Traveling With Diabetes

Follow this advice before you hit the road:Keep glucose goods close at hand. If you are traveling by plane, pack your medications, insulin, syringes, test strips, lancets, ketone strips, and other sup...Full Article

Preparing Your Child and Family for Life With Diabetes

After the initial shock of diagnosis wears off and we become more comfortable with administering insulin shots, scheduling blood tests and mealtimes, and carbohydrate counting we have a chance to look...Full Article

Low-Carb: The Role of Insulin

There are three basic units the body uses for energy:1. Fats2. Proteins3. CarbohydratesAll three can be converted to blood glucose. However, while fats and proteins are converted slowly, carbohydrates...Full Article

Protein Principles for Diabetes

Dietary considerations can present a Hobsons choice in diabetes. Even when the intake is nutritious, assimilating it can be another matter. Then there is the problem of progression of diabetic complic...Full Article

Exercise & Diabetes

You are no doubt aware that exercise can help prevent the serious complications that often come with diabetes and heart disease. Research has repeatedly shown that regular physical activity helps redu...Full Article

Treating Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

The toes burn and tingle and sharp pains shoot into your legs. The bed sheets feel uncomfortable on the feet as you toss and turn, trying to get some rest. Your feet felt numb throughout the day, but ...Full Article

Pre-Diabetes: Check Engine Warning Light

Your car has an early detection system and so does your body. Take 3 minutes to read this article and learn how you can save yourself a life time of aches, pains, and costly medical bills.Have you ev...Full Article

Pre-Diabetes Awareness: Gamblers Understand the Odds

Do you gamble? Play Texas Holdem poker, casino games, or lotteries? Then understanding your odds of winning is part of the challenge.Are you planning on living a long and healthy life? A life free ...Full Article

Pre-Diabetes - The Calm Before the Storm

Remember when the medical world identified pre-hypertension to better monitor your blood pressure? The new buzz: Pre-Diabetes concerns a similar condition pinpointing people who are at severe risk fo...Full Article

Diabetes Awareness: The Downside... a New Wardrobe?

Here is some commonsense thinking:I cant understand why anyone who has diabetes wouldnt exerciseand watch what they eat.The down side is that you may have to get an entire new wardrobe since exercise ...Full Article

Raising Happy Diabetic Kids Part II

This is the second article in a series I am writing about how to raise happy diabetic children. You can find the first article titled Help Your Child Develope Self-Confidence in our article archives....Full Article

Improper pH Balance Increases Risk and Damage of Diabetes

THE RISKBlood sugar balance is critical to your bodys proper functioning. Blood sugar (glucose) is the primary source of fuel for the bodys cells and is particularly critical to the brain and the eyes...Full Article

Raising Happy Diabetic Kids

This is the first in a series of articles I am about to embark upon concerning this subject. As my family gets older and matures with this disease I think back to the early days and wonder why arent w...Full Article

Diabetes Awareness: Ill Wait til it Hurts

By the time many type 2 diabetics (and often their doctors) realize action is necessary, the disease, with its destructive high blood sugars, has been silently damaging their body for years.Complicati...Full Article

Humulin or Lantus, Which Insulin For Your Child?

Humulin or Lantus? When my daughter, who was 8, was first diagnosed the Childrens Hospital that was treating her put her on an insulin program of short acting Humalog NPH and long acting Humalin N. Yo...Full Article

Insulin

Insulin has two critical roles in the body that we cannot live without, yet it can be the root of many health problems, including diabetes. Insulin carries sugar (glucose), fat and protein into your ...Full Article

Normal Blood Sugar Levels ARE Possible for a Diabetic!

t are normal blood sugar levels? Fasting (blood sugar level after not eating for 8 hours) blood sugar should be between 70 milligrams per deciliter to 100 mg/dL. Your blood sugar should not be above 1...Full Article

Accu-Check Aviva Glucometer - New for Diabetes Testing

you can help make every test strip count as you can test right the very first time.The wide-mouth strip quickly sucks on the tiny blood drop, helping 97% of diabetes fill the strip on the very first t...Full Article

STAT-LET? Auto Safety Lancets - Makes Diabetes Testing Easy!

t Medical Hardware, Inc (SMD) was founded in 1988 and is a leader in developing and distributing innovative medical devices. Their emphasis is on lancets, lancing devices and clinical, capillary bloo...Full Article

Hyperglycemia, Diabetes, and Managing Blood Sugar

after a miserable 10 hours of blood tests its confirmed you have hyperglycemia. Well now isnt the time to sit back and get depressed. Look at the positive side, now you know why youve been tired and w...Full Article