase in diabetes hospitalizations, accounting less than 1 per cent over the last two years, however, diabetes is a serious problem in this region. An amount of 8 per cent of adults of this state is affected ...
