Diabetes Treatment And Cure

lulukoko asked:


My mom has recently had surgery and they put her on insulin shots to control blood sugars. Since then her appetite has increased and she is gaining weight. She was already overweight. Is the insulin causing the weight gain? Her activity level is about the same.

First time you’ve traveled by air since you were diagnosed with diabetes? Here are the basics every insulin-dependent diabetic needs to know before air travel.

Insulin-dependent diabetics should carry their insulin in a thermos in hand baggage on the plane. Diabetic travelers departing the United States and most other problems seldom have a problem with security inspections and are allowed to bring both insulin and syringes on board, but some airports in Europe have confiscated syringes from travelers not carrying a doctor’s prescription. In a pinch, you can probably explain that the labels your pharmacy put on the boxes your insulin came in are the same as a prescription. Diabetic travelers should also carry their glucometers so they will know for sure whether blood sugars are high, low, or normal, and every diabetic should carry glucose tablets or snacks at all times.

Generally speaking, it’s better to have blood sugars a little high than a little low when on board the plane. If you take “slow” insulin once a day, adjust the time of day you take your shot at your destination to match the time you take it at home. For instance, if you take slow insulin at 6 p.m. at home and you fly six time zones west, take your slow insulin six hours earlier (noon) while you’re on your trip. If you fly east, take your insulin later (although it’s usually OK to be late or early an hour on two). For instance, if you fly from Chicago to Moscow (nine hours east) and you usually take your slow insulin a 6 p.m., the ideal time to inject would be 3 in the morning. In those cases, early morning will probably be OK.

All diabetics need to carry diabetic identification at all times, whether a bracelet, necklace, or wallet card. Bracelets and necklaces are more likely to checked by emergency personnel. A wallet card is likely to be checked only if there has been an extreme emergency.

And if you live in a temperate or tropical climate and you are traveling to a more polar climate, get ready for unusual fluctuations in your insulin needs. Many adult diabetics with LADA or type II diabetes have some insulin production in their own bodies. Longer nights, for reasons scientists are just beginning to understand, sometimes increase that insulin production. If you live in Miami and you fly off to Norway, you may find that your sugars are lower than you would expect. Be sure to test your blood sugars even on the busiest travel days. You may enjoy your trip a whole lot more if you do.

By: Robert Rister

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Diabetes is one of the curses of the 21st century. Type2 diabetes is a condition in which the body does not produce enough insulin to absorb the glucose levels in the blood. As a result, the level of sugar in the blood is higher than the permissible levels. Prolonged high levels of blood sugar can damage all the internal organs of the body. Type 2 diabetes, if uncontrolled, can lead to a number of deadly diseases.

Most people do not seem to realize the relationship between diabetes and food habits. Not surprisingly, more than 90% of people diagnosed with Type2 Diabetes are overweight! Recent food habits combined with easy, sedentary lifestyle is considered to be at the root of Type 2 Diabetes.

Diabetes has no cure. But, it can be managed very effectively. Since there is a close relationship between food habits and diabetes, it is obvious that changes in diet can help you manage diabetes. In fact, people with borderline diabetes can easily get rid of the excess blood sugar levels simply by losing enough weight. Even if you are diabetic, you can bring blood sugar levels under control by losing weight. According to the American Diabetes Association, reducing your weight by a mere 10 pounds can drastically change your blood sugar levels.

However, people with diabetes may find it extremely difficult to change their food patterns and control their calorie intake. This is because they have to strike a delicate balance in their food intake. Too many calories and they will put on weight, too little and they can easily slip into hypoglycemia. So, the diabetic diet must have all the required nutrients that the patient needs, in the right proportion. At the same time, it must also cut enough calories to help the diabetic patient lose enough weight.

One of the best ways in which people with diabetes can control their weight, eat in a healthy manner and still lose weight is by increasing their fiber intake. Vegetable and fruits are the best sources of natural dietary fibers. So, people with diabetes are often advised to take in plenty of fresh vegetables. However, diabetics cannot take in high amounts of fruits because fruits contain fructose, which in turn gets converted into glucose in the blood. Thus, diabetic patients cannot get their full supply of fiber from food alone.

That is why more than one-third of diabetic patients turn to natural fiber supplements. Guar gum is a natural, water-soluble fiber supplement that can be taken in without any side effects. It bulks up in the stomach, reduces hunger pangs and regulates blood sugar levels.

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The Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
by Bob Greene, M.D., John J Merendino Jr., M.S., R.D., Janis Jibrin
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Betty Crocker's Diabetes Cookbook: Everyday Meals, Easy as 1-2-3
by Betty Crocker Editors
Amazon Price: $16.47
Customer Review: I bought this cookbook to help my father, who is a pre-diabetic, lose some extra pounds. My mother has been cooking from it pretty regularily and he has already lost over 20 pounds. They say the meals are pretty easy to prepare and taste pretty good.

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Blogger Amy Tenderich posted her "Open Letter to Steve Jobs" in April, pleading with the Apple CEO to apply some of that company's design expertise to improving the lives of the 20 million American diabetics who rely on technology to manage their condition every day. Amy asked for better products for diabetics, but we recognized that those products had to add up to an experience that would satisfy their emotional and psychological needs. So we set out to develop an experience design concept that addressed user behavior and psychology as well as current technological trends to project how insulin pumps and glucose meters might work five years from now.

Karen B asked:


She takes 2 injections a day plus pills and lately in the middle of the night her sugar level has been dropping in the low 60’s. Does anyone know why this keeps happening?

Memu asked:


62 year old needs health insurance in California. She has type 2 diabetes which has been under control for several years. However, she is ready to retire because no company will hire her.

How can she find health insurance?

Here is a sample diet for gestational diabetes. This Gestational Diabetes Diet Plan is designed to work as an outline for further daily meal plans. This should be kept in mind that gestational diabetes is only a temporary phase and can be effectively controlled by diet alone. It is recommended that it should not be treated by other oral hypoglycemic drugs.

The goal of this diet plan is to provide a woman with proper energy, to ensure a steady nutritional supply along with the required increase in the weight of the body of the mother. This diet plan aims at healthy growth of the baby while controlling the sugar levels of the mother’s blood.

The key idea of this meal planning is that it should center on eating small foods throughout the day. These small meals keep the blood sugar levels in a healthy range as compared to the large meals. The sample diet for gestational diabetes is given below.

Breakfast

2 slices Whole grain bread
6 tsp Peanut butter
4 ounces Pure juice

Mid-morning Snack

1 apple
8 ounces cottage cheese

Lunch

8 ounces Bean soup
1 slice Whole Grain Crackers
2 ounces Low Fat Cheese
8 ounces Carrots

Mid-afternoon Snack

8 ounces Almonds
8 ounces Grapes

Dinner

6 ounces Fish
8 ounces boiled/steamed broccoli
8 ounces brown rice
8 ounces low fat milk

Evening Snack

5 cups air-popped popcorn (plain)

The goal of the above meal plan is to provide the pregnant woman with a steady supply of energy. The caloric need vary a lot from person to person. Still an average woman may require an extra 300 calories during the second and third trimester. But these calories should be loaded up with all the required minerals and vitamins. This diet plan should be accompanied by a plenty of fluid intake evenly distributed throughout the day. A snack just before bed time is recommended to avoid hypoglycemia during the night.

By: Tehmina Mazher

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Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven ...
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Customer Review: Almost a year ago I was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 64. I thought that I would escape its impact through a relatively reasonable lifestyle even though my father died of it at age 68 after having it for 25 years. The diagnosis hit me like ...

The Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
by Bob Greene, M.D., John J Merendino Jr., M.S., R.D., Janis Jibrin
Amazon Price: $17.16
Customer Review: There was some mix up with the vendor sending by UPS and not having my physical address. No one let me know or asked for my physical address. However, it ended up at my Post Office and I received it okay. It was later but I got it and everything wa...

Betty Crocker's Diabetes Cookbook: Everyday Meals, Easy as 1-2-3
by Betty Crocker Editors
Amazon Price: $16.47
Customer Review: I bought this cookbook to help my father, who is a pre-diabetic, lose some extra pounds. My mother has been cooking from it pretty regularily and he has already lost over 20 pounds. They say the meals are pretty easy to prepare and taste pretty good.

Rob asked:


Where your blood sugur is high but not high enough for diabetes.And do not have the classic symptoms like eating lots ,drinking lots ,going to the bathroom alot ,tired ,weak and sore woods .

If you suffer from diabetes then you may be looking for the best natural treatments to take away your symptoms. Many traditional medications can have terrible side effects and so why suffer with them when you can gain relief from natural products?

Here you will find out the best natural products available today. Hopefully this will give you a better knowledge of the alternative treatments available and you will be able to make a decision to best suit you.

The Best Natural Treatments for Diabetes

If you are looking for the best natural treatments for diabetes then the first one you should know about is Food Therapy.

Food Therapy is best undertaken after consulting your doctor. It basically involves avoiding certain foods and eating plenty of others. Obviously being diabetic you should avoid foods such as refined sugar and biscuits. You should also avoid all processed foods and fried foods too. Then there are foods that are better limited such as red meat and caffeine and alcohol. You should especially avoid alcohol if you have an empty tummy because it can cause low blood glucose. Then finally there are the foods that you can eat and they include fruit and vegetables, wholegrain products and also drink plenty of water. Try to get a lot of fiber in your diet too as that will lower your body’s need for insulin.

Taking part in regular exercise can also really help to reduce the effects of diabetes. It is a well known fact that being overweight is a big contributor to Diabetes Type 2.So by losing weight and staying healthy you will be successfully helping the body to deal with conditions such as Diabetes a lot better.

One natural treatment you might not have considered but which can be very effective is bitter melon. Bitter melon is great for treating diabetes because it contains a compound which is extremely like insulin. It will help to control the levels of sugar in the blood too which is obviously extremely beneficial.

Other herbal treatments you may find helpful include Cat’s Claw which is regularly used to treat diabetes. It can be found in your local health food store. Another includes Pycnogenol, an antioxidant which does not affect insulin levels but which reduces the blood glucose levels. In France it is one of the top prescriptions used for diabetic retinopathy.

Overall, there are a number of natural treatments for diabetes available. The best of them however include a good diet and plenty of exercise. So if you haven’t yet looked into the best natural treatments then you may want to take some of the ones mentioned into account.

By: Dr. Eswararamanan VR

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Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven ...
by Neal D. Barnard M.D.
Amazon Price: $9.35
Customer Review: Almost a year ago I was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 64. I thought that I would escape its impact through a relatively reasonable lifestyle even though my father died of it at age 68 after having it for 25 years. The diagnosis hit me like ...

The Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
by Bob Greene, M.D., John J Merendino Jr., M.S., R.D., Janis Jibrin
Amazon Price: $17.16
Customer Review: There was some mix up with the vendor sending by UPS and not having my physical address. No one let me know or asked for my physical address. However, it ended up at my Post Office and I received it okay. It was later but I got it and everything wa...

Betty Crocker's Diabetes Cookbook: Everyday Meals, Easy as 1-2-3
by Betty Crocker Editors
Amazon Price: $16.47
Customer Review: I bought this cookbook to help my father, who is a pre-diabetic, lose some extra pounds. My mother has been cooking from it pretty regularily and he has already lost over 20 pounds. They say the meals are pretty easy to prepare and taste pretty good.

JP asked:


If you have diabetes would it show up as abnormal on your blood work?