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Diabetes is an extremely scary and often unpredictable disease
that affects thousands of people across the nation. Diabetes is all
about management, control, and watchfulness. There are several
tools and techniques you can use to help manage your diabetes with
ease, making it a much smaller burden on your life and allowing you
to live as if you didn’t have diabetes at all. These tools include
a good doctor and glucose meter, and techniques such as diabetic
diet plans and diabetic recipes along with exercise.
Doctor
The single best tool you need on your side when dealing with
diabetes management is a great doctor. Find one who you are
comfortable with and is easy to talk to. A good doctor can give
you...
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Statistics show that about 20% of all people over 65 years old
have diabetes, and many of these are undiagnosed. With the
baby boomers reaching their golden years, and the number of people
over 65 growing to record proportions, diabetes is a growing
national concern.
Treating Diabetes
While diabetes is not an inevitability for those over 65, it is
a possibility and therefore should be screened for regularly.
If you are diagnosed with diabetes, there are steps you can take to
maintain quality of life, and these steps begin with learning
everything you can from your health care provider. Your
doctor will recommend a diabetes diet which will not only help you
regulate your blood sugar...
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Diabetes is a lifelong disease that can be controlled with
proper diet, exercise, and medication management. Effective
maintenance is not only necessary for day-to-day quality of life,
but to prevent long-term health problems as well. When
unchecked, diabetes can cause coronary artery disease,
vascular disease, blindness, and loss of feeling in your hands and
feet. All of these are combined under the umbrella of
“Advanced Glycation End products,” or excess sugar saturating
the...
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So you have been diagnosed with diabetes now. You’ve been
informed of the possible reasons you have diabetes, what you can do
to treat it as best as possible, and what symptoms you have that
can be attributed to the disease itself. What you may not know are
your options – options for what tools to use to help manage your
diabetes, possible complications that can come if your diabetes is
not controlled, and your options for testing your blood glucose
levels in an attempt to manage your...
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If you have a family history of diabetes, you may have heard
that you may be at risk for having diabetes yourself. Or maybe you
have diabetes already, but you can’t understand what put you at
risk for it or what complications could arise if you chose to
ignore it. The truth is, there are several things you should know
about diabetes whether you may have it in the future or have
already been diagnosed. Risk factors are usually very numerous and
complicated in nature, so it is important to...
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Diabetes is somewhat of a household disease in America today,
and can be one of the scariest and most complicated diseases to
take control of and manage to increase the life expectancy of those
suffering from it. But what is diabetes really? The truth is that
there are several faces to diabetes, including the symptoms,
causes, and treatments that relate to it. All of these aspects of
diabetes are extremely important to understand if there is to be
hope of preventing and managing diabetes...
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Blood sugar (glucose) levels should be taken first thing in the
morning, before breakfast, with glucose meters. This will give the
fasting blood sugar level, and is generally the best time for an
accurate reading. Glucose meters can also be used to check blood
sugar levels just before any meal, a couple hours after a meal, and
just before the patient goes to bed at night. The blood sugar
readings will be higher after meals and just before bedtime. The
worst time to take blood sugar levels is...
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Type 2 diabetes, or adult-onset diabetes, is the most common
form of diabetes. It is characterized by high blood sugar levels
and, very frequently, high insulin levels. According to medical
researchers, it is most common in obese adults, especially those
over the age of forty. Most type 2 diabetics are insulin-resistant.
This means that their cells have become resistant to insulin, and
they cannot absorb glucose (blood sugar) into the cells. The
glucose therefore remains in their...
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