How close are we to finding a cure for type 1 diabetes – The creation of an artifficial pancreas.
The video is about Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation which have as a main goal to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes that affects almost 15.000 children every year.
You will hear the testimony of Gina Guerrero, her daughter Sofia suffer from type 1 diabetes. We’ll find out what is like a diabetes child on a daily basis and that basically she has to check out sugar about 10-12 times daily, a constant …

Diabetes and Sports
A month ago, when the weather was bad, and playing tennis outdoor was just a dream, I went with some of my friends at the gym ( to play tennis of course ! ). We installed the net, we warmed up and go for it ! After the first set, without realizing, I had a hypo. I drank 250 ml of juice and I returned to the field. I can tell you that my effort in the second set was not significant, but after less than 10 minutes …

Diabetes And Driving A Vehicle
Diabetes is not a problem driving a car, as long as it is controlled. Besides the complications it generates over the years (of which the most important is reducing the eyesight) the most dangerous is hypoglycaemia. For insulin-dependent diabetics, having always in the car near you, a bottle of juice is needed and similar to have your ignition key with you when you start the engine. Foods or juices with high sugar content can save lives and not just yours but that of traffic participants
Having diabetes …

Prevent diabetes problems: Keep your eyes healthy
Whatever your relatives or doctors say, diabetes has complications that occur over time. Complications affect particular areas with a highly developed capillarity such as genitals, eyes, or legs. Consider it and take safety measures for preventing complications of diabetes so that the quality of your life to be good for a long period of time. These safeguards include (but are not limited) to the diet, the treatment prescribed by doctors, exercise and all other factors able to maintain normal blood sugar level and ensure …

Diabetes & Yoga
Introduction –
Diabetes mellitus represents a cluster of metabolic diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose (hyperglycemia). This may be as a result of defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both.
Insulin is a hormone secreted by beta cells of islets of langerhans, situated in pancreas. The glucagons produced by alfa cells have anti-insulin action. Both in unison keep a constant glucose level in the blood. Insulin also acts as gate keeper, where, only in its presence can the blood glucose enter the body cells and provide …

Herbal Formula Replaces Conventional Medicine For Diabetics
by: Robin Roberts
Diabetes has afflicted my life physically, emotionally and spiritually for the last sixteen years of my life. My wife of twelve years and daughter has had to live with an abnormal functioning husband and father. As the years went by as a diabetic, it became more and more difficult to control my blood sugar levels. My diet had to consist of a lot of calories because I have a fast metabolism and twenty pounds underweight. The increasing periods of uncontrolled blood sugar interfered …

Diabetes Benefits From Olive Oil

People living with diabetes have to work hard to keep their blood sugar, also called blood glucose, levels under control. One way to do so is to eat a diet that is fairly low in carbohydrates. Because people with diabetes are also at an elevated risk of developing heart disease, they are advised to limit their intake of dietary fat.
Lately, researchers and nutritionists have been debating the best type of eating pattern for people with diabetes. Some research indicates that a diet high in monounsaturated fat …

Advances in Diabetes
Twenty years ago when a person was diagnosed with diabetes, it meant early death often preceded by loss of limbs, blindness and kidney failure. These days are over. There have many new advances in knowledge, medication and in technology that have made it possible for people with diabetes to live long, productive lives. New developments are happening all of the time:
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DIABETES ACUPUNCTURE

Treatment of diabetes with acupuncture has been effective in reducing blood sugar levels, especially in individuals with type 2, non-insulin dependent diabetes, the most common form of diabetes. Acupuncturists have identified about 20 body acupoints that are effective in lowering blood sugar.
The Chinese medical approach to diabetes identifies its initial onset as due to a deficiency in yin. The yin deficiency causes an imbalance in yin and yang, resulting in a yang deficiency. In advanced diabetes, these …

Insulin treatment
Reviewed by Professor Ian W Campbell, consultant physician
Insulin treatment enables your body to use glucose as energy.
Insulin is an essential hormone. Without it, the body cannot control or properly use glucose (sugar) – one of its main energy supplying fuels.