DENTAL CARE AND DIABETES ;For a person with diabetes, being aware and practicing good hygiene for teeth is more important. Because diabetics often have higher blood sugar levels, the sugar keeps their immune system from fighting off infections the way it should. In addition, because high glucose levels tend to narrow blood vessels, the sugar…...
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Diagnosing Diabetes . You will be diagnosed to be Diabetic if..1. Hemoglobin A1c Results is (HbA1c) ≥6.5 percent, or2. Fasting plasma glucose (fasting blood glucose) ≥126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L) (fasting is defined as no caloric intake for at least 8 hours), or Two-hour post prandial glucose (PG) ≥200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) using a glucose load…...
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What to do after Diagnosis. The news that you have been diagnosed with diabetes usually hits and is absorbed by everyone differently. For most the reaction usually is…. “It hit me like a ton of bricks. How could this be possible? I didn’t know a thing about diabetes. Why me? The whole range of emotions…...
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Diabetes and Treatment. The choice of treatment is guided by the type of diabetes. All individuals with proven type 1 diabetes must be commenced on insulin injection as first-line treatment. Treating Type two Diabetes however is not straight forward. The initial treatment is guided by the following:– HbA1c at diagnosis– Presence or absence of osmotic…...
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Beetroot benefits . Their taste is not good? You don’t like them in salads? Mmhh do you know that beetroots have great healthy benefits? Vibrant red or gold beetroot has been planted everywhere from the ancient Mediterranean to George Washington’s Mount Vernon. In modern times, hybrid species of beets even have candy-cane stripes of red…...
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Avocado and Diabetes Management & Prevention The American Diabetes Association recommends avocado as a healthy source of monounsaturated fats. Avocados are one of the best food sources of oleic fatty acids, with around 13 grams per cup of the fruit. These omega 9 fats are especially recommended for diabetics as they have been shown to…...
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Diabetes- the bad news .So you’ve gotten the bad news that you or someone you love has diabetes. Now what? you’re really not helpless. There are all of these things you can do with diet, exercise and Chances are pretty good that you have been touched by diabetes at some point in your life. In…...
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HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT. Are you in a situation which seems that no matter what you eat, you still gain weight? The hard fact is that the only way you can gain weight over time is if you take in more calories than your body is burning up. Most people gain weight because they are…...
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THE DIABETES SHAME IN KENYA : WHY DON’T KENYANS WITH DIABETES SPEAK ABOUT THE CONDITION BEFORE ITS TOO LATE? In 2017, an estimated 8.8 percent of the adult population worldwide had diabetes. In Kenya about 2 million Kenyans have been diagnosed with diabetes with many others undiagnosed or in the pre-diabetic stage. Diabetes is one…...
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