I love the fast food diet–more so because I have diabetes–and I am about to tell you why you should switch to it, too, and right away! The word diet always conjures up visions of banned foods—as if you can’t eat the foods you enjoy. Diet seems synonymous with starvation. The problem with most diets is, they do have restrictions of what you can eat and cannot eat. To me,…
The “badam” or almond is among the most nutrient-rich nuts. It boasts of high protein, healthy fats, vitamins and minerals. We can safely call it a super-food for everyone, including those with diabetes. Almonds are members of the stone fruit family. The almond is the seed of the almond fruit. Some other fruits that belong to the stone fruit family are plums, peaches and nectarines. Almonds were initially cultivated in…
Working towards normal blood glucose levels ensures high energy levels, faster healing, fewer infections and a lower risk of diabetes complications. Being diagnosed with diabetes can be devastating, at least initially. Then again, here is the flip side: being diagnosed is a life saver, as we are all familiar with the havoc diabetes can wreak inside our body—most of the time, silently. For some, in spite of living a reasonably…
You haven’t been great at heeding the warnings of your physician and now your prediabetes condition has progressed into full-blown Diabetes. Is it too late to fix this?! Of course not. But how to make the shift in treatment and management? How to update your care routine? While diabetes cannot be reversed, certain measures such as monitoring your carb and fat intake, regularly checking blood sugar levels, and getting sufficient…
Diabetes comes with a long list of do’s and don’ts and considering that people with diabetes are more prone to falling sick or getting an infection, there’s always the fear of whether antibiotics are safe for those with diabetes. Diabetes is a growing epidemic today—especially type 2 diabetes—as it has turned into a lifestyle disease. According to the latest statistics from the American Diabetes Association there were over 30 million…