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Guidelines for a Healthy Gestational Diabetes Diet
A balanced nutrition is more than ever important throughout your pregnancy if you have developed gestational diabetes. First off, how does diabetes develop? Diabetes develops when your body isn’t able to produce or use insulin, a hormone that allows cells to become sugar in your blood (glucose) into usable energy. When large amounts of glucose… (read 108 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 – 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 108 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Feelings About Diabetes - Anger
Diabetes is a disease that once a person is diagnosed with it, they have it for the rest of their lives. A person can restrict it so that it doesn't interfere with their daily lives, but unfortunately there is no cure. Surprisingly, it is not the strict diet, exercise, or blood testing that is the toughest thing when it comes to diabetes. It is… (read 107 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Four Overlooked Signs of Type 2 Diabetes
With nearly 18 million people currently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the United States, is becoming an epidemic. That number is rising and it doesn't include those that have type 2 diabetes and don't know it yet. Obesity, an epidemic in itself, is one reason since obesity is a major risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. The following… (read 107 times since Mar 10th 2007)

7 Things You Need to Know Before Purchasing Diabetes Supplies
Have you been diagnosed with either type 1 or typ2 diabetes? If you have, you may be wondering where the best place is to purchase the diabetes supplies that you need. With today's technology, the avenues available to you are plentiful. However, you may still have questions as to which place is the best for your particular situation. These tips… (read 107 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Diabetes Doesn't Mean An End To Traveling
You've been diagnosed with diabetes and you're stuck at home right? Fortunately, diabetes does not mean what it once did and current research and break through's mean that things are continuing to improve as you read this. Vacations, airline travel, cruises, and long drives to a vacation destination are all possible. It takes some planning and… (read 107 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Low-Carb: The Role of Insulin
There are three basic units the body uses for energy: 1. Fats 2. Proteins 3. Carbohydrates All three can be converted to blood glucose. However, while fats and proteins are converted slowly, carbohydrates are converted quickly causing quick spikes in the body’s blood sugar levels. These spikes in blood sugar levels cause the pancreas to create and… (read 107 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Research on New Anti Diabetes Drug Byetta
Diabetes is a common condition currently affecting almost 200 million adults worldwide. To date, it is one of the leading causes of blindness as well as death through it's effects on the cardiovascular system of affected people. Type 2 diabetes is a version of diabetes that affects 90 percent of the world's diabetics. It involves the failure of… (read 106 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Yes, Diabetes is Curable - And Shouldn't This Be Front Page News?
Diabetes in its modern epidemic form is a curable disease and has been for the last 40 years. However, in America your physician will almost never tell you that this is so. Matter of fact he may become upset that you would even suggest such a thing. His training, funded by drug companies, and the AMA and other health industries only allows for the… (read 105 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Diabeties Diets - For Life Improvement
Basically, there are two types of diabetes, 1 and 2. Type 1 is much less common than Type 2, and occurs before the age of 40. Type 1 is associated with a lack of insulin, and without enough insulin you cannot maintain a normal blood glucose level. This in turn causes hyperglycemia, or an overabundance of sugar in the blood. This is a dangerous… (read 105 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Insulin
Insulin has two critical roles in the body that we cannot live without, yet it can be the root of many health problems, including diabetes. Insulin carries sugar (glucose), fat and protein into your cells where they are used for energy and the repair of your cells. When you eat, a certain amount of the food will be converted into glucose and enter… (read 105 times since Mar 10th 2007)

New Inhalant Diabetes Medication
Pfizer Global Manufacturing has announced that they are planning to hire almost five hundred new employees and invest up to one hundred and seventy million dollars into the development of their new diabetes drug, Exubera. The unique factor of this diabetes drug is that it will be inhaled through the mouth, rather than requiring the diabetic to… (read 104 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Improve Your Type II Diabetes by Losing Weight
If you have Type 2 diabetes losing weight can significantly reduce your insulin resistance. This is very important because if you lose those extra pounds you might be able to (with your doctor's approval) reduce or eliminate the need for medication. Being overweight and obesity plays a major roll in the glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes. The… (read 104 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Diabetes: The Nutrition Mission
One of the harder parts of being a diabetic is the endless struggle between sugar levels and food. Often times we forget just how much fat and carbohydrates we accumulate in the foods we eat. There are several key things we can do to make this transition easier for ourselves. Everyone loves sugar and sometimes it is hard to accept that this (our… (read 104 times since Mar 10th 2007)

Do We Eat to Live or Live to Eat?
This article is not intended to be the solution to each persons dietary needs. Consult your physician if you wish to change your nutrition intake and begin exercise. Some information contained in this article has been gathered through workshops of the American Diabetes Association. Diets, Fads and Healthy Eating The word diet has taken on a… (read 104 times since Mar 10th 2007)

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