Diabetes can be a chronic disease that forces you to change everything about your life. Patients with this condition must take medication, or insulin, as well as watch their diets and maintain exercise just to prevent diabetes from damaging their hearts, livers, kidneys, and pancreas. The good news is diabetes can, in some cases, be … Continue reading Can Diabetes Be Reversed?
Diabetes is a very complex condition, and there are several factors that come together for a person to develop type 1 or type 2 diabetes. It is hereditary, but it can also get acquired and developed because of your lifestyle, obesity, and other underlying factors. Are you born with diabetes? Type 2 diabetes can be … Continue reading Do you Develop Diabetes or are you Born With It?
The reason why diabetes is genetic is complex. And if your family has a history of this disease, there is a high chance that you might get it, too. However, you can avoid it if you watch your lifestyle by avoiding specific food that is high in sugar and exercising regularly. Even if it is … Continue reading Can you Avoid Diabetes if it Runs in the Family?
Technically, diabetes doesn’t have a cure but there have been cases where Type 2 diabetes has been reversed. That means you reach and remain at normal blood sugar levels without depending on the medication. Diabetes Is a Chronic Disease Although diabetes is listed as a chronic disease because it can return even if you are … Continue reading Can Diabetes Be Cured?
Doctors aren’t sure how diabetes and gout are linked but they are convinced the two diseases affect each other negatively. Most agree that if you have one, you are likely to have the other as well. Gout occurs when your body has too much uric acid in the blood, causing a type of arthritis. Type … Continue reading The Connection Between Diabetes and Gout
Treating Type 2 Diabetes at its early stages is the best way to prevent it from becoming a more severe illness than it already is. But, of course, preventing it from happening in the first place is better than diabetes treatment, so if you are worried about getting it one day. Here are some tips … Continue reading 5 Ways to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Surgery is a big deal but can be an even bigger issue for diabetes. Having surgery means your diet, exercise and medications can be thrown off track and that could affect your circulation, cause an immune deficiency, and even set off a nerve disorder. This makes it important for diabetics to prepare for surgery with … Continue reading 3 Ways Diabetics Can Help Recover Faster From Surgery
Myths abound on whether it’s okay for those with diabetes to eat fruit. For years, it was considered a no-no since fruit contains sugar. However, that has largely been determined to be a myth. Yes, fruit contains sugar but what is more important is where they fall into their GI or GL index. This is … Continue reading Should Diabetics Avoid Fruit?
Putting diabetes into remission could be as simple as stopping or slowing the production of another hormone. Research came out in March that suggests blocking receptors for a hormone called glucagon can put diabetes in remission. Glucagon is an opposing hormone to insulin. The models done in mice with diabetes seem to work as the … Continue reading New Research for Diabetes
Many people fight to control their blood sugar. Whether you are a borderline diabetic, a diabetic or someone who is trying to be proactive, maintaining the right blood sugar level is important to heart health and overall well-being. The Do’s of Eating to Control Diabetes Most understand the basics of changing a diet to control … Continue reading How to Pick Foods that Control Blood Sugar
