According to a recent survey, 9% of the population of the US has diabetes mellitus. This equates to around 25 million people with Diabetes. Diabetes is an illness that can go unnoticed for many, many years. Even a person that seems fine can turn out to have diabetes. Foot problems are often an issue with [...]
Unlike many other diseases, Diabetes is a disease that affects many of the bodies organs. A diabetic can suffer from heart disease, hypertension also known as high blood pressure, kidney damage, and problems with the eyes. Due to the damage that high blood sugar can cause to the blood vessels, a sufferer of diabetes can [...]
Most of the food we eat is converted into glucose during the digestive process and then that glucose is absorbed into the blood stream. The sugary foods cause a rise in blood sugar levels and the glycemic index number of each food tells us how far it will cause blood sugar to rise Normal persons [...]
A few normal ways that insulin levels can rise in people who seem to be healthy is because of early stage insulin resistance due to the progression of advancing weight and low levels of physical activity. Often times people who have little obvious risks for diabetes get their routine blood work done during their annual [...]