Diabetes Information and Treatment Guide

Persons who cannot walk, jog or swim due to lack of desire (or unfavourable weather), persons who cannot undertake physical exercise because of a possibility of harming the kidneys or the heart and women who cannot spare special time for outdoor exercise can easily and safely obtain the benefits of exercise through yogasanas and pranayama. Even those persons who go for a walk or a swim in the morning can do yogasanas at some other time of the day when their stomachs are empty. Other forms of exercise and yoga can even be done on alternate days. (more…)

What is diabetes?

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition caused by too much glucose in your blood. Your blood sugar level can be too high if your body doesn’t make enough of the hormone insulin. Insulin is produced by the pancreas (a gland behind the stomach) and moves glucose out of the blood and into cells, where it’s broken down to produce energy.
If diabetes is not treated, it can cause long-term health problems because the high glucose levels in the blood damage the blood vessels. (more…)

How is diabetes treated?

The major goal in treating diabetes is to minimize any elevation of blood sugar (glucose) without causing abnormally low levels of blood sugar. Type 1 diabetes is treated with insulin, exercise, and a diabetic diet. Type 2 diabetes is treated first with weight reduction, a diabetic diet, and exercise. When these measures fail to control the elevated blood sugars, oral medications are used. If oral medications are still insufficient, treatment with insulin is considered. (more…)

Diabetes has been around for centuries. There are presently sixteen millions diabetics in America, but eight million do not know that they have the disease. Today, diabetes is in third place as the cause of mortality, behind cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

Herbs for Diabetes

One Chinese herb that shows promise in the treatment of diabetes in called mai men dong or ophiopogon. Research done in China has demonstrated that it can potentially stimulate regeneration of cells in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. The cells in this part of the pancreas are responsible for the proper production of insulin, and therefore the proper processing of blood sugar in the body. Stimulating regeneration of these cells can potentially reverse diabetes in adult-onset diabetics.

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Surely  it is normal and even healthy to feel a certain level of sadness, feeling deep levels of depression that seem to last for weeks at a time is a serious issue that needs immediate attention. Depression should not be taken lightly and just like stress, it can impact your diabetes in a very negative way. At this point you are not only suffering from one major disease (diabetes), now you have to deal with two medical conditions – depression being the second. (more…)

If you have type 1 diabetes then yes, you will have to at least control and balance your food intake with your insulin intake. But because new insulin medications are available, this means that you can eat almost anything you would like so long as you take your “short acting” insulin either immediately before, during, or after your meals. (more…)

A condition of diabetic coma is no joking matter and should be treated as a medical emergency.

A diabetes induced coma can occur when a diabetic is not taking precautionary measures and regulating his or her diet and insulin intake level. It can occur if a person’s blood sugar is too low. It can also occur if their blood sugar is too high. If you are a diabetic patient, you know that it’s extremely important to maintain a balance between a high and low blood sugar. (more…)

The Fact  of getting control of the disease of diabetes is knowing where you stand on certain critical control points. Knowing what these are and getting the right tests is most vital issue of managing your disease.

The information the test results provide feedback on how well you are controlling your (more…)

There are two ways here that doctors use to see how diabetes in a person is controlled. One major way to see how diabetes is controlled is by measuring the levels of glucose in your blood. The second way in assessing the control of diabetes is by measuring glycohemoglobin. Both these two diabetes methods have good and bad points, but (more…)

Food Therapy should be followed under the supervision from your doctor. It Is vital to Check your sugar level frequently so that sugar levels do not go beyond the recommended level

Foods to avoid

It is always advisable to avoid some foods here if you are diabetic such as refined sugar, (more…)