Identifying the Culprit Knowing if sugar is present in what we are eating is important in order to limit our sugar intake. Yes, you would be surprised to learn the different names for sugar and the amount of it contained in even some of the “health foods” we crave. As a rule, examine your
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I was told that: I had diabetes and that it would get worst throughout the years. The sad thing is that I bought that lie. I was told that I would suffer with a number of diabetic complications until I died. Again, I bought that lie. I was also told that I would take prescription medications
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Knowing if you could develop diabetes is a major deal for many people, especially if you have a loved one with this lifestyle illness and therefore you may be familiar with the horrible complications and pain that is many times associated with this “monster.” Today we will take some time to look at the
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Knowing that I had diabetes was really half of the problem solved. When I was ignorant of the fact, I continued to eat all the foods which made my situation worse. To be honest, when I was told that I was pre-diabetic I ignored that information as well. I even had a well-known dermatologist
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I had a reader asked me this week via my e-mail to do an article about the signs and symptoms of diabetes. So, today we will spend some time looking at how you can tell that you could possibly have diabetes. I say possibly because you would still need to see your doctor to
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Are you taking Metformin and have been doing so for some time now? If so, what then is your vitaminB12 level? Do you even know what that is? Should you be concerned? Please continue to read. Today I will share with you some news I read about vitamin B12 monitoring and Metformin users. It
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It is a popular belief that a number of diabetics, later in life must also deal with some form of cardiovascular disease. Please allow me to state here and now, that I refuse to “own” all these diabetic complications. Yes, in the event reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease with almonds is true, then I
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“It runs in my family.” Think about how many times you heard this seemingly proud announcement, especially relating to an illness. What is truly sad, is that most of the time we are referring to lifestyle illnesses and we are not making the connection that we were taught to eat and behave in a given
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It has not been a secret that a number of us who are diabetic, also have to deal with high blood pressure. According to some researchers, blood pressure medication taken at nights have more of an impact on our blood sugar than when we take them in the morning. Today we will take a brief
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I like to know the latest news about diabetes and diabetics. I strongly believe that staying informed and acting can give us more years and also add quality to our lives. I also love to share and so today I will pause to talk a little about research findings concerning Metformin, a popularly used drug
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Today we will have a brief talk about preventing pre-diabetes and therefore stopping diabetes in its’ track. This is possible if we engage in some lifestyle changes. Yes, lifestyle changes can stop diabetes. We will be focusing on type 2 diabetes in this article, but before we do so, let us take a look
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I recently wrote an article about resistance interval training and it helped me to finally kick start my exercise program. You can read that article here, just click the resistance interval training link, which is in blue. I have been a Leslie Sansone person for years (on and off as my exercise track record needs
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Today I will take some time to share with you some information I read about interval weight training and how this can lower the risk of type 2 diabetes complications. According to Rusu (2017), if we do just one (1) session of interval training exercise then diabetics can experience a decreased risk of Type 2 diabetes complications.
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It can be a frustrating task for diabetics to decide what to eat and also how to cook the foods we eat. I will be sharing with you some delicious diabetic recipes I have been using to help me to control my blood glucose. Please note that recently I made a decision, based
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I wish for all my readers a Happy New Year, and it is my prayer that we will re-focus on a number of issues as we continue the struggle to change our lifestyles in order to control and possibly reverse diabetes. To my readers who are not diabetic, please do all you possibly can in
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Christmas is by far my favorite holiday. I love the cool temperature, the smells, and sounds and most importantly I love that we are in a jolly mood. I really love meeting with family and friends at this time of the year to laugh, talk and share meals. Spending quality time with the children is
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