Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are absent from normal. People with diabetes have problems converting food to energy. After a meal, food is broken down into a sugar called glucose, which is carried by the blood to cells throughout the body. Cells use the hormone insulin, made in the pancreas, to help them process blood glucose into energy.
A Healthier Life Through Diabetes Resource and Information Sites
Dedicated diabetes information websites can be an invaluable resource for diabetics as they present links and vital information in plain language…
Think You May Have Diabetes?
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not properly control the amount of sugar in the blood stream. As a result, the level of sugar in the blood is too high. This disease occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin or does not use it properly.
The symptoms of diabetes should be recognized. Recognizing a symptom or sign for diabetes is important diabetes can be life-threatening. Diabetes can be caused by too little insulin in the body …
Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a very serious condition, but proper diet, glucose monitoring, and exercise can substantially improve our ability to control the condition. We should attempt to educate ourselves not only in the importance of tight blood sugar control, but also the various methods and options available to help in this regard.
What Is Diabetes?
With diabetes such an epidemic today, it is essential that you know exactly what it is. Why? Well, to prevent getting diabetes yourself that is!
In layman terms, diabetes is the inability of the body to process sugars properly. When we eat or drink, our pancreas produces a hormone called insulin. Insulin is released into the blood and helps to regulate the amount of glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream. Diabetes is a condition where this process does not function corre…
What You Must Know About Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus is a disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that helps the bodys tissues absorb glucose (sugar) so it can be used as a source of energy. The condition may also develop if muscle, fat, and liver cells respond poorly to insulin. In people with diabetes, glucose levels build up in the blood and urine, causing excessive urination, thirst, hunger, and problems with fat and protein metabolism. Diabetes mellitus differs from the les…
Why Knowing Your Body Mass Index Can Help You Fight Diabetes
Your body weight index determines the percentage of fat you’re carrying. The greater the percentage, the greater the chance that you’ll develop diabetes.
Controlling Blood Sugar In Type 2 Diabetes Without The Use Of Drugs
I was told in rapid succession that I was suffering from intermittent claudication (thats blocked arteries in the legs), high blood pressure, Diabetes Type 2. and that I was overweight.
Not a lot of pleasure there! The intermittent claudication made it increasingly difficult to do much, so that in effect I had become a prisoner to my house and garden. Exercise was out of the question, my legs simply couldnt cope, but it was hoped that angioplasty to each leg would cure t…
Could You Have Diabetes And Not Even Know It?
Almost one third of all people with diabetes don’t know they have it. The symptoms seem so harmless, like symptoms of just getting older.
Diabetes Epidemic because of self-inflicted Obesity
One of the greatest contributors to the type 2 diabetes epidemic is reckoned to be obesity brought on by our modern lifestyles.
Are you eating yourself into diabetes type 2?
Check if you have these 4 eating habits that could contribute to obesity and possibly make you part of the type 2 diabetes epidemic…
Pre-Diabetes – Are you susceptible? Discover how to prevent it developing into type 2 diabetes
Pre-diabetes means you probably have higher than normal blood-sugar levels but, fortunately, not high enough to be classed as being diabetic.
However it does mean that you are susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease if you do nothing about it. Learn more about pre-diabetes and what you can do…