Here are the myths — and the facts about diabetes According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 100 million American adults either have diabetes or prediabetes. 1 In spite of the number of people that have diabetes, there are a lot of mistaken beliefs about the disease. On behalf of all…
How Many Ways Does Diabetes Impact Your Heart Health? Everyone’s heard that having diabetes puts you at risk for several medical conditions. The following article discusses them in just enough detail to help you understand what’s involved and how it jeopardizes your health. Diabetic Heart Disease Risk Advances in medical technology have drastically improved your…
Diabetes and denial often go hand-in-hand. The problem is that denial can complicate diabetes. Learn how to confront denial head-on. If you are like many people with diabetes, you might not be willing to accept the diagnosis. Your doctor might have told you that if you do not keep your blood sugar within normal…
Managing your blood sugar levels as recommended by your doctor is most definitely a fulltime job. That’s because just about everything contains carbohydrates─and they increase your glucose levels. You can’t avoid carbohydrates altogether. And everyone has to eat, especially people with diabetes. The next section of this article explains how foods affect your glucose and…