What are the uses of diabetic log books?

  What are the uses of diabetic log books? Diabetic log books are charts used by diabetics to record each test that they perform. Diabetes is a disease where the body organ known as the pancreas manufactures little or none of the chemical known as insulin. The chemical Insulin is used to change the glucose (sugar) in the blood into useable fuel. The cells can take in the sugar after the insulin as edited it. But when there’s not enough insulin the glucose levels rise to dangerous levels. At high levels the body suffers damage…

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Foods with Glucose

  In our present age when it seems that every aisle is covered with brightly colored wrappers and packages that be your attention and call out to you purporting to be the perfect food is is no wonder that foods with glucose are so prevalent. Glucose is a simple sugar that is needed as fuel by every cell in the body and if all goes well with the way the body handles glucose intake and metabolisis glucose can be a good thing. However in persons with diabetes glucose intake must be severely limited in order…

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Good Foods for Diabetics

  Good foods for diabetics are generally the kinds of foods that would be good for anyone. The key issue in controlling diabetes by diet is to eat foods that will provide good healty nutrition without throwing glucose levels abnormally high. Since glucose is a simple form of sugar which the cells of the body need for fuel and glucose is present in nearly all foods it is therefore important for the diabetic to simply limit the consumption of foods that contain high levels of sugars and carbohydrates or starches which can be converted by…

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Meal Planning for Diabetics

These days fitness is all the rage, and all kinds of diets have become commonplace as people seek to lose extra pounds in order to look good on the beach or in the gym, but meal planning for diabetics can be a matter of true healthcare rather than just an effort to look their best. While for most people the issue of diet can often be solved by simply limiting their dietary intake of calories, those who suffer from diabetes must be extremely careful where those calories come from, as their condition prohibits their body…

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Cat Food for Diabetic Cats

Many people are familiar with diabetes in people, but diabetes in pets can also be quite common, and for this reason cat food for diabetic cats has been designed to make treatment easier for the concerned pet owner. But before any discussion of cat food for diabetic cats can be undertaken it may be best to first understand a few things about diabetes in cats and other pets. Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic diseases in cats, dogs, and practically any other mammalian pet. Just like in humans diabetes has an effect on…

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