Diabetes Does NOT care how much money it costs to Stay Alive
High Blood sugar levels are not usually associated with High gas prices or a global recession, but if you take a look at the effect that the inflation of gas prices is having on food prices, I would think it would have a direct [...]

Quickie Facts about Diabetes
1) Nearly 24 million Americans have Diabetes. There are 246 million Diabetics worldwide. In 20 years the projected number is thought to be 380 million.
2) Out of those 24 million Americans with Diabetes, only 18 million are actually diagnosed.
3) 56 million Americans have Pre-Diabetes
4) The annual cost of [...]

Is Type 2 Really reversible? I ask myself that. I have been recently diagnosed with diabetes and I assume like everyone that was diagnosed I hated myself for it. I blamed myself, because as an adult I should know better than to have poor eating and exercise habits. Especially knowing that this disease ran in [...]

So today I went to my Endo appointment. My Endo is a great Dr. Finally!!! Because I have came across some not so nice or understanding Dr.’s. I feel like I could ask him all the questions that I need to without being judged or thought of as an ignorant patient. I found [...]

Many things have been happening this week in the Diabetes world as they do every week. This week I am proud to a Hispanic, a female and holding my head up high with my Type I Diabetes diagnosis. My reason is simple Sonia Sotomayor has been nominated as the next Supreme court Justice of [...]

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Diabetes can affect the sex drive and performance of both men and women. Impotence, or erectile dysfunction (ED), may occur as a result of nerve or vascular damage associated with diabetes. The anxiety, stress, and depression that often accompany diabetes can also have an impact on libido and performance. Over half of all men with [...]

Long thought to be the “safer sugar” for people with diabetes, fructose may not be so safe after all.
By Jack Challem
Most people think of fructose as a natural fruit sugar. After all, it’s one of the principal sugars (along with glucose and sucrose) in fruits. But in fact, the amount of fructose in most fruits [...]

Over time, high blood glucose levels and diabetes complications can cause damage to virtually every organ system of the body, including:
Central nervous system
Vision
Cardiovascular
Kidney
Sexual dysfunction
Skin
Teeth and gums
Musculoskeletal
Achieving good control over blood glucose levels with insulin and healthy lifestyle changes is the best way to prevent or slow diabetes complications. According to the 2007 report released [...]

The best way to prevent or slow diabetes-related complications is by achieving good control over blood glucose levels with insulin and healthy lifestyle changes. An estimated three out of five Americans with diabetes (57.9 percent) have one or more complications associated with diabetes, according to the 2006 report released by the American Association of Clinical [...]