Best Tip: In Type 2 Diabetes
manage your blood sugar in the first 10
Years
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Person: Non-Diabetic (Normal)
Blood Glucoselevels should be
.Fasting blood sugar under 100 mg/dl = 5.5 mmol/L
One hour after meals under 140 mg/dl = 7.8 mmol/L
Two hours after meals under 120 mg/dl = 6.7 mmol/L
.
.
Person: Type 2 Diabetes
Blood SUGAR levels should be.. If you 'embrace' your Type 2 Diabetes
you will gradually learn to control it and achieve an HbA1c of 7% or below.
But to do this, you need to check to see your
fasting blood sugar (glucose) levels are 4 - 7 mmol/l (72-126 mg/dl) (when you
wake up)
test your blood glucose levels before meals between, should be 4 and 7
mmol/l (72-126 mg/dl).
Remember, you still need tablets if you are ill;
if you are being sick or cannot swallow the tablets, |let your doctor or nurse
know.
Occasionally test after meals (preferred levels less than 10 mmol/l) (180 mg/dl
)
.
To achieve very good control (HbA1c 6.5-7.0%) you need:
.
a fasting pre-breakfast glucose less than 5.5 mmol/l (99 mg/dl )
.
pre-meal levels at other times less than 6.0 mmol/l (108 mg/dl )
.
after-meal levels (2 hours after a meal) less than 8.0 mmol/l (141 mg/dl).
.
.
These levels cannot be achieved in all patients. But if you are well and are
prepared to stick to a healthy
diet and exercise your medication should be adjusted to achieve these levels,
even if that means starting insulin.
.
.
.
How to Tell if you havePrediabetes There are two different tests to see if you have normal blood sugar
(glucose) or pre-diabetes:
1) the fasting plasma glucose test (FPG) or
2) the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).
1) The fasting plasma glucose test (FPG)
Normal
PreDiabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
less than 5.6 mmol/L
5.6-7 mmol/l
greater
than 7 mmol/l
less than 100 mg/dl
100 -126
mg/dl
greater
than 126 mg/dl
2) The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). (Done by your
Doctor)
Normal
PreDiabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
less than 7.7 mmol/l
7.7 - 11
mmol/l
greater
than 11 mmol/l
less than 140 mg/dl
140 - 200
mg/dl
greater
than 200 mg/dl
.
.
.
If you are pre-diabetic or diabetic, among the first issues you will
have to deal with are blood sugar levels, irregular blood sugar levels, and just
how to monitor your blood sugar level.
A basic blood sugar chart will give you an idea of what values you should be
aiming for to take care of your health and stay
clear of harmful health effects due to type 2 diabetes:
Normal
Fasting blood sugar
(glucose) levels are 4 –
5.5mmol/l (70- 100 mg/dl) (when you wake up);
these amounts are typically less in the morning, and rise soon
after meals.
Regardless of what
you may have previously eaten, a random reading of
10 mmol/l (or 180
mg/dl) or more, may suggest
you have type 2 diabetes.
A fasting blood
sugar reading taken, for example, any time after you wake up each morning,
should be, as mentioned 4 – 5.5mmol/l
(70- 100 mg/dl).
If the fasting blood
sugar reading is 7 mmol/l (126 mg/dL) or more,
you may have type 2 diabetes.
When monitoring your blood glucose
levels, its crucial that you study any patterns with your readings with your
doctor or diabetes nurse or healthcare professional, and take note of variations
with meals, medications or other activity (like stress) that trigger undesirable
readings.
Diabetes really is a serious problem, and can
have devastating effects on the whole body, on eyes, kidneys, heart,
nerves, possibly leading to blindness, kindey failure, amputation of feet, heart
illnesses and stroke. Those who have diabetes, regardless if it is type 1 or 2
is a real threat to health.
For those that have pre-diabetes it's by
no means too early to consider aggressive preventive measures by altering your
way of life and lifestyle choices.
Best Tip:
In Type 2 Diabetes
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10 Years
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Help is here for people with diabetes fighting their desire
for forbidden sweet, sugary foods.
36 Delicious Diabetic-friendly
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Finally you can indulge in sweet treats
that
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Are you quietly devastated at having to
give up all those delicious
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Are you dismayed at a life-time sentence
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Before I go any further have a look at the sort
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Windmill Celebration Cake
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“Oh No!”
I can hear you say… “Stop tempting me, its torture”.
Are you, like millions of other diabetic sufferers around the world, fighting a
war between the voices in your head saying “no” to sweet,
sugary chocolate treats and your stomach which is betraying all your good
intentions by saying “yes, yes, please, please”.
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It’s a win,
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Before I go on let me introduce
myself…….
Pamela is the author of
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My name is Pamela Vinten and this is
my story …
I am a retired Home Economics teacher living on
the Gold Coast, Australia. Having studied in Melbourne, I majored in nutrition,
food science and biochemistry.
I have maintained a keen interest in nutritional
trends for over 40 years and am constantly on the lookout for healthier food
options. This was very important to me when I was raising my five children and
dealing with the obstacles we all experience while trying to maintain a healthy
lifestyle.
This book is the result of the anguish I have
felt over the years as I have watched, and (to be truthful) indulged in, the
eating of very damaging sweet, chocolaty foods. Let’s face it, who can resist! I
am proud to offer you a solution and it comes in the form of my deliciously
smooth chocolate that is not only amazingly healthy but diabetic friendly as
well.
Enjoy!
Learn the truth as to why my
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How about a chocolate that is not only low on the
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Help is here for children with diabetes fighting
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“Read The Latest Research”
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A number of recent studies have shown
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Cambridge, UK
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Swamp Mud with Frog Slime
Choco Coated Banana Bites
Are you
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Are you quietly devastated at having to
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they love and it’s wearing you down?
If you feel
like this, imagine your child?
Can you blame them for feeling depressed,
anxious or overwhelmed by their diabetes?
Are you
dismayed that your child has been given a life-long sentence forbidding all
those yummy cakes, pastries and sweet treats that made life fun?
And what about the rest of your children
and the family – do they all have to give up all those yummy foods to support
your child?
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Chocolate Nest with Eggs
“Oh No!”
I can hear you say… “Stop torturing me”
Are you, like lots of other parents of diabetic children around the world,
finding it hard to say “no” to sweet, sugary chocolate treats that your child
constantly asks for, especially when he sees all the yummy foods his friends and
family eat.
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Does that
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What boy can say no to a yummy
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What girl can resist a Chocolate Love Heart
Chocolate Mud Pie
Chocolate Love Heart
Let me introduce the Author…
Pamela is the author of
international selling eBook “Chocolate Against Diabetes”
My name is Pamela Vinten and this is
my story...
I am a retired Home Economics teacher living on
the Gold Coast, Australia. Having studied in Melbourne, I majored in nutrition,
food science and biochemistry.
I have maintained a keen interest in nutritional
trends for over 40 years and am constantly on the lookout for healthier food
options. This was very important to me when I was raising my five children and
dealing with the obstacles we all experience while trying to maintain a healthy
lifestyle.
This book is the result of the anguish I have
felt over the years as I have watched, and (to be truthful) indulged in, the
eating of very damaging sweet, chocolaty foods. Let’s face it, who can resist! I
am proud to offer you a solution and it comes in the form of my deliciously
smooth chocolate that is not only amazingly healthy but diabetic friendly as
well. Enjoy!
Best Tip:
In Type 2 Diabetes
manage your blood sugar in the first
10 Years
So now, here’s my question to you…
How bad do your Diabetes complications have to get,
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: My Coma & Recovery
Chapter 3: Types of Diabetes
Chapter 4: The Diabetes Control & Reversal Model
Chapter 5: The Major Macronutrients
Chapter 6: The 5 “Live” and the 5 “Dead” Foods
Chapter 7: The Super Meal Model
Chapter 8: Nutritional Supplementation
Chapter 9: Cleansing / Detoxification
Chapter 10: Exercise
Chapter 11: Blood Glucose Testing / Doctor Visits
Chapter 12: Drugs / Medications
Chapter 13: Mind & Spirit
Chapter 14: The 6 Stages of Diabetes Control & Reversal
Chapter 15: Diabetic Complications
Chapter 16: Next Steps
Chapter 17: Recipes of Super Meals
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Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (Paperback)By Gretchen Becker
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Wonderfully Easy to Read and Educational Book You won't regret
getting this book! Gretchen Becker's "The First Year Type 2 Diabetes" is
very well-organized, easy to read, and wonderfully educational. It is
organized based on the information you need and the amount of detail you can
assimilate -- in other words, first things first, with finer points and
expanded details later in the book.
The
First Year: Type 2 Diabetes:
An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
To understand what happens as your blood sugar deteriorates from normal
to pre-diabetes,
and finally, to full-fledged
diabetes you need to first
understand how blood sugar control works in a normal body. Read
More....
It used to be said that having diabetes aged people an additional 20
years. Today, thanks to better
tools for managing diabetes and
preventing and treating its complications, people with
diabetes have the
opportunity to live longer than ever before.
A helpful general information site. Diabetes Australia is the
national peak body for diabetes in
Australia providing a single,
powerful,
collective voice for people living with diabetes, their
families and carers. Diabetes Australia works in partnership with
diabetes
health professionals, educators and researchers to minimise the
impact of diabetes on the
Australian community. Diabetes Australia
is
committed to turning diabetes around through
awareness, prevention,
detection, management and a cure.
Through the administration of the NDSS,
Diabetes Australia
- provides
practical assistance,
information and
subsidised products
to approximately 900,000
Australians diagnosed with diabetes.
Register with the NDSS
To register with the NDSS, applicants
must be diagnosed with diabetes and hold or
be eligible
to hold a Medicare card and live
in
Australia. Sometimes visitors to
Australia may be eligible
through a
Reciprocal Health Care Agreement with their
home country.
People who are registered with the NDSS can
access a range of subsidised Government
approved
products including:
subsidised testing strips for
checking blood gluclose levels
free insulin syringes and
pen-needles (if you require insulin)
subsidised insulin pump consumables
(IPCs)
information services on managing
life with diabetes.
Tightly controlling your blood sugar
levels soon after being diagnosed with Type
2 diabetes
can lead to lower risks of
diabetes complications—including heart
disease and death—years later.
Tight control
means getting as close to a normal (nondiabetic) blood
sugar level as you safely can.
Ideally, this means levels between 70 mg/dl (3.8 mmol/l)
and 130 mg/dl before meals (7.2 mmol/L),
and less than 180 (10mmol/L) two hours after starting a
meal, with a glycated hemoglobin (A1C) level
less than 7 percent. The target number for glycated
hemoglobin will vary depending on the type of test your
doctor's laboratory uses.
In real life, you should set your goals with your
doctor. Keeping a normal level all the time is not
practical.
And it's not needed to get results.
Every bit you
lower your blood sugar level helps to prevent
complications.
Living with tight control
To get tight control, you must do the following:
Pay more
attention to your diet and exercise.
Measure
your blood sugar levels more often.
If you take insulin, change how much you use and
your injection schedule.
Choosing a
healthy lifestyle can help you improve your
health and reduce your risk of heart
disease and
diabetes.
Healthy lifestyles include eating a healthy
diet, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising
regularly, quitting smoking (or not starting),
and minimizing stress. (Note: Specific guidance
for maintaining a healthy lifestyle may change
over time as new scientific recommendations
become available.) Learn more about each of the
factors that affect your lifestyle.
Excess body fat leads to health
problems such as type 2 diabetes, high
blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
Health professionals use a
measurement called body mass index (BMI)
to classify an adult's weight as
healthy, overweight, or obese.
BMI
describes body weight relative to height
and is correlated with total body fat
content in most adults.
Having excess abdominal body fat is
also a health risk. Men with a waist of
more than 40 inches around and women
with a waist
of 35 inches or
more are at
risk for health problems.
More than 60 percent of U.S. adults
are either overweight or obese,
according to the Centers for Disease
Control and
Prevention (CDC). While the number of overweight people has been
slowly climbing since the 1980s, the
number of obese adults has nearly
doubled since then.
Excess weight and physical inactivity
account for more than 300,000 premature
deaths each year in the United States,
second only to deaths
related to
smoking, says the CDC. People who are
overweight or obese are more likely to
develop heart disease, stroke,
high
blood pressure,
diabetes, gallbladder
disease and joint pain caused by excess
uric acid (gout). Excess weight can also
cause interrupted
breathing during sleep
(sleep apnea) and wearing away of the
joints (osteoarthritis).
To lose weight, you must eat less and
move more. Your body needs to burn more
calories than you take in.
Exercise improves heart function, lowers blood pressure and blood
cholesterol, helps manage diabetes, and
helps
control weight.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute (NHLBI) at NIH recommends that
adults get at least 30 minutes of
moderate physical activity on
most days
of the week.
Talk to your doctor about what forms
of exercise are best for you.
For more information about exercise
and physical fitness, see:
Tightly controlling your
blood sugar levels soon after being diagnosed
with Type 2 diabetes
can lead to lower risks of
diabetes complications—including heart disease and death—years
later.
Tightly controlling your
blood sugar levels soon after being diagnosed
with Type 2 diabetes can lead to lower risks of
diabetes complications—
including heart disease and death—years
later.
Heart and
Blood Vessels
Education- NDEP Control diabetes by controlling glucose, blood pressure,
and cholesterol
Nearly 65 percent of people
with diabetes will die from a heart attack or
stroke; because of a lack of
available
information,
two out of three people with diabetes are
unaware of their heightened risk.
In order for those with
diabetes to stay heart healthy, having the most
up-to-date information is crucial.
Now,
there's a place
where people can go for the latest resources that can help them
control their
diabetes, as well as monitor their
blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
When those with diabetes take
steps to also ensure good cardiovascular health,
they can live long,
healthy lives.
The
National Diabetes Education Program is a federally
funded program sponsored by the
U.S. Department of
Health and
Human Services'
National Institutes of Health and the Centers
for
Disease Control and Prevention and includes over 200
partners at the federal, state,
and local
levels, working together to reduce the morbidity and
mortality associated with diabetes.
How does your glucose level compare
with your HbA1c
HbA1c %
Average
blood sugar level mmol/l
Average
blood sugar level
mg/dl
13
18
mmol/l
324 mg/dl
12
17
mmol/l
306 mg/dl
11
15
mmol/l
270 mg/dl
10
13
mmol/l
234 mg/dl
9
12
mmol/l
216 mg/dl
8
10
mmol/l
180 mg/dl
7
8
mmol/l
141 mg/dl
6
7
mmol/l
125 mg/dl
5
5
mmol/l
90 mg/dl
HbA1c levels by coincidence nearly equate to glucose levels. So
an HbA1c level of 10%
means the average glucose level for the
previous
10 weeks was 13 mmol/l (234 mg/dl).
But at lower levels there is even less difference, so an HbA1c
of 7% means the average glucose level was
8 mmol/l (141 mg/dl).
"My task is to give you an overview of treating type 2 diabetes and of
all the medications
that we have at our disposal. Life has changed a lot through the years in terms of type 2 diabetes.
Twenty-five years ago, all we had was insulin and sulfonylureas.
Consequently, we put
patients on sulfonylureas and when they failed over
time, they all ended up on insulin.
Today we have many more medications
to choose from. These medications work differently and they target
the multiple pathophysiologic defects that we have in type 2 diabetes.
We understand that behind all of this there is the insulin-resistant
liver overproducing glucose.
We have insulin resistance in the
adipocytes.
We have high free fatty acids, worsening insulin resistance, and perhaps
worsening beta-cell function.
We have insulin resistance in skeletal muscles as well. All of these defects are coming into play,
as
well as declining insulin over time because of progressive apoptosis or
programmed cell death of beta cells."
You will need to register at Medscape to read the full article.
by David Kinshuck, Pat Lamb, Urmilla Griffiths (Pat & Urmila: diabetes
specialist nurses, Good Hope Hospital)
Embrace your diabetes
Learning how to control type 2
diabetes...take control
What is happening in type 2 diabetes
First, there is a shortage of insulin
Second, there is insulin resistance.
Third, there are genes
These factors combine to cause type 2
diabetes
Pattern of progression
At the beginning of type 2 diabetes a healthy diet may be
sufficient to lower the sugar and keep the HbA1c below 7%
Later, metformin is needed.
Later still, add Exanatide if overweight or other drug.
Later still insulin may be required
Testing you sugar/glucose level
See
testing.
If you 'embrace' your diabetes, you will gradually learn to control it
and achieve an
HbA1c of 7% or below.
But to
do this, you need to check to see your
fasting
blood sugar levels are 4 - 7 mmol/l
(72-126 mg/dl) (when you
wake up)
test your
blood sugar levels before meals between 4
and 7 mmol/l (72-126 mg/dl)
remember, you still need tablets if you are ill; if you
are being sick or cannot swallow the tablets,
|let your
doctor
or nurse know.
occasionally test after meals (preferred levels less
than 10 mmol/l) (180 mg/dl )
To achieve very good control (HbA1c 6.5-7.0%) you need a
fasting pre-breakfast glucose
less than 5.5 mmol/l (99 mg/dl ), pre-meal levels at other
times less than 6.0 mmol/l (108 mg/dl ) and
after-meal levels
(2 hours after a meal) less than 8.0
mmol/l (141 mg/dl).
These levels cannot be achieved in all patients..but if
you are well and are prepared to stick to a healthy
diet and
exercise your medication should be adjusted to achieve these
levels, even if that
means starting insulin.
Knowing which fats
raise LDL cholesterol and which ones don't is the first step in
lowering your risk of heart disease. In addition to the LDL
produced naturally by your body, saturated fat,
trans-fatty acids and dietary cholesterol can also raise
blood cholesterol. Monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats
appear to not raise LDL cholesterol; some studies suggest they
might even help lower LDL cholesterol slightly when eaten as
part of a low-saturated and
trans-fat diet.
The American Heart Association's Nutrition
Committee strongly advises these fat guidelines for healthy
Americans over age 2: read more ......
For example, a sedentary female who is 31–50 years old needs
about 2,000 calories each day. Therefore, she should consume
less than 16 g saturated fat, less than 2 g
trans
fat and between 50 and 70 grams of total fat each day (with most
fats coming from sources of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated
fats, such as fish, nuts, seeds and vegetable oils).
Discussion here that .........post-meal blood sugars of 140 mg/dl (7.8
mmol/L) and higher,
as well as fasting blood sugars over 100 mg/dl (5.6 mmol/L) may cause permanent organ damage,
as well
as contributing to the progression of diabetes.
By Dr Michael Hutch
PhD
