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Using a flash glucose meter

Have you just recently been diagnosed with diabetes or have a need for a new meter consider getting a new flash glucose meter? The purpose of a glucose meter is for the measuring of the amount of glucose in a diabetic’s blood. The diabetics glucose levels must be carefully tracked or risk the chance of the diabetic losing their life or going into a dangerous coma. This is why the flash glucose meter has been an essential weapon of the diabetic arsenal for many years. The freestyle flash glucose meter is a small diabetic…

The Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor

The continuous blood glucose monitor is a bit of new technology that may someday revolutionize the treatment and monitoring of those with blood glucose abnormalities brought about by the metabolic diseases known as diabetes. For anyone with diabetes the key to keeping the disease under control and the effects and symptoms in check is to maintain a blood glucose level that is as close to normal as possible, for as much of the time as possible. In some diabetics maintaining proper blood glucose levels may be no trouble at all, and in others blood…

What is a high blood sugar level?

What is a high blood sugar level? That is a tough question to answer, because everyone is different, everyone has different body types and there are many factors to take into consideration such as age. Determining what is a high blood sugar level or a normal blood sugar level can be tricky and often times difficult. The blood glucose level is the amount of glucose or sugar in your blood. The sugar comes from what we eat and also from what has been stored inside the body. Our energy comes from this sugar or…

What is a normal range for blood glucose?

What is a normal range for blood glucose? The normal range for blood glucose is between 80 – 190/200. Most doctor’s and physicians consider below 70 low and above 240 high. Diabetics all differ from person to person because everyone has to take various things into consideration such as weight, height, health and family medical history as well as their gender, males may need more of a calorie intake to get through the day versus a female and an elderly person who doesn’t get much exercise may be able to get through the day…

Type 2 Diabetes Meal plan, does it have to be blah?

Type 2 diabetes meal plan, does it really have to be so blah? Did you realize that most people who have diabetes don’t even realize that they can have all the great foods that normal, healthy people can have just within moderation, reading labels and without all the extra additives? Most diabetic patients think that the day they get told they have diabetes, that there life comes to a screeching halt when it doesn’t have to. Type 2 diabetes may seem and sound like such a drag but you really can just change a few…