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The Pancreas and Diabetes
The Pancreas and Diabetes
Diabetes is a life threatening disease. Many people take it for granted in its early stage but they don’t consider the fact that if they continue abusing their bodies, it would lead to complications like heart attack, blindness, kidney disease which may lead to kidney failure or later on in its acute form, may cause multiple organ failure. To have a diabetic member of...
Foods To Avoid by a Diabetic
Foods To Avoid by a Diabetic
Prevention is always better than cure. In order to avoid diabetes, it is important that as early as possible, we already start disciplining ourselves. What we eat has to be healthy. Healthier foods are even cheaper than the foods we usually crave for. Foods that are fatty, salty and very sweet are a big no-no for our body. Diabetes may be hereditary, however, the...
How to Prevent Diabetes
How to Prevent Diabetes
Before we go into diabetes prevention, lets first take a quick overview of Diabetes.
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a bodily disorder in which the blood sugar or blood glucose level fails to remain under control. It is a kind of metabolism disorder. The process from which body utilizes energy from the digested food is called metabolism. The food we consume is broken down into...
Diabetes Management
Diabetes Management
Use of alcohol
Consuming alcohol plays a vital role in developing the type 2 diabetes. Reduce the amount of alcohol consuming per week. Try to avoid it if possible as it has even the risk factor of developing several other complications. Consuming 12 ounces of beer or 1.5 ounces of liquor per week can be accepted.
If the use of alcohol goes beyond that limit then, there is a greater...
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Complications
What are the complications of diabetes?
There are two major types of diabetes occurring in people and both of them lead to a condition referred medically to as hyperglycemia in which there are high blood sugar levels. Hyperglycemia for certain prolonged period of time causes damage to the internal organs. Below are some of the complications to the organs.
Diabetes causes damage...
Diabetes Symptoms
Diabetes Symptoms
Diabetes is a medical condition in which the blood sugar levels are found to be in excess. This happens either due the inability of the pancreatic cells to produce insulin or the cells cannot utilize the insulin to convert the blood sugar in to energy.
Insulin is the hormone which is responsible for the conversion of blood sugar in to energy. There are many types of diabetes and there...
What Is Diabetes
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes or diabetes mellitus is a set of abnormalities in which the human body is unable to regulate the flow of sugar in the blood. Blood sugar is the substance that provides energy to the brain, muscles and all the cells of the body. If this sugar level goes above a certain limit or goes below a certain limit, then it may cause some abnormalities in the functioning of the body.
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