Diabetes occurs when your body is unable to use insulin effectively to control your blood glucose levels. There is a strong connection between food, weight, and diabetes. Diabesity is quite common. Being obese while having diabetes can make it difficult to manage your blood glucose levels. When you start your clinic visits, the question of …
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When we are talking about diabetes mellitus, we are definitely talking about a group of diseases that are characterized by high blood sugar levels, hyperglycemia, and of course the very many complications that are brought forth by poorly managed blood sugar levels. There’s already so much misinformation going around, on how exactly to manage diabetes …
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Nothing is annoying like discovering you have been wrong for so long. Whenever we get into certain situations, we often start to ask around, It is not a bad thing, but it’s only unfortunate when it does become dangerous or not helpful at all in the long run. “I once had a patient who only …
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The goal is to keep the kidneys healthy and reduce any chances of getting kidney failure. Did you know that a diet full of saturated fat, sugar and salt can lead to kidney failure, in fact faster than you thought. First things fast, What is kidney failure? Basically, loss of kidney function over time is …
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When Your blood sugar level is elevated, not too high to be regarded as type 2 diabetes, we can term that as pre-diabetes. Pre-Just before it progresses to become type 2 diabetes. You have prediabetes when your blood glucose level is between 7.9mmol/L and 11mmol/L. The good news about prediabetes is that you can totally …
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How will you know your blood glucose level is too low? Hyperglycemia is bad, but hypoglycemia is very very bad. Hypoglycemia occurs when your blood glucose level falls too low, lower than 4.0 mmol/L. It can occur in people with type 2 diabetes, but it’s most common in type 1 diabetes. Low blood glucose level …
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What are protein foods? Proteins are a food group responsible for the building and repair of your body tissues and organs. There are so many sources of proteins including those from plants and from animals. For a healthy lifestyle, every individual is required to have a balanced diet, and proteins are part of a healthy …
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When your doctor asks you to be on a low-carbohydrate diet, do you understand what that means? For individuals with diabetes, anything that points towards the prevention of hyperglycemia is received with open hands, but just before diving in really deep, it’s quite important to lay down some basics about a low-carb diet. A regular diet …
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What are the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia? What is Diabetes Mellitus? A group of different diseases that are characterized by significantly high blood sugar levels. It can happen because of either insulin deficiency, insulin resistance, or insufficient insulin production. What is the role of insulin? Insulin is a hormone that is produced …
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Being diabetic doesn’t have to limit any individual from eating, as most diabetics are told to stop eating fruits among other foods. That is why we don’t say diabetic foods, what we love to call a diabetic-modified diet, just the regular foods that we all eat, only modified in terms of quality, quantity, and frequency …
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