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8 Best Healthy Snack Ideas for Diabetes
Hurry! Its last week of #MyfriendaAlexa And this is the post 7 of “Diabetes Awareness series”. In this post, I am talking about “Healthy snacking options for Diabetes” Why healthy snacking is so important for management of diabetes? What are the healthy snacks for diabetic people? And what are the key points that should be kept in mind while planning to snack for diabetic people? Read on to know more! Importance of Healthy Snacking for diabetes Healthy and controlled eating is one of the major components of the management of diabetes. Healthy snacking for diabetes is one of the challenging aspects of it. Unfortunately, many people pick unhealthy sweet or…
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#MyfriendAlexa- Complications of Diabetes
It is week 3 and post 6 of #MyFriendAlexa. And in this post, I am talking about “Diabetic complications” Diabetes is a long-term, the chronic disorder that adversely affects other parts of the body. Unfortunately, it could lead to some dreading, life threating diabetic complications. According to WHO, diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attack and lower limb amputation. WHO projects that diabetes will be the 7 Th leading cause of death is the year 2030. Here are few key points about the diabetic complication. The chances of developing diabetic complications higher in chronic and poorly managed diabetic patients. If the blood sugar level remains high…
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Top 8 Home Remedies for Treating Diabetes
It is week 3 and post 5 of #MyfriendAlexa. And I am sharing the treatment aspect of diabetes from the last post. If you had missed that part please click here. There are various home remedies are available that can be used to lower the blood sugar level. What are the top 8 home remedies for diabetes? How to use them? And what are the precautions you should keep, while using home remedies? Read on to know more! Before using any home remedy for managing your blood sugar level, here are few important things that should be kept in mind. As we all know there is no permanent cure for…
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Diabetes- Diagnosis and tests
Thanks a lot for stay tuned with diabetes awareness series. I am really glad to be a part of #MyfriendAlexa. It has been really a great learning experience for me, so far. And I am hoping to have same in upcoming weeks too. This is the post 3 of #Diabetes awareness series. In this, I will be sharing one of the most important aspects of diabetes. And that is the diagnosis of diabetes. (If you had missed part 1, click here and for part 2 click here) Diagnosis of diabetes Diagnosis of diabetes is one of the most things for early detection and prevention of complication. Though diabetes signs and…
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Diabetes- Causes, Types, Signs and symptoms
I am super excited to share my second post for #MyFreindAlexa. My theme for #MyfriendAlexa is Diabetes awareness. And in this post, I am sharing an overview of the “Diabetes- the Silent Killer”. What is diabetes? What is the pathology of diabetes? What are the types of diabetes? What are the risk factors, sign and symptoms? Read on to know more. What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic, long-lasting and a group of metabolic disorder that affects how your body turns food into the energy. According to National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney diseases , diabetes occurs when your blood sugar level remains high due to deficiency or…