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How do you get diabetes?

For many people they think that how do you get diabetes is like a cold or other minor illness that can be transmitted through air like a common cold or the flu. How do you get diabetes is hereditary or more serious than that. There are several factors that can give a person a higher tendency with developing type I diabetes: hereditary factors, immune factors, and “triggering” factors such as stress or viruses. If both parents have type I diabetes the risk for developing it is less than 50%. How do you get diabetes such…

What is type II diabetes?

What is type II diabetes? Type II is the most common form of diabetes. More and more people are becoming diagnosed with diabetes and many more unaware they are at high risk of developing diabetes. Many people are at a higher risk than others due to their past medical history, ethnicity, race, weight and age. Latinos, Native Americans, African Americans and Mexicans are more susceptible to diabetes than other races. The Elderly age is also more suspectible to diabetes than others due to being older. In type II diabetes, the body can’t make enough insulin…

Diabetic glucose tester

When it comes to having diabetes, a diabetic glucose tester is a necessity when it comes to daily living. Diabetic glucose testers come in a wide variety of sizes, styles, brands and price ranges. For many diabetics, portability, size, accurate and affordable is all the main things that they look for in a diabetic glucose tester. Who wants to walk around carrying a large, big, bulky glucose meter when you can carry something that is more discrete and easy to keep up with? For many, a diabetic glucose tester needs to be something that they…

Manage Diabetes with Vanadium

Managing Diabetes with Vanadium Vanadium is a trace element that occurs naturally in both animals and plants. Although it is not yet classified as an essential nutrient, Vanadium is a very important potential medicinal agent mainly because it appears to mimic the actions of insulin because of its unique ability to normalize blood glucose levels. Animal studies and a few human studies have proven that vanadium lowers blood sugar level and improves sensitivity to insulin. In one human study, vanadium also lowered the total bad cholesterol (LDL). What is…

Glucose Meter Ratings

When it comes to glucose meter ratings there are any number of glucose meter reviews posted online and they can occasionally be found in medical magazines. When it comes to any kind of ratings, including glucose meter ratings, the smart consumer reads the ratings and understands that they are just guidelines and may even by biased in one direction or the other depending on the way the ratings may be slanted by the manufacturers and suppliers. No matter what the glucose meter ratings are or what the reviews say the smart consumer should always do…