Dental health is a critical component of personal heath. For people living with diabetes, dental care is especially important since diabetes can compromise your immune system. There are between 200 and 300 bacteria in your mouth so remembering to brush at least twice a day needs to be part of your daily ritual. Although it is counter-intuitive, choosing a...
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Insulin was first extracted from cattle and pig pancreas. It took 8,000 pounds of pancreas from 23,500 animals to make one pound of insulin. In 1978, Eli Lilly needed 56 million animals to meet the US demand for insulin. Everything changed when, Genentech used recombinant DNA technology to create synthetic human insulin (now called human insulin). The...
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Looking for new ways to deal with what to serve yourself or your family is complicated by diabetes. In Carbohydrates: Why We Love Carb Counting (and You Should Too!) and Be Confident! Face Carb Counting Positively, we introduced carbohydrates and how to deal with them. Today we are going to share an infographic from Diabetes Forecast: The Healthy...
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“Have not seen this example of carbs before. I need to understand more. I am NID type 2 diabetic.” “I have type2 diabetes..I don’t understand too much about carbs..could send me a list of the amounts of carbs in food please…thanks..“ Carbs and carb counting help people with diabetes keep their blood glucose levels under control. But the...
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What Is Carb Counting? Why Do I Need to Know? Keeping up with the amount of food we eat helps us stay healthy and fit. But for people with diabetes, being in touch with the amount of carbohydrates eaten is crucial to survival. To learn about carbohydrate counting, you need to know a bit about food and digestion. Food is composed of carbohydrates, proteins...
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