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What is a Safe Blood Sugar Level?

Understanding blood sugar level ranges is extremely important when it comes to diabetes self-management. After being diagnosed with diabetes, most people wonder what normal, high, or low blood sugar levels actually mean. Due to the differences in our health history and the way our bodies function, it may also affect factors that influence blood sugar levels such as medication and food. Blood sugar levels in people without diabetes are different from the target levels recommended for diabetes patients. Therefore, if you are diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor will work with you to determine personalized safe…

Symptoms and Causes of Juvenile Diabetes

Has your child just been diagnosed with Juvenile diabetes? Juvenile diabetes mellitus is more commonly called Type 1 diabetes. It is a metabolic syndrome and blood glucose levels are too high due to a deficiency of insulin secretion in the pancreas. What does this mean to you and your family? There may be some changes ahead including changes to diet and day-to-day routines and of course managing insulin. It may help to know you are not alone. Type one diabetes is one of the most common childhood diseases, with most people being diagnosed before they…

Will There Be a Diabetes Apple Watch?

Apple Has A Top-secret Team Working On The Next Version Of The Diabetes Watch Over the last decade, we have witnessed an acceleration of modern technological advances especially for people suffering from diabetes, a medical condition that affects over 30 million Americans. These advances are promising diabetes patients, fewer injections, less pains, less worry and less mental math about managing this condition. These new systems provide real-time and more accurate information on blood glucose through built-in clinical support algorithms, apps, automated insulin delivery, and wireless technology that reduce diabetes complications and the burden in general.…

What is Postprandial Blood Sugar?

For people with diabetes, the body does not make enough insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. As a result, blood sugar levels may be too high. Over time, consistently high blood sugar levels can lead to complications such as nerve, eye, kidney, and heart damage. Postprandial refers to after meals. What is a postprandial blood sugar test? Also known as a two-hour PPG test, a postprandial blood sugar test is done to see how the body responds to starch and sugar after a meal. As the body digests food in the stomach, blood sugar levels…

The Latest in Diabetic Watches

Nowadays, diabetic watches (also known as glucose watches) are designed to be worn on the wrist just like a wristwatch. This is a non-invasive procedure where the monitor checks the level of blood glucose by inducing a painless electric shock that draws interstitial fluids from the skin pores in order for them to obtain the blood glucose level. Besides being painless, and it has no side effects, the devices can be used at any time of day and as regularly as you wish. The monitor records the readings and it can also be set to…