- All You Need To Know About Insulin By : Ng Peng Hock
Whenever we talk about heart disease, we always list diabetes mellitus as one of the risk factors. With the mention of diabetes, it is unlikely that we can ignore the involvement of insulin. - How To Enjoy The Holiday Season Even Though You Have Diabetes By : Khim Lim
Everyone is having a great time at this time of the year. But if you have diabetes, you may find it hard to do just that. Read this article to find out how you can overcome your depression even though you are not feeling well. - Childhood Obesity - What Are The Risks? By : Janet Hart
Let’s look at these risks in detail:
Type II Diabetes – Diabetes is a serious condition that requires dietary restrictions, and oral or injectible insulin.
Even with appropriate treatment, diabetes has long-term health risks that include circulatory disease, an inability to heal from wounds and injuries, stress on the heart and pulmonary system, and even blindness, stroke and coma.
Diabetes in children is nearly always due to obesity and lack of proper diet and exerc... - Follow An Active Lifestyle And Monitor Your Blood Sugar By : Ashish Jain
One of the first realizations that confront a person diagnosed with diabetes is the depressive idea that diabetes is a lifelong disease. Other diseases are tackled as and when they occur and after a course of treatment the disease is cured. While, in the case of diabetes, the patient is hard hit by its lifelong burden. But it is not as bad as its sounds and one should have a heart.
Though a lifelong affliction, diabetics can live a perfectly normal life by following a life... - Identify The Symptoms Of Diabetes In Time By : Ashish Jain
“Prevention is better than cure”
Each syllable of this wise saying is worth its weight in gold. It is applicable to any aspect of life, but it is emphatically applicable as regards your health. You can replace your TV, you can replace your car, but can you ever replace your body? Leave aside the philosophical and spiritual aspect of it. What a great feeling it is to live as a healthy person!
Diabetes is such a disease, if you once join its company, to wriggle out of its... - Understanding The Link Between Errectile Dysfunction And Diabetes By : Khim Lim
Why is there a link between errectile dysfunction and diabetes? Find out in this article. - Do You Have Diabetes? The Importance Of Being Diagnosed By : Ted Cornwall
Diabetes is a disease that millions of Americans suffer from. Unfortunately, it isn’t just any disease, it is a long-term disease. This means almost all of the individuals who are diagnosed with diabetes will have it for the remainder of their life. The good thing about diabetes is that it can easily be managed. However, to be managed, you must first be diagnosed with the disease.
When it comes to being diagnosed with diabetes, you need to speak to a healthcare professiona... - Diabetes Diet: An Overview By : Khim Lim
Making changes to what you eat is crucial once you are inflicted with this condition. Learn some tips that are outlined in this article. - Diabetes Treatment Begins At Your Home... By : Ashish Jain
Millions of people are affected by the dreaded disease called diabetes. It takes on all the age groups. It is a physical and emotional disease. Once in its grip, you carry the stamp of it, all through the life.
What is the cause of diabetes? Body cells use glucose, which keep circulating in the blood. The pancreas makes available the required amount insulin to allow glucose to enter the body cells. For the diabetes patients, there is shortage of insulin. An acute shortage ... - Blindness Could Be Caused By Diabetes! By : Ng Peng Hock
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that reduces a person’s immunity. It can lead to heart disease, and it may also affect some organs of the body, such as the eyes. - In The Public Eye - A Dozen Plant Antioxidants You’ll Soon Know By : Dr. Paul Gross
“A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step” – a saying sometimes used to nudge procrastinators off the start line.
Such a case exists now for food regulators confronted with growing scientific evidence for the health benefits of plant food chemicals, also called phytochemicals.
Many phytochemicals have significant promise as health agents. Pigments, or the chemicals that give plants their varied colours, have particularly strong health promoting qualities. They... - Tips For Choosing A Blood Glucose Meter By : Gabriel Adams
If you have been diagnosed with diabetes then you know that you are going to be in for some changes in your life. Most of the time your diet and exercise routine will have to change to help keep your blood glucose levels under control. Diabetes is not something that can be taken lightly, because it can cause quite a few medical problems and in the worst case even death. The best way to keep your blood glucose levels under control is using a blood glucose meter. If your blood ... - Coping Strategies To Deal With Type 1 Diabetes In Your Child By : Khim Lim
You may feel at a loss should you just find out that your child has been diagnosed with this condition. This article shares some strategies that can help you to cope. - Tips On How To Live With Diabetes By : Khim Lim
Living with a disease that requires time and effort is tough. Here are some tips to help you cope. - Diabetes May Cause Massive Hair Fall By : Ashish Jain
Hair Loss is attributed to various factors. Hair loss may be due to your negligence towards hair care or it could be an outcome of genetic propensity towards hair fall after a certain age. If you are constantly under stress, it may also give way to stress. And not to forget about the medications and pills, that result in hair loss as a side effect.
We often associate chemotherapy drugs with hair fall but most of us are ignorant of the fact that even diabetes drugs could ca... - An Introduction To Type I Diabetes By : Ashish Jain
When the sugar level in your blood is too high, you have diabetes. In Type I diabetes, the level of sugar is not only high, it is out of control. The reason being the body has stopped the production of the required quantity of insulin. As a result, type I diabetes patient needs two to five insulin shots per day, to keep the blood sugar levels under control.
Insulin is a chemical substance in the body that is essential to keep blood sugar levels normal. Its second function ... - The 3 Types Of Diabetes By : Janie Jonah
Diabetes mellitus is a disease that affects glucose in the blood stream from entering the necessary cells, where glucose is needed for growth and energy expenditure. The pancreas, a large gland, is responsible for producing enough of a hormone called insulin to ensure that glucose in the blood stream can pass into the cells where it is needed. People with diabetes have a pancreas that is not able to produce enough insulin, or none at all, which causes high levels of glucose i... - Diabetic Ketoacidosis: An Overview By : Khim Lim
It is important to recognise the symptoms associated with this condition as it can make the difference between life and death. Read this article to find out more. - Beware If Diabetes Symptoms Follow You... By : Ashish Jain
One good thing about diabetes is that it does not attack surprisingly! It gives you sufficient warnings. It does not overpower a disciplined individual. It gives immense respect to those who exercise regularly and are the lovers of morning walks!
Many of the patients of diabetes are the patients for the simple reason that they did not possess adequate knowledge about this disease, at the right age. Who are its main targets? If you have crossed sixty and have given up the h... - Foot Pain & Diabetes By : Jeff Foster
Foot pain can certainly be caused by any number of reasons. However, foot pain resulting from diabetes is both painful and very common for those living with diabetes.
Diabetes and foot pain is generally defined by four different types.
A nerve problem (where the nerves themselves are affected by the disease) called peripheral neuropathy is the most common source of foot pain tied to diabetes. Peripheral neuropathy comes in the form of sensory, motor, and autonomic neuro... - Exercises for Weight Loss, Diabetes and Osteoporosis By : Graeme Lanham
Many of our diseases are the result of a sedentary lifestyle as well as an unhealthy diet. Your body is meant to be used and will quickly deteriorate if it is not.
Physical activity should be a high priority in your daily program. Try to engage in some form of aerobic exercise at least five days a week and some form of resistance exercise at least two or three times a week. Here's why. - Information About Diabetes By : Kazzie Harris
You may be diagnosed with diabetes at any time in your life. Should you contract this disease, it will be important for you to participate in your own care. This will help put you in charge of controlling the disease's progress. You can find information about it in a number of places, but the best place to start is with your own physician. Your doctor will encourage you to practice self-care since you are responsible for how you live your life. By the way self-care for diabetes extends to those who haven't been diagnosed as well. - What are the Differences Between Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2? By : Robert L J Bloom
There are two main forms of diabetes. These are diabetes type 1 and diabetes type 2. More accurate these are not different types of diabetes, as type 1 and and type 2 are two completely different deseases. - General, But Important Diabetes Information By : Gabriel Adams
Diabetes is a metabolic problem that disrupts the way the body uses energy from the food we eat. Metabolism is the process of how our digestive system deals with food. Our body breaks the food we eat into blood sugar so it can enter our cells where the sugar is converted into energy. But to enter the cell, blood sugar needs a hormone called insulin to unlock the cell.
In type-1 diabetes, the body cannot produce insulin, which prevents the blood sugar from entering the cell... - Diabetes: A Far Reaching Condition By : Joshua Wills
Diabetes is a disease that affects a lot of people. It is where your body has imbalanced blood sugar levels. This disease can lead to pain, injury, and in some cases death. However, you shouldn’t be alarmed as there are cures for diabetes.
As you eat food your body must break it down so that it can be absorbed and stored for daily activity. With diabetes the insulin that helps break down the food and turn it into glucose isn’t being produced or used correctly. In some case... - Some Lifestyle Changes May Help You Cure Diabetes By : Ashish Jain
You have to lift yourself up. You are the cause of your downfall. You are your best friend. You are your worst enemy...Thus goes the great saying.
The top is always vacant! The wise counsel is in demand everywhere. The best is yet to happen in your life! Life is nothing but a series of endless changes. The moment to moment changes.
You need to apply the very same rules in the treatment and control of diabetes. Some lifestyle changes help you cure the diabetes. There is ... - A Short Overview Of Diabetes Symptoms And Treatments By : Dustin Cannon
There are two forms of the disorder--type 1 is characterized by an inability of the body to produce sufficient quantities of insulin, a hormone that is responsible for carbohydrate metabolism. - The Diet Plan For A Diabetic Person By : Ashish Jain
What do you mean when you say you are on a particular type of diet? Or when you say that you exercise diet control? It simply means, your body has certain unwanted stuff within the system, which needs to be expelled. Alternatively, it also means that your body has the short supply of certain things most wanted by it.
You control both above situations through diet. Your correct diet can build you. Your wrong diet can break you!
When a person is suffering from diabetes, i... - Diabetes. Will You Be Next? By : Graeme Lanham
If you "don't have time" for any form of sport or exercise and eat fatty takeaways and fast foods, you could be a candidate for "metabolic syndrome."
What is it and how do you avoid it? - Diabetes: You Can Still Go Hiking And Camping By : Christopher Anderson
Teenagers and kids with Type 1 diabetes can continue to engage in activities such as camping and hiking. Some pre-planning may be necessary, but it is easy to manage your diabetes and still attend a camp, or go on a hiking trip. Of course, it is even easier if you go to a camp for diabetics because they will know how to care for you in an emergency. However, you do not have to count out church camp or a scout camp. You and your parents will need to consult with camp counselor...
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