Type 2 diabetes and heart disease
What is the link between Type 2 diabetes and heart disease? Type 2 diabetes is more than simply a raised blood glucose level. You are also likely to develop various problems related to your...
Category: Diabetes
How your body uses glucose
Glucose, in carbohydrate foods, is your body’s main energy source. Without diabetes, the quantity of glucose in your blood is carefully regulated by two hormones produced by your pancreas. In Type 2 diabetes, this...
Myth “Type 2 diabetes isn’t serious unless you need insulin injections”
Truth The seriousness of diabetes isn’t linked to the type of treatment you have but to whether your blood glucose and blood pressure are within healthy limits. For example, it is far more serious...
Discoveries Offer Diabetics A Peace of Mind
Life got tense for Louis Wilpitz and his family when he developed type two diabetes. He says, “When I don’t control myself, they could probably testify to you that I don’t feel good, and...
Diet and Exercise Delays Type 2 Diabetes
Because the prevalence of type 2 diabetes has tripled in the last 30 years, researchers continue to study the link between obesity and diabetes so that greater numbers of individuals can better control their...
Understanding Diabetes
What is Type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes and used to be called “maturity onset” or “non-insulin-dependent” diabetes. When you have diabetes your body cannot use glucose...
Diabetics may Need More Than Diet
People with type 2 diabetes who try to control the condition with diet alone may not be receiving all the health services they need. That’s the key finding from a new study out of...
Halting Diabetes
Researchers from UCLA have discovered what they call a “remarkable” new tool in the fight against diabetes. An 18-month clinical trial shows a new drug halts the progression of type 1 diabetes and improves...