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Diabetes is without doubt one of the most important diseases worldwide. An estimated 30 million people have diabetes worldwide, and about 40 percent of overweight people suffer from diabetes without knowing it.

Luckily it is a disease that can be treated successfully in most cases. The treatment of diabetes is something that is highly developed, and there are many tools that they use doctors to treat their patients with diabetes.

Diabetes is closely related to food. The dietary control is essential to any treatment for diabetes. Diabetics who are well aware of this, and have to control the level of glucose in the blood almost constantly and carefully choose food according to each situation. Read the rest of this entry »

Vitamins play key roles in preserving our quality of life and even more so when it is affected by conditions such as diabetes mellitus. In this way, become a key tool to counter or avoid the potential impact this disease has on our bodies.

In this regard, Dr. Rhadames Figueroa, Merck Laboratories Medical Manager, explains that an adequate intake of vitamin A (retinol), which is necessary to preserve the integrity and functionality of tissues, thus keeping functions such as vision or healing. As an antioxidant, vitamin A decreases the oxidation of lipids that are part of the membranes of cells throughout the body.

For its part, Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) helps keep blood vessels in good condition with which delays the formation of atherosclerotic plaque, which is responsible for the blockage of blood vessels.

“A key feature in the development of diabetes is hyperglycemia, which produces a disorder of proteins and other molecules known as glycation, causing the loss of function of the molecule and therefore the affected organ. Thus Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) counteracts the glycation process, which reduces the chances of complications of the disease, “said Figueroa.

Similarly, Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) is essential for maintaining the integrity and functioning of the nervous system cells, particularly the formation of neurotransmitters. Read the rest of this entry »

Having diabetes is not easy. When a person has diabetes should eat healthy foods, staying physically active, take your medicines and control your weight. To avoid the complications of diabetes, should also monitor the level of blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol. You must do all this, besides fulfilling their daily duties. No wonder that people with diabetes may feel tense and frightened.
One wants the best for their family and friends with diabetes. You may want to find a way to relieve stress she feels her mom or maybe would like to help her husband to better control their diabetes. It is difficult to manage diabetes when you have no support. The effort you make to help your loved one can make a big difference in how you feel and how facing diabetes.
* Control the amount: the portion to eat should be neither more nor less than a slice of approximately 2, 5 cm wide. Enjoying your intake, savoring each bite and eat slowly, be enough with this amount of sweet.
* Choose fiber: as the quantity, you must also pay attention to the quality of what we eat, it will not be the same cream-filled cake that another full of fruit. The basic idea is to pay attention to choose the ingredients and preferably those of have some fiber, for example, which has strawberries, seeds, berries, fresh or dried fruit.