Diabetic diet

Diabetic children need an especial parental involvement which can create an extreme stress to parents. Maintaining children’s blood glucose constant is a challenging task for parents to do. Though having a secure relationship with children is a better way of dealing with their problem, a research on the importance of having a secure relation with diabetic children was hardly done. The purpose of the study by Helena Moreira and Maria Cristina Canavarro, was to research the impact of…

main ways to managing diabetes or preventing it is through a well-balanced, healthy diet (4). This can be a difficult task to deal with. There has been a lot of correlation between unhealthy diets and Type II diabetes (3). It is important for someone affected with diabetes to learn what, how much, and when to eat. One particular thing that diabetics need to be aware of is the amount of carbohydrate intake in their diet. Carbohydrates are turned into glucose by the body; this in turn will cause…

insulin producing cells. Called Beta cells, these are located in the pancreas. Type One diabetes can affect children and adults at any age, and is affected by both environmental and genetic factors. This type of diabetes has nothing to do with diets or lifestyle choices, and cannot be prevented. This disease’s onset is quite immediate, and forces the person to rely on insulin pumps or injections to function properly. If balance of insulin is not perfect, the patient could die or have…

How does the Ketosis Diet works? You have to change your eating habits here. Instead of eating more foods high in carbohydrates, you will have to replace these with foods high in fats. Ketosis Diet will utilize your fats into energy rather than using your glucose thus, filling you with foods high in fats. The vital idea of this diet is consuming more fatty foods less on carbohydrates and proteins and converting stored fats into energy. Ketosis is derived a substance that is formed once you get…

(Levemir), Insulin lispro (Humalog), Insulin, Insulin glargine (Lantus) and Exenatide (Byetta) (diabetes.org). Regular visits to a primary care physician and/or/ endocrinologist is recommended. A referral to a nutritionist may be given to provide healthy diet options to control type 2…

didn’t exercise enough, or stress can all increase the sugar levels in the blood. Symptoms of hyperglycemia include high blood glucose, high sugar in the urine, frequent urination and thirst. Failing to treat can lead to ketoacidosis better known as a diabetic coma, which develops when your body doesn’t have enough insulin. When the body breaks down fats it produces ketones. The body tries to get rid of ketones through urine but if built up too much the body cannot get rid of it quick enough…

from all cultures of the world. African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans and Mexican Americans are the main sufferers of this disease. This is partly due to the high cases of obesity and high blood pressure within these populations. Diabetics presents with high blood glucose or blood sugar due to any of the following reasons. Either insulin production is inadequate, the body's cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both. The classic signs and symptoms of diabetes includes…

correctly can illicit severe complications like: loss of eyesight, heart disease, kidney disease, and loss of limbs. Diabetes in the United States is the seventh leading cause of death according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetics are two times more likely to die at the same age as people who do not have diabetes. Most people seek treatment due to having symptoms such as: polyuria, polydipsia, fatigue, wounds that will not heal, and blurred vision. It is recommended…

diabetes, and for some patients with type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetics must take insulin daily in order to survive. Before the discovery of insulin, millions of people lost their lives due to having diabetes. Egyptians would treat diabetes using a mixture of water, bones, wheat, lead and ground earth. Physicians would also use a usual practice such as blistering patients also opium was used in order to decrease the pain of diabetic patients that were dying. Other…

glucose or glycogen is not available, because of diet, fasting or metabolic deficiency (like diabetes) the body will break down protein (amino acids) and (in the long term) break down fats for fuel. This fat break down releases ketones-- a carboxyl (Carbon-Oxygen) group bound to carbohydrates-- an acid. When this acid is in the blood in high amounts, a condition called ketoacidosis (often associated with type I diabetics), and can cause diabetic coma or death. Typically, ketoacidosis is the…