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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 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]
