The Diabetes Author...Jimm Crouse...delivers tips and information related to diabetes. Jimm offers insights and facts about this crippling disease In his own inimitable way and from his unique point of view.
Exercise is most important for people with diabetes and especially important for people with arthritis, but neither group is getting the exercise needed to prevent both diseases from getting worse. And research shows more than half of people with diabetes also have arthritis. It’s not just a problem for older people. Diabetes patients ages 18 to 44 have a 27.5 % chance of having arthritis-2.5 times the 11% rate for the general population. A nationwide telephone survey conducted in 2005 and... Read Full Story
Eating and Diabetes You can take good care of yourself and your diabetes by learning what to eathow much to eatwhen to eat Making wise food choices can help you feel good every daylose weight if you need tolower your risk for heart disease, stroke, and other problems caused by diabetes Healthful eating helps keep your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, in your target range. Physical activity and, if needed, diabetes medicines also help. The diabetes target range is the blood glucose... Read Full Story
People with diabetes weigh their options carefully when it comes to what they eat. Sugar and sweeteners are no exception to that rule.
Some people may prefer the taste of table sugar (sucrose) to other sweeteners. But, they also know the harmful effects that sugar can have. When people with diabetes eat too many sugary foods, blood glucose levels can skyrocket dangerously. Over time, elevated sugar levels can lead to permanent damage of the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and other organs. For... Read Full Story
If you find glucose tablets too sweet and you’re tired of juice, you still have options to treat low blood glucose. One of our favorite recommended treatments is a glass of milk.Milk contains lactose, which is broken down into glucose. It also contains fat and protein, which will slow the rise in your blood glucose and keep it steady over time. For this reason, milk can be even better than juice or glucose tablets.
Fat-free and reduced-fat milk have the same amount of lactose. Other studies... Read Full Story
Constant High Blood Sugar Disables Insulin 'Off' Switch Researchers say mouse study reversing that pattern offers hope of new diabetes treatments
THURSDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- Chronically high blood glucose levels disable the molecular switch that normally turns off sugar production in the liver in response to increasing insulin levels, a California study finds.
This finding suggests that inhibiting the enzymatic pathway that disables the "sugar-off" switch (CRTC2) may help... Read Full Story
