If you want to prevent diabetes and atherosclerosis, there is only one simple way to do it. Aside from physical exercise and the adoption of a non-smoking lifestyle, well, YOU SHOULD EAT LESS FAT! Like in many conditions, prevention is always the biggest and most effective way to ensure the health of the people. And [...]
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Strike the Perfect Balance
Posted: January 3, 2010 in Diabetes, Healthy Living, Medical InformationTags: Atherosclerosis, Diabetes, Goiter, Healthy Tips, IDD, Iodine Deficiency Disorder
Get Physical and Make Healthy Eating Choices
Posted: December 3, 2009 in Diabetes, Healthy Living, Medical InformationTags: Diabetes, dos and don'ts, exercise, Healthy Living, Healthy Tips
1. Eat regular meals. Ask your health care team to help you choose a meal plan. Your dietitian may suggest you eat three meals and a snack or two every day at about the same times. Eating every four to five hours can help control blood sugar. 2. Eat a variety of foods. Choose a [...]
Things You Should Do If You Have Diabetes
Posted: December 2, 2009 in Diabetes, Healthy Living, Medical InformationTags: Diabetes, dos and don'ts, Healthy Living, Healthy Tips, signs and symptoms
If you are feeling any of the following signs, then more likely you have high blood sugar (or diabetes). * extreme thirst * frequent urination * feeling very tired most of the time * blurry vision * being hungry a lot * headache * dry skin * losing weight fast * feeling faint or drowsy [...]
Things You Should Not Do If You Have Diabetes
Posted: December 1, 2009 in Diabetes, Healthy Living, Medical InformationTags: Diabetes, dos and don'ts, Healthy Tips
Below is a list of the things that you should not do in case you have high blood sugar: 1. Skip your diabetes medication. Your medicines help control your blood sugar levels, and missing a dose could cause your blood sugar to be high or low, which can make you feel sick. 2. Eat too [...]
Words of Advice for the Diabetic People
Posted: November 30, 2009 in Diabetes, Healthy Living, Healthy Tips, Medical InformationTags: advice, Diabetes, health, Healthy Living, Healthy Tips
One of the greatest lessons one has to learn from this condition is to find out everything about diabetes. Knowledge is power particularly with this disease. Because people do not know much about it, the usual notion is to consider it as a grave disease. But if you dig deeper, it only becomes dangerous because [...]
Health Benefits Gained from Eating Fish for Diabetic Women
Posted: September 8, 2009 in Diabetes, Healthy Living, Medical InformationTags: cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, fish oil, health benefits, Healthy Tips, Omega-3
According to recent studies, eating fish regularly reduced the risk of heart disease in diabetic women by as much as sixty-four percent. Women with type 2 diabetes who ate more fish had significantly lower risk of coronary heart disease and total death than those who rarely ate fish. Previous studies have found that fish consumption [...]