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The self refers to being capable of self blood glucose checked at home. Also called self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG by its acronym in English). Regular self-testing blood sugar tells you and your doctor how well is working diet, exercise and medication for diabetes.

A device called a glucometer can provide an exact blood sugar reading. There are different types of devices. Usually, you prick your finger with a small needle called a lancet to get a tiny drop of blood. You place the blood onto a test strip and put the strip on the device. Results are available within 30 to 45 seconds.

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It is a disorder in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins caused by a deficiency of insulin, which can be absolute or relative. For its part, insulin is a hormone produced by the beta cells of pancreas to control blood sugar (blood glucose levels).
Insulin deficiency causes impairment in the ability of tissues to utilize nutrients, resulting in increased blood glucose (hyperglycaemia).

Normally, when glucose exceeds 110 mg / dl is secreted insulin and low blood sugar to normal (80-110 mg / dl). When the blood sugar falls below 60 mg / dl, normal production slows insulin, which limits the use of glucose by the tissues and allows increased blood glucose to normal.

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If you are looking for ways to lose weight, you’ve probably found something about diet Cormillot. Maybe not quite understand what it is and if feasible. Here resolve some basic questions:

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Are diabetes drugs can kill? This may be the lesson of a study presented at the recent convention of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in San Francisco. In the ACCORD study, more than 10,000 diabetic patients were randomly divided into two groups, one with intent to moderately reduce glucose levels in blood and another with intent to reduce them aggressively.

Aggressively treated patients had a much lower level of blood glucose (but still slightly above normal) than patients less medicated. After 3 years and 6 months, there were no differences between the two groups in the development of cardiovascular disease (one of the major complications of diabetes). Incredibly, those in the aggressively treated group had a 22 percent increase in risk of mortality.

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People with diabetes can not produce or properly use insulin, resulting in an elevation of glucose in the blood.

Although there is a strong genetic component, it is known that the Mediterranean diet is a key factor in preventing the onset of diabetes. In addition, in patients who already have diabetes, proper nutrition is a fundamental point of treating the disease, as it helps regulate the level of sugar in the body and prevent future complications.

Want to know what guidelines must follow a diabetic diet?

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Do not think that you will return neurotic for having diabetes, neuropathy means that your nervous system, which transmits messages from your brain to the rest of your body, it begins to be affected by diabetes without your realizing it.

Diabetic neuropathy is a disease of the nervous system caused by diabetes, and you can avoid it.

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A new study says that increased consumption of sweetened beverages and smoothies or fruit flavored soft drinks, may have favored the emergence of new cases of diabetes and cardiovascular disease over the last decade.

These conclusions are based on the results of a simulation model created from large epidemiological studies conducted in the U.S.. According to this model, increased consumption of sweetened beverages between 1990 and 2000 favored the appearance of 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of ischemic heart disease and 50,000 years of life with coronary heart disease over the decade .
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Although type 2 diabetes is a disease most seen in adults, children are not exempt. They too, despite his young age, suffer from this type of diabetes. How can you identify if your child has symptoms of type 2 diabetes and when to take him to the doctor?

Type 2 diabetes in children is partly due to a genetic cause, but also to environmental factors. Diet and lack of exercise contribute to the increase in the rate of type 2 diabetes in children, to the extent considered an epidemic closely linked to obesity.

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To understand insulin resistance, it helps to understand a little about how insulin works and its role in the body. Insulin is an essential hormone created in the pancreas, which is involved in the metabolism of sugars in the body. Without it, we can not turn the food we eat into usable energy.

When we eat something, a lot of digested food is converted into glucose, the main energy source of the body. The pancreas then responds to blood sugar levels by secreting insulin in increasing the flow of blood. Most cells in your body contain insulin receptors that help insulin bind to the cell. Once insulin binds to the cell, activate other receptor sites, allowing glucose to enter the cell and provide energy for life.

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Maren Brinker is a German national volleyball player and is currently under contract with USC Munster. What hardly anyone knows: Since 2002, the top athlete in type 1 diabetes is sick. This however does not prevent them from pursuing their sport still studying.

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