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How to Make Diabetes Care a Habit.May 11, 2011 by Scott B. Comments Off |
Creating a good habit such as exercise or check your blood sugar is extremely difficult. However if you learn the secret it doesn’t have to be. I learned this first hand this challenge when I started my treadmill regiment every morning. I would start the habit do it for a week or so and stop because other things got in the way. Then I learned the secret to forming new habits from a podcast.... [Read more]
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Diabetes and Constipation how to fix it with Sunflower KernelsJanuary 19, 2011 by Scott B. Comments Off |
Like many people I have had to battle constipation as I got older. This is something that can be painful and make you think something else is wrong. The causes for diabetes constipation can be many from simply poor diet, stress, blockage or actual damage to the intestines and nerves. Well don’t go jumping to the conclusion that the worst case scenario is the cause typically it’s... [Read more]
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How Diabetes Generally Works… VIDEO!December 24, 2010 by Scott B. Comments Off |
Diabetes effects how your body creates energy for your body’s cells. This informative video will help you get a good quick overview of the process and improve your understanding on the topic. It’s important to understand how diabetes works as that understanding will help you improve the quality of care you can provide to yourself or loved ones effected by diabetes. Take a moment and... [Read more]
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What is Gestational Diabetes?December 24, 2010 by Scott B. Comments Off |
Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens in women during a pregnancy and happens in 1-3% of all pregnancies. The hormones the body creates during the pregnancy cause a resistance to insulin. Typically after the pregnancy is completed diabetes goes away, however there is a 67% chance that the next pregnancy it will comeback. A small percentage of women will go on to have type 2 diabetes in... [Read more]
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What is Type 2 Diabetes AKA Adult Diabetes?December 24, 2010 by Scott B. Comments Off |
Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes. With Type 2 diabetes the body produces insulin however the insulin doesn’t attach to the cells effectively and actually resists the attachment and this prevents the insulin from converting blood sugar into energy for the cells. This often will cause the body to over produce insulin since it’s not attaching correctly and strain the pancreas. This... [Read more]
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What is type 1 diabetes AKA Juvenile Diabetes?December 24, 2010 by Scott B. Comments Off |
Type 1 diabetes is often called juvenile diabetes as it is more commonly discovered in children and young adults. This version of diabetes is a rare form of diabetes with only 10% of diabetics having it. In Type 1 the diabetic’s pancreas stops producing insulin, exact cause for why is still unknown. There are hypothesizes that it could be caused by viruses, genetics, or trauma. At this point... [Read more]
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How do you fix high morning blood sugar glucose levels?December 21, 2010 by Scott B. Comments Off |
For me my morning blood sugar levels were always running high around 220 or so. That is a bad way to start the morning. If you were thinking about breakfast, well think again. It was gonna take about 1-2 hours for the Humalog to reduce my sugars to where they should be. By that time might as well wait till lunch to eat my first meal of the day. However as many dietitians will tell you breakfast... [Read more]
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Symptoms of Low Blood Sugar Glucose LevelsDecember 21, 2010 by Scott B. Comments Off |
What is low blood sugar glucose level? Low blood sugar is defined as the blood glucose level being lower then 75mg/dl. In low blood sugar your body has nearly exhausted its supply of blood glucose. Low blood glucose is most common in diabetic being treated with insulin. Typically this will occur as a result of too much insulin compared to the amount of carbohydrates and exercise. As a whole low... [Read more]
