http://www.healthzine.org/feed/ http://www.healthzine.org/ Every day new articles and updated info on all your health, beauty and fitness concerns. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:10:02 +0200 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:10:02 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-diet-plan-1 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-diet-plan-1 Having to live with diabetes means exerting more control and discipline. Whether the disease improves or degenerates is largely dependent on how a person lives. Lifestyle is a crucial factor if you want to manage diabetes and live a better life. Despite having the disease, it would be possible to live a good quality of life only if you are willing to keep to your limitations. If you are in the fight against diabetes, it is essential that you maintain a healthy weight and control your cholesterol levels. Another of your priority is to reduce your intake of saturated fats. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:48:17 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/blood-glucose http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/blood-glucose When you think about diabetes, what would usually come to mind is high blood sugar levels. And you think that the only danger lies when blood glucose levels are high. Well, that’s just one aspect of it. Diabetics have to be especially careful in controlling their blood glucose levels. It has to be in a normal range- not too high, and yes, not too low. When blood glucose levels are too low, that condition is called “hypoglycemia”, and it is equally fatal as having high levels. Low blood sugar is another term for hypoglycemia. Such a condition may occur suddenly if a person has taken too much medication or may have skipped or delayed a meal. Fri, 30 May 2008 09:27:25 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-diet1 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-diet1 Certain people are predisposed to diabetes. It could be because of genetic factors and lifestyle tendencies. If diabetes runs in a person's family, they have greater chances of acquiring the disease. This predisposition can be aggravated by a sedentary lifestyle, poor dietary habits and obesity. And even if a person is genetically predisposed, they could be susceptible as well. Their lifestyle primarily has to do with it- again, inactivity, poor diet and excess weight. People suffering from diabetes have irregularities with their insulin production. Insulin is that hormone in the body responsible for converting fat, sugar and starches into energy. Mon, 12 May 2008 14:23:00 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/blood-sugar1 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/blood-sugar1 There has been a rising trend in the obesity epidemic. Many factors contribute to this, although it is more prevalently caused by the diet. For instance, high carbohydrate diets. These have so much to do with one becoming obese. Due to these diets, a person may have unstable blood sugar levels. You may well know where this would lead to- pre-diabetic conditions and possibly diabetes. Remember when as a child you would eat lots of high sugar foods? In those days, your body could easily digest such foods. In your youth, your body functions more efficiently. At most, the symptoms you might have suffered from were weight gain and mood swings. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:11:39 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-diet http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-diet Living with diabetes means that you will have to modify your lifestyle. Primarily, there will be restrictions and limitations, especially on the foods that you eat. This is where the diabetic diet comes in for you to be able to cope with the disease. The diabetic diet is basically concerned about reducing and maintaining your weight. Other than that, it is a measure to manage and control your diabetes. It ought to keep your blood glucose levels in control. With the diabetic diet, balance is employed on your carbohydrates, fats and protein intake. Meal planning is essential in a diabetes dietary measure. Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:03:24 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetes-diet2 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetes-diet2 Living with diabetes entails certain limitations. Primarily, one has to limit themselves from indulging in food. Otherwise the disease may be aggravated and this is detrimental. In this sense, one has to keep to a diabetes diet, one which is meant to help the patient cope and live with the condition. But first thing, one ought to know the difference between type1 and type 2 diabetes. Many are under the notion that they are the same, but actually they are not. Type 1 diabetes is when the pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin to control the rising blood sugar levels. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:02:02 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/juvenile-diabetes http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/juvenile-diabetes Many people are under the notion that diabetes is caused by obesity and eating sweets excessively. But such is not the case with juvenile diabetes. What exactly is juvenile diabetes and how is it different from other forms of diabetes? Juvenile diabetes is more apt to strike during the childhood, adolescent and young adult years. And it has rather a distinctive cause- due to an insult of the immune system. This insult can be an infection, or it may be toxic in nature. How does the disease go about with its workings? The immune system insult can alter pancreatic protein which in turn can have consequences on insulin production. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:52:53 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/type-2-diabetes http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/type-2-diabetes Type 2 diabetes is among the deadliest and most chronic diseases worldwide. “Tricky” seem to be the most appropriate word to describe type 2 diabetes. Symptoms of type 2 diabetes are often vague. One may not even know they have the disease until it becomes chronic. In that case, type 2 diabetes may already have degenerated and complications already manifesting. It can be alarming to this point, and so “deadly” type 2 diabetes, it is. The symptoms of type 2 diabetes also develop slowly and gradually. In most cases, it even takes a few weeks to a few months till the symptoms show. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:47:32 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetes-symptoms http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetes-symptoms Are you frightened about the idea of acquiring diabetes? Well, many people are when the subject of diabetes is brought up. So you might be wondering: “Do I have diabetes”? Diabetes can be a threatening disease. After all, it is degenerative. It can strip you of well-being and a better quality of life. When you have its complications, then it can even be debilitating. So how would you know if you have diabetes? First is to ascertain if you are suffering from diabetes symptoms. But diabetes symptoms can in fact be vague. There are no clear and precise symptoms of diabetes. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:42:34 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetes-medications http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetes-medications Diabetes can be a life threatening disease. It degenerates especially when neglected. A person becomes diabetic due to certain factors. It can be their genetic make up. Or their lifestyle- a disobliging dietary habit or lack of physical activity. These are to name the basic causes of diabetes. Diabetes is to be regarded as an alarming health threat. When one has acquired diabetes, then they must take measures in addressing it. They can take diabetes medications or follow a strict diabetic diet. Or they can incorporate regular exercise into their health regimen. For those with type 2 diabetes, the doctor generally prescribes oral diabetes medications. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:58:11 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/pendulum-blood-sugar http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/pendulum-blood-sugar What is pendulum blood sugar? One can derive its meaning contextually. Blood sugar is used to measure the amount of glucose in the blood. And what is a pendulum? A pendulum is an object which swings from one end to another, in extremes. Pendulum blood sugar then is blood sugar which swings in between extremes. From high to low, and low to high, that is. Such is why pendulum blood sugar is also termed as swinging blood sugar. As said, blood sugar is the means to measure glucose in the blood. The body gets most of its energy from glucose. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:57:02 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetes-mellitus http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetes-mellitus Diabetes has become an epidemic. The disease affects an increasing number of people each day. Diabetes is regarded as a “silent killer”. It may initially have no symptoms but it degenerates and complications would arise. Such time can come when complications become chronic and deadly. Diabetes can put its victims in so much of a distress. It can get in the way of their normal living. Diabetes mellitus is otherwise known as the “sugar diabetes”. “Diabetes” originated from a Greek word which means “to siphon”. “Mellitus” on the other hand is Latin for “sweet like honey”. In a sense, this is diabetes mellitus. Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:17:49 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-ketoacidosis http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-ketoacidosis Diabetes in itself is a threatening condition. But the fact is, diabetes can come to the point of being deadly. This is especially true when complications arise, one of them the precarious diabetic ketoacidosis. As diabetic complications aggravate the patient’s condition, it is highly possible that fatality can result. Much more so if the complications are neglected and not conscientiously managed. The same is true with diabetic ketoacidosis. In simple terms, diabetic ketoacidosis is known as hyperglycemia. By this, it means that a diabetic has abnormally high blood sugar levels for an extended period of time. Warding off diabetic ketoacidosis requires being keen before the onset of diabetes in the first place. Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:21:04 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-neuropathy http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-neuropathy Diabetes is a disease not easy to live with. Diabetes is a progressive condition and its ensuing complications can significantly limit one’s functionality. Much of life’s pleasures and convenience can be hampered by diabetes. More so if the disease is not managed properly and is left to degenerate. Other than being selective of the food needed to be eaten, diabetics can go to the extent of being incapacitated. Diabetes can in fact lead to the amputation of a limb and such can be necessitated in severe cases of diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication arising from diabetes mellitus. Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:15:17 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-diet-plan- http://www.healthzine.org/Diabetes/diabetic-diet-plan- Living with diabetes entails that an individual adhere to lifestyle modifications and adjustments. By such, they actually mean having limitations. As much as that may seem rather inconvenient, it is the better, healthy choice for a diabetic to manage their condition and to live with well-being and a better quality of life. One of the means for a diabetic to cope with “the silent killer” is to devise a diabetic diet plan. As diabetes is often associated with obesity, a diabetic diet plan can be a means to keep one’s weight in check or to manage their symptoms. Weight management through a diabetic diet plan plays a vital role in keeping diabetes in check.