Perhaps your doctor has been encouraging you to shed a few pounds, or modify your diet for health purposes or perhaps the signs of aging are slowly revealing themselves in the form of diseases. It is almost certain that most adults are not ignorant to the benefits of weight loss and a healthy diet. In […]
Diabetes is a disease that is no laughing matter. Rates of type 2 diabetes are skyrocketing and that ties in, largely, with the diet of people in this day and age. Educating yourself and preparing yourself, just the smallest bit, on the diabetic nutritional precautions and guidelines can make or break your success when managing […]
Maybe you’ve contemplated going ‘vegan’ before, or your spouse have been nudging you to try switching to a vegetarian diet, or the thought of even removing meat from your diet is unimaginable, whatever your stance is on vegetarian diet, perhaps this article could give you a little mindset shift. There are many misconceptions about those […]
What is GI? Glycemic index or GI, is a measurement carried out on carbohydrate foods that may have an effect on our blood sugar. This relatively new way of analysing food, is especially important to people suffering from diabetes. GI measurements fall into 3 categories – low, medium, and high. To help control blood sugar […]
Eating a good, nutritious breakfast gets your metabolism running for the day, working to promote weight maintenance, and helping to maintain correct blood sugar levels. The Diabetes Association has noted that breakfast is a meal that most people are inclined to miss. The main reasons for this include the fact that some people just do […]
For patients with type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes who take rapid-acting insulin when eating, it is important to understand the insulin to carb ratio, which can be used in planning the diabetic’s meals. It is relatively easy to do without having to worry about using math to calculate this ratio. When using […]
Gastroparesis is a common complication of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. It is a condition in which the muscles of the stomach become weak so that the food isn’t ground up well in the digestive process and there is a decrease in the emptying rate of food from the stomach to the duodenum, […]
Triglycerides are one of several types of fats found in the body. Triglycerides can be sued by the body for cellular energy. Your body needs some triglycerides in the system in order to have normal health; however, high triglycerides can increase the rate of heart disease in susceptible patients and may indicate that the diabetic […]
Diabetes affects around 20 million people in the US and about 35 to 40 percent of these people don’t know they have the disease. Statistically, greater than nine percent of Americans have type 2 diabetes and the incidence of diabetes is increasing as the population ages. Type 1 diabetics lack insulin that is normally produced […]
Gestational diabetes is extremely common, occurring in 5-9 percent of pregnancies in the US. It seems to be becoming more common in recent years. Gestational diabetes is controversial. Sources don’t seem to be able to agree on the guidelines for testing and treatment of the disorder. Recent research has indicated that, when the gestational diabetes […]