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Diabetic Diet & How to Lower your Blood Sugar Content

February 24th, 2010 -- Posted in blood sugar control | 4 Comments »

There have been much increased in the number of people in the population of having diabetes and the number of deaths are rising. If you have recently been one of the patients diagnosed, you want to do everything you cannot to be one of the 200,000 reported casualties. When you follow a strict diet for diabetes sufferer, you can keep the problem under control.

When buying the foods that are needed for a diabetic diet, it is important to read the labels. This is especially important since most food labels show daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Calorie of above 2000 is just too high for any diabetic diet. What you must do is find out the calorie value and recalculate that into weights in grams and adjust that into your diet.

Timing also plays an important role in any diabetic diet. Never skip your meal due to obvious reasons especially for those that are insulin dependent. If you skip meals, you run the risk of upsetting the delicate stability that exists between the insulin and the food consumption. For a lot of diabetes patient the administration of insulin is calculated to correlate closely with the timing of meals

What is suggested in the article is to limit the amount of fat and cholesterol while maintaining diet rich in fiber & fruits. What should be the goal for any diabetic sufferer is to have atleast five serving of fruits and vegetable, six serving of grains and two serving of fish per week.

Eating between meals is also discouraged for diabetic patients. One of the reasons is that if too much food is consumed, it will lead to weight gain. It will also mess with the work that the insulin injections are doing to control the disease. Always remember to follow the diet plans as outlined by your doctor for you.

The guidelines that have been written for you are not set in stone. A healthy lifestyles means that you are less prone to the disease and it is best to follow the recommendations given. These suggestions will enable you to lead a healthy life as outlined in the US dietary guideline.

Always seek advice from the most reliable source available to you. Call your doctor, the office staff will be more than willing to set up an appointment for you to discuss any of the concerns you may have with your physician.

Nash Burns
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/diabetic-diet-how-to-lower-your-blood-sugar-content-124492.html

Artificial Insulin- Lantus reports to increased risk of Cancer

February 24th, 2010 -- Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

In recent months Synthetic Insulin- Lantus Insulin (glargine) does not cause cancer by itself

but is believed existing cancer cells to grow at a more rapid rate. How much of a risk is there ? .

This is of much interest to millions of users of Lantus Insulin and other synthetic insulin.

While a thorough clinical  case studies can determine the seriousness of this, diabetics are seeking straight

answers and looking to natural  supplements that can help reduce their blood sugar level naturally without

contraindications or side effects. A report that Dbethics a natural supplements with six powerful ingredients

has helped many reduced at least 30% of their BG in 30days.  No side effects too.

do birth control pills lower blood sugar?

February 24th, 2010 -- Posted in Lowering blood sugar | 3 Comments »

I am on ortho tri cyclen lo dose and wondering if they lower blood sugar (glucose). If so, do they just lower your fasting blood sugar or your sugar during the day, or neither. (I am not diabetic)

Increased Blood Sugar Levels: Estrogen and progestin not only can affect blood clotting and blood lipids, they can also raise blood sugar levels. Most experts believe these changes are so minimal, they have no clinical significance. For women with diabetes, however, the situation isn’t so straightforward. Some doctors believe that diabetic women with no other risk factors can use OCs with minimal trouble, but others believe prescribing OCs to diabetics exposes them to unnecessary risks.

Tin

My friend has Diabetes how close are they to a cure?

February 24th, 2010 -- Posted in Cure for Type 1 Diabetes | 17 Comments »

My firend has type 1 diabetes and i kinda feel bad for her and she really hopes thay will find a cure soon. Does anyone know how close they are and about how much longer it could take??

They have been doing pancreas transplants for years. You have to be on the waiting list and could take years and also rejection possibilities. A friend of mine just got one after 20 years of waiting.

Any Type 2 Diabetics have ideas on how to lower blood sugar levels?

February 23rd, 2010 -- Posted in Lowering blood sugar | 5 Comments »

I’m already taking Metformin and not consuming any obvious sugars. Exercising regularly and still not able to get below 8.

lose weight, don’t eat a lot of carbs like pasta, keep taking your meds, and drink lots of water. keep exercising too. it will come to normal levels if you stay on track. take cinnamon too…you can even take them in pill form and it will help control your blood sugar

Poll: Would you rather have Type 1 or Type 2 and why?

February 23rd, 2010 -- Posted in Cure for Type 2 Diabetes | 7 Comments »

I would rather have type 1. My rational is that they’re in the stages of human testing for a cure, and if I have Type 1 (I find out Tuesday) then I can get on the medicine and get rid of diabetes. A cure for Type 2 is years, maybe decades away…even if there is one out there.

And "Neither" isn’t an option. If you had a choice between which type of diabetes you have…which one would you choose?
You should check this website out…

http://www.massgeneral.org/diabetes/faculty_faustman.htm

It’s BCG, a medicine they gave to cure TB, but it seems to *CURE* diabetes Type 1 as well.

Medically speaking, it’s always better when your body makes SOME insulin than none, but being surrounded by both, I’d say type 1.

(And I’m quite right in the head Jackie. Your opinion is just that… an opinion.)

We have both in my family. My daughter is type 1. She carb counts and on a pump. She has a certain freedom with food choices. She can eat when she’s hungry, and she doesn’t HAVE to eat when she’s not hungry. If she wants another scoop of (whatever) at dinnertime, she can have it. My mother in law is type 2. She has huge restrictions on her diet. She doesn’t have the same luxury as my daughter.

Many people assume type 1 is worse because of the injections (and in my experience, all non-diabetics assume this). But the bigger picture above far outweighs that. Any type 1 will tell you the injections become second nature over time.

Bottom line though is that they both suck. We look forward to a cure.

Will type 1 diabetes be never cureable in future..?

February 23rd, 2010 -- Posted in Cure for Type 1 Diabetes | 5 Comments »

My girlfriend is suffering from diabetes type 1 for 19 years. she is 22 now.She takes 2 shots daily. Now she is taking less amount of insulin. her doctor says that she may be improving. Is there any possibility to grow up Beta Cell in her pancreus.? is there anybody in this world who got cured surprisingly from this disesase….?

She will be able to get rid of the diabetes with these exercises.Thank you for looking after her and searching for answers.
These pranayam exercises will help control the diabetes and the side effects.Build up the timing gradually.If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume later.The benefits will be noticed in weeks as the sugar level is checked daily.Over the long tern the diabetes will be in full control and the medicine can be reduced in consultation with the doctor.
Anulom Vilom –
Close your right nostril with thumb and deep breath-in through left nostril
then – close left nostril with two fingers and breath-out through right nostril
then -keeping the left nostril closed deep breath-in through right nostril
then – close your right nostril with thumb and breath-out through left nostril.
This is one cycle of anulom vilom.
Repeat this cycle for 20 to 30 minutes twice a day(maximum 60 minutes in one day).
You can do this before breakfast/lunch/dinner or before bedtime or in bed.Remember to take deep long breaths into the lungs.You can do this while sitting on floor or chair or lying in bed.

Kapalbhati -(Do it before eating) Push air forcefully out through the nose about once per second. Stomach will itself go in(contract in). The breathing in(through the nose) will happen automatically. Establish a rhythm and do for 20 to 30 minutes twice a day.(Max 60 min/day) Not for pregnant women. Seriously ill people do it gently.

Also everyday press the centre point of the palm of your hand 40 times with the thumb and press the tips of all fingers 40 times each.

Know any heart healthy diets to lower blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure?

February 21st, 2010 -- Posted in Lowering blood sugar | 4 Comments »

My dad needs to follow a diet that will be more heart healthy. He has very high blood pressure, high cholesterol(around 200), and high blood sugar and almost has diabetes. All of this is making it hard to know what he can eat. Anyone have any tips? Thanks!

a high fiber diet will lower both the total cholesterol and reduce serum insulin levels. he needs to eat things like whole oatmeal, lentils, barley, beans, etc..these types of foods are very high fiber and low calorie. 30 grams of fiber daily is recommended. it’s very hard to get so i would tell him to try to get as much from food and use fiber supplements for the rest.

to reduce the blood pressure reducing the salt intake will do this. cooking from scratch virtually eliminates salt from the diet, processed food items are loaded with it.

if he’s not big on cooking he’s going to have to learn. get him some basic cookbooks. there are a lot of high fiber soups that are very easy to make.

I am 62 years old with type 2 diabetes.Is sex has got any?

February 21st, 2010 -- Posted in Cure for Type 2 Diabetes | 6 Comments »

curing effect for this problem and if so can you explain the physiology?

at your age with type 2 it is very possible to have erectile disfunction. If so discuss this with your doctor and he will prescribe cilas or something else. I know it is something a guy dont like to admit or discuss . the improved pleasure is well worth it.

Can stem cells cure diabetes?

February 21st, 2010 -- Posted in Cure for Type 1 Diabetes | 4 Comments »

I’ve heard that in Thailand they use stem cells to cure different health conditions for years now. Not sure if it’s not a scam. Specially I’m interested in S-cells therapy for diabetes type 1.

Theoretically, stem cell transplants could potentially be a cure for diabetes in the future. However, such treatments are years away from clinical studies. There is a lot of interest and excitement about the use of stem cells for several diseases, but research is still in its infancy. ( Americans should thank George W Bush and the religious right wing branch of the Republican party for lagging behind the rest of the world in this important research. )

"Stem cell treatments" that are offered in some countries such as Mexico, Phillipines and Thailand can only be considered experimental, or more often outright fraud at this point. For example, I have a wealthy elderly patient who spends a lot of time in Mexico where he started "stem cell treatments" for his congestive heart failure. He brought several vials of a red liquid back and wanted me to continue his treatments. I had it analyzed and it was basically just vitamin B12 injectable. He paid several hundred dollars per vial for something that retails for a couple of dollars.

So…the science is not there yet.
Crooks will promise you anything to get your money
Caveat Emptor.

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