Although there are several kinds of foods lining grocery store shelves that are geared specifically toward people with diabetes, you certainly aren’t limited to those choices or those that are in the diet food section if you have recently been diagnosed with the disease yourself. Thankfully, the category of what constitutes “diabetes foods” is a […]
The exercise prescription involves four things: (1) the activity you choose, (2) the frequency with which you participate in it, (3) the intensity of your participation, and (4) the duration of the activity. These choices are based on your physical fitness, as determined by your physician. For the frequency, determine whether you are going to […]
Daily blood glucose tests are a way of life for anyone who suffers from diabetes. Without daily testing the diabetic is unable to properly manage and treat their disease which can lead to life threatening complications. Diabetics normally test their blood sugars from 3 to 7 times a day which can quickly diminish their diabetic […]
American standards of medical practice dictate that almost every diabetic will eventually be placed on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug, as soon as blood tests come back with an LDL number over 100 mg/dl two times in a row. But most diabetics, and many doctors, don’t realize that standard blood tests don’t even measure LDL, they […]
If you’re diabetic, no one needs to tell you how important it is to eat properly. That’s why the American Diabetes Association developed a special diabetic food pyramid, just to help those of us who have special dietetic needs eat more healthfully.
First Step: Portion Control and Timing
What you eat when you have diabetes is critically […]
If you recently have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, chances are your nutritional advice has fallen into one of two mutually exclusive categories:
Eat fewer carbs. Your body turns almost all carbohydrates into glucose either quickly or slowly, so to get your blood sugar levels down, eat less carbohydrate.
Eat more carbs. You have diabetes […]