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Mangoes May Benefit Blood Glucose
Mangoes may help regulate blood glucose levels and limit inflammation in people who are obese, according to the results of a small study recently presented at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in Boston…
Important Updates to Diabetes Treatment Recommendations
Every year, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) reviews the current scientific literature and releases an updated version of its Clinical Practice Recommendations. This year, there have been several important revisions…
Glucose — How High is Too High?
American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines advise “lowering A1C to below or around 7%” and postprandial (after-meal) glucose levels to 180 mg/dl or below. But new research shows that these glucose levels damage blood vessels, nerves, organs, and beta cells…
Do You Know Your Number Without Checking? You May Be Surprised
There I was, at the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) meeting in Indianapolis last month, when I started to feel kind of loopy. You know, fuzzy-brained and all that stuff. “Oh, boy,” I said to myself, “I’m low!” And, because I was in Indy, I had cinnamon gummy bears on me! (You can’t get them where I live.) I love cinnamon gummy bears and had been waiting for just this excuse to eat some…
Foods’ Strange Tricks
You sit down to eat. How will your meal affect your blood glucose? If you’re on insulin, how much should you take? Turns out that counting carbohydrate will not always give you the answer. Food can affect you in strange ways.
Doin’ the BG Limbo. How Low Can I Go?
Well, I’m still trying to get my glucose to stay up. Not too high, mind you, but somewhat “normal” range would be good…
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