Diet plays an important role in the treatment of diabetes. The diet may be used alone or in combination with insulin injections or oral hypoglycemic drugs. Patients with Type 1 diabetes should have a diet that has approximately 35 calories per kg of body weight per day (or 16 calories per pound of body weight per day). Patients with Type 2 diabetes generally are put on a 1500-1800 calorie diet per day to promote weight loss and then the maintenance of ideal body weight. The diet plan of an individual is based on height, weight, age, sex, physical activity and nature of diabetes. One should consider the following points while planning a diabetic diet: . Determining energy requirements . Determining the type of carbohydrates, fiber and food preparations . Presence of any other complication such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels etc. WHAT IS THE GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR A DIABETES DIET? The treatment goals for a diabetes diet are the following: . To achieve near normal blood...

How is type II diabetes usually controlled? High blood sugar can be lowered by diet and exercise, by a number of oral medications and by insulin injections. Before taking METFORMIN you should first try to control your diabetes by exercise and weight loss. Even if you are taking METFORMIN, you should still exercise and follow the diet recommended for your diabetes. Metformin was approved for use in the U.S. for treatment of type 2 diabetes in December, 1994. Metformin is approved for treatment with sulfonylureas, or with insulin, or as monotherapy. Metformin XR Extended Release tablets, a once daily version of metformin, is available. Also, metformin is available as part of combination products with two different sulfonylureas (glyburide and glipizide), called Glucovance and Metaglip, respectively. Metformin should be stopped at the time of or prior to the procedure. Metformin should then be withheld for 48 hours after the procedure. Once renal function is found to b...

Ever thought how you got diabetes. And it may worry you that your children might get it too. Unlike some traits, diabetes does not seem to be inherited in a simple pattern. Yet clearly, some people are born more likely to get diabetes than others. Blame it on your genes. After all, you are what you are because of your genes. While the role of genes in determining the color of one’s eyes or appearance has been accepted, their role in determining behavioral characteristics is still debated. Genes have been found to determine the susceptibility to particular diseases too. It could be a disease linked to a single gene or to a large number of genes. The role of many genes playing pivotal role in determining the predisposition to diabetes is becoming all the more clear. What leads to diabetes? Type 1 and type 2 diabetes have different causes. Yet two factors are important in both. First, you must inherit a predisposition to the disease. Second, something in your environment must trigger...

Many people know about Type 1 & 2 Diabetes and many are ignorant about something called Gestational Diabetes. Know more and take care. Are you at risk for Gestational Diabetes? Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes, or high blood sugar, that only pregnant women get. In fact, the word gestational means pregnant. If a woman gets high blood sugar when she's pregnant, but she never had high blood sugar before, she has gestational diabetes. Nearly 135,000 pregnant women get the condition every year, making it one of the top health concerns related to pregnancy. If not treated, gestational diabetes can cause problems for mothers and babies. Some of these problems can be serious. B ut there is some good news: · Most of the time, gestational diabetes goes away after the baby is born. The changes in your body that cause gestational diabetes normally occur only when you are pregnant. After the baby is born, your body goes back to normal and the condition goes away. · Gestational dia...

Type 2 Diabetes is a life-long disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. It occurs when the body does not respond correctly to insulin, a hormone released by the pancreas. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Diabetes is caused by a problem in the way your body makes or uses insulin. Insulin is needed to move glucose (blood sugar) into cells, where it is used for energy. Type 2, is usually accompanied by obesity and insulin resistance . Insulin resistance means that insulin produced by your pancreas cannot get inside fat and muscle cells to produce energy. Since the cells are not getting the insulin they need, the pancreas produces more and more. Over time, abnormally high levels of sugar build up in the blood. This is called hyperglycemia. Many people with insulin resistance have hyperglycemia and high blood insulin levels at the same time. People who are overweight have a higher risk of insulin resistance, because fat interferes with the body's ...

Type 1 Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas produces too little insulin to regulate blood sugar levels appropriately. Type 1 diabetes, often called juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, the beta cells of the pancreas produce little or no insulin, the hormone that allows glucose to enter body cells. Once glucose enters a cell, it is used as fuel. Without adequate insulin, glucose builds up in the bloodstream instead of going into the cells. The body is unable to use this glucose for energy despite high levels in the bloodstream, leading to increased hunger. In addition, the high levels of glucose in the blood causes the patient to urinate more, which in turn causes excessive thirst. Within 5 to 10 years after diagnosis, the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas are completely destroyed, and no more insulin is produced. Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age, but it usually starts in people younger than 30. Symptoms are usually severe an...