Archive for: October 2007

October 30, 2007

Food and diet guidelines by FDA

Filed under: Nutrition - 30 Oct 2007

FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), in conjunction with the Agency’s field staff, is responsible for promoting and protecting …

Popularity: 22% [?]

October 28, 2007

Diabetic Diet-Glucose Control

Filed under: Diabetes basics - 28 Oct 2007

If you
’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor has probably mentioned that you should pay careful attention to nutrition and diet as part of your treatment program. Nutrition experts say that there is no one diet for diabetes, but people …

Popularity: 19% [?]

October 26, 2007

Osteoporosis and diabetes

Filed under: Complications - 26 Oct 2007

Diabetes has long been associated with low bone density. However, it was unclear until recently whether this translated into increased fracture rates. Results from the Nord-Trondelag Health Survey from Norway showed a significant increase in hip fracture rates among female …

Popularity: 16% [?]

October 23, 2007

Moderate amount of alcohol can cause blood sugar to rise

Filed under: Nutrition - 23 Oct 2007

People who drink up to 3 drinks a day should know that alcohol does not increase their chances of getting diabetes. Patients with diabetes should know that …

Popularity: 53% [?]

The combination of alcohal and diabetes is fatal

Filed under: Nutrition - 23 Oct 2007

The combination of alcohal and diabetes is fatal. Try to avoid alcohal in order to maintain your suger level.  If you cnontinue consuming alcohal while you are diabetic it will continue destroying your internal orders and the day come when …

Popularity: 39% [?]

October 11, 2007

Fatness, Fitness and Lifestyle

Filed under: Prevention - 11 Oct 2007

Ferreira I, Twisk JWR, von Mechelen W, et al. Development of fatness, fitness, and lifestyle from adolescence to the age of 36 years. Arch Intern Med 165:42-48, 2005.

What is the problem and what is known about it so far?

Obesity, high …

Popularity: 15% [?]

Drinking Coffee Reduces Diabetes Chances

Filed under: Type 2 diabetes, Prevention - 11 Oct 2007

Joint association of coffee consumption and other factors in the risk of type 2 diabetes: a prospective study in Finland, by G. Hu and colleagues. Int J Obes 30:1742–1749, 2006.

What is the problem and what is known about it so …

Popularity: 10% [?]

Lifestyle Changes

Filed under: Lifestyle - 11 Oct 2007

When you have diabetes, ensuring a long, healthy life may mean making some lifestyle changes. You cannot help the fact that you have diabetes, but you can do a lot to help control it and reduce the risk of complications. …

Popularity: 9% [?]

Preventing Diabetes

Filed under: Type 2 diabetes, Prevention - 11 Oct 2007

Type 2 diabetes is a rapidly increasing problem, which if unchecked will lead to massive healthcare burdens. Data from the International Diabetes Institute have shown that there are now almost one million people with diabetes within Australia. Evidence is now …

Popularity: 7% [?]

Top tips for being active

Filed under: Diabetes Motivational - 11 Oct 2007

If you have been inactive for a number of years your body may take time to adjust as your heart and muscles tone up.

Set yourself daily, weekly and monthly goals or targets.

Try keeping a physical activity diary to monitor your …

Popularity: 6% [?]

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