Tips in case of an insulin pump failure, Diabetes Tips

tudiabetes.com When you are using an insulin pump, you can become too comfortable. Pumps are very reliable pieces of hardware, but as all hardware, they are subject to failing. In this video, we share some tips of things to do to be prepared in the event of a pump failure, to minimize the impact on [...]

Is having diabetes and insulin dependent considered a disability legally?

I have a friend who was told her can’t get his driving permit or license untill he goes 2 or 2 whole years w/o a seizure from his diabetes. He is almost 18 now. He is insulin dependant. He has to take it after EVERYTHING he eats. I understand people will say “diabetes is a [...]

Controlling diabetes with healthy food

Diabetes occurs because certain metabolic disorders and malfunctions of the pancreas, which leads to the urination excessive thirst, weakness and anxiety. Diabetes can be divided into two categories Diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus. Diabetes mellitus (type one): Diabetes mellitus, the body is not able to make insulin. Insulin helps the body to convert sugar from [...]

How to Control Diabetes

Here’s what researchers know about how to control blood glucose (blood sugar) in diabetics: It’s not easy, but it can be done. It takes hard work. And could save your life. An important new study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) showed that tight control of blood glucose can reduce the risk of heart [...]

Manage Diabetes Made Easy

Currently, the management of diabetes is growing. Technological advances involving the Internet – has started to provide information for 18.2 million Americans who are affected by this disease. Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the body does not produce insulin, a hormone that needed to convert glucose into energy. Since from time to time, [...]

Fruit is beneficial for People with Diabetes

Fruit is beneficial for People with Diabetes Apple This fruit is one of the most useful fruits of all fruits for diabetics. Apple has a rich pectin content. Pectin is a natural therapeutic ingredient  that found in parts of the skin and pulp. This helps in detoxifying the body by providing the galacturonic acid that [...]

The Two Type of Diabetes

In 1979, The American Diabetes Association explains there are two types of Diabetes. Type-1 Insulin-Dependent Diabetes This is the most severe diabetes. This occurs when the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Without insulin in the bloodstream, the sugar does not enter into the cell, and remains in the blood. People with type-1 diabetes depend [...]