Gum disease (periodontitis) is extremely common. The CDC estimates that half of all American adults over age 30 have it. This gum infection may cause serious glucose changes in your blood, too. It raises blood sugar, and it may leave you more vulnerable to developing type 2 diabetes. Cautio...
“Testing for diabetes is pretty simple these days,” says Kasia Lipska, M.D., a specialist in diabetes medicine and management at Yale Medicine in New Haven, CT. But, she adds, “no test is perfect, so we usually recommend that if something is abnormal, [the test] be repeated so tha...
Causes of High Blood Sugar When you have diabetes, certain things can cause your blood sugar to rise, including: Being sick Stress Overeating foods with sugar or carbs Being less active than normal Missing doses of insulin Your diabetes medicine isn't working well Taking steroids or other medi...
Causes of High Blood Sugar When you have diabetes, certain things can cause your blood sugar to rise, including: Being sick Stress Overeating foods with sugar or carbs Being less active than normal Missing doses of insulin Your diabetes medicine isn't working well Taking steroids or other medi...
Insulin, in turn, helps the body’s cells take up the sugar in the blood to ultimately lower the blood sugar level, assisting those with type 2 diabetes. [1, 2]All that said, GLP-1 drugs work by mimicking the GLP-1 hormone in your body. When you take a GLP-1 medicine, it works...
The glycemic index measures how quickly and how much a carbohydrate raises blood sugar. High-glycemic foods like pastries raise blood sugar highly and rapidly; low-glycemic foods raise it gently and to a lesser degree. Some research has linked high-glycemic foods with diabetes, obesity, heart ...
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If your diabetes is not coming under control through diet and exercise, your doctor may prescribe medicine. He may try a combination of several medicines to bring your BSL to normal levels. If you have not achieved normal values yet, you may have to start insulin!
According to the Obesity Medicine Association, genetics increase the odds of obesity by anywhere from 40% to 70%, and there are between 200 and 500 genes known to be strongly associated with the disease. If these genes are not working properly, it’s important to understand that while they ...
Natural and healthy weight loss is commonly achieved with plant supplements. These herbs have been used in traditional medicine to shed weight and improve health for centuries. Adding plants to your weight loss regimen may help, but not magically. ...