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| Name | Debra Manzella, R.N. | |
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| What Is Diabetes? Diabetes is a disorder that affects the way your body uses food for energy. Normally, the sugar you take in is digested and broken down to a simple sugar, known as glucose. |
| Top Warning Signs of Diabetes Many of the signs of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are similar. In both, there is too much glucose in the blood and not enough in the cells of your body. High glucose levels in Type I are due to a lack of insulin because the insulin producing cells have been destroyed. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body's cells become resistant to insulin that is being produced. Either way, your cells aren't getting the glucose that they need, and your body lets you know by giving you these signs and symptoms. |
| After a Diabetes Diagnosis Having diabetes is like being in charge of a many-armed octopus. There isn't just one cut and dried way of coping with the disease because it's managed on a lot of different levels. |
| Treatments for Diabetes A diagnosis of diabetes can bring on many new challenges. Depending on what type of diabetes you have, you may need medication or insulin. You may need to make dietary and other lifestyle changes. |
| Top 7 Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes There are many risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes. Some of them come from our family history and genetics and so are with us always, but some can be turned around to help reverse or prevent Type 2 Diabetes. What are they and what can we do to cut the risk? |
| Metabolic Syndrome - Risk Factors for Diabetes and Heart Disease What is metabolic syndrome? It's a relatively new term that has been used to describe a cluster of disorders that together provide an indicator of risk for diabetes, heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular conditions. |
| Diet and Exercise Lowers Risk of Type 2 in People with Pre-diabetes People diagnosed with pre-diabetes (impaired glucose tolerance) can reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by losing just 5 to 7 percent of their body weight and exercising regularly, according to a clinical study by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) |
| Quick Facts to Know about Eating and Diabetes When you're diagnosed with diabetes, everything you eat becomes important. If you have Type 1 diabetes, gaining good control means balancing what you eat with the correct amount of insulin to help use the glucose in your blood. A dietitian or certified diabetes educator (CDE) can help you figure out how much insulin you need. |
| Where is the Sugar Hiding? Sugar is everywhere in your supermarket! It's in plain sight in many foods, such as cereals, cakes, cookies and candy. But it's also lurking under many different names in products that you might never suspect. Foods such as canned soup and spaghetti sauce can also be heavy on the sugar. |
| Meal Plans for Diabetes Management There are three main food plans that people with diabetes use to manage their eating -- the exchange plan, the counting carbs plan, and the continuous carbohydrate plan. |
| Artificial Sweetener Reference Chart Are you looking to cut calories? According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Americans eat an average of 20 teaspoons of sugar a day. Most of this sugar is hidden in the foods we buy. |
| Fiber and Diabetes Although it has been shown that fiber intake does not seem to have an affect on colon cancer risk, it does reduce the risk of developing other serious conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. |
| What is the Glycemic Index? The glycemic index is a measurement of how rapidly a carbohydrate enters your bloodstream and how high it raises your blood glucose level. Not all carbs are the same. |
| Exercising With Diabetes Exercise is a great way to lose weight and become fit. Regular exercise can lower your risk of cardiovascular diseases and it helps lower blood sugar levels, too. The kind of exercise you choose is also important. You should always talk to your doctor before starting any exercise program. |
| 5 Good Reasons To Check Your Blood Sugar Managing diabetes is all about balance. People with diabetes have to balance food, medication and exercise to keep blood sugar levels in an acceptable range because their bodies can no longer do it for them. |
| How To Use a Glucometer At-home blood sugar monitoring devices called glucometers provide you with instant feedback and let you know immediately what your blood sugar is. This can give you valuable information about whether your blood sugar is too low, too high or in a good range for you. |
| Oral Medications for Managing Type 2 Diabetes All six of these classes of drugs manage type 2 diabetes: sulfonylureas, biguanides, thiazolidinediones, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, meglitinides and DPP-4 inhibitors. They may work in different ways to help diabetes patients but they all help to maintain good blood glucose control. |
| Insulin and Diabetes The pancreas is a very quiet little organ that sits behind the stomach and produces digestive enzymes and a couple of hormones called insulin and glucagon. Most people never think about their pancreas. It just does it's thing, pumping insulin into the blood when glucose is too high and glucagon when the glucose is too low. |
| How To Give An Insulin Injection A person with Type 1 diabetes requires daily doses of insulin to keep blood glucose levels from going too high. This means learning to inject the insulin with a small needle into specific sites on the body. |
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