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Pregnancy and Diabetes
When you are pregnant, there are many things that you can do to ensure your health and the health of your baby. When you have diabetes, it is essential that you take extra precautions to have a healthy pregnancy. Studies show that babies born to women with diabetes are at a greater risk for birth defects because high blood glucose levels and… (read 136 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Easy Methods to a Diabetic Diet Plan that can Improve Blood Pressure
For people with diabetic, they are sensitive to sodium as it can raise blood pressure and create problems in addition to their diabetic condition. Less sodium in the body can help to retain less water and less fluid in the blood vessels and allow the blood flow to apply less pressure on the body. Let us look at some ways people with diabetic can… (read 136 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 – Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Special areas in the pancreas gland, the islets of Langerhans, produce a hormone called insulin. This hormone is a protein of small size. Insulin stimulates muscle cells and other body cells to take up glucose from the blood and convert the glucose to glycogen, a kind of starch, and then store the glycogen. By need the body cells convert the… (read 135 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Shopping For Diabetic Shoes
For many, choosing almost any pair of popular brand name shoes, and wearing them whenever possible, is a fashion statement. However, for someone who is diabetic, the situation is much different. Not just any pair of shoes will do. A diabetic purchasing the wrong pair of shoes may lead to nerve, and vascular damage to the feet. Horribly enough, in… (read 135 times since Mar 10th 2007)

How to Avoid Diabates
Everyone wants to avoid diabetes. Diabetes is an issue that will affect everyone at one point in life, whether directly or indirectly. This newsletter will provide you with more information on diabetes and perhaps will lead to lifestyle changes that can help you, your friends, and family, avoid this terrible and mostly preventable disease. A… (read 135 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Cinnamon Promotes Healthy Glucose Levels
Type 2 Diabetes is the most common type of diabetes and the number of people affected by it is on the rise. Even people who watch carefully what they are eating may experience rise in blood glucose as they age or their cells may become less sensitive to the effects of insulin. Certain ethnic groups are more susceptible to having diabetes than… (read 135 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Controlling Diabetes With Diet (FAQ)
Here are some of the most frequently questions I get asked about diabetes nutrition information. Are There Certain Foods I Can't Eat? There's nothing you absolutely cannot eat. Being told you can't eat something usually makes you feel deprived so you'll want to eat that particular food more. The trick is to work out how to incorporate small… (read 132 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Diabetes - A National Epidemic
Are you a diabetic? If so, you are definitely not alone. There are approximately 16 million people in the United States who have diabetes. Public health experts believe diabetes will be the next great lifestyle disease epidemic to afflict the United States. A study by doctors from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently… (read 132 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Controlling Diabetes
Diabetes affects 7% of the population of the United States, or 20.8 million people. Of this group only 14.6 million have been diagnosed, the rest have the condition but are currently untreated. In addition to these numbers there are an estimate 41 million people that are pre-diabetic. Approximately 1 of every 10 healthcare dollars is spent in… (read 131 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Diabetes Mellitus - Curse of The American Lifestyle?
Our bodies change food into glucose or sugar through a process of digestion. Sugar travels through the body in the blood stream. Some of this sugar is used for energy,and some is stored in muscles and the liver for later use. Excess sugar is made into fat and stored throughout the body. So what is diebetes mellitus? Diabetes mellitus is classified… (read 131 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Diabetics are at High Risk for Heart Disease
Diabetes and heart disease often go hand in hand. People with diabetes are at a much greater risk of having a stroke, heart attack and high blood pressure. This is because people with diabetes experience changes in the blood vessels that can lead to cardiovascular disease. In diabetics the linings of the blood vessels become thicker making it more… (read 131 times since Mar 10th 2007)

What Is Diabetic Neuropathy Exactly?
Diabetic Neuropathy is a common complication of Diabetes Mellitus. It usually includes micro vascular injury to the small blood vessels leading to your nerves. Other side effects of Diabetic Neuropathy are not as uncommon. One of the greatest complications of diabetic neuropathy concerns morbidity and mortality in the diabetic. This neuropathy has… (read 130 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Alcohol and Diabetes
When you have diabetes, you have to make a lot of concessions in your diet. You not only have to watch what you eat, but you have to take into consideration how much you eat and when you consume your food. It is a lot to plan, but by taking charge of your diet, you can control your diabetes and live a much healthier life. Did you know that food is… (read 130 times since Mar 10th 2007)

7 Ways To Care For Your Blood Sugar Test Supplies
For millions of people around the globe the need to perform a blood sugar test every day is a reality. These people suffer from diabetes and the utilization of blood tests is the only way to track the sugar levels in their blood, therefore, keeping them healthy. As if taking blood from yourself several times a day weren't enough, there are also… (read 130 times since Mar 10th 2007)

An Investigation Of The Symptoms Of Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes, which affects over one million people in America alone, is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas which are responsible for the production of insulin and production either ceases or is significantly reduced. Just what triggers this autoimmune response is not known, although it… (read 130 times since Mar 10th 2007)

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