Q. My dad was just diagnosed with diabetes type 2. It took all we had to convince him just to take the medication prescribed, so I would like to get as much information and recipes sent to him by mail, since he doesn't use email.
A. The single best thing you can do for him is educate him on the disease. It doesn't have to be a miserable death sentence. In fact, I've turned mine around and made it my goal to live as long and healthy as I can. Here are two links that I hope you'll check out. This first is a book that I consider a must have... it's only $10.00 and should be on every diabetic's reading table:
http://www.diabetesimprovement.com/diabetesbook.html
And my informative little site:
http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/fibromyalgia.html
�Peachy��
http://www.diabetesimprovement.com/diabetesbook.html
And my informative little site:
http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/fibromyalgia.html
�Peachy��
How sex life is affected by diabetes?
Q. I'm 35 year sold being newly diagnose with Diabetes type 2 and I'm afraid that this disease will affect my sex life. I would like know more information regarding this matter.
A. If diabetic males do not control their diabetes it can lead to impotence. Women with poorly controlled diabetes may have lower libidos since they're obviously not feeling 100%. The key to avoiding problems in the bedroom and in life in general is to control your diabetes. Your quality of life can be as good as the average person's if you take care of yourself
At what stage in diabetes does diabetic retinopathy occur?
Q. By this I mean, prediabetes, diabetes type 2, or only if the patient refuses to accept treatment?
Also, my doc said I have slightly high blood sugar. I am only 20 years old and of average weight. Will my blood sugar always be above normal for the rest of my life? What can I do to lower it and get it back to normal?
Also, my doc said I have slightly high blood sugar. I am only 20 years old and of average weight. Will my blood sugar always be above normal for the rest of my life? What can I do to lower it and get it back to normal?
A. Diabetic retinopathy can occur at anytime and is the result of prolonged high blood sugars. However, 3 days of high blood sugar will NOT make you go blind. I've been diabetic for 21 years now and unfortunately did not take very good care of myself when I was first diagnosed. I am just now starting to see complications from retinopathy though.
The important thing to know about retinopathy is that there may be no symptoms or pain early on. You won't notice any changes in your vision until the disease progresses. It is VERY important to have a dilated eye exam at least once a year. If I'd not had that done I don't know how long it would have been before they'd found mine.
The type of diet to follow to help control slightly elevated blood sugar is really one that anyone wanting to be healthier would follow. Cut back on sugar, sodium and fat/cholesterol content. Drink lots of water and get plenty of exercise. Stop smoking if you are a smoker.
I've attached 2 articles that have some good information in them on retinopathy.
Good luck and I hope this helps!
The important thing to know about retinopathy is that there may be no symptoms or pain early on. You won't notice any changes in your vision until the disease progresses. It is VERY important to have a dilated eye exam at least once a year. If I'd not had that done I don't know how long it would have been before they'd found mine.
The type of diet to follow to help control slightly elevated blood sugar is really one that anyone wanting to be healthier would follow. Cut back on sugar, sodium and fat/cholesterol content. Drink lots of water and get plenty of exercise. Stop smoking if you are a smoker.
I've attached 2 articles that have some good information in them on retinopathy.
Good luck and I hope this helps!
If you have type 2 diabetes can you eat lobster without the butter?
Q. My dad is turning 50 and for his dinner I plan to get lobster to serve for dinner. Heres the catch, my dad has type 2 diabetes and i don't know if he can have it for dinner. Does anyone know of any good information sites or facts on if he can eat the lobster? Any type of feed back would be greatly appreciated.
A. Without Butter??? No way !!! Butter does not present a problem for diabetics.It's the carbs that are the problem. If it swims , crawls , walks or climb trees , it is good for the diabetic.Lobster has only 5 gr. of carbs, so its a free food.
Ingredients
4lobster tails
1pinch salt and pepper (to taste)
2oz butter
Directions
1 Preheat grill to medium-high.
2 Melt butter in sauce pan on low heat and skim off the foam that rises to the top. Save the clear liquid from the bottom.
3 Place lobster tails on grill, turn after two minutes. Cook until shell is entirely bright red.
4 Crack shell open, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dip into the butter.
I also would top it all off with a small scoop of Ice Cream. No problem!!!
Here's a great site for eating for the whole family:http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.
The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers�the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.
The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn't tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food's effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn't a lot of it, so watermelon's glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.
Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.
Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index�where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney's Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4.
Happy Birthday to Dad
Tin
Ingredients
4lobster tails
1pinch salt and pepper (to taste)
2oz butter
Directions
1 Preheat grill to medium-high.
2 Melt butter in sauce pan on low heat and skim off the foam that rises to the top. Save the clear liquid from the bottom.
3 Place lobster tails on grill, turn after two minutes. Cook until shell is entirely bright red.
4 Crack shell open, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dip into the butter.
I also would top it all off with a small scoop of Ice Cream. No problem!!!
Here's a great site for eating for the whole family:http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.
The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers�the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.
The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn't tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food's effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn't a lot of it, so watermelon's glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.
Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.
Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index�where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney's Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4.
Happy Birthday to Dad
Tin
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