Archive for Diabetes Control

  • Get More Out Of Life While Managing Your Diabetes Get More Out Of Life While Managing Your Diabetes

    When I was first diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 21, I had not given the first thought to living a healthy diabetic lifestyle. As far as I was concerned, a healthy lifestyle was reserved only for fitness junkies and overweight moms. I didn't know squat about the benefits and overall ...

  • Warning: Rising Gas Prices May Raise Your Blood Sugar

    Rising blood sugar levels are not usually associated with rising gas prices or a recession but if you take a look at the effect that the inflation of gas prices is having on our food prices, I think you'll agree that there is a direct connection between rising gas prices raising your blood sugar. ...

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Makes It Hard to Control Blood Sugar Obstructive Sleep Apnea Makes It Hard to Control Blood Sugar

    A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago has shown that obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) adversely affects glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes. Lead author, Renee S. Aronsohn, instructor of medicine at the University of Chicago, said that study ‘de...

  • Pistachio Nuts Can Lower Blood Sugars? Pistachio Nuts Can Lower Blood Sugars?

    Munching a handful of pistachio nuts not only makes for a great snack but also a healthy one because it lowers the blood sugar level by slowing down the absorption of carbohydrates in the body, a study said Tuesday. “Pistachio, when eaten with high carbohydrate food items like whit...

  • Saliva Helping Diabetes Patients Control Weight Saliva Helping Diabetes Patients Control Weight

    2 diabetes medications have helped some patients control their weight. Barbara Oster has had diabetes for 15 years, and her medication wasn't working so well, reported WBAL-TV in Baltimore. "It just blows you up, makes you feel like you're gaining all this weight," she said. The Food and D...

  • How Byetta Helped My Out of Control Diabetes How Byetta Helped My Out of Control Diabetes

    I have Type 2 Diabetes which, like a lot of people out there, I struggle to control. Along with diet and exercise I was taking Metformin as a way to control my blood sugar level. All of a sudden it wasn't cutting it. What do you do when your current treatment no longer works? It's real easy to o...

  • How Does Drinking Alcohol Effect Diabetes and Raising Blood Sugars? How Does Drinking Alcohol Effect Diabetes and Raising Blood Sugars?

    Small amounts of alcohol will not hinder your control over diabetes but there are some precautions that diabetics should take to make sure that alcohol can be safely enjoyed. If you are diabetic and are currently treated with either tablets or insulin the main risk that you face with consuming alcoh...

  • Lower Your Blood Sugar With These 3 Daily Tips and Understanding the Glycemic Index Lower Your Blood Sugar With These 3 Daily Tips and Understanding the Glycemic Index

    With millions of sufferers out there, all with varying degrees of glucose intolerance, don't panic you are not alone. The real problem with type 2 diabetes is high blood sugar, over time it can and will, cause a multitude of problems. So as the title states, you number one priority in reversing type...

  • Top Gun Training Tactics Result In Better Care For Inner-City Diabetes Patients Top Gun Training Tactics Result In Better Care For Inner-City Diabetes Patients

    Employing training methods originally developed to save lives in the air, LifeWings Partners LLC, helped a resource-strapped inner-city clinic significantly improve care for their diabetes patients. [caption id="attachment_515" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Inner City Diabetes Program"]...

  • What is The Best Glucose Meter For Your Needs? What is The Best Glucose Meter For Your Needs?

    Since one of the most important tools in battling diabetes is the Glucose Meter there are many different versions on the market today. Pretty much any Glucometer you choose is going to be accurate and provide fairly consistent results. When it comes to choosing a Glucose Meter it will really depend ...

  • How to Cure Diabetes and Get Off Insulin How to Cure Diabetes and Get Off Insulin

    Here's a guest post on how someone got off insulin and cure diabetes in about 2 months after nine years on prescription drugs! And if only she’d known about this "blood sugar supplement" she could have prevented the whole problem before it ever started! June was a 56-year-old with d...

  • I Have Diabetes or Another Chronic Condition Should I Use an HSA?

    Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are becoming quite popular for people who are generally healthy. But what about sick people? What about people who have chronic conditions like diabetes, multiple sclerosis or the like? Does an HSA make sense for them? The short answer is yes. One of my clients i...

  • 100 Beers That Can Raise Your Blood Sugar and Produce Hyperglycemia 100 Beers That Can Raise Your Blood Sugar and Produce Hyperglycemia

    Drinking beer or alcohol for that matter, can result in high blood sugar which is a condition when an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood. Hyperglycemia is primarily a symptom of diabetes in which there are elevated levels of blood sugar, or glucose, in the bloodstream. With Type I ...

  • Insulin Resistance And Complex Carbohydrates

    One of the biggest mistakes that weight loss failures make is cutting out carbs altogether. An example of this flawed ideology is the Atkins diet. Clinical studies have proven that the low-carb, high fat diet has a negative impact on the health of your heart and blood. But bringing back the carbs...

  • Two Herbal Teas That Can Help Lower Blood Sugar Two Herbal Teas That Can Help Lower Blood Sugar

    And they taste pretty good too! In an age of pharmaceuticals we tend to forget that there are things like herbal teas that can help improve our diabetes. Herbal teas are gaining popularity in the United States and this could be due to the infusion of Western and Eastern Medicine techniques be...

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