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Recommended Blood Glucose Numbers

Friday, April 10, 2009

What are the Right Numbers? Depending on where you look, recommended blood glucose levels can vary. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) numbers differ from the American College of Endocrinology (ACE) guidelines. The ACE recommendations are more strict than the ADA’s. How do you know which to follow? Ask your healthcare provider which goals are right for [...]

How High Fat Foods Affect Your Blood Sugar Levels

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Consuming large amounts of fat in foods is a recipe for disaster, even for the seemingly healthy person. Over time this fat will accumulate and bring about a variety of different life altering and life threatening conditions such as heart attack, cholesterol, heart disease and more. Diabetics will suffer even more adverse affects from eating [...]

Glycemic Index Menu Plan – Why The Glycemic Index Is Important For People With Diabetes

Friday, February 13, 2009

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Each month, more than 165 000 searches are done for the term “glycemic index”. This means that there are a lot of people who have heard about it and want to learn more, but it also means that there are people that don’t understand what “glycemic index” is all about and they should. This article [...]

Diabetic Menu Planning – How To Adapt Your Meals To Your Diabetic Menu

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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Diabetes is a matter of control. Keep this in mind when you get the news that you have diabetes. You can live a life that is as normal as possible is you plan a good diabetic menu, get the right exercise and take the medication your physician prescribes. The part of your treatment that you [...]

Diabetic Menu – What Are The Benefits of the Carbohydrate Counting Diet?

Friday, February 6, 2009

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Carbohydrates can be found in many foods including bread, pasta, potatoes, vegetables, rice and more. The benefits of the carbohydrate counting diet relate to the weight you can lose and the improvement in your health. The best benefit of this diet is that you don’t have to remove any foods from your regular diet. You [...]

Diabetic Diet Menu – How To Manage Your Diabetes With A Diet Menu

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

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If you are diagnosed with diabetes and you are looking for a good way to help improve your health and fitness, this diet will be something you could use. It’s a great starter diet that can help out your diabetes management plan. Before you start your diabetic diet menu you should contact your doctor, so [...]

Diabetic Menu Plans – Some Pointers To Think About When Planning Your Diabetic Menu

Friday, January 30, 2009

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When you have diabetes it is important to plan what you eat and resist the temptation. To be able to live healthy it is crucial to have healthy diabetic menu plans. Here are some points that can help you when you are planning a diabetic menu.

Three Simple Steps to Diabetes Prevention

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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With all the attention preventative healthcare is getting these days, the subject of diabetes prevention is seeing its fair share of the spot light, too. No wonder, either, since some 16 million people in the U.S have Type II diabetes (1) and it’s the country’s sixth leading cause of death (2). The good news, though, [...]

Diabetic Diet ‘Free Foods’

Friday, January 23, 2009

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When we talk about free foods in a diabetic diet we are not referring to the monetary cost of the food. You have to pay for food – that is a fact of life (well, unless you have your own fruit and vegetable garden or farm!)

Bad Carbohydrates vs Good Carbohydrates

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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Carbohydrate intake is a major consideration in the planning of diabetic diets and meals. You need to focus on how many carbohydrates you can have them and even when you can eat them. Carbohydrates are a vital part of the blood sugar management process and therefore are a mandatory focus for diabetics. If a diabetic [...]

Diabetic Menu With A Fun Twist

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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It’s not because you are diagnosed with diabetes, that you can’t have scrumptious meals. However, you are required to stick to a very strict diabetes diet with the only acceptable foods include fruits and vegetables. If you want to make your diabetic menu a little bit more exciting and tastier you can follow the suggestions [...]

Diabetic Diet – Menus Planned With Consistency and Variety

Saturday, January 3, 2009

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Being consistent and still have a lot of variety in your diabetic diet sounds like a difficult thing to do. But you can do it and you should, because it’s one of the best ways to manage your diabetes through your diet. Being consistent should be achieved through setting specific meal times and having the [...]

The Possibilities For Diabetes Treatment

Friday, December 26, 2008

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The last decade diabetes became more and more a common disease among people. Diabetes finds his cause due to mismanagement of the carbohydrate metabolism inside the human body. We can identify diabetes through the following symptoms: excessive production of urine, hunger, excessive loss of weight, thirst, blurred vision, a significant delay in skin healing, repeated [...]

A Low Glycemic Menu Can Radically Improve Your Health

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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You may have heard about something called the glycemic index lately. More and more people are talking about it, and many doctors believe a low glycemic menu is key to enjoying good health. In addition, many people who been diagnosed as either diabetic or pre diabetic strive to eat a lot of food [...]

Diabetic Diet Food Menu – How To Use The Food Pyramid In Your Diabetic Diet Food Menu

Friday, December 5, 2008

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When you were in grade school, you were probably taught about the food pyramid and the different food groups that it exists off. For a balanced, healthy menu it is recommended to vary your diet and follow the food serving suggestions from the pyramid. But as adults we rarely pay much attention to it all. [...]

Diabetes Management – What Is The Importance Of Proper Diabetes Management.

Friday, November 28, 2008

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As of 2008, there is no cure for either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. This may seem like a dim outlook for many people, but the fact is that even though there is no cure, there certainly are ways to manage your diabetes.

The Diabetes Diet Menu

Friday, November 21, 2008

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A “miracle” diabetes diet menu that cures the disease doesn’t exist, but if you follow a few dietary rules you can stay healthy with type 2 diabetes. And if you think more about it, the only diet you really need to follow is proper nutrition. The biggest part amongst you will be inexperienced with following [...]