As per the recent study by Kavita Garg, an Indian-origin researcher at the University of Colorado-Denver in US, diabetic persons with heavy smoking habit have double the risk of early death. Diabetes is a chronic health disease with high blood glucose levels. Diabetic people also face many other health complications. Kavita Garg, Professor at the […]
What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a disease in which glucose level in the blood remains higher than the normal. How do you know your glucose levels? There are simple tests for detection of diabetes Urine test Blood test What are the normal values of blood sugar? Non diabetic: When fasting the blood sugar level should […]
What is Hypoglycemia? Hypoglycemia is a condition of falling of blood glucose level to below the normal level (Below 60mg/dl). This condition is usually observed in diabetic patients undergoing with insulin treatment. When insulin is given in high doses in type I diabetes patients comparing to the intake of food it lowers blood glucose level. […]
What is Diabetic Retinopathy? Diabetic Retinopathy is a serious complication of diabetes type I and II. It is seen commonly in adults in long standing diabetes patients with improper controlling of blood glucose levels. Retinopathy is caused due to damage retinal blood vessels which swell and diffuse fluid into the vitreous humor of the eye. […]
Consume Less amount of Fructose as high intake may result in Obesity and Diabetes: A latest study revealed that obesity and type 2 Diabetes are on the increasing trend mainly due to modern way of living altering the eating habits like consuming foods rich in fructose coupled with reduced physical activity. An important dietary change […]
What is Diabetes Type 2? How is Diabetes Characterized? What are the causes for Diabetes? Diabetes is a metabolic disorder of the body characterized by high glucose levels in the blood stream due to defective functioning of pancreas producing less quantities of the hormone ‘Insulin’ required for burning of glucose in the body. The other […]
Some of the useful plants that are useful in the treatment of diabetes are bitter gourd, indian kinowood, neem, gurmar, gilo, chilla, bargad, bimbi, mororphali, sadabahar, violet flowers, turai, mehendi and black berry etc. 1. Neem for Diabetes Treatment Biological Name : Azadirachta indica The neem extract is found to have hypoglycemic properties. 2. Gurmar for […]
Liver should release the glucose into the blood and it is taken up by the cells throughout the body where it has to be oxidized to carbon dioxide and water. Insulin enables the glucose to pass through the outer membrane of the cell. If there is no insulin, glucose is not taken up by the cells and it gets […]
Usually for treating Diabetes, tablets and insulin injections are used daily. Now one can get rid of all these troubles by undergoing the Laparoscopic (Key-hole) Surgery which has been found by a Brazilian Doctor recently. Founder of Laparoscopic Surgery for treating Diabetes: Dr. Aurio D Paulo is credited for this recent advancement and this Laproscopic Surgeon […]