Diabetic Diet & Blood Gluecose

Somebody told me I might have diabetes because I am overly thirsty.
Is that true?
How do I tell if I have diabetes?
There are different types right?
What are they?

1,2

symptoms for Diabetes

rapid breathing/ trouble breathing
depression is be link to it to
boils is a sight to doctor say
exhausting
headaches, back pain, aching muscles, and stomach pain
Excessive thirst and appetite
Increased urination (sometimes as often as every hour)
Unusual weight loss or gain
Fatigue
Nausea, perhaps vomiting
Blurred vision
In women, frequent vaginal infections
In men and women, yeast infections
Trouble getting or maintaining an erection
Dry mouth
•Lack of interest and concentration
Slow-healing sores or cuts
Itching skin, especially in the groin or vaginal
numbness/tingling in the hands/feet
i have it 5 years now ,my sister 15 year old have it since she was 6
run in both of of my family my ma sisters and brothers have it and their kids and also their kids
my da mother had it and die from it in 2005 98 years old and his brothers and sisters and their kids had it to we are over run with 1 ,2

Common symptoms for lows include the following:
Trembling
Clamminess
Palpitations
Anxiety
Sweating
Hunger

Because the brain is deprived of glucose, a second set of symptoms follows:
Difficulty in thinking
Confusion
Headache
Seizures
Coma
Ultimately, death

Gestational diabetes
During pregnancy body releases a lot of harmone which may sometimes interfere with the body’s usual response to insulin, which develops insulin resistance like the type 2 diabetes. Gestational diabetes is fully treatable but requires careful medical supervision throughout the pregnancy. It may improve or disappear after delivery. About 20%–50% of affected women develop type 2 diabetes

There are 2 tests for Gestational Diabetes. A one hour fasting glucose test and a 3 hour test. In both cases, you drink a special drink that is very high in glucose (sugar) on an empty stomach and they test to see how your body handles the sugar.

If they said you had slightly high sugar, you probably did the one hour test. To double check, they are bringing you in for the 3 hour test.

Make sure you have totally fasted…no food or drink other than water for 8 hours before the test. Eating before the test will effect your sugar numbers after the test. After you drink the drink…go for a walk…move around, don’t just sit or lay down. Moving and exercise lowers blood sugar.

If you do get diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes, it is a real concern. One thing to remember is, you will not have diabetes when you have the baby. Giving birth cures Gestational Diabetes. Doctors do not know what causes it during pregnancy and there is no real way to fix it if it happens. You should eat a whole food diet, stay away from processed foods, foods with additives (diet cokes, fast food…) and eat high protein. (try to get 100grams a day).

Gestational Diabetes can cause the baby to grow large and cause complications toward the end of pregnancy. Symptoms to look for are – Sudden extreme swelling of the feet, hands and face (not normal swelling…sudden and extreme), pain under the ribs on the left side of your body. If that happens, call the doc right away.

The doc will work with you, rest and diet to help manage the diabetes to get you as far along in the pregnancy as possible. You CAN carry full term with hard work. However, if your sugar numbers continue to rise and go out of control along with getting the symptoms above, they will have to induce labor or send you for a c-section around 36-38 weeks.

If is fairly common and can be managed. Read up on it and talk with your doctor.

I was recently diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. I have been home testing since then and everything was fine. I coded my meter the very first time and my levels have been normal. All of a sudden for the last 2 days, my levels have been higher (with no new change in my diet). My meter is a OneTouch Ultra and I receive 4 vials of test strips (each vial contains 25 strips). All the vials in the 4 pack have code 25 on them. So I figured I just code it once using 25 and it was ready. Am I supposed to code it every time I open a new vial?? Or once I open a new 4 pack of vials? I am really confused and I hope my levels haven’t been wrong! I really need some help correcting this because I do not want to be put on insulin. Thanks

You code the meter for each NEW vial of strips.

If the meter already has the proper code for the NEW vials of strips, then you do not need to recode.

Still, it is better to just go ahead and recode for each new vial. get into the habit, and you will NEVER be wrong.

A young mother of 24 yrs is having diabetes and she has to take insulin daily. What is the best ayurvedic, dietary or natural remedy for her? As she has to care for her baby all through the day, she is unable to do any exercise.

Diabetes canNOT be cured. it can only be CONTROLLED.

Since she is taking insulin, we are not clear if she is a Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetic. Treatment will be based on what type of diabetic she is.

Type 1 Diabetes is characterized by a complete failure of the pancreas. This most often happens in children uner the age of 18, but it is not uncommon for young adults as old as 30 to get it. Type 2 Diabetes can also turn into Type1, after many years of poor treatment.

Type 2 Diabetes is caused by being overweight. This is most common in adults over 40, but with society’s ways of eating wrong foods and failing to get exercise, Type 2 Diabetes is now showing up in children as young as 9 years old!

And Type 2 Diabetes is VERY common if the mother had Gestational Diabetes while pregnant. In fact, a woman who has Gestational Diabetes is more than twice as likely to develop Type 2 Diabetes later in life.

There is only ONE treatment for Type 1 Diabetes — insulin shots. Since the body produces NO insulin, the shots are necessary, or she will die. The ONLY alternative is a risky, painful, and expensive pancreas transplant.

Type 2 diabetes can often be controlled through diet and exercise.

The Type 2 Diabetes MUST COMPLETELY ELIMINATE sugar from their diet. They can have NO sugar. That means no colas, sports drinks, energy drinks, canned fruit juices, candies, cakes, ice cream, pudding, doughnuts, cookies — ANYTHING with sugar MUST be ELIMINATED from the diet.

The patient MUST reduce the amounts of starches they eat. Eat fewer breads, crackers, pastas, rice, corn, and potatoes. It really help to get a Diabetic Cookbook, and learn what foods are starchy and what food are healthy.

And the patient MUST get more exercise. "She has to care for her baby" is just an excuse. if she does not get more exercise she is going to be hospitalized, limtied to a wheelchair or nursing home, or die — any of the three will leave her baby with NO care, and dying will leave the baby without a mother.

You could do her a great service by getting off the internet and volunteering to take care of the baby while she exercises!

THERE IS NO CURE FOR DIABETES. IF she can develop the self-discipline to change her eating habits and lifestyle, then the diabetes can be CONTROLLED, and she will live as long and as happy as a healthy perseon.

But for the rest of her life, the diabetes will still be inside her, just waiting for her to change her diet or forget to exercise. then, the diabetes will come back, and usually stronger and more viscious than before. the results can be heart attacks, strokes, blindness, amputation, kidney failure and dialysis — even death!