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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
By Arnold Hernandez
 Having diabetes means having to control your glucose levels. Failure to control your glucose levels increases your risk of heart disease, damage to your eyes, damage to your nervous system and organs. One way to control the glucose level is through medication, but the medication is often not enough and most doctors advise the patient complete a course in nutrition so the patient eats better and controls the glucose level better.
At these nutrition seminars diabetics are taught to eat in moderation and to eat more frequently. For many diabetics these courses are very hisheartening, because almost everything a diabetic is accustomed to eating is taken off the list of foods that can be eaten. Interestingly diabetics find that everything they had been told were junk food are in fact junk food. The nutritional value of fast food, doughnuts, cakes, pies, ready to eat cereals, regular sodas, and fast food has so little nutrition that they are in fact junk food. The foods a diabetic should be eating |
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Sunday, 27 July 2008 |
By Roberto Sedycias
 Whether you are a type 1 or type 2 diabetic, you need to have a regular and constant monitor to find the state of your health. Though most of the diabetic patients understand the importance of testing blood glucose level frequently, many of them are confused about selecting the right kind of meter.
When for the first time they are dictated with blood sugar, they rush to the nearest chemist and take home their glucose monitor kit without considering how effective it can be for them. But, now that research and studies are constantly being upgraded, glucose meters have got new forms and shapes. Whether you are purchasing your diabetes glucose monitor kit for the first time or you are less delighted with the one that you have and trying to get a new one, you have to consider various aspects of the home medical device.
A dependable Glucose meter:
While purchasing your diabetic glucose monitor kit you need to take care of two major aspects. The most expensive one is not surely the best one. There are many good |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 July 2008 )
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