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Diabetes and Mouth Problems: What You Should Know About Oral Health
Not only are people with diabetes more likely to have gum disease, but serious gum disease may make it harder to control blood sugar. Here's what you can do.
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Tips for Heart-Healthy Living With Diabetes
Heart disease is a major complication of diabetes. Find out how watching your ABC's can help you stay heart healthy.
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Diabetes and Your Weight: Healthy Weight Loss Strategies
For people with type 2 diabetes, losing weight improves your blood sugar and may help you reduce your medications, including insulin. Try these tips for success.
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Diabetes and Eye Care
People with diabetes have a higher risk of cataracts, glaucoma, and retinopathy. Find out what you can do to lower your risk.
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Healthy Eating: Using a Plate Format to Plan Meals
A plate format is a simple way to plan a balanced diet. It helps people with diabetes see how much space each food should take on a plate. Anyone can use the plate format to maintain a healthful diet and to decrease the chances of having heart disease and other conditions.Key pointsUsing a plate format will help you spread carbohydrate throughout the day, which will help keep your blood sugar ...
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Diabetes: Using a Food Guide
A food guide is a tool for planning a balanced diet. A healthful diet provides the nutrients your body needs and decreases your risk for heart disease and other conditions. Most people use the food guide pyramid to plan a balanced diet. Key pointsPeople with diabetes can use a modified version of the food guide pyramid to spread carbohydrate throughout the day. This helps prevent high blood sugar
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Diabetes: Giving Yourself an Insulin Shot
If you have type 1 diabetes-or if you have type 2 diabetes and oral medications are not controlling your blood sugar-you have to take insulin. If you have gestational diabetes, you may need to take insulin if diet and exercise have not been able to keep your blood sugar levels within your target range.With little or no insulin, sugar (glucose) in the blood cannot enter your cells to be used for ..
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Diabetes: Eating a Low Glycemic Diet
Does a low-glycemic diet help those with diabetes? WebMD explains the diet and its pros and cons.
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Type 2 Diabetes - Topic Overview
Is this topic for you?This topic provides general information about type 2 diabetes and how you can help prevent the disease. If you or your child has type 2 diabetes and you are looking for more specific information on how to live with the disease, see:Type 2 Diabetes: Recently Diagnosed, if you have been told recently that you have type 2 diabetes.Type 2 Diabetes: Living With the Disease, if ...
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Type 2 Diabetes - Medications
Some people with type 2 diabetes need medicine to help their bodies make more insulin, to decrease insulin resistance, or to slow down how quickly their body absorbs carbohydrate.You may take no medicine, one medicine, or a few medicines. Some people need medicine for short periods of time, while others always need to take medicine. How much medicine you need depends on how well you can keep your
Is This Normal? Get the Facts Fast!
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0-69
70-130
131+
Your level is currently
If the level is below 70 and you are experiencing symptoms such as shaking, sweating or difficulty thinking, you will need to raise the number immediately. A quick solution is to eat a few pieces of hard candy or 1 tablespoon of sugar or honey. Recheck your numbers again in 15 minutes to see if the number has gone up. If not, repeat the steps above or call your doctor.
People who experience hypoglycemia several times in a week should call their health care provider. It's important to monitor your levels each day so you can make sure your numbers are within the range. If you are pregnant always consult with your health care provider.
Congratulations on taking steps to manage your health.
However, it's important to continue to track your numbers so that you can make lifestyle changes if needed. If you are pregnant always consult with your physician.
Your level is high if this reading was taken before eating. Aim for 70-130 before meals and less than 180 two hours after meals.
Even if your number is high, it's not too late for you to take control of your health and lower your blood sugar.
One of the first steps is to monitor your levels each day. If you are pregnant always consult with your physician.
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