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Top 4 Diabetes Myths

The Diabetes Mythbuster has arrived. There are many myths surrounding diabetes that are plain and simply, not true. There are four common myths about diabetes that have been busted.

Gestational Diabetes Information

There are 3 Types of Diabetes; Gestational Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, and Type 2 Diabetes. Gestational Diabetes occurs only during pregnancy and usually goes away after delivery. If untreated it can be fatal for the infant or fetus.

What You Should Know About Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is the official name given to a group of metabolic diseases that result in abnormally high blood sugar levels. This term covers type 1 diabetes, where the pancreas produces insufficient insulin required to move glucose (sugar/energy) to the cells; type 2 diabetes, where the cells suddenly fail to respond to the insulin produced; or gestational diabetes, a type of the disease found in pregnant women.

Fish Oil For Baby: How Omega 3 Helps Your Pregnancy

Why in the world would a pregnant woman take fish oil? As a mother to be, if you need to ask this question then you could be missing out on a host of benefits fish oil could have on you and your baby.

The Benefits of Exercise for Diabetics

No matter what form of diabetes it is, you’ll lose your ability to adequately utilize sugar.The blood sugar levels will increase due to the body’s difficulty in transporting sugar into the cells and out of the blood stream. There are several ways to lower your blood sugar levels, including diet, exercise, and medication.

No Longer An Adults-Only Disease

Obesity, lack of exercise lead to Type 2 diabetes in children. The rate of obesity in children ages 5-17 has gone from 5% in 1980 to about 18% today. Being obese increases the risk of a child developing type 2 diabetes, and experts say they are now seeing an alarming…

Follow a Low Carbohydrate Diet For Diabetes

A doctor has diagnosed you as a diabetic. You are very well aware about precautions to be taken, but you want to live happy, healthy and prosperous life. You want to enjoy your remaining life, as you enjoyed the earlier part of it. Is it possible to enjoy the life…

The Type 2 Diabetes Diet

Though most commonly known as adult onset-diabetes, Type 2 diabetes mellitus can, actuality, develop at any time during your life. In fact, this type of diabetes is now becoming increasingly prevalent in children. In Type 2 diabetes, the pancreas is producing insulin but the body is unable to process or respond to it properly. Unlike in Type 1 diabetes mellitus where the body is unable to produce insulin, in Type 2, insulin is present but the body is resistant to it.

Eating less carbohydrates is the only issue ?

The substitution of saturated fat calories for carbohydrates calories resulted in need for higher insulin doses, due to a significantly poorer control of glycemia. Conversely, and unexpectedly for some, diets lower in saturated fat and total fat even though higher in carbs, resulted associated with better control of glycemia levels.

Insulin Reaction Overview

An insulin reaction is an excessively low blood sugar level (hypoglycemia), usually lower than 50 mg/dL. Insulin reactions result from an excess of insulin via an injection or an excess of an insulin-stimulating oral hypoglycemic agent, usually in the sulfonylurea class of drugs.