After a meal, a portion of the food a person eats is broken down into sugar (glucose). The sugar then passes into the bloodstream and to the body's cells via a hormone (called insulin) that is produced by the pancreas.
You've recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and you don't know what you can eat. One expert says you need to cut back on fat,... Read more »
The debate on whether the calories that people with or without diabetes drink help to make us feel full isn't over. But the evidence that... Read more »
Sometimes I feel incredibly lucky. For one thing, I'm alive. I know a lot of people who aren't. Also, I can see and hear reasonably... Read more »
It’s pretty easy to feel like the only person with diabetes during your day-to-day life. At my work, there are a couple people with Type... Read more »
Believe it or not, I'm pretty sure all of our doctors and our parents want to help us. Your parents want you to be healthy so you can be... Read more »
Has the battle to cure diabetes landed Type I patients and Type II on opposite sides? That’s the question behind a recent New York Times article ... Read more »
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Noninsulin-dependent diabetes; Diabetes - type 2; Adult-onset diabetes Treatment The goal of treatment at first is to lower high blood... Read more »
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Type 1 diabetes increases the risk for many serious health complications. However, during the past several decades, the rate of serious complications... Read more »
A healthy well-balanced diet is an essential part of glucose control for people who have diabetes. However, having diabetes does not mean that you... Read more »
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Nerve damage - diabeticSymptomsSymptoms often develop slowly over several years. They can vary depending on the nerves that are affected.People with... Read more »