Friday 19 September 2014

The basics of a healthy diabetic diet

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It is hard to define a single diabetic diet with a defined set of meals included. All the foods that are healthy are also healthy for a diabetic also. The only thing matters is the intake of caloriesand the time to take a meal every day. Carbohydrates affect blood sugar more than fats and proteins. For some cases, the amount of fats and proteins taken is also important. If you make a smart food choice, you will be able to keep your blood sugar level in the normal range. You doctor, dietitian or a diabetic educator can help you on what you need to take in your meals.
You need to be aware of your glycemic index. This is a procedure to keep an eye on how various foods affect your blood sugar level. Foods that show up low in this index have low effect on sugar level in the blood while those having high glycemic index greatly affect blood sugar level. Your doctor can advise you better how the glycemic index can help you choose a certain diet to control your blood sugar level.
a healthy diabetic diet
If you eat food of different colors, that is an indication that you are taking plenty of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts and proteins in different forms. This will help you to a great extent in having a balanced diet. You daily routine, age and sex also determine the number of calories you need to take every day. If this is not balanced, you can gain or lose weight. Research has proved that people who take food rich in fiber are able to improve their blood sugar and cholesterol level.
If you are following a diabetic meal plan, make sure you are only taking the diet that is included in your diet plan. If you are adding more items to it with your own choice that would do you no benefit rather would add to the body weight. Another point to mention is not to skip the meals. If you are taking diabetic medicine, make sure you take your meals and medicines same time each day.

Tuesday 16 September 2014

Causes of type 1 diabetes



The main reason of development of type 1 diabetes is the malfunctioning of the body’s immune system that destroys the beta cells of the pancreas which are called islet tissues. These cells produce insulin which controls the sugar level in the blood. In the absence of insulin, body is unable to control the level of sugar in the blood. Pancreas is able to adjust the amount of sugar in the blood by adjusting the production of insulin. When your pancreas is unable to produce insulin, that would be injected from an external source. The injected insulin would not be able to control blood sugar level as good as the pancreas does. This would result in a high or low bloodsugar level at any time.
The main reason for high blood sugar level include:
·         Lack of insulin in the body
·         Eating more food that what is required by the body
·         Stress and sickness or having some other infection specially with lack of food and water
·         Taking medicines for sleep and decongestants. These medicines the sugar level in the blood
·         The dawn phenomenon in which the blood sugar level rises in the morning
·         Body growth resulting in adolescence which is actually the result of hormone production
·         pregnancy.
Diabetic ketoacidosis is the condition when a person is not aware of his blood sugar level before it goes wrong. Body cells are unable to get energy from sugar because insulin is not available to take energy out of the glucose molecules. In this situation, the body starts breaking down fats and proteins of the body.
The main reasons of low blood sugar in the body include:
·         Taking more insulin than what is required by the body
·         Skipping meals when needed or delaying it
·         Doing more exercise than what is required for the body and not having enough food as is required with that exercise after doing that
·         Drinking excessive alcohol and that too with empty stomach
·         Taking medicines that affect the blood sugar level in the body
·         Start of the menstrual period also results in low blood sugar level
Tgs: Type 1 diabetes causes

Causes of type 1 diabetes