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Symptoms of Diabetes: Know What To Watch For (Popularity:  )
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Diabetes is a very dangerous illness that plagues millions of people around the world. Diabetes can cause many different problems, and sometimes if left unchecked, can even cause death. Diabetes is a chronic health condition where the body is unable to produce insulin from the pancreas to properly break down glucose. The main treatments for diabetes are daily shots of insulin, a proper diet, and a regular exercise program. One ...
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Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2 Weight Loss Nutrition (Popularity: )
If you have diabetes you have to be very careful about what you eat. You need to take extra care in managing your blood glucose levels. You can do this by eating healthy, watching your diet, taking medication prescribed by a physician and getting proper exercise.
What foods should you eat? There is a food pyramid for people with diabetes. The Diabetes Food Pyramid divides food into six groups. At the ...
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The Diabetes Diet (Popularity: )
Although a "miracle" diabetes diet does not exist to cure the disease, if you have type 2 diabetes, there are dietary rules you can follow that will ensure you stay as healthy as possible. When it comes right down to it, proper nutrition is the only “diet” you need to follow. Many people are inexperienced with following a healthy diet, but once you get into the swing of things, eating ...
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What Is Diabetes Mellitus? (Popularity: )
The number of people around the world suffering from diabetes has skyrocketed in the last two decades, from 30 million to 230 million, claiming millions of lives and severely taxing the ability of health care systemsto deal with the epidemic, according to data released Saturday by the International Diabetes Federation.
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease in which your body cannot properly store and use fuel for energy. The fuel that ...
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Diabetes: What Type Of Insulin Is Right For Me? (Popularity: )
Rapid onset-fast acting insulin
Rapid onset-fast acting insulin always looks clear. It is fast acting and starts to work within one to 20 minutes. It peaks about one hour later and lasts from three to five hours. When you use this type of insulin, you must eat immediately after you inject.
The two rapid onset-fast acting insulin types currently available are:
1. NovoRapid (Insulin Aspart)
2. Humalog (Lispro).
Short acting insulin
Short acting insulins always look ...
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Is Hypoglycemia Just Diabeties In Reverse? (Popularity: )
Hypoglycemia is a medical term referring to a pathologic state produced by a lower than normal amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood. The term hypoglycemia literally means "low blood sugar".
Hypoglycemia can produce a variety of symptoms and effects but the principal problems arise from an inadequate supply of glucose as fuel to the brain, resulting in impairment of function. Derangements of function can range from vaguely "feeling bad" to ...
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How Did I End Up With Diabetes? (Popularity: )
How do you get Diabetes?
There are two main types of diabetes mellitus. These are known as type 1 and type 2.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus used to be called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, or juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus, because it usually begins in childhood or adolescence.
In type 1 diabetes mellitus, the pancreas releases no insulin at all because the body has destroyed the cells that produce it (islet cells). The patient therefore relies ...
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