Diabetes High Cholesterol
Blood Pressure Control and Diabetes-Alternative Solutions to help manage One of the risk factors associated with diabetes is the cardiovascular diseases. Heart attack is one the major complications with diabetics. And high blood pressure contributes to cardiovascular diseases and as a result could lead to kidney diseases and failure. Thus, controlling high blood pressure becomes very important and a necessary step in overall diabetes management. Although clinicians are doing a great job in administering “blood...
“Cholesterol” What is it and how does it effect Diabetics and Non-Diabetics? You are 65 years old, an “eighty percent vegetarian”, exercise twice weekly, a non-smoker, maintain a lean body mass (BMI) of 22, no ailments, work full-time, sexually active, very healthy except your total cholesterol levels are constantly hovering around 230-240 range and LDL (bad cholesterol) is around 150. Should you worry? Cholesterol is a raw material for cells, hormones, vitamin D, etc. in...
Diabetes 2 and the Glycemic Index Good carbohydrates or bad carbohydrates? Low glycemic index or high glycemic index? Life can become very complicated for you with Type 2 diabetes. Not only do you need to monitor your glucose levels, remember your medicines but you also have to plan your meal strategy for keeping your glucose levels in a safe range. Scientists have argued for years about what makes blood sugar levels too high for those...