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Breastfeeding with Diabetes(Submitted by: Vivian Brennan)If you are a diabetic and have a baby, there are certain things to keep in mind while you are breastfeeding. Firstly, studies have proven that breastfeeding a baby can help to prevent type 1 diabetes development. Babies who breastfeed until at least six months will be at a lower risk for type 1 diabetes. Doctors generally recommend that mothers breastfeed their children until nine to twelve ... Read article Supplies and Tools for Managing Diabetes(Submitted by: Karen Newton)Managing the supplies and items needed to control diabetes on a daily basis can be frustrating and stressful. There are several new products out on the market to make your life simpler and less stressful when it comes to managing your diabetes and your diabetes supplies. Many of these items are not that expensive but are really time, health and energy saving in the long run ... Read article Check-ups and Diabetes Control(Submitted by: Karen Newton)Keeping close tabs on diabetes is a key to preventing in other conditions or medical issues that can arise in individuals with diabetes. In order to correctly monitor your glucose, weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and medical status it is important to complete self and doctor check-ups on a routine basis. Both the Canadian and American Diabetes Associations recommend the following schedule ... Read article Children and Diabetes(Submitted by: Karen Newton)Children, like adults, are often diagnosed with diabetes. Most children have type 1 or juvenile diabetes that will require insulin on a regular basis to sustain proper body functions. There are growing numbers of children that are now being diagnoses with type 2 diabetes that has historically only been found in adult populations.Some facts about children and diabetes highlight the ... Read article Controlling Diabetes(Submitted by: Karen Newton)Diabetes affects 7% of the population of the United States, or 20.8 million people. Of this group only 14.6 million have been diagnosed, the rest have the condition but are currently untreated. In addition to these numbers there are an estimate 41 million people that are pre-diabetic. Approximately 1 of every 10 healthcare dollars is spent in treatment of diabetes, and still there were 224 ... Read article Controlling Diabetes in Women(Submitted by: Karen Newton)Diabetes is a serious condition in both men and women and care should be taken for all people to control diabetes. Women, however, are at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease if they also have diabetes. A recent study by the Colorado Department of Health found that women with diabetes are five times are five times more likely to have cardiovascular disease than women without diabetes. In ... Read article Diabetes Cure(Submitted by: Karen Newton)At this time there is no specific cure for diabetes, but research continues to try to find a way to end this disease, rather than just treating and managing it as is now done. The problem with just treating and controlling diabetes is that it requires constant care, attention, and medications that continue to change over an individuals life. Many people with diabetes are not treated and may be ... Read article Exercise and Diabetes During Pregnancy(Submitted by: Karen Newton)Current research from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, shows that women that were more physically active and exercised on a regular basis prior to becoming pregnant and while pregnant are less likely to develop diabetes during their pregnancy. Gestational Diabetes Women in the study of over 21,765 individuals that were physically active prior to the ... Read article New Inhalant Diabetes Medication(Submitted by: Karen Newton)Pfizer Global Manufacturing has announced that they are planning to hire almost five hundred new employees and invest up to one hundred and seventy million dollars into the development of their new diabetes drug, Exubera. The unique factor of this diabetes drug is that it will be inhaled through the mouth, rather than requiring the diabetic to inject the insulin into their body. This ... Read article Pre diabetes and Prevention(Submitted by: Karen Newton)Pre diabetes is a condition in which the blood sugar levels of the body are elevated over a period of time and within a specific range. This condition may be associated with the development of Type 2 diabetes, however ongoing research tends to indicate that there are a lot of strategies that someone with pre diabetes can use to prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes. Pre diabetes can ... Read article Using Diabetes Pills(Submitted by: Karen Newton)There are several different options available for controlling type 2 diabetes. They have traditionally included insulin injections, diabetes pills, and more recently inhalant medications such as Exubera. Determining what type of treatment works best for you is a decision that should be made in consultation with your doctor and diabetes support team. Some considerations are:* What is ... Read article Diabetes: Symptoms and Treatment(Submitted by: Dennis Harris)Diabetes can be difficult to understand unless you first learn about the way your body functions. As you begin to understand how the body fuels itself and how the digestive system works, you can realize that when one of the many parts of this system breaks down, there can be major problems. Digestion is the process of our body breaking down the food we consume into usable nutritive ... Read article Avoid Fats, Meat and Meat Foods to Control Diabetes(Submitted by: Dr John Anne)Fats The excessive use of fats has been linked to development of diabetes. A recent study at the University of Colorado Health Science Center, USA found that intake of an extra 40g of fat day increases the chances of developing diabetes by three times. Fat rich diet, especially one saturated with animal fat, seems to damage the insulin's effectiveness. Research at the ... Read article Control Diabetes Start Avoiding White Flour, White Salt, Tea and Coffee(Submitted by: Dr John Anne)White Flour Wheat is the most common cereal used throughout the world for making bread. It is a good source of energy. With its essential coating of bran, vitamins and minerals, it is an excellent health-building food. Wheat is usually ground into flour for use as food. However refined wheat flour constitutes a serious health hazard of the various processed foods ... Read article Control your Diabetes by Vitamin C and Vitamin E(Submitted by: Dr John Anne)Many of the vitamins like Vitamin B complex, Thiamine or Vitamin B1 and Pyridoxine or Vitamin B6 are great controller of diabetes. Other vitamins like vitamin C and vitamin E also works great in controlling diabetes. Have a look on the benefits how they can help you controlling your diabetes. Vitamin C - Vitamin C is considered highly beneficial in treating diabetes. Because ... Read article Start Taking Magnesium and Chromium Rich Diets to Control your Diabetes(Submitted by: Dr John Anne)Manganese - Manganese is vital in the production of natural insulin and therefore important in the treatment of diabetes. It is found in citrus fruits, in the outer covering of nuts, grains and in the green leaves of edible plants. The loss of magnesium in diabetic ketosis has been known for many years. About 37 percent of infants born to diabetic mothers have been found to ... Read article Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms(Submitted by: Siporah Anicama)Did you know that a third of all people that have diabetes are not aware that they have diabetes? Symptoms may seem tolerable, and most people just move on and don't pay attention to the bodies warning signals. Know you have diabetes or if you are pre diabetic, is important because you can start improving your life style and making the necessary changes to lessen the effects of diabetes in the ... Read article Cookies And Diabetes(Submitted by: Ann Krause)In this day and age of high tech I need to stop and wonder what is happening to the population of the U.S. it seems that a large number of its citizens are becoming ill with diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association there are 20.8 million children and adults in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been ... Read article Dealing with Complications of Diabetes(Submitted by: Aldene Fredenburg)Both Type I, or juvenile, diabetes, and type II, or insulin-resistant, diabetes have a plethora of complications. Even though the two types of diabetes have different causes and somewhat different biological effects, both types can cause problems ranging from heart disease, serious eye problems such as diabetic retinopathy, and susceptibility to infections, circulation problems, gangrene, and ... Read article Some Very Useful Fruits for Diabetes(Submitted by: Dr John Anne)Apple This popular sub-acid fruit one of the most valuable of all fruits, has been found beneficial in the treatment of diabetes of its rich pectin content. Pectin is a natural therapeutic ingredient found in the inner portion of the rind and the pulp. It aids in detoxification of the body by supplying the galacturonic acid needed for the elimination of certain harmful ... Read article More articles1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10What is diabetes?
A disease in which the body cannot convert food into energy because of a
lack of insulin (a hormone produced by the pancreas), or because of an
inability to use insulin. Diabetes is a serious condition that can cause
complications ranging from numbness to loss of vision to coma. It also
significantly raises the risk for other problems, such as stroke and heart
disease. About 17 million Americans have diabetes.
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