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Written by OKR
Long lasting high blood glucose levels in diabetes patients, the so-called 'hypers' are more harmful than expected. A research done by neuropsychologist Alette Wessels of the VU medical center in Amsterdam shows that “hypers” can lead to permanent damage in the brain. Until recently it was assumed that especially the low glucose levels could lead to brain damage.
Written by OKR
Long lasting high blood glucose levels in diabetes patients, the so-called 'hypers' are more harmful than expected. A research done by neuropsychologist Alette Wessels of the VU medical center in Amsterdam shows that “hypers” can lead to permanent damage in the brain. Until recently it was assumed that especially the low glucose levels could lead to brain damage.
Written by OKR
Long lasting high blood glucose levels in diabetes patients, the so-called 'hypers' are more harmful than expected. A research done by neuropsychologist Alette Wessels of the VU medical center in Amsterdam shows that “hypers” can lead to permanent damage in the brain. Until recently it was assumed that especially the low glucose levels could lead to brain damage.
Written by OKR
Long lasting high blood glucose levels in diabetes patients, the so-called 'hypers' are more harmful than expected. A research done by neuropsychologist Alette Wessels of the VU medical center in Amsterdam shows that “hypers” can lead to permanent damage in the brain. Until recently it was assumed that especially the low glucose levels could lead to brain damage.
Written by OKR
To provide enough energy every day, our body needs fuel. We can receive this fuel in different ways with our food. An important fuel supplier is carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are a collective noun for starch and sugars. You can divide sugar into natural sugars like lactose, fructose and saccharine. Glucose is being made from these carbohydrates in our body. Glucose serves as fuel to be able to walk, talk and think – we need it for all our bodily functions. Every person has glucose in their blood. People also call it blood sugar.
It is advised that half of your meal should consist of carbohydrates. The best thing to do is not to use products that are rich in saccharine, because they are rich in fat. You should choose products that contain starch instead of the group of sugars. You will find starch in bread, potatoes, peas and beans, whole-wheat products, pasta and rice. Starch supplies us with the materials for glucose, just as sugars do but it is a more complex process of digestion and hence allows us to really use more of the sugars we receive from eating it, without storing too much fat as we spend also more energy generating them and burn calories to do so.
For diabetics, since they have to watch over the levels of blood sugar, this means they need to watch the levels of all carbohydrates (not just sugar) because they all are a source for glucose in the blood.
Written by OKR
To provide enough energy every day, our body needs fuel. We can receive this fuel in different ways with our food. An important fuel supplier is carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are a collective noun for starch and sugars. You can divide sugar into natural sugars like lactose, fructose and saccharine. Glucose is being made from these carbohydrates in our body. Glucose serves as fuel to be able to walk, talk and think – we need it for all our bodily functions. Every person has glucose in their blood. People also call it blood sugar.
It is advised that half of your meal should consist of carbohydrates. The best thing to do is not to use products that are rich in saccharine, because they are rich in fat. You should choose products that contain starch instead of the group of sugars. You will find starch in bread, potatoes, peas and beans, whole-wheat products, pasta and rice. Starch supplies us with the materials for glucose, just as sugars do but it is a more complex process of digestion and hence allows us to really use more of the sugars we receive from eating it, without storing too much fat as we spend also more energy generating them and burn calories to do so.
For diabetics, since they have to watch over the levels of blood sugar, this means they need to watch the levels of all carbohydrates (not just sugar) because they all are a source for glucose in the blood.
Written by OKR
To provide enough energy every day, our body needs fuel. We can receive this fuel in different ways with our food. An important fuel supplier is carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are a collective noun for starch and sugars. You can divide sugar into natural sugars like lactose, fructose and saccharine. Glucose is being made from these carbohydrates in our body. Glucose serves as fuel to be able to walk, talk and think – we need it for all our bodily functions. Every person has glucose in their blood. People also call it blood sugar.
It is advised that half of your meal should consist of carbohydrates. The best thing to do is not to use products that are rich in saccharine, because they are rich in fat. You should choose products that contain starch instead of the group of sugars. You will find starch in bread, potatoes, peas and beans, whole-wheat products, pasta and rice. Starch supplies us with the materials for glucose, just as sugars do but it is a more complex process of digestion and hence allows us to really use more of the sugars we receive from eating it, without storing too much fat as we spend also more energy generating them and burn calories to do so.
For diabetics, since they have to watch over the levels of blood sugar, this means they need to watch the levels of all carbohydrates (not just sugar) because they all are a source for glucose in the blood.
Written by OKR
To provide enough energy every day, our body needs fuel. We can receive this fuel in different ways with our food. An important fuel supplier is carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are a collective noun for starch and sugars. You can divide sugar into natural sugars like lactose, fructose and saccharine. Glucose is being made from these carbohydrates in our body. Glucose serves as fuel to be able to walk, talk and think – we need it for all our bodily functions. Every person has glucose in their blood. People also call it blood sugar.
It is advised that half of your meal should consist of carbohydrates. The best thing to do is not to use products that are rich in saccharine, because they are rich in fat. You should choose products that contain starch instead of the group of sugars. You will find starch in bread, potatoes, peas and beans, whole-wheat products, pasta and rice. Starch supplies us with the materials for glucose, just as sugars do but it is a more complex process of digestion and hence allows us to really use more of the sugars we receive from eating it, without storing too much fat as we spend also more energy generating them and burn calories to do so.
For diabetics, since they have to watch over the levels of blood sugar, this means they need to watch the levels of all carbohydrates (not just sugar) because they all are a source for glucose in the blood.
20 Forum posts tagged with "glucose"
In category Support
Written by sistersandy
[size=14:31920b369f][b:31920b369f]Hi,
I was only diagnosed as diabetic in December 2005.
Although my local general practice has a dedicated diabetes nurse and two GPs spcializing in diabetes I do have a couple of questions.
My blood sugar meter is set by default to the same units the hospital used, mmol/L (milimoles per litre?). The other possibilty is mg/dL (miligrams per decilitre?). Is
In category Support
Written by sistersandy
Hi,
Yesterday, at the diabetes clinic (at my GPs surgery), I learnt a lot more. Particularly the dietician told me of a British diabetic who had to be checked in a US hospital for something like [i:500c0cef4c]deep vein thrombosis[/i:500c0cef4c]. He had, obviously, to tell the attending doctor that he was diabetic.
He was immediately asked what his “carbs” were (I don’t even know what carbs a
In category Support
Written by sistersandy
Hi,
My diabetes specialists recommend that I take my blood sugar levels (and blood pressure) once a day in the following pattern.
Day 1 - before breakfast, Day 2 - after breakfast, Day 3 - before lunch, Day 4 - after lunch, Day 5 - before supper and Day 6 - after supper - and then repeat. (After meals means 2 hours after food.)
This seems reasonable as it should produce a valid sampling a
In category Support
Written by Anita
hi everyone!
i wonder if anyone here uses insulin pumps and can give some insider-insights as to what he finds as a good pump.
these things cost a lot, and the insurance in most cases cover only the basic pump from most manufacturers (minimed/medtronics, animas, etc).
any feedback would be great!
In category Support
Written by Anita
It seems that many people confuse between T1 and T2 diabetes, so I'll do my best to explain the difference.
People who suffer from Type 1 diabetes (also knows as T1 diabetes), do not produce enough insulin, or don't produce insulin at all, and as a result have problems in using the carbs they eat. Such people must inject insulin in order to keep themselves a live.
People who suffer from Typ
In category Support
Written by Anita
My control improved... at last. I've been working very hard for the past 2 months. On my meter, the average dropped from over 9 mmol to 6.3mmol. I'll have my A1c later this week. But the best news is that I can drop completely the acarbose ( from 3 a day to 0 ) and cut down 1mg of Repaglinide ( from 4mg to 3mg) at each meal. Of course that also means that I have to stay at 15 to 20 grams o
In category Support
Written by Anita
hello all!
It's been a while since I first saw the insuling pumps around- the promise was almost sci-fi: no more insulin shots, just tell the pump how many carbs you're eating, etc.
These days, you still get all these amazing diabetes gadgets, such as a non-intrusive device that tests the sugar levels using light only (amazing), and so on.
is there any company that interconnect these two devi
In category Support
Written by Anita
[quote:ec9843fc21]I know people who are eating properly, never in excess, thin and fit and who have diabetes. Genes are the culprits in thoses cases.[/quote:ec9843fc21]
I have to agree with Gemstone - genes play a major rule in this.
Yes - some people might become diabetic due to pumping sugar (I know someone that got it by drinking carrot juice several times a day - would you belive this??) bu
In category Support
Written by Anita
Anyone heard about this Insulow thing?
I've read about it lately on several places.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read,4,4539.html
http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=1185647XSL_NEWSML_TO_NEWSML.xml
In category Support
Written by Anita
2 hours after supper, I took my bg on my left hand. As I ate pretty normally so was surprised to have a bg of 11mmol. To be sure, I took it on the right hand and got 8mmol. A difference of 3mmol is far too big.
Next meal I did the same, took my bg on both hands, still a difference of 3mmol. Now, I tested with another meter which read the same. Now, which hand is the good one? I'll chat w
In category Support
Written by Anita
Hi guys. I posted this on the sugarland blog and thought I would share it here.
I read what you said about your son, and yes it is wrong to assume that all T2's are overweight or obese. What is the bigger concern here is exercise. Your cells have insulin receptors on the outside of them. Insulin binds to them and a chain reaction occurs bringing glucose transporters to the cell surface in order
In category Interesting News
Written by Anita
Did anyone heard of this medtronic insulin pump?
I read that the FDA approved this. I think it's suppose to be much more accurate than the regular pump.
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2006/04/10/daily43.html
In category Support
Written by Anita
I just found out today that I have Type II Diabetes. I'm 32 years old.
It didn't come as a surprise. I had been feeling the symptoms for the last six months but was in denial and as a college student, I don't have health insurance, so I didn't go to the doctor.
Finally, a condition developed that I couldn't ignore. The blood test was run and my glucose level was 260.
To comment on this th
In category New Member?
Written by Anita
Hey ya'll!
Okay as you may can tell I'm from TX! I'm in high school and am very involved in sports and competitive cheereleading, as well as some clubs and FFA. I was recently diagnosed with T1 diabetes but I know hardly anything about it. I've tryed looking stuff up on the internet but most sites all say something a little different. If anyone has some interesting facts they would like to shaIn category Support
Written by Wrong change
Hello everyone. I am new to this site and have a question for you. I have had my ENDOCRINOLOGIST for 14 years now. I am 29 years old, went into a coma when I was 15, (2,450 blood glucose level, (worlds record I was told)), and he saved my life. I have been with him ever since. But my A1C seems to be high now and he didn't suggest any changes. I am curious as to what you people think. To me havi
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Written by Vytautas
Um... Can you introduce me to the numbers of sugar levels (perfect-good-bad)? Since the moment i see the number 50 i freak out
Here we count mmol/l wich are 3,3-5,5 good >3,3 a bit low <3 getting dangerous ~7 could be better >10 bad >13 very bad
So could i get some info then, because i'm pretty lost here...
In category Support
Written by julia
hi i just got my aic back it is 6.1 they said it is pre diabetes what is diabetes on the aic thing is there a site i can go to that lists things i can eat and drink and maybe a diet list i also have lupus sle so this new thing is a pretty big blow to me, lately i have been not hungry having mood swings i thought it was the lupus but my lupus is not active could it be the diabetes, please help eme
In category New Member?
Written by Tammy
Hi,
I am looking for some information on insulin pumps and was wondering if there is anyone out there to give me a hand. Right now I am on the Medtronic Minimed 512 insulin pump and I want to upgrade to the 522 with the Continous Blood Glucose System and I want more information with people that are on it.
In category Support
Written by Tammy
Just wondering if there is anyone out there that is on this system?
In category Support
Written by Vytautas
Well as we can all see it's summer now, it's hot (with a little welcome rain) and your air-conditioner is probably not working (just joking
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A reminder to those that have diabetes for a long time and a warning for those that have had it for a short time: be careful. It's beter to be warned before an accident happens. Very hot weather (and you'll probably be more active with all t
