Diabetes: what causes high blood sugar?

What causes high blood sugar? Why is diabetes incurable? These are only some of the questions new diabetics have. Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce large enough amounts of insulin. Insulin is the chemical that changes glucose (sugar) into fuel for the body. When the body does not produce enough of this chemical glucose levels spike, this is what causes high blood sugar. High glucose levels cause kidney damage, eye damage, heart, and nervous system damage. This overtime can kill you or make your life much harder. This is also…

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The importance of keeping a normal glucose level chart.

  Using a normal glucose level chart is needed for those who have diabetes. This is to measure the changes in your glucose readings, which is very useful for showing your doctor how change in your life have improved or hurt your blood glucose amounts. The actual amounts should be dated, time stamped, and any other information on how you were at that time should be noted to better help your doctor monitor you. A normal blood glucose level chart needs to be in a line graph form with the date on the bottom and…

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Blood glucose level chart, a handy tool

  Do you suffer from low blood sugar and need a blood glucose level chart just so that you can keep up with all of the numbers? People who are diabetic have many things that they need to monitor and keep up with such as medications, insulin and also their blood glucose levels. A diabetic is generally required to take their fasting blood sugar at least twice a day. For many if they are new diabetics they will need to have a fasting blood sugar chart in which they can look at while taking their…

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