Diabetes
Seven of the best sites about diabetes. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page. (Related searches: Metformin, Diabetic Shoes, Insulin Inhaler)
1. American Diabetes Association - Non-profit “health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy.” Learn all about diabetes, including the differences between Type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes), Type 2 diabetes (adult-onset diabetes), and pre-diabetes, as well as information on gestational diabetes in pregnant women, a diabetes risk test, tips on how to prevent diabetes, recipes for diabetics, info on diabetes research and more. (www.diabetes.org)
2. Basics About Diabetes - Frequently asked questions about diabetes get answered at this site from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, including “What is diabetes?”, “What are the symptoms of diabetes?”, “What is the treatment for diabetes?”, “Is there a cure for diabetes?” and more. (www.cdc.gov)
3. Diabetic Express - Online store where you can find the majority of your diabetes supplies, such as blood glucose meters, test strips, insulin devices, sugar free foods, diabetic socks, more. (www.diabeticexpress.com)
4. Diabetes Diet: Create Your Healthy-Eating Plan - Overview of the planning necessary for a healthy diet that controls diabetes, including counting carbohydrates, food “exchanges”, and a breakdown of the percentage of each class of foods (carbs, protein, fat) you should be shooting for each day. (www.mayoclinic.com)
5. The Links Between Diabetes, Obesity, and Inflammation - October 29, 2007 blog post explains why overweight people are more likely to develop Type II diabetes. (blog.nutritiondata.com)
6. All About Beating Diabetes - While this is not the most well-written of sites, it does its best to give information on diabetes mellitus, symptoms of the disease, the right foods for diabetics to control blood sugar, diabetes medications and more. (www.all-about-beating-diabetes.com)
7. Advanced Diabetes Supply - Offers diabetic testing supplies such as blood glucose meters, test strips and more. (www.northcoastmed.com)
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1. Type2 Diabetes Man February 2nd, 2008 at 10:09 am
Thanks for the list. I can definitely recommend the first site on the list :diabetes.org. I use it oftten, It has recipes a lot facts and an active dicussion forum
cheers
2. Dave Patrickd March 24th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Hi, Im a type 2 diabetic, have been for about two and a half years, although I suspect it had been creeping up on me for a long time before that due to the sheer amount of crap I used to shovel into my mouth.
My levels when I took my first diagnosed test were 36mm if your in the UK Great Britain (which I am) or multiply by 18 for US citizens 648mg/dl. Thats a fairly high reading as you can imagine. Needless to say, they didnt let me leave the doctors office and I was driven straight to my local emergency ward
After that, I was on 4 shots of insulin a day.
A few months down the line, I started studying anything I could find on reversing my condition.
Low and behold there is a ton of information on the web alone.
I also ordered sevral books.
After a lot of research and adjusting my diet I was able to come of the shots and the doctor has signed me of the register as a diabetic. Although, I find that if I’m at all wayward with my diet, the symptoms appear again within days.
Here are my recommendations. You may not like some of them but given the choice between going without your favourite snacks or having your legs amputated and going blind, then I dont think their is even a question which one you should choose.
Here we go.
1.
Never eat any form of sugar again ever! No ifs or buts.
No sucrose, fructose, molasses, honey, basically any sweetner, artificial or otherwise. Yes it sucks but you’ll deal with it.
Choose cinammon, real lemon or lime juice, nutmeg, black pepper, what ever floats your boat.
2.
Eat virtually no carbohydrate, except the stuff that naturally occurs in veg and fruit. And for that matter, only eat fruts that have 3-4grams of sugar or less per 100grams. those would be the sharp tasting varieties. If in doubt read the labels people.
3.
Read the labels of everything you buy before you buy it, this is one of the greatest weapons in your fight against rising blood sugar levels. Avoid any food that contains more than 3-4 grams of carbohydrate per 100grams.
4.
Start taking a table spoon of high quality flaxseed oil everyday, mixed in with a little plain un flavoured yogurt, add some cinammon, make sure you mix it in well, if you can get your hands on some, use quark instead. I helps assimilate the oil much better, you may want to add a little water to make it mix easier, dont forget to add the cinammon.
5.
Try not to eat after about 6 in the evening or not long after you finnish your day job, since your body will burn up and glucose less efficiently once you stop moving around.
6.
Get as much exercise as you can, dont worry if your not a marathon runner, walking is good. Get in the habit of doing as much as you can, just dont make yourself ill from overexercising.
7.
Cut out all forms of caffeine, all crappy soft drinks, diet or otherwise. I know we all love em but crush them like the evil little culprits that they are.
8.
Eat more high quality protein and dark green veg, there is too much to talk about here so just trust me, they are highly beneficial foods.
9.
Dont eat too much fat, it all goes in, obviously olive oil, coconut oil, avocado and all the other natural unprocessed oils are ok.
any questions at all mail me on
3. Frederick May 15th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Hello,
Very helpful list. Diabetes runs in our family, including heart disease.
I would like to share my thoughts about successfully dealing with diabetes. Coconut oil may be one of the best foods for diabetics. Medium chain fatty acids (MCFA) richly found in coconut oil can feed your cells without the assistance of insulin.
You can read the entire article on this web page: Coconut Oil for Diabetes
I hope you find it helpful.
Best wishes,
Frederick
Coconut Oil Central
The Drugstore in a Bottle
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