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Cinnamon helps diabetics
Cinnamon a spice found in many kitchens around the world especially at Christmas time. Although it is used by Jewish people at Rosh Hashona (the Jewish New Year that falls in September each year). It has been...read more
Diabetes and diet
Diabetes mellitus is one of the so-called diseases of lifestyle that is starting to occur more and more frequently in South Africa.While one of the most important things to remember if you are diabetic, is th...read more
Diabetes can affect anyone, at any time
What is Diabetes? Diabetes occurs when the amount of glucose in the blood is too high, and the body is not able to use it properly. Glucose is derived mainly from food. Insulinread moreDiabetes management in the elderly
Managing diabetes is not easy, whether you are young or old. It is always difficult to change your lifestyle in any way – more so if you have done things in a particular way for many years. But managing...read more
Diabetes mellitus: a mixed disease
Approximately 17 million in U.S. have diabetes mellitus (7.3% of the adult population), but only half have been diagnosed. The incidence is increasing rapidly, and is expected to double by 2010. Not only is d...read more
Diabetes: an introduction
About 16 million people in the United States have diabetes mellitus, a serious, life-long disorder that is, as yet, incurable. About one-third of these people do not know they have diabetes and are not under medical care. Eac...read more
Diabetic travellers
Whenever you travel it is essential to plan ahead. A visit to your Diabetic Adviser or GP as soon as you are aware of your travel schedule is a good place to start. If you plan carefully now, you will save yourself from a lot...read more
Diagnosing Type 1 & Type 2
Diagnosing Type 1 diabetes Diabetes is diagnosed quite simply by measuring the levels of glucose in the blood. The normal fasting levels are between 3,3 mmol/l and 5,9 mmol/l.The World Health Organisat...read more
Do you have diabetes?
Diabetes is on the increase, but it is an easily treatable condition.Our bodies are like a motorcar; they need fuel to provide us with energy. This energy comes from glucose, a type of sugar ...read more
Everything about type 1 Diabetes
Soon after eating a meal, the digestion process begins to turn part of the foods we have eaten (the carbohydrates) into fuel for the body. This fuel is called glucose, which ...read more
Key facts about diabetes
What is diabetes? Diabetes means that your blood sugar is too high. Your blood always has some sugar in it because the body uses sugar for energy; it's the fuel that keeps you going. But too...read more
Listen to your waistline
The health of your heart can be seen when you use a tape measure. Measuring your waist has been found to be a much better indication of the health of your heart rather than weighing yourself....read more
Nutrition and diabetes
Nutrition is essential Aggressive management of your blood sugar (glucose) is essential to prevent further complications of the disease such as blindness, amputations and kidney disease. While diabet...read more
Pros and cons of pumping
Advantages Flexibility of lifestyle. You can get up when you want, go to bed when you want, eat when you want. You are no longer tied down by having to do things at set times, or plan things such as ex...read more
Sulphur
What is sulphur? Sulphur is found in all cells of the body and helps keep hair, skin, cartilage, bones and tendons healthy. What sulphur does for you Sulphur is necessary for the production of keratin, a <...read more
Treating diabetes
The treatment of Type 1 diabetes The most important aspect of the treatment is the subcutaneous administration of insulin to maintain tightly controlled glucose levels throughout day and night. The tight con...read more
Type 2 diabetes
What is Type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is the most common variety of diabetes. It is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism in which the body effectively becomes resistant to the hormone insulin.Initially, ...read more
What is diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases marked by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both. Diabetes can lead to serious complicatio...read more
What we know about Diabetes
To hear from your health care provider you have pre-diabetes, or the disease diabetes, can send shock and fear through you and your family. It doesn't have to be that way, though. Diabetes ...read more
X-syndrome: Diabetes & heart disease linked
More than 3 million South Africans suffer from type 2 diabetes, which strikes particularly people older than 30. But it never rains, it pours. This common type of diabetes is often part of a Metabolic Syndrome read moreYour diabetic child at school
The incidence of Type 1 diabetes in children is about 2 in every thousand. These children mostly attend schools and daycare centres. Parents need to work in conjunction with schools in order to provide a safe...read more
