Diabetes Diet

Diabetes Low-Fat Diet

Managing diabetes means keeping your blood sugar levels
in the target range to reduce the risk of complications.

How to select the right kinds of food to keep for better
diabetes control?

1) Low Carbohydrate
 
  It has the most impact on insulin. We need not avoid
  eating carbohydrate but we need to eat the right one -
  "slow carbs". This category of carbohydrate will cause
  a slow release of sugar into the bloodstream. You can
  control your blood sugar levels with careful
  carbohydrate choices.

2) Low Calories
 
  Excess calorie intake will lead to weight problem, and
  majority of people with type 2 diabetes have a weight
  issues. Reduce your caloric intake with exercise more
  to burn more caloric to avoid weight gain and maintains
  blood sugar levels.

3) Low glycemic-index (GI) foods
 
  A foods with high glycemic index raises blood glucose
  faster and not beneficial to blood sugar. People with
  diabetes need to choose food with low GI because there
  is slower elevation of blood sugar.

4) Fiber-rich food
 
  Diabetes should take high protein with fibers each days.
  Fiber gives helps in regulated blood sugar levels, which
  is an important element in avoiding diabetes. Fiber can
  achieve a significant reduction of blood sugar levels in
  most diabetes patient.
 
  Good sources of fiber include:-
 
  Fruits: Apples, cranberries, red currants, gooseberries,
  grapefruits, oranges, peaches, pears, sour plums, prunes
  and bananas.
 
  Vegetables: Oats(bran and oatmeal), psyllium husk, rye,
  sesame seeds, beets, carrots, broccoli, flax seeds, beans,
  and legumes.

5) Sweeteners
 
  Natural sweeteners are far better or our bodies than
  refined sugars, sugar alcohol or artificial sweeteners.
  They are made from chemicals compounds. They were
  originally developed for diabetes but today found hidden
  in most highly processed foods, drinks, beverages, and
  candies, with non-nutritive and low-calorie sweeteners.
 
  Learn to read food if you want to keep away or limit any
  artificial sweeteners, sugar alcohol or refined sugar from
  your diet.
 
  Here, I highly recommend Stevia, Stevia is the desirable
  sweetener. The sweeteners is 300 times more than the
  sugarcane but the calories is just 1/300 compare to sugar
  cane sweeteners.It is low-calorie dietary supplement that
  helps regulate blood sugar and support the pancreas. It is
  valuable for anyone with diabetes and hypoglycemia.
 

Insulin Types

There are different varieties of insulin that are used to treat type 1 diabetes.
The kinds of insulin that is required will depend on how much time is
required for the insulin to work inside the body. Using certain types of
insulin can also cause side effects.

People having Type 1 diabetes will have to keep checking their blood
sugar levels many times during the day. They will have to inject insulin
in the body using a syringe, pump or a pen.

Time Factors Insulin Types

-Onset time
 Once injected time needed for the insulin to start lowering blood glucose.

-Peak time  
 How long at which insulin works to its best (peak or maximum power) to
 lower the blood glucose.

-Duration time
  How long of the time insulin works to keeps lowering blood glucose.

Each type of insulin works at a different onset, peak and duration time as
per specific requirement.

Insulin are classified in to 5 main categorical types
 
1.Rapid-acting insulin
2.Short-acting insulin
3.Intermediate-acting insulin
4.Long-acting insulin
5.Very long-acting insulin

Rapid-acting insulin

This type of insulin is designed to be injected before meals. Once injected,
It is starts to work within 15 minutes. It works to maximum peaks time at
about an hour after injection. Duration time used up in 4 or 5 hours.

Rapid-acting insulin is working to its peaks time and makes cells to consume
glucose, with the same time the meal is digested and glucose is released into
the bloodstream. Rapid-acting insulin is looks clear in appearance.

Short-acting insulin (regular)

As a regular insulin, is also designed to be injected about 30 to 45 minutes
before meals. Once injected, It takes longer to work compared to rapid-acting
insulin.

It works to maximum peaks time at about 2 or 3 hours after injection. Duration
time used up in 6 hours. Short-acting insulin (regular) is looks clear in appearance.

Intermediate-acting insulin

This type of insulin , is usually taken in the morning or before bed. Intermediate
-acting insulin works all day if taken in the morning.

Is designed has approximate onset time of 2 to 4 hours after injection. It takes
longer to start to work, and it stays in the body for a longer time. It works to
maximum peaks time at about 4 to 12 hours after injection. Duration time used
up in 12 to 18 hours. Intermediate-acting insulin is looks cloudy and has to be
shaking before injected.

Long-acting insulin

It designed has approximate starts to work in six to 10 hours. Duration time
used up in body for 20 hours or more and without any peak time. Long-acting
insulin is usually taken in the morning or before bed, like intermediate-acting
insulin. Long-acting insulin is looks clear in appearance.

Very long-acting insulin

It designed has a very long-acting insulin. It starts to work and lower blood
glucose levels about 1 hour after injection, duration time used up for 24 hours.

Blood Glucose Test

What do you know about Blood Glucose Test ?

Diabetics must be required to self-check their glucose,
once or several times a day, to monitor glucose levels.

The blood glucose test is ordered to measure the amount
of glucose in the blood as a sample collection. It is used
to detect both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, to help
diagnose diabetes, and to monitor glucose levels in
persons with diabetes.

Blood glucose usually measured on a fasting basis,
collected after an 12 to 14 hour fast.

Below following of table shows a results blood glucose
test for Fasting Plasma Glucose Test (FPG) as based on
the clinical practice recommendations of the American
Diabetes Association.

Fasting Plasma Glucose Test Procedure (FPG)

Before test a FPG,you must not to eat or drink any think
except water for 12 to 14 hours.The test is usually done
in the morning for our convenience.


Blood glucose levels in unit measure

1) Milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl)-unit used in United States.
   Unit to measure that shows ‘x’ milligrams of glucose in the
   blood plasma per deciliter of blood.


2) Millimoles per litre or millimolar (mmol/L)-In Europe country
   except United States.
   Unit of measure that shows 'x' mmol concentration of glucose
   in the blood plasma per liter of blood.

Table Of Results Blood Glucose Levels                     

   Glucose Level                                                 Indication 
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70 mg/dl to 99 mg/dl                                      
(3.89 to 5.5 mmol/L)                                       Normal range
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100 mg/dl to 126 mg/dl                      Pre-diabetes is called by impaired
(5.56 to 7 mmol/L)                             fasting glucose, indicating an increased
                                                          risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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Higher than 126 mg/dl                        Confirmed as diabetes
(>7 mmol/L)
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Lower than 70 mg/dl                          Considered as hypoglycemia
(<3.89 mmol/L)                         
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Above table of blood glucose levels, results are within the
normal range, additional testing may be ordered to determine
if a person has additional risk factors for diabetes, such as
high body mass index (BMI), or if exhibits other symptoms of
diabetes.

High levels of glucose most frequently indicate diabetes, but
many other diseases and conditions can also cause elevated
glucose.

Covered Diabetes Wounds And Ulcers Really Heal Faster ?

For my experience with a diabetes wounds case study, proved
that, diabetes wounds with a covered using bandages and gauze,
wouldn't be getting healing faster.

Covered diabetes wounds and ulcers with bandages will causing
more serious and complicated affect wounds healing faster, if
compare with normal wounds.

What is a causes, if diabetes wounds covered ?

-Affect blood circulation of the foot

 When i was make appointment to patient in hospital, i saw patient
 diabetes foot wounds, covered with tighten bandages, upper-side foot
 faced swelling, effected blood circulation.

Diabetes patient can't control blood sugar very well during long term
period, will causing nerve damage, the blood flow to the nerves is limited,
leaving the nerves without blood flow, and they get damaged or die as a
known as ischemia. The foot become numbness, burning, aching of the
feet lower extremities and complete loss of sensation in the feet.

You arms and legs are supplied by long blood vessels, which may be
blocked as a result of diabetes, smoking, and high cholesterol. As the
blood supply becomes interrupted, patients normally complain that their
calves are painful or cramp during walking.

 In severe situations,the leg lose all sensations of pain such that small
 ulcers,wounds and cuts go unnoticed. The skin is also lacking in blood
 supply, healing of the ulcer and wounds is very slow or not possible.
 If diabetes wounds covered with bandages and gauze, this will make
 more serious complicated, and slow down wounds healing process.

-Affect fresh tissue of flesh growing faster

 Diabetes wounds need to wait the fresh tissue of flesh has completely
 grown in place filling the deep dented wounds, with follow by the growth
 of new layer of skin till it finally cover the wounded area. This stage, the
 wounds has fully healed internally and externally.

 Covered diabetes wounds with bandages will causing blockage of oxygen.
 New growing wounds tissue needs more oxygen for growing, if the blood
 can not flow to the feet very well with less oxygen, this will causes more
 complicated slow down fresh tissue of wounds growing.

-Affect fresh tissue of flesh growing stitches on bandages and gauze 

 When Covered diabetes wounds with bandages and gauze, new growing
  fresh tissue of wounds will be stitches seriously on the gauze, it will causing
 damage new cell and tissue of wounds during daily dressing, when remove
 or changes new bandages and gauze.

-Affect diabetes wounds generated more serious bad smell pus

 For diabetes wounds which will accumulated serious smelly pus and causing
 increasing with expansion wounds area,wounds getting worst, this will be
slow down wounds healing process. All the yellow or grayish pus must
random press it out from the wounds and ulcer during dressing.

If the wounds and ulcers without covered with bandages and 
gauze, it can lead an infection. What is a best ways to overcome 
an infection with uncovered diabetes wounds and ulcers to get 
heal faster? It will be discuss in next following post.