Posts Tagged ‘diabetes’
Best Food Tips for a Type 2 Diabetes Diet
One of the most essential steps to avoiding complications from type 2 diabetes is managing your diet. This means knowing both what to eat and what not to eat. Avoid less healthy carbohydrates In order to keep your blood sugar in check, you’ll want to avoid less healthy carbohydrates such as foods or drinks with…
Read MoreThe Connection between Weight Loss and Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes affects 400 million people around the world. It’s a chronic, progressive disease. But a new British study showed that significant weight loss through extreme dieting (less than 700 calories a day) can bring about remission in almost 90% of people with type 2 diabetes. Researchers found that losing just 10% of your…
Read MoreDo Diabetes and DPN happen together?
About half of people with diabetes have some kind of nerve damage. Peripheral nerves help you feel pain, heat, and cold. Damage to these nerves is called DPN. Two out of 10 people already have DPN when they’re diagnosed with diabetes. But usually people get DPN have had diabetes for a while. Someone who is…
Read MoreWhat you Need to Know about High Levels of Vitamin D
According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, vitamin D concentrations of 50 nmol/L (nanomoles per liter) or higher are high enough for overall health. A recent Austrian study showed a clear relationship between low blood vitamin D levels and the risk of early death. This was especially true for people who were younger than…
Read MoreFoot Care for Diabetes
Foot care for diabetes patients is all-important. This is because diabetes often damages the blood vessels that carry blood to the feet. That means, small cuts and grazes heal at a slower rate and can even lead to gangrene. In some cases, simple blisters have turned into major infections. These infections don’t heal and amputation…
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