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Best Food for Your Baby
What is the best food for a baby? This is a question that has been constantly asked, debated and also written about. Milk from the mothers breast is recommended by many experts, while others suggest the advantages of other food, like formulas and solids. These have their own benefits, but …
Key goal of diabetes management
A key goal of diabetes treatment is to prevent and retard the complications because, over a period, diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves, even without the person being aware of the damage that is taking place. Other goals of diabetes treatment are:
10 Things to Do While on Pregnancy Bed Rest
While many women are able to move around and continue life while pregnant, some women aren’t that lucky. If you’ve been confined to bed for the benefit of the baby, you know it’s important, but it can be so boring! Here are 10 ways to keep yourself busy and productive:
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7 Tips to Ease Morning Sickness
Pregnancy might be a joyous time in your life, particularly if you have been waiting to have a baby for a while, but morning sickness can put a damper on the excitement. While the nausea and vomiting usually only lasts the first trimester, some women are unlucky enough to be …
Key goal of diabetes management
A key goal of diabetes treatment is to prevent and retard the complications because, over a period, diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves, even without the person being aware of the damage that is taking place. Other goals of diabetes treatment are:
Recent advances in the management of diabetes
Pancreas Transplantation
In Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce insulin. The only alternative so far was to provide insulin from outside by injections. A new approach is to transplant a pancreas, obtained from a dead body or part of the pancreas obtained from a living donor. The old pancreas …
What Happens in Case of Type 2 Diabetes?
In some cases of type 2 diabetes, by weight loss and regular exercise, blood glucose can become normal. The patient may interpret that his diabetes is cured.
However, as gradually the body becomes unable to produce enough insulin or the body’s cells become more resistant to insulin’s effects, the patients blood …
Diet plan meal plan for diabetics
The general aims of nutrition therapy in diabetes are as follows:
• Improvement in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism to as close to normal as possible
• Attainment of appropriate body weight • Reduction in the risk of atherosclerosis.
An ideal diabetic diet should have the following qualities:
1. It should be easy to follow.
2. …
Diabetes terms you should know
Pancreas: A gland located just behind the stomach which produces hormones and enzymes required for digesting food.
Islets/Islands of Langerhans: The clumps of cells within the pancreas, which produce insulin and other hormones. The cells are of three types:
Alpha cell : Cells which make and release glucagons hormone.
Beta cells : Cells …
Common questions about what is diabetes mellitus
What is Insulin and What is Its Role in the Body?
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas. After a meal, the glucose levels in the blood rise. In response to raised blood glucose level, the pancreas produces insulin, which helps in the entry of glucose into the cells. A …
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