Diabetes

Diabetes.

Dave's Marketplace sells foods for diabetics in Rhode Island, and has nine stores across the state. However, being diabetic you do not need to eat food labeled as 'diabetic' but rather should aim to follow a healthy, natural diet and avoid sugary foods. You can eat many foods including all meat, poultry, fish, eggs, butter and cheese products. I would recommend that you speak to dietitian who would be able to tell you more about the best foods to eat and to avoid as a diabetic.

As it is usual with every conditions, illness and disease, the most you know about it the more you can fight it or the better you can manage it. Diabetes is not different. It is a metabolic disease, therefore it is important what, when, and how much you eat and drink. It is also important how much you excercise; not only because it improves your circulation, muscle tone, among other important aspects, but it also keeps your weight in a more favorable level for diabetes management.

There are excellent websites offering useful information; there are diabetic groups, which you can join and exchange information with each other; there are diabetic clinics, where you can ask health professionals, and there are dietitians with excellent dietary advices. You can search the web for those in your area.

On the related links you can find some websites for a start. You can find more of them, but it is wise to search and join reliable ones.

I would say that diabetes was the epidemic of the 20th century, and obesity is the epidemic of the 21st. During the 20th century, diabetes rose in incidence, and we treated it as a disease. In the 21st century, we understand that diabetes is caused by obesity. And now we're just beginning to find new and better ways to treat obesity.

The symptoms of diabetes are mainly polyphagia or increased hunger, polydipsia or increased thirst, polyuria or increased frequency of urination and manifestations of polyneuropathy like tingling and numbness, muscle weakness in any of the limbs. There can also be non-healing wounds as a manifestation of diabetes.

Blood sugar is the body's way of getting energy to all its tissues, so they can survive. Anything you eat with calories (energy) will turn into blood sugar, including meat.

But some things turn into sugar more quickly than others. The GI (Glycemic Index) is partly a measure of how quickly a particular food is turned into glucose in the blood. Meat is pretty low on the Glycemic Index scale and thus pretty slow and steady being turned into glucose. If your pancreas can produce even a reduced amount of insulin, meat should not raise your blood sugar all that much.

Sweets and simple starches (like bread) are at the opposite end. They're converted to glucose very quickly, producing a spike in blood sugar within minutes, which can strain a diabetic's pancreas.

Yes..gluten free if good for diabetics

glucose is excreted in urine in diabetes when the blood sugar level is beyond normal and insulin is not enough or not doing the job of transporting sugar to its target organ.

The main reason is that because the kidneys cannot absorb all of the excess glucose in the body. This excess glucose spills into the urine, accompanied by water and electrolytes ions necessary for the cells to regulate the electric charge and flow of water molecules across the cell membrane. Hence this causes frequent urination to get rid of the additional water drawn into the urine and excessive thirst to trigger replacement of lost water.

High insulin levels occur in an attempt to counter high levels of sugar. Type II diabetes is caused by insulin receptors on cells not having much of a response to insulin. Hence, more insulin is released in an attempt to lower the blood sugar levels. This is why high insulin levels are a symptom of Type II diabetes, not a cause.

1. Be sure you are fasting for at least 12 hours. They will draw a tube of blood and test your glucose(sugar) level. It should be between 70-120mg/dL. A more specific test to determine if you have diabetes and how well you are managing your disease is to perform a Hemaglobin A1C or glycosolacte hemaglobin (sugar inside the red blood cell).

Really you need to be tested by a doctor to check you blood sugar and a1c levels but the cardinal warning signs are polyphagia (extreme hunger), polydipsia (extreme thirst) and polyuria (extreme urination).

there are many place that tells you how to make a diabetic meal plan. One such website is http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/planning-meals/diabetes-meal-plans-and-a-healthy-diet.html, it tells the food groups that are healthy for diabetics. http://www.diabeticlivingonline.com/food-to-eat/count-carbs/basic-diabetes-meal-plan/ tells you the basics of meal planning and a few other things, including portions guideline you should go by. Finally http://www.diabeteswellbeing.com/diabetic-meal-plan.html has a few ideas, as well as a book of meal plans you can order.

Probably the best way to give yourself diabetes, is to have a pancreatectomy, which is surgical removal of the pancreas. Other ways (although not guaranteed to give you diabetes) is to gain a lot of weight, which may, over time, cause you to develop diabetes. Heavy drinking can also sometimes lead to pancreatitis, which also, over time, may lead to replacement of the pancreas with scar tissue and result in diabetes.

I can't really think of too many really viable ways to give yourself diabetes. And of course, I have to ask - why would you want to give yourself diabetes?

No, but this is a common misconception. Whilst diabetes can cause high blood sugar levels, high blood sugar levels can't cause diabetes. There is a variety of causes for it, but this isn't one.

is 8.9 reading after one hour of eating is high for diabetes

the islet cells (cells of Langerhans) in the pancreas, which are responsible for producing insulin, fail in diabetes.

They are supposed to release insulin when your blood sugars are high (ie. after a meal) so that they can be brought down (ie. shuttle glucose into muscle, stop producing glucose in the liver, increase breakdown of sugars into fats, etc).

Scientists do believe that they are close to finding a cure for diabetes. Scientists are currently testing a possible enzyme cure on animals. I found the information at this link: http://www.wndu.com/mmm/headlines/Doctors_close_to_finding_cure_for_diabetes_104536479.html

Type 2 Diabetes is when the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin because of that person's intake of too many carbs, sugar, etc. Type 2 is PREVENTABLE. Generally, this person is contributing to the shut-down for their insulin process. People with Type 2 take blood-tests and take man-made insulin whenever they need to. Type 1 Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes) is NOT PREVENTABLE. The liver in the body stops making insulin for NO reason concerning too much food intake. The insulin-making in the person's Pancreas just shuts down with NO FAULT of that person. TYPE 1 IS CONTROLABLE. Doctors have created insulin-pumps, insulin-shots, and also they can check their blood-sugars with meters. Diabetics have normal lives, and if they know how to takecare of their Diabetes properly, they can go through their lives very healthy. People are usually diagnosed with Type 1 when they're kids; hence "juvenile". There are no known cures for Type 1 Diabetes yet, but doctors and scientists are contributing to find a cure everyday.

I have a friend who I had to take to the hospital for being light headed and dry heves she is on pain med for some neck surgery but she is diabetic they ran test and was told her electrolyes where low what can she drink she says gatorade had to much sugar any tips on something eles?

No because pickles have no sign of sugar but if you eat over 10 a day toy will have a problem

They say that some signs of having diabeties are drinking alot of water, using the bathroom often, having a really bad attitude, and loosing alot of weight.

also if you are really hungrey that mean that u might have diabeties

A true type 2 diabetic diet is a diet that strictly excludes all products that are found to have high carbohydrates and are high in white refined sugar. It is very portion-controlled. If you want to live a healthy life then your diet must adhere to this. A balanced, portion-controlled diet plan consisting of slowly digestible carbohydrate foods rather than processed high carb, refined white sugar foods is key in maintaining blood sugar levels in a diabetic for optimum health.

Type 1 diabetics have no need of a specific diet.

For starters, diabetics often have poor blood circulation which in turn causes numerous other problems. As a former nurses assistant I often witnessed residents with diabetes loose feeling/sensation especially in their lower legs and feet. As I understand it, poor blood circulation puts you at risk for a number of blood borne illnesses. Illnesses that in some cases lead to kidney disease/ failure and or limb amputation due to toxins in your blood that can cause infections/diseases like gangrene

To the best of my knowledge Dr's monitor your feet in part to determine if your blood is circulating properly. Swelling, numbness, or loss of sensation in your feet could an early warning sign that your diabetes is progressing.

I also know that diabetes can lead to poor vision and in some cases blindness.

Diabetes does not result from any pathogen. Diabetes is a result of issues that a person's body has with its production of the hormones that control blood sugar.

The hormone, insulin, is generated by the pancreas to lower blood sugar when it gets too high. Diabetes results when insulin is no longer able to keep blood sugar levels down. This can result from being too fat, eating un-healthful foods, especially sugar, and so on.

Unfortunately not yet. Vaccines provide protection only for specific viral diseases. Diabetes is not a viral disease, so it does not have a vaccine. Childhood, or type A diabetes, cannot be prevented. Type 2, or adult onset diabetes occurs in people who are obese and sometimes also those with a genetic predisposition (runs in your family). The best way to avoid type 2 diabetes is by eating a healthy diet and excersising.