What Exactly is Diabetes Insipidus?

Diabetes Insipidus: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding the Condition

Diabetes insipidus, often misconstrued as a form of diabetes mellitus, is a rare condition characterized by excessive thirst and urination. Unlike diabetes mellitus, which affects insulin production, diabetes insipidus stems from a hormonal imbalance that disrupts the body’s ability to regulate water absorption. This imbalance leads to the production of large amounts of dilute urine, leaving the body in a state of constant dehydration.

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A1C Levels

A1C Chart: A Guide to Understanding Your Results

The A1C chart is a valuable tool for understanding your blood sugar control. It measures the average amount of glucose attached to your hemoglobin, the protein in your blood that carries oxygen. A high A1C level means that you have too much glucose in your blood, which can lead to complications such as heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease.

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Understanding Ketones

Understanding Ketones: A Foundational Overview

Ketones, a byproduct of fat metabolism, play a crucial role in the body’s energy production. While generally harmless in healthy individuals, for type 1 diabetics, elevated ketone levels can pose significant health risks. This comprehensive guide delves into the intricacies of ketones, exploring their formation, implications for type 1 diabetes management, and strategies to maintain optimal ketone levels.

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Diabetic Nerve Pain Overview

Understanding Diabetic Nerve Pain: A Comprehensive Guide

Diabetic nerve pain, also known as diabetic neuropathy, is a common and often debilitating complication of diabetes. It affects approximately 50% of people with diabetes, making it one of the most prevalent neurological disorders in the world. Diabetic nerve pain can cause a wide range of symptoms, including numbness, tingling, burning, and sharp shooting pains in the hands, feet, legs, and arms. It can also lead to muscle weakness, loss of balance, and difficulty with urination and sexual function.

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The Budwig Protocol Diet And Recipe

Overview

This is a follow-up article to our original Budwig Protocol article. VERY IMPORTANT: Check with your doctor before using this recipe.

3 tablespoons low-fat cottage cheese (90 calories, AND 270 mg sodium per ½ cup)
1 tablespoon flaxseed oil (120 calories)

Stir together (or use a hand blender) to mix thoroughly, and then eat within 15 minutes, OR the flaxseed oil will go rancid and your dish will be worthless.

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Can A High-Fiber Diet Help Manage Diabetes?

A high fiber diet is important for everyone, but especially for people with diabetes. Fiber can help to lower blood sugar levels, improve cholesterol levels, and reduce the risk of heart disease. There are two types of fiber: soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber dissolves in water and forms a gel-like substance that can help to slow down digestion and absorption of glucose. Insoluble fiber does not dissolve in water and helps to keep the digestive system healthy.

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Ketoacidosis

Everyone knows the seriousness of Diabetes however if there is a slight chance that you don’t then you are about to find out how serious diabetes can be to both you and your health. Also you see how far treatment should go to ensure your body the greatest health possible.

Ketoacidosis: A Comprehensive Overview

What is Ketoacidosis?

Ketoacidosis is a serious medical condition that can occur in people with diabetes. It is caused by a buildup of ketones in the blood. Ketones are acids that are produced by the liver when the body does not have enough insulin to use glucose for energy.

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Benfotiamine

If you have experienced complications as a result of your diabetes, your physician may recommend benfotiamine. This is a synthetic variation of Vitamin B-1, and is also known as thiamine.

If you have experienced complications as a result of your diabetes, your physician may recommend you taking benfotiamine. Benfotiamine is a synthetic variation of Vitamin B-1, and is also known as thiamine.
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An Instructional on Diabetes Diet Guidelines

Learn about diabetes diet guidelines. This article offers information on gestational, type 1, type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes diets. See if you’re on the right track.

When it comes to a diabetes diet, there are many important things to know. One of the most important things to know about a diabetes diet is that different diabetic diagnosis can change each diabetic diet.

Before we get into all that however, let’s talk about the way weight can increase diabetes.

People who are obese or overweight are 80 times more likely to develop diabetes than those who maintain a healthy weight. In a study produced by the Medstar Research Institute in Washington, D.C., almost 2,000 non-diabetic, overweight adults that were between the ages of 25 and 74 were measured for their risk of developing diabetes, they were also measured to see if they reduce their risk by losing weight. They study proved that in just losing two pounds a year for ten years, their risk of developing diabetes reduced by a third.

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Soft Drinks and Diabetes

What effect do soft drinks have on the prevalence of diabetes? If recent reports are accurate there may be more to the potential link than you may have thought & for some interesting reasons.

Soft drinks and diabetes. What effect do soft drinks have on diabetes? If recent reports are accurate there may be more to the potential link than you may have thought – and for some interesting reasons. Continue reading “Soft Drinks and Diabetes”