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Health For More » Forum: Diabetes - Recent Posts http://forum.healthformore.com/ Health community en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:27 +0000 Towanda on "What other tests are there to diagnose diabetes besides fasting glucose and A1C?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/what-other-tests-are-there-to-diagnose-diabetes-besides-fasting-glucose-and-a1c#post-58272 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:17:06 +0000 Towanda 58272@http://forum.healthformore.com/ Get a glutrometer and strips and you can test your blood on a regular basis. You can call most any company and they will give you a free meter because they want you to buy the expensive strips. Call Bayer for that. You can also purchase a cheap meter. . .that works just fine. . .at Walmart and much cheaper strips. You need to test on a regular basis. Check am to see if your sugar raises during the night. Check before a meal and then two hours after. Your sugar should return to normal in those two hours. If not, you are diabetic or simply eat way too much of the wrong thing or both. Normal is 80 to 120. Some have changed it to 70 to 110. If you suspect you have diabetes or have been diagnosed, you need to learn all you can and you need to test yourself on a regular basis to be sure you keep yourself in those normal zones. gangadharan nair on "What other tests are there to diagnose diabetes besides fasting glucose and A1C?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/what-other-tests-are-there-to-diagnose-diabetes-besides-fasting-glucose-and-a1c#post-58263 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:17:05 +0000 gangadharan nair 58263@http://forum.healthformore.com/ You can test urine for blood sugar. When your blood sugar level exceeds 180 mg/dL, Kidney eliminates excess blood sugar along with urine. The glucose urine test measures the amount of sugar (glucose) in a urine sample. The presence of glucose in the urine is called glycosuria or glucosuria. Glucose tolerance test: Normal blood values for a 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test used to check for type 2 diabetes: * Fasting: 60 -100 mg/dL * 1 hour: less than 200 mg/dL * 2 hours: less than 140 mg/dL. Between 140 - 200 mg/dL is considered impaired glucose tolerance (sometimes called "prediabetes"). This group is at increased risk for developing diabetes. Greater than 200 mg/dL is a sign of diabetes mellitus. Normal blood values for a 50-gram oral glucose tolerance test used to screen for gestational diabetes: * 1 hour: equal to or less than 140 mg/dL Normal blood values for a 100-gram oral glucose tolerance test used to screen for gestational diabetes: * Fasting: less than 95 mg/dL * 1 hour: less than 180 mg/dL * 2 hour: less than 155 mg/dL * 3 hour: less than 140 mg/dL Note: mg/dL = milligrams per deciliter Blood glucose monitoring refers to the ongoing measurement of blood sugar (glucose). Monitoring can be done at any time using a portable device called a glucometer. calyx156 on "What other tests are there to diagnose diabetes besides fasting glucose and A1C?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/what-other-tests-are-there-to-diagnose-diabetes-besides-fasting-glucose-and-a1c#post-58255 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:17:05 +0000 calyx156 58255@http://forum.healthformore.com/ In other cultures and other times, diabetes was quite literally diagnosed by tasting the urine, as excess blood sugars spill over into the urine. This is still true of Tibetan medicine. In TCM, or Traditional Chinese Medicine, diabetes can actually be diagnosed by a combination of taking the patient's pulses and medical history/symptoms. I have met iridologists who can and do diagnose from the patient's eyes. Diabetes in Western medicine can also be diagnosed with a Glucose Tolerance Test. Verde on "What other tests are there to diagnose diabetes besides fasting glucose and A1C?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/what-other-tests-are-there-to-diagnose-diabetes-besides-fasting-glucose-and-a1c#post-58246 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:17:05 +0000 Verde 58246@http://forum.healthformore.com/ There is also the glucose tolerance test. The idea is that the patient would eat/drink carbohydrates. The blood sugar level would be tested prior to eating, an hour after eating and 2 hours after eating. A diabetic would have trouble maintaining a "normal" blood sugar level i.e. 80 - 120 mg/dl. Noccie on "How can I stop my sugar level from dipping so often?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/how-can-i-stop-my-sugar-level-from-dipping-so-often#post-58233 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:17:04 +0000 Noccie 58233@http://forum.healthformore.com/ increase your intake in low glycemic index foods. A Google search for "glycemic index" will get you lists. Low GI foods keep your sugar stable and keep you full longer. Alexis Kyser on "How can I stop my sugar level from dipping so often?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/how-can-i-stop-my-sugar-level-from-dipping-so-often#post-58228 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:17:04 +0000 Alexis Kyser 58228@http://forum.healthformore.com/ read a bout :open the third & fourth link on: www.diabetes-symptoms.co.cc thegreatone on "How can I stop my sugar level from dipping so often?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/how-can-i-stop-my-sugar-level-from-dipping-so-often#post-58221 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:17:06 +0000 thegreatone 58221@http://forum.healthformore.com/ Insulin, eat candy. But, talk to the doctor, because it sounds like you have diabetes. Arbba Arbba on "How does a person know they have Diabetes?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/how-does-a-person-know-they-have-diabetes#post-58205 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:17:06 +0000 Arbba Arbba 58205@http://forum.healthformore.com/ Don't care have it or not, you need care your daily habit, following these aspects then you will leave the diabetes. 1. Overeat Overeat susceptible to diabetes, if people overeat, the liver, “Sterol regulatory element binding protein 1C” (referred to as SREBP-1C) will increase, leading to decreased insulin action, triggering diabetes. Long-term consumption of fullness, will make the human endocrine islet B cells in long-term insulin in a “burden” too heavy, the relative fatigue, resulting in dysfunction of insulin secretion, especially in people with diabetes genetic susceptibility, easily induced diabetes. Also eat more food for the long-term obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia and other factors of insulin resistance in the crowd there, more likely to cause excessive accumulation of insulin, resulting in hyperinsulinemia, and hyperinsulinemia lead to the main reason for systemic atherosclerosis. 2. Eat too much fruit Days of hot, delicious meals even in the face, not easily lead to loss of appetite, some people-eating fruit and drinks, often watermelon, peaches and other fruits to meet a lot of a meal. The doctor said, all kinds of fruit drinks, fruit and beverages contain a large part of the high sugar, high blood sugar for some middle-aged man had it, to eat without restraint tends to increase blood sugar, causing diabetes mellitus . 3. Poor Sleep Poor sleep or too few people are likely to develop diabetes. Swedish researchers in 8000 middle-aged Swedes do not track the history of diabetes after 10 years found that those who suffer as much as 500 people with varying degrees of mild diabetes, and these people get sick is a common cause of sleep poor or too little sleep. 4. Every can of sweet soda Women drank more than a can of sweet soda pop, not only easy to become obese, also increases the chance of diabetes. Those who drank at least a can of sweet drinks for women who drink less than the risk of type Ⅱ diabetes 85% higher risk. In addition to soft drinks contain too many calories, the drink to quickly absorb a lot of sugar also makes them easier to obesity and diabetes. Therefore, soft drinks and other soda drinks for energy could lead to excessive intake of energy, and finally lead to overweight and obesity. 5. Women too much iron Accumulate too much iron may lead to women suffering from adult-type diabetes, early blood test may help identify risk in people. Ferritin is an iron in the blood and protein complexes, is a sign of iron volume. The researchers found that, even if such as obesity and other risk factors, including family history of diabetes, physical activity, alcohol consumption and diet factors into account like after the start of the study ferritin levels in women with high risk of diabetes also almost twice as. 6. Men do not drink Moderate intake of alcoholic beverages who suffer from “Ⅱ diabetes,” the probability of alcohol than alcohol-or very few people much lower. This is a group of Harvard University School of Medicine researchers in the past 12 years of continuous research by the conclusion. Over the past 12 years, researchers in each of the 20,951 male doctors, aged from 40 to 84 years ranging from questionnaires, the content is about the lifestyle of their choice, such as drinking, smoking and exercise three areas for investigation, to be gradually analysis and documentation. 7. A lack of vitamin The body susceptible to diabetes, a lack of vitamin E. Finnish research team conducted a healthy middle-aged men followed for 4 years. The observation period, which vitamin E content in men with low risk of diabetes was 4 times normal. Therefore, in addition to diet and increasing physical activity can reduce the risk of diabetes, the increased intake of vitamin E is also an important adjunct. 8. Watch TV People are easier to watch TV at high risk of developing diabetes. And weekly TV time than men in less than one hour, 2-10 hours per week watching TV the man who had 66% higher risk of diabetes; watching TV 21 to 40 hours of men, risk doubled; TV time in 40 hours or more, almost twice the risk increased. The study shows that this lack of time watching TV sports lifestyle and risk of diabetes are directly related. Diabetes risk is not the TV itself brings, but usually watch TV longer represents a typical attitude towards life and habits, that is, excessive intake of calories and exercise less. 9. Pressure Death of a spouse, financial difficulties or other life-changing changes in middle-aged people are the risk factors for diabetes. Material adverse changes in life, results in enormous psychological pressure, is the occurrence of a common phenomenon in type Ⅱ diabetes. The researchers found that people who suffered a major blow over, smaller than the people who hit the possibility of diabetes is 60% larger. john e russo md facm faafp on "How does a person know they have Diabetes?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/how-does-a-person-know-they-have-diabetes#post-58194 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:17:06 +0000 john e russo md facm faafp 58194@http://forum.healthformore.com/ You are inquiring about diabetes mellitus and not diabetes insipidus. We often forget that there is more than 1 type of diabetes in this forum. So far as diabetes mellitus goes there is type 1, type 1.5, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is an elevated blood glucose due to the 'stress' of the pregnancy. It is determined by fasting glucose readings and an oral glucose tolerance test. There are no symptoms. Type 1 diabetes typically presents with all of the following: increased appetite, weight loss despite increased intake, increased thirst, increases urination, and feeling quite ill. Type 2 diabetes typically presents with vague or no symptoms at all and is often detected on routine blood work. Type 1.5 diabetes is a latent auto-immune diabetes related to type 1 diabetes. The symptoms are similar to those seen with type 1 diabetes but the symptoms are less pronounced and appear more gradually. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you the very best of health and happiness and in all things may God bless. JR Mary Ann on "How does a person know they have Diabetes?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/how-does-a-person-know-they-have-diabetes#post-58187 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:17:07 +0000 Mary Ann 58187@http://forum.healthformore.com/ There are two types of diabetes, with different symptoms. The only way to know for sure is to see a doctor. Many times people with Type 2 diabetes have no symptoms, so the disease goes unchecked and undiagnosed until it is very progressed. If you are concerned, get checked now! Type 1 Diabetes •Frequent urination •Unusual thirst •Extreme hunger •Unusual weight loss •Extreme fatigue and Irritability Type 2 Diabetes* •Any of the type 1 symptoms •Frequent infections •Blurred vision •Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal •Tingling/numbness in the hands/feet •Recurring skin, gum, or bladder infections *Often people with type 2 diabetes have no symptoms Ramy H on "How does a person know they have Diabetes?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/how-does-a-person-know-they-have-diabetes#post-58184 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:17:07 +0000 Ramy H 58184@http://forum.healthformore.com/ drink a lot Pee a lot sudden weight loss tiredness itchy bollocks/fanny Noccie on "My blood sugar is low and I'm borderline diabetic, what does this mean and how can I change it?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/my-blood-sugar-is-low-and-im-borderline-diabetic-what-does-this-mean-and-how-can-i-change-it#post-58119 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:17:03 +0000 Noccie 58119@http://forum.healthformore.com/ That first sentance is illogical. Low blood sugar and borderline diabetes are complete opposites. It's like say My hair is yellow and I'm a brunette. There's no reason to be on a low carb diet if you have low sugar. Speak to your doctor to understand if you have a blood sugar issue or not. john e russo md facm faafp on "My blood sugar is low and I'm borderline diabetic, what does this mean and how can I change it?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/my-blood-sugar-is-low-and-im-borderline-diabetic-what-does-this-mean-and-how-can-i-change-it#post-58110 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:17:03 +0000 john e russo md facm faafp 58110@http://forum.healthformore.com/ People have made a rush to judgment here with their suggestions. If your blood glucose is 'low' - hypoglycemia - this would be the opposite of diabetes which is hyperglycemia or elevated blood glucose. Thus it is not possible to have low blood glucose and to be a borderline diabetic. The 1st question is what is low blood glucose and there is no absolute answer to this. In general it is defined as the glucose level at which a person demonstrates the signs of hypoglycemia. Few non-diabetic's will be symptomatic unless the blood glucose is below 60 mg/dL or 3.3 mmol/L. Many will tolerate even lower blood glucose levels. Indeed most people that have been given the diagnosis of hypoglycemia have been misdiagnosed. The correct diagnosis is dysautonomia. I also do not approve of the term borderline diabetes as this misses the point entirely. There is an approximately 10 year lead-in period of pathological damage prior to the glucose being consistently elevated. Thus prompt diagnosis and decisive intervention are essential. I would suggest that you ask your physician for a bit more education as to what is going on with you. I would not make any changes in your diet or habits based upon the answers in this forum until your physician has properly educated you. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you the very best of health and in all things may God bless. JR skittlesss on "My blood sugar is low and I'm borderline diabetic, what does this mean and how can I change it?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/my-blood-sugar-is-low-and-im-borderline-diabetic-what-does-this-mean-and-how-can-i-change-it#post-58102 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:17:04 +0000 skittlesss 58102@http://forum.healthformore.com/ the raw food diet, as shown on CNN, actor Woody Harrelson advocates it, and many many many people have cured their different diseases with it (including diabetes!!). here is a guy that reversed his diabetes type 1 (and others have reversed their type 2 diabetes with the same diet)!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPGpVobyNo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUDbrnlXX-Q Woody Harrelson talks about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QAA3S3zK9I&feature=rec-LGOUT-real_rev-rn-3r-15-HM on CNN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk4sw_rYucg about protein: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae-dlHOmwk4 Amy G on "My blood sugar is low and I'm borderline diabetic, what does this mean and how can I change it?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/my-blood-sugar-is-low-and-im-borderline-diabetic-what-does-this-mean-and-how-can-i-change-it#post-58090 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:17:03 +0000 Amy G 58090@http://forum.healthformore.com/ You need to cut more than that. I am currently on a diabetic diet for the 3rd time due to gestational diabetes. The best thing you can do is to ask your doctor to send you to a dietician/ nurse educator. They can teach you what you need to know. Hear is a summary of my diet. meals are about 45 carbs, maybe up to 60 for dinner. 3 snacks at about 30 carbs. That is low carb. If you are reading carb exchange #'s on labels 1= 15 grams of carbs. So in short hand... 3 carb for meals, 2 for snacks. When you read a label and it says 45 grams total carb. that is 3. Oh and a low is blood sugar under 80. @orange 30-40 grams of carb per day not really possible. That would be like = to one piece of fruit or two pieces of bread all day. maybe you mean carb exchange not grams. Or maybe you are starving yourself, not sure. No Doctor would ever recommend the fad diets that orange and others are doing. like I said there are dietician that can teach you how to eat a health diet. and most insurance will cover it. resplinds on "My blood sugar is low and I'm borderline diabetic, what does this mean and how can I change it?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/my-blood-sugar-is-low-and-im-borderline-diabetic-what-does-this-mean-and-how-can-i-change-it#post-58082 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:17:04 +0000 resplinds 58082@http://forum.healthformore.com/ Even with diabetes, you can have really highs and lows with your sugar. It's all about what you eat. Carbs and sugar all affect your blood sugar level. You should really attend a diabetes education class to learn how to eat right for your condition, so you don't get the swings in levels. Normal levels are 70-100. After eating you should not be much higher than 120-130 and after fasting you should not be lower than 70 or you may get symptoms of hypoglycemia that are NOT fun. They say you are borderline diabetic because your body probably has a high sugar level after some foods than normal, but when you fast you probably can dip really low. See your dietitian and your doc to get on the right track! TheOrange Evil on "My blood sugar is low and I'm borderline diabetic, what does this mean and how can I change it?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/my-blood-sugar-is-low-and-im-borderline-diabetic-what-does-this-mean-and-how-can-i-change-it#post-58079 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:17:04 +0000 TheOrange Evil 58079@http://forum.healthformore.com/ If your blood sugar is low on 300-400 grams of carbohydrate a day, I have to wonder if you're diabetic. :D To answer your question, though, "low' is a relative term. Diabetics eat varying amounts. For example, I try to stick to 30-40 grams per day. Others aim for 100 grams. I'd say that anything over 150 grams is not really "low," but may be low enough for you depending on how well you can control your blood sugar on that diet. In order to figure that out, though, you should buy a meter and test yourself after meals. My blood sugar goals are <99 mg/dL fasting, <140 1-2 hours after eating, but I usually aim lower, closer to <120 mg/dL two hours after a meal. If a food or a large portion sends me over this, I know that I need to stay away from the food or reduce the portion. Cutting 50-100 grams a day could make a difference, but would that difference be enough? I don't know. That's why experimentation is so important. I've also learned that not all carbs are created equal. Simple sugars spike me high, but then I plummet 3-5 hours later, sometimes into a hypoglycemic range. Complex carbs like bread take a while to raise my blood sugar, but sometimes my blood sugar goes up higher and stays up longer than with sugar. Carbs from nuts and peanut butter hardly budge my blood sugar, no matter the quantities. Carbs in vegetables don't have much of an effect on me unless the portions are very large. This is just me, but you may notice some of your own patterns. Based on my own testing, I have eliminated wheat, corn, potatoes, rice, oats, and most sources of sugar (dark chocolate and berries occasionally) from my diet. Altrissa on "My blood sugar is low and I'm borderline diabetic, what does this mean and how can I change it?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/my-blood-sugar-is-low-and-im-borderline-diabetic-what-does-this-mean-and-how-can-i-change-it#post-58071 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:17:04 +0000 Altrissa 58071@http://forum.healthformore.com/ You need to look into starting a low GI diet. Every food has a glycemic index. The lower, the better. This site has a decent list of low gi foods: http://www.the-gi-diet.org/lowgifoods/ There are also books that you can buy that are specifically tailored to diabetics. Hope x on "My blood sugar is low and I'm borderline diabetic, what does this mean and how can I change it?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/my-blood-sugar-is-low-and-im-borderline-diabetic-what-does-this-mean-and-how-can-i-change-it#post-58064 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:17:05 +0000 Hope x 58064@http://forum.healthformore.com/ http://www.ehow.com/how_2351966_quickly-raise-blood-sugar-levels.html hope it helps :o) Tin S on "Does anyone have a good site that details what type 2 diabetics can and cannot eat? Thanks.?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/does-anyone-have-a-good-site-that-details-what-type-2-diabetics-can-and-cannot-eat-thanks#post-58017 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:17:06 +0000 Tin S 58017@http://forum.healthformore.com/ Hambone , here is the best site on the web. It's Mendosa's Glycemic index diet. http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm With this you will know what to eat and what not to eat and how much.And no carb counting. All in one week . You will have it for life. This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world. The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers–the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low. The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn't tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food's effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn't a lot of it, so watermelon's glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low. Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI. Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index–where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney's Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4. There are 4 key steps to controlling glucose levels. Here are the 4 keys: 1) Knowledge- http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/index.ph… This is a great site for info 2) Meds. Metformin to start. Never , ever take Actos or Avandia. They may kill you. Bone fractures, heart problems and what diabetics really don't need is that they change Bone Stem Cells to Fat Cells. 3)diet- A low carb diet is in order. I can't count carbs so I use Mendosa's Glycemic Index Diet. Great for the whole family. http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm 4) EXERCISE- Walking is fine but Nordic Walking is Great. Exercise also lowers Glucose levels , lowers Cholesterol and lowers Blood Pressure. Google it. You take care Tin Rachel.Emily on "Have any diabetics experienced changes in vision when blood sugars fluctuate?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/have-any-diabetics-experienced-changes-in-vision-when-blood-sugars-fluctuate#post-58012 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:17:05 +0000 Rachel.Emily 58012@http://forum.healthformore.com/ Yes, I completely agree!!!! I notice this when my sugars are low. I feel like everything is blurry and when I look at lights it's almost like I see double. I just saw my eye doctor about 2 weeks ago and mentioned this to him and he told me that's normal for fluctuating BGLs. You have to be careful though because that is when damage is being done to your eyes. One of my pupils is bigger than the other and he seems to think that is what caused it. Right now my vision is OK but I may have problem with it later. sonj on "Have any diabetics experienced changes in vision when blood sugars fluctuate?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/have-any-diabetics-experienced-changes-in-vision-when-blood-sugars-fluctuate#post-58004 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:17:06 +0000 sonj 58004@http://forum.healthformore.com/ Yes. I get sort of spots in my vision when my sugar level is low, and some blurring. It is very obvious to me and sometimes the first symptom of being low. I occasionally get slight blurring when it is high, but that is not often. It is real. You should get a new eye specialist who deals with diabetics. Mine is great Vulcan on "Does anyone have a good site that details what type 2 diabetics can and cannot eat? Thanks.?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/does-anyone-have-a-good-site-that-details-what-type-2-diabetics-can-and-cannot-eat-thanks#post-57988 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:17:07 +0000 Vulcan 57988@http://forum.healthformore.com/ You might check out Atkins. his diet is pretty much designed for diabetics - and to prevent diabetes. He has a book called "Diabetes Revolution" you can get on Amazon - probably used copies around. Atkins is great - you don't have to starve, and it makes you feel great. You just quit eating the sugar completely. I've been doing it for the past 10 years - and I'd do it whether I had weight to lose or not. floppsy on "Does anyone have a good site that details what type 2 diabetics can and cannot eat? Thanks.?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/does-anyone-have-a-good-site-that-details-what-type-2-diabetics-can-and-cannot-eat-thanks#post-57979 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:17:06 +0000 floppsy 57979@http://forum.healthformore.com/ The American Diabetes Organization site diabetes.org patsy on "Does anyone have a good site that details what type 2 diabetics can and cannot eat? Thanks.?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/does-anyone-have-a-good-site-that-details-what-type-2-diabetics-can-and-cannot-eat-thanks#post-57973 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:17:05 +0000 patsy 57973@http://forum.healthformore.com/ http://www.webmd.com/search/search_results/default.aspx?query=diabetics%20&sourceType=undefined syl c. on "what happens when u eat a lot of sugar when u have diabetes?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/what-happens-when-u-eat-a-lot-of-sugar-when-u-have-diabetes#post-57960 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:17:04 +0000 syl c. 57960@http://forum.healthformore.com/ Your body likes to maintain a specific level of sugar based on your activity level. Any sudden increase requires a shot of insulin to correct the spike. If your body fails to produce this insulin on it's own (diabetes), artificial insulin is required. Your body burns sugar for energy. When there's a surplus of energy in the body, everything goes haywire. Your fat cells can only accept so much of the excess and then things go wrong. You get hyper and hot at best or go into shock at worst. Hope this helps. Tara Morris on "what happens when u eat a lot of sugar when u have diabetes?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/what-happens-when-u-eat-a-lot-of-sugar-when-u-have-diabetes#post-57951 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:17:04 +0000 Tara Morris 57951@http://forum.healthformore.com/ If I told you how easy it is to get a job in this recession, you wouldn't believe me. But the truth is more employers are going online to find people just like you and me who are ready to work at a good job (one that pays good!). The only thing that makes sense is to stop wasting time driving around all day filling out a dozen applications and going from one boring low paying job to another. I found this site that pretty much matches you up with your dream job that is available in your city right now. I have found it very helpful. Go to FindMeJobNow.com syl c. on "Help.. I am Peeing blood?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/help-i-am-peeing-blood#post-57944 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:17:04 +0000 syl c. 57944@http://forum.healthformore.com/ The problem is not blood in the urine itself. Rather blood in the urine is a sign of something. Something that is not right somewhere within the urogenital tract. For some. It could be something as simple as a low-grade infection. It might be a bladder or kidney stone, bobbling around causing irritation of the lining and therefore blood. Or it may be an early warning sign of a kidney cancer, ureteral cancer or even a bladder cancer. Whatever the cause, blood in the urine is not normal at any time and must be evaluated. Sure, if there is an infection, and there’s no more blood after the infection is treated, then no further assessment is necessary. But that is because there was an obvious cause of blood, that when treated, resolved. However if there’s blood in the urine and no evidence of infection, then a trip to the urologist is absolutely necessary. Nonnegotiable. Tell your parents and let them know about your medical situation and have them set up an appt. with a urologist asap. Good luck to you. Adrian on "Help.. I am Peeing blood?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/help-i-am-peeing-blood#post-57936 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:17:04 +0000 Adrian 57936@http://forum.healthformore.com/ It might be your kidneys.... U need to go to the doctor because, I'm not trying to scare you, but that happened to my mom and she was diagnosed with kidney cancer. She extreme pain though.... So please check ur doctor cuz everything iz better to be catched early than later. Hoj on "Help.. I am Peeing blood?" http://forum.healthformore.com/topic/help-i-am-peeing-blood#post-57928 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:17:04 +0000 Hoj 57928@http://forum.healthformore.com/ It probably isn't blood, and there are a lot of foods and drinks that make your pee different color.