Diabetes Tips

Tips for Recognizing High or Low Blood Sugar when you Don’t Have a Glucometer with You

In a perfect world, all diabetics will have their glucometer with them at all times, but there are times when we go out to dinner and forgot to check your blood sugar before going out. There is no way to know what the value of your blood glucose is without testing it with a glucose [...]

Tips for When Your Diabetic Child Doesn’t Want to Eat

Meal planning can be difficult enough when you are not diabetic, but it can be doubly hard when you do have diabetes type 1 or type 2. Whether you are cooking for yourself only or for your family also, you need to make appetizing meals that look tempting and taste good. If you have a [...]

Tips for Caregivers of Family Members with Diabetes and Other Serious Issues

When a family member with diabetes mellitus becomes disabled, and unable to give self-care, you may need to take over his/her care. It can be difficult being a caregiver for someone who has health issues related and unrelated to diabetes. Your loved one could be your mom, dad, aunt, uncle or friend; it goes without [...]

Tips for Understanding Canine Diabetes

Just like humans, dogs can get canine diabetes mellitus. Dogs who gain weight and are between 5 and 9 years old are most at risk for developing diabetes mellitus. Female dogs that are not spayed are also at risk for diabetes. The progression of canine diabetes is very similar to human diabetes mellitus. The following [...]

Tips for Understanding Sliding Scale Insulin Administration

Most people who are diabetic can manage their diabetes with diet, and a combination of oral medications and insulin. Some individuals with diabetes type 1 and type 2 are given a combination of long acting and short acting insulin. When your blood glucose is difficult to control, your doctor might put you on a sliding [...]

Exercise Tips for Diabetics taking Insulin

Exercise, in combination with diet and medication (if indicated) is one of the most important parts of treating diabetes mellitus. All too often, some individuals with diabetes mellitus type 1 or type 2, have the false belief that they can cut corners, and avoid the exercise while eating and drinking whatever they want to. Some [...]

Tips to Understand the Physiology of Pre-diabetes

Pre-diabetes almost always precedes diabetes type 2. Before you become a type 2 diabetic, you most likely had slightly higher than normal blood glucose levels. In the United States there are approximately 57 million people who have pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes can cause damage to the heart and circulatory system, just as individuals living with diabetes mellitus. [...]

Tips Concerning Bitter Lemon to Treat Diabetes

The more we learn about medications and the harm they can do, when they are supposed to help us, the more we tend to shy away from them and look for other options. Almost anything you take nowadays has some kind of side effect that could happen to you. More than a few people are [...]

Snacking Tips for Diabetic Travers

Many people feel that going on vacation or when traveling they can eat whatever they want. Often when we go on vacation, our diet goes on vacation also; however, when you are a type 1 or type 2 diabetic, you need to always keep your diabetes diet in mind. You can avoid complicating your diabetes [...]

Tips to Understand the Physiology of Hypoglycemia in Diabetes

Many people are of the assumption that hypoglycemia is a condition that is the opposite of the condition called diabetes mellitus. This is not true; hypoglycemia is low blood sugar, or low blood glucose, which is a symptom of diabetes when your glucose is below normal. The following tips will help you to understand the [...]