Diabetes Information and Treatment Guide

Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. People with diabetes have problems using food for energy. After a meal, carbohydrates in food are broken down into a sugar called glucose, which is carried by the blood to cells throughout the body. Cells require insulin, a hormone made in the pancreas, to help use blood glucose for energy. (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…)

Have you met with other diabetics with both type 1 & type 2 diabetes. This issue is actually referred to as Double Diabetes or hybrid diabetes. I prefer hybrid better, this sounds more like a car than a disorder . According to medical reports, this double-dose mostly consists of type 1 diabetics, who generally become obese with high blood pressure. Is this issue not a quick incentive for keeping that excess weight off permanently. The most scary thing about D.D. is according to a recent diabetic study 30% of all newly diagnosed cases. (more…)

Diabetes is a disease that effects all age groups and its becoming more and more common in today’s society for a number of reasons. Although the symptoms are very similar, there are clear differences between the two major types of diabetes which effect people for different reasons. Type one diabetes can occur at any age but is usually diagnosed in children and young adults. With this type of diabetes a person’s pancreas produces little or no insulin. Its known as insulin dependent or juvenile diabetes. People with type one diabetes must (more…)