Diabetes Control

Diabetes Control questions and answers

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Q: What is the best herbal product to control diabetes? or is there a cure for it?
I have diabetes from last 8 years. I need to know about best herbal product which I can use it in my diet plans which can either cure or keep my Blood Sugar level in control. between 70-110 fasting and 110-160 random. Do you have any suggestions please?

A: In order to keep your blood sugar level under control, read the following paragraph to update your knowledge about diabetes: You need not to panic to visit a doctor. There are no Allopathic medicines available in the market that will cure the diabetic conditions of humans but they will control the disorder up to certain levels. The disease is developed due to eating disorders and hereditary. In the first place, I have never accepted diabetes as disease but considered it to be a disorder. The medicine is readily available at home in the form of natural products and you need not to go to market to purchase expensive medicines. To keep the sugar level under control, follow my suggestions and see the difference. Drink the juice of one bitter gourd, one cucumber and one tomato on empty stomach in the morning on a regular basis (drink this juice twice a day if you are insulin dependent) until you start feeling relief and your blood sugar level starts decreasing and continue further for a very long time until your sugar level reaches border line. The sugar level will certainly come down. Eat plenty of cucumber before meal to quench your thrust and to fill your empty stomach. Cucumbers are considered and proved to be very good for diabetic patients. Diabetic patients are always hungry to eat but can not eat all. Avoid banana, mango, custard apple and sweets like ice cream, pastry and cold drinks totally. If you are insulin dependent, even eating rice would be very harmful. You can eat fruits like guava, pineapple, pomegranate, papaya, muskmelon and watermelon. Taking one tea-spoon Fenugreek powder and quarter tea-spoon cinnamon powder on empty stomach, before breakfast daily, would be beneficial to diabetic patients. Regular brisk walking for one hour daily would be the best ideal medicine for diabetic patients. Cut down on non-vegetarian, fast, spicy and oily food, aerated cold drinks and foods rich in calories. Correct constipation. Avoid alcohol and tobacco also. Tea and coffee are also bad for health because they promote calcium excretion from the body and calcium loss from bones. Drink plenty of water daily. Take one tablet of Diabecon (By Himalaya an Herbal Health Care Company in India) twice a day as a maintenance dose. Take care and be in good health.

Q: Can i join the marines if i have diabetes but it is under control with diet and exercise?
i would really really like to join the marine corps, but i am a diabetic and am not sure if i could. would they possibly consider taking me in if i have my diabetes under control and do not have to take any meds such as a insulin shot or pills? such as having my diabetes under control by just diet and exercise? please let me know, i really would like to join.

A: i dont think so, but im not 100% sure. it is possible to get a wiaver in certain situations, but i dont think this is one of them, check with a recruiter though.check here for all of the problems that will keep you out. http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/intmedstandards.htm

Q: How do you control your diabetes?
I would like to know how people control their diabetes in terms of personal things that you may do to keep as close to a normal blood sugar as possible. In addition to meds.

A: I watch what I eat, lost some weight (30 pounds), and exercise. Three years ago I skied to the South Pole and last July I climbed Mt. Rainier. Don't let diabetes control you...you control it!

Q: For people with controlled diabetes, do you still have fatigue no matter what or just when out of control?
I am kinda new at the whole diabetes thing. I have only known for a couple of years and I wanna know if I'm gonna spend the rest of my life being tired or if I'll eventually feel less tired now that I'm under control.

A: There is a great article on this very subject called "Overcoming Diabetes Fatigue" at: www.diabetes.ca/files/DDWinter_2004_fatigue.pdf It will help you better understand what your(and I) sometimes go through as we try to control our diabetes.

Q: How to get better control of my type 1 diabetes so that I can get pregnant?
My fiance and I both would like to have a baby, except that my Blood Sugar Levels are still fairly high, My last HBA1C was about 9.1. I would like to know what are some ways of getting my Diabetes under better control faster, so that I can have a better pregnancy and by not putting the baby at so much risk?

A: Talk to your Doctor immediately. He or she can work with you to get your diabetes under control. You would want to find an ob/gyn who has experience with pregnant women with diabetes, and work with him/her before you become pregnant to ensure that you have a safe pregnancy for you and your baby. You may also find a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) who are a great help in working with your day to day control issues of control, you may also want to work with a nutritionist to make sure you are eating the right things to maintain good BG control, as well as what you should eat for your baby's nutrition. Good luck! http://www.diabetes.org/gestational-diabetes/pregancy.jsp

Q: How can I control my diabetes?
Is there anything on the market yet to help control my type 2 diabetes without harsh drugs..? Are there any foods that can help..? I heard antichock was a very good food to help control this,is this a fact..??

A: Diabetes is treatable and manageable with one of the most important steps being exercising and diet. Physical activity can lower your blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol. The best goal is to aim for a total of about 30 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week. However, if you haven’t been very active recently, you can start out with 5 or 10 minutes a day and work up to more time each week. * Take a brisk walk * Go dancing * Take a low-impact aerobics class * Swim or do water aerobic exercises * Bike ride outdoors

Q: Do you always have to take insulin to control gestational diabetes, or can you be prescribed a pill instead?
I have gestational diabetes that can no longer be controlled through diet. I can not stand needles and am wondering if there is any chance of being prescribed a pill as opposed to insulin shots? Yes, there are pills on the market used to control blood sugar instead of insulin, I am wondering if anyone was prescribed pills instead of insulin shots.

A: Lol of course there are pills.. that answer is odd. There are pills like glipizide, metformin... It will really depend on your doctor. I would talk to them about it. Since it can't be controlled with your diet, let them know you'd very very much prefer to use your diet and pills to control diabetes if they will allow you to. Mostly, this will be up to your doctor, but it CAN be done. If you express your concern to the doctor, they may give you a chance to use pills and your diet rather than having to use insulin quite yet. A lot of doctors would just instantly turn to insulin, without offering pills, so be sure to ask! And good luck! I hope it turns out for the best for you! :)

Q: How can I best market my coaching program for weight loss and type II Diabetes control?
My husband has been a type II diabetic for over 25 years. Until 4 years ago, he was in bad shape. He couldn't walk more than 30 feet because of the neuropathy in both of his feet. He was on 43 units of insulin a night, his weight ballooned to 273 pounds (he is 5' 11"), he was irritable, he was always tired - even fell asleep at the wheel while driving. I did a lot of research and developed a successful program to help him. 4 years ago, he lost 75 pounds, has not been on insulin for over 3 years, has walked in 2-5K races, walks 2 miles at the gym 4 times a week and works out with weights. His doctor is simply amazed. He is now on only half of his oral meds. I have coached other people and their results are outstanding. They're doctors are thrilled. I am not a physician nor a nutritionist but I know what works. We work with the doctors to help people who could never lose weight before and who's blood sugars are out of control. I want to market this program - where do I start? Thank you for your answers. One person asked me a couple of questions and I can't find out how to answer those questions. I hope they get the answer thru this. I am hoping to market and sell my program to individuals, at seminars, by showing corporations how they can lower their health insurance costs by using my program to enable their employees to be more healthy.

A: While I'm no lawyer I would recommend meeting with one to determine if there is any way to patent your program. You then need to document this program and begin to create some sort of ad campaign utilizing flyers and posters. As far as marketing ideas go you need to get a doctor or group of health professionals to back this plan. Once you have done that I suggest contacting all of the different types of Diabete foundations. Then start to inform doctor associations about this incredible new plan. What exactly is your goal with all this? I assume you would like to sell the plan? Here are some marketing tips on a budget: http://www.home-business-expo.com/972006_AffordableMarketing.asp Until I know more of what you intend to do with this or how you anticipate to make money it is hard to recommend marketing techniques. Check out the source below for more business help.

Q: How does diabetes control blood glucose level control in their diet ?


A: Ginny is on the right track, but eating 15g of carbs or less per DAY is very extreme. It's just about finding that magic number that works for the individual diabetic. I find that I can keep my numbers below 130 mg/dl (after meals) eating upwards of 75g of carbs per day. The "normal" diet is said to be 300g of carbs per day, and anything below 150g of carbs per day is considered "low carb." You just have to find that magic number.

Q: How can i control my diabetes better?
i have had diabetes for 7 years since i was 11 years old and have always had very bad control of it. i want to know if anybody can help me to control it better as iam struggling with it

A: Well I haven't been diabetic as long as you but if you are on injections then i might suggest the use of an insulin pump. I used to have poor controll too but then oonce on a pump they started to level out. Ask your endocrinoligist about it.

Q: How does diabetes damage the blood vessels in the brain? Other than keeping the diabetes under control, what?
can limit further damage? Is it possible to reverse the damage? My husband has type II diabetes and has had excellent A1Cs (less than 6 for the past 4 years), but we have no idea how long he had diabetes before it was diagnosed. We don't know if the damage is recent or from before his diagnosis. The MRI showed damage to the small blood vessels in the brain and they want to do an MRA as well. I just wonder what the ramifications are and if there's anything proactive to be done about it.

A: The one bad thin about the human body is that there exists three types of tissue that are not insulin dependent. They are the blood vessels, the neurons and the kidneys. Now, untreated the blood vessels are usually damaged on account of the high amount of blood glucose forming the endothelial wall defects(blood vessel wall rigidity). Further on this account it may cause thrombosis/thromboembolism in untreated cases. I doubt there is a way to reverse it but there are ways to prevent serious complicatoins caused by diabetic angiopathy like sclerosis and stroke of the blood vessels. Apart from the glibenclamide and buguanide therapy(metformin?) the standard type II drugs I suugest you to also go for aspirin therapy which will prevent any platelet agrregation which may cause stroke. Further, if you are sensitive to aspirin and you have a predisposition to hemodynamic abnormalities I'd suggest you try a drug called clopidogerel. Consult you physician in this regard and dont run off to the drug store to buy them yourself. Coz the dosage and the suggestive therapy may be given by the physician himself.

Q: I am 48 yrs old & diabetic and taking tablets daily. I want to know simple home remedies to control diabetes?
Regularly I am going for walk. Physically I am feeling weak and my teeth & gums have become weak. How to improve my condition.

A: There are a lot of things you can do to control your diabetes. Some of them are exercise, understanding and paying attention to the foods you eat, and taking natural supplements. Supplements like cinnamon, fenugreek, magnesium, fiber and flax seed oil to name a few are good for diabetes. I have found a website that has a lot of great information on it to help explain this in more detail. Good luck.

Q: CAN INSULIN TAKEN to control GESTATIONAL DIABETES HARM THE BABY?
I just need to know will taking insulin to control gestational diabetes harm my baby?? Or should GD be controlled by diet and axcersise and insulin be avoided. Please if anyone knows answers or has suggestions and opinions about this let me know. Everyone that was diagnosed with GD please reply i would like to know what other women are doing to control GD if using insulon or not, THanks....so muchh

A: i think yes, possibility of neural tube defect, you should check with ur doctor about dosages.

Q: Is their a supplement a person can take to control diabetes?


A: Lots of them: http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/Type_II_Diabetes.html

Q: Do high levels of THC control diabetes?
I've herd rumors that Tetrahydrocannabinol (or THC), the chemical found in cannabis, can control your diabetes. Is this true?

A: No.