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Diabetes for Dopes !!

          Control your diabetes - otherwise it WILL get worse. 

                            You should make sure it doesn't get worse in THE FIRST 10 YEARS -
 
                                              so you can get off to a good start for your future health
 

        (otherwise things will get worse very quickly).

 

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                Diet

          Monitoring Glucose

Diabetes
for Dopes !!

Diet

Don't eat the following:  minimise carbs especially
white flour based breads and pastries (pies) and chips
(any sort) and biscuits - these tend to have no fibre !!!  t
hat's why !!!
 You will need to get your carbs from fruit and
veggies as best you can.  You can slowly learn to do this.

People with Diabetes do not really need to have a
special diet. In fact, the recommended food for diabetics
is same for those without

diabetes ,  that is a balanced and healthy diet.
It should include  necessary proteins, fats and carbohydrates
that the body needs.

Basically, it ought to be low in fat, sugar & salt and
avoid excessively calorie intake.

Cited From “Top 10 Misconceptions About Diabetes”
 by www.stopprediabetes.com

Reduce stress this can raise your blood sugars
 long term and raise your blood pressure
(which can make any damage on your heart and
blood vessels worse)

Go easy on the alcohol - alcohol is toxic in its own right;

you need to stay as healthy as you can be without added
pressure on your body from too much.

Go easy on fast foods (they contain bad fats, high in sugars,
usually contain no fibre and raise blood sugars
real fast and for a long time.

Try not to go a day where you miss some exercise
(walking on the spot, squats on a chair, exercise bike,
walk down the road, up a hill, swim, do some light weights).

You need exercise, and you need to move around daily
 - your muscles get conditioned and this helps your diabetes.

Try and lift weights sometimes - building muscle can
 then help burn the sugars in your blood stream.
 

See a diabetes educator- get a referral from your doctor.  
He'll know if your a dope and set you straight with
some beginner's information.  If your a genius,
you will still learn something. 
A GP doesn't have all day to chit chat.  A diabetes educator
will fill you in

Read about topics of interest on the internet.

Buy a diabetes book - there are many on the internet

You need to get your eyes checked yearly
(minimum, as you can lose some of your eyesight).

Feet - ooh feet.  If you have diabetes for a long time
(or even if you have strong diabetes for a short time), 
your feet can get sick.
especially if you get a cut or sore, it can be hard to heal itself. 
 Plus, you cannot feel the cut or sore, so you may ignore it and .......
..it can get worse and really bad without you knowing. 
 You need to check your feet regularly for this. 
You also need to get a professional to check
properly at least yearly 

You need a minimum of 6 monthly checkups of your blood
(sugar, cholesterol and maybe other stuff like electrolytes). 
It hardly hurts when they take the blood (if you don't look)

        Monitoring Glucose

Get a machine (it doesn't hurt).  About 40 bucks.
You need to know roughly what it is in the morning these days. 
Keep a record for your GP.

Other rule is - it shouldn't be high 2 hrs after a meal
(best is less than 6.6 mmol or 119 mg/dl, and
less than 8-10 mmol or 141 - 180 mg/dl 2 hrs after food)
and not be too high only 1 hour after a meal
(less than 8.8 mmol or 158 mg/dl is ideal;
 or less than 10 mmol or 180 mg/dl at a minimum).    

If you want to get it lower - eat less carbs per meal. 
Alot of fats plus carbs can push it up too. 
Protein plus a little carbs (best from veggies),
plus some (a little) fat and no pure sugar
 (in drinks, sweets, desserts, and other things) is best. 

If its easily digested - up goes the blood sugars:
whiteflour, pure sugars, and no real fibre.

 Don't forget, exercises gets it down straight away
(exercise up to 2 hrs before and after meals has a
beneficial effect).

Your body needs 'hard to digest food', if you want to keep
 your blood sugars low - fruit (not fruit juice);
brown (whole wheat) bread;
whole wheat cereals (not sugary ones); no potatoes too
 (they are too easy to digest - up go blood sugars). 
Proteins with minimum fats are great, especially
white meat - fish, chicken and turkey. 

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More on Exercise......

Extract........

Diet and exercise are the basis of good diabetes management.
In fact, many patients can be controlled quite adequately
with diet and exercise changes alone. 
Unfortunately, with the introduction of of insulin and oral tablets,
the role played by exercise went into down, but it is
 only now emerging again.
After all, if the patient can be controlled with the
use of insulin or an oral agent (tablet),
why make the patient exercise? Today, the picture
 seems to have changed radically and exercise has
again come center stage.

A regular program of exercise not only helps in
correcting many of metabolic abnormalities associated with diabetes,
but also makes the person a much more fitter and healthier person.
Exercise decreases the blood sugar  levels
(and it does this even without any change in the
weight of the patient), it leads to an increase
 in insulin sensitivity, decreases the levels of
bad triglycerides and the bad LDL-cholesterol,
whilst increasing the 'good' HDL-cholesterol values.
The energy spent during the exercise also contributes to
the weight reduction of an overweight patient.

Check with your doctor before starting exercise program !

Source:   DiabetesIndia.com  http://www.diabetesindia.com/diabetes/diabetes_exercise_why.htm

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By Richard R. Rubin, PhD, CDE, ADA's Past-President, Health Care & Education
 

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Tip 2: Understand your loved one's diabetes.
Tip 3: Find out what your loved one really needs.
Tip 4: Offer the help your loved one asks for.
Tip 5: Talk about your feelings.
Tip 6: Get help.
Tip 7: Get started
 

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Desserts after dinner/ Cakes at birthdays/ Sweets

Ever wondered where all that extra weight came from over the years?
Probably from all those big servings of sweets.
JUST A SMALL SPOONFULL PLEASE!

Footcare
Never walk barefoot. Never. Ever!

8 Hours a night please as part of a healthy lifestyle is a must.
 

Fibre

Taken 20 min before a meal (for example Metamucil),

may help with blood glucose levels from going too high after food.  Take fibre supplements regularly.

Fruit

As mentioned, eat food with a low Glycaemic Index.

Learn the Glycaemic (GI) Index tables, and which fruits increase blood sugar (the fruits with the biggest numbers are the worst!).  Eat in moderation.
 

Food
Diabetics dont have a special DIET.  They just have a BALANCED Diet, but need to watch which foods they can eat, they need to watch portion size, and how they combine foods.
 

Footcare
Make sure footwear does not damage feet.
Wear socks and comfortable fitting shoes.
 

Sweets and Deserts
These can be eaten as part of a BALANCED DIET.
Very small quantities please.

Foods

Eat food with a low Glycaemic Index.

Learn the Glycaemic (GI) Index tables, and which foods increase blood sugar (the foods with the  numbers are the worst!)

See the Page on site called: 'Glycaemic Index'
See the Page on site called: 'Diet In Diabetes'

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• Controlling overeating
• Making better nutrition choices
• Losing weight

Heart Attack Warning Signs

• Pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the chest
• Discomfort in one or both arms, back, neck, jaw or stomach
• Shortness of breath
• Breaking into a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness

Stroke Warning Signs

• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
• Sudden, severe headache with no known cause

If you experience these symptoms above, do not hesitate. Phone an ambulance immediately.
 

Diet
Change Eating habits. 
Diet and Exercise changes will lower your blood sugar.  It's a fact!
 

Weight loss
Increased  Belly fat affects your blood sugar levels.
Reduce belly fat for lower blood sugar levels!

Exercise

Even 2 hours before or after a meal helps reduce blood glucose.

Even a 10 minute walk.

Right after a meal a slow 'stroll' helps compensate for lack of insulin in Type 2s.

Talk to your doctor first!

Food
Learn the Glycaemic Index (GI) value of foods.
Eat foods with a LOW GI index value!!
This will help get your blood sugars down.

See the 'Glycaemic Index' Page on this site.
 

This is what you should aim for

• Fasting blood sugar (glucose) of
  4 - 7 mmol/l (72-126 mg/dl) (when you wake up)

• Your blood glucose levels before meals should be between 4 and 7 mmol/l (72-126 mg/dl)

• 2 After the START OF meals: preferred levels are less than 10 mmol/l or less than 180 mg/dl

• To achieve very good control (HbA1c of 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 of less than 6.0 mmol/l (108 mg/dl )
  and after-meal levels (2 hours after a meal) of less than 8.0 mmol/l (141 mg/dl).

WEIGHT LOSS

If you lose weight, your blood sugar levels will also fall. 

Lose only 10% of your body weight and decrease your risk of dangerous complications !

Food
Golden Rule : ALWAYS have carbohydrates
mixed with protein (even better, add a LITTLE fat
as well !)
This stops blood sugars rising to quick.

Foods

A LITTLE  bit of fat (oil, cheese, butter), vinegar (acidity) and nuts (just a few) stop blood glucose from going too high after a high carbohydrate meal.

Foods

Eat food with a low Glycaemic Index.

Learn the Glycaemic (GI) Index tables, and which foods increase blood sugar (the foods with the  numbers are the worst!)

See the Page on site called: 'Glycaemic Index'
See the Page on site called: 'Diet In Diabetes'

GOOD: Try brown (wholemeal bread) or brown rice. GOOD: Increase the consumption of complex carbohydrates. Complex carbohydrates are slow to digest and have a low glycemic index.

Examples of simple and complex carbohydrates

From http://www.howtothinkthin.com/instincts2.htm

BAD:  'simple' carbohydrates: Table sugar Corn syrup Fruit juice Candy Cake Bread made with white flour Pasta made with white flour Soda pop, such as Coke®, Pepsi®, Mountain Dew®, etc. Candy All baked goods made with white flour Most packaged cereals.

GOOD: 'complex' carbohydrates

When you want something sweet...

Instead of cake, cookies, or ice cream, try:

• Sugar-free jello or hard candies (but always read the Nutrition Label on every food for serving size information)
• Sugar-free hot cocoa
• Fruit with cool whip
• Lower fat cookies like ginger snaps, vanilla wafers, graham crackers, animal crackers (again, observe serving size)
• No sugar added pudding or fudgsicles
• Eating very small portions of your favorite treat

When you want something salty and crunchy...

Instead of potato chips or tortilla chips, try:

• Low-sodium pretzels
• Air-popped popcorn
• Baked chips or baked tortilla chips
• Cut raw veggies with low fat dip, salsa, or low fat cream cheese
• Pickles

When you want something to drink...

Instead of soda or fruit punch, try:

• Diet soda
• Crystal light or other sugar-free beverages
• Seltzer with just an ounce or two of fruit juice
• Water with lemon juice

When you want fast food...

Instead of hamburgers or hotdogs, try:

• Grilled or broiled chicken sandwiches
• 1 slice of thin crust veggie pizza
•  Low fat sub sandwiches 

When you want "comfort food"...

Instead of high-fat, high-carb choices, try:

• Macaroni and cheese cooked with fat-free evaporated milk, low fat cheese, and egg substitute
• Mashed potatoes made with trans-fat free margarine and fat-free milk, or replace part of the potato with pureed cauliflower
• Meatloaf made with ground turkey and egg substitute
• Beef stew made with round cut beef, fewer potatoes, and more non-starchy vegetables like carrots, onions, green beans, and spinach

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