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Get the Facts on Prediabetes – Are you at Risk?

Get the Facts on Prediabetes. So you’ve had a great Christmas vacation – spent some great quality time with the kids – been off visiting family and friends. Maybe you’ve even overindulged a little? So much good home cooking on offer, wine, a few beers? Does this sound like you? Your wife (or husband) is nagging at you to go have a check up at the doctors, it’s been about 4 years since your last one! Lo and behold..he tells you that YOU’RE PRE DIABETIC.! It doesn’t have to be this way – diabetes is…

How a diabetic Alert Dog can Help

How a Diabetic Alert Dog Can Help. For insulin dependent diabetics, I think this is such a great idea! They are often known by the acronym ‘DAD’. They are a service dog, specially trained to warn their human companion when their blood sugar is too low or too high. They can also remind their diabetic friend to take their insulin at the right time. This of course can be very useful in managing your diabetes. A diabetic service dog also can help to save lives by preventing permanent health damage due to seizures, passing out,…

The Facts about Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes that mainly affects the eyes and it is the leading cause of blindness especially among diabetic (both type 1 and 2) adults aged between 20 and 74 years. It occurs when elevated blood sugar levels damage the tiny light sensitive blood vessels and tissue inside the retina (at the back of the eye). Stages of diabetic retinopathy 1. Mild non-proliferative retinopathy: This is the earliest stage that occurs when diabetes affects the circulatory system of the retina thus weakening the walls of retinal capillaries forming microaneurysms. Microaneurysms are…

Good food for diabetes

Diabetics often times think that being a diabetic means that they don’t get to eat good food but that is far from the truth because good food for diabetes can be the same as anyone can eat, me or you. Good food for diabetes comes in a wide variety such as cookies, crackers, snacks, fudge and many other foods as well. Eating high fiber foods is highly recommended to control diabetes. Good sources of soluble fiber such as oats, soy beans, peas, wheat and other whole grains have the added benefit of lowering LDL, or…

What is the Cause of Diabetes?

In order to understand what is the cause of diabetes, it's important to get a few of the basic facts about the disease first. Diabetes is a non-communicable disease that affects people of all ages from kids all the way through to seniors. Diabetes is a very serious, not only because of the health risks associated with it, but also that it is affecting more and more people every year, not just in North America, but across the entire world. Diabetes is the Lack of, or Inefficiency of Insulin in Your Body The way that…