Archive for April, 2008

Natural Prevention Of Diabetes

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Prevention is always better than cure. Many of the known diseases as diabetes can always be prevented at very little cost, if it is going to be measured against the amount spent in treatment. Thisarticle incidentally is based on the wisdom of achieving a healthy life by avoiding the factors that can compel you to [...]

D-chiro inositol in treatment of diabetes type 2

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Many people have heard about d-chiro inositol as a simply white powder or a simple compound. However, d-chiro inositol is an important component of the membranes of your cells and it is vital doing many biological processes in your body, d-chiro supports a number of essential “signaling molecules” that instruct cells how to behave. D-chiro [...]

Cause Of Type 2 Diabetes

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

There are two types of diabetes and there are different reasons that trigger each of these types of diabetes. There is type 1 diabetes and then there is type 2 diabetes people can have. Type 1 diabetes is where a person’s body cannot not produce insulin whereas people with type 2 diabetes can produce insulin. [...]

Bad Food for Diabetics - Have You Excluded Them From Your Diet?

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

There’s no one diet for diabetes. General guidelines exist, such as “eat less fat and saturated fat” and “eat more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.” Your diabetes meal plan must be based on your individual needs. When it comes to what to eat and what not to eat for diabetics, advice is abundance. With so [...]

Understanding Diabetes

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

So you or someone in your family has just been diagnose with diabetes. Maybe you or your family member has been living with diabetes for several years now. Just want to let you know I feel your pain on a personal level. A family member of mine was diagnosed five years ago with the disease.
What [...]

Diabetes - Causes and Prevention

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Diabetes mellitus (sometimes called “sugar diabetes”) is a condition that occurs when the body can’t use glucose (a type of sugar) normally. Glucose is the main source of energy for the body’s cells. The levels of glucose in the blood are controlled by a hormone called insulin, which is made by the pancreas. Insulin helps [...]

Diabetes Treatment With Vitamins

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Diabetes is tagged as the silent killer disease. This is due to the fact that almost all of the patients suffering from this disease rarely know that they have it at all. Diabetes rarely exhibits symptoms. More often than not, patients would feel nothing wrong with them. There won’t be notable changes in their bodies [...]

Diabetes - Frequency of Testing Diabetes

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Studies in various parts of the country have indicated that the single blood-glucose measurement, done in the physician’s office every few weeks or months, is still the most common method of diabetes management in the United States. However, other studies have demonstrated the futility of this type of management, and more and more people are [...]

Diabetes - The “Exercise Prescription”

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

The exercise prescription involves four things: (1) the activity you choose, (2) the frequency with which you participate in it, (3) the intensity of your participation, and (4) the duration of the activity. These choices are based on your physical fitness, as determined by your physician. For the frequency, determine whether you are going to [...]

Diabetes - Methods Of Insulin Delivery

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Insulin may be delivered in one of a number of ways: under the skin (subcutaneous), into the muscle (intramuscular), or into the vein (intravenous). The instrument used for delivery of insulin may be a syringe/pen-needle, syringe autoinjector, hydrospray injector, IV infusion equipment, or insulin infusion pump. Subcutaneous insulin is given only by syringe, pen, autoinjector, [...]