Archive for September 2011
Major and Minor Diabetes Symptoms
Diabetes is a chronic disease and has many dangerous side effects. Diabetes is a life threatening disease too. Some of the consequences of diabetes are blindness, organ damage, damage of the circulatory system which can lead to amputation of the body parts such as toes and feet, for some of them it may end up in losing legs and so on.
Type 2 diabetes is more common among adults so it is known as adult onset diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is mainly due to high levels of sugar in the blood. When there is high levels of sugar it is thrown out through urine. The increased glucose is also due to high intake of simple carbohydrates.
Major Diabetes Symptoms
Some of the major diabetes symptoms which make it easier to recognize the disease are:
Frequent urination: This is due to high level of the glucose in the blood. The insulin production is low or stopped due to the kidneys are not able to filter the sugar back to the blood. The kidneys here try to get more water from the blood to dilute the glucose which keeps the bladder full and makes frequent urination.
Increased thirst: As there is excessive glucose in the blood. The body tries to get rid of it by taking water from the internal system and a person feels thirsty even after drinking a lot of water and most of the times the thirst is unquenchable.
Numbness in feet: There is numbness or tingling sensation in the hands and the feet, which is due to the damage in the nervous structure of the human body. This is commonly known as neuropathy. Type 2 diabetes develop slowly to a person and most of the times a person is unaware of the disease.
Fatigue: The function of the insulin is to act as key and allow glucose to pass into the cells of the body where it is stored as energy. Insulin is hormone secreted by the pancreas. Pancreas consists of group of cells which are collectively known as islet of langerhans. Among which beta cells are responsible for secretion of insulin. So when there is no insulin in the body, the glucose doesn’t come in contact with the cells and stays in the blood, so the cells are starved which makes weakness.
Blurred vision, itchy skin and recurrent infections and poor wound healing indicates something is wrong and are the among the common symptoms of diabetes.
By: Mark A Ester
Should I Follow a Diet For My Diabetes?
What does it mean to be Diabetic?
Diabetic is not a condition rather Diabetic refers to a person suffering from Diabetes. Diabetes is a condition where excess of glucose is found in the blood and the person suffering from diabetes is called Diabetic. The body requires special type of sugar called glucose to energize itself and this glucose comes from foods containing carbohydrates such as vegetables as well as from milk & fruits. The glucose formed in the body has to move in the body tissues that work for the body. This glucose is then stored in the liver where the insulin enters and allows glucose to enter the body cells to produce energy. The whole process is referred as Glucose Metabolism.
When the pancreas is unable to make enough insulin, the glucose does not enter into the body tissues and remains in the blood due to which the glucose level rises in the blood leading to problems associated with diabetes.
Diabetic Diet
A good diet is extremely vital in diabetes. Below I have categorized different diets for Type-1 and Type-2 diabetics.
Type-1 diabetics must consume 35 calories/kg of body weight each day i.e. 16 calories/pound of body weight each day, whereas Type-2 diabetics should consume 1500-1800 calorie/day in order to increase the body weight and then maintaining an ideal body weight. However, the intake of calories should be varied according to the age and sex of the diabetic. The diabetic diet should also include more starch like bread, vegetables, and cereals with non-fat milk. Your diet should contain fruits, vegetables, sugar, and sweets in moderate level.
In diabetic diet, it is very essential to control carbohydrates level, because sugar is not the only source of carbohydrate but there are other foods also that contributes to carbohydrate. The body converts carbohydrates to glucose and increase in carbohydrates level will lead to increase in sugar level causing problems related to diabetes. Therefore, your meal plan should be designed to contain consistent carbohydrates level each day.
Summary:
Diabetic is not a condition rather Diabetic refers to a person suffering from Diabetes. Diabetes is a condition where excess of glucose is found in the blood and the person suffering from diabetes is called Diabetic. In diabetic diet, it is very essential to control carbohydrates level, because sugar is not the only source of carbohydrate but there are other foods also that contributes to carbohydrate.
By: Arturo Ronzon
Umbilical cord blood storage
One of the things that you can do to make sure that your baby’s life is going to be safe whenever he or she is going to need a medical procedure is by keeping his or her umbilical cord blood on an umbilical Cord Blood Storage. If you are still not aware of this thing here are some of the things that you need to know.
Most of the time mothers are deciding to donate the cord blood of their babies because they do not have the ability to afford the cost of the fees that private banks are charging the people who are storing the cord blood of their babies. But the there are also people who knows the importance of keeping these cord bloods for the life of their child in the future.
The process done to do this procedure is by collecting the umbilical cord of the mother and the baby where the nutrients pass. The process is being complete by the time that the baby is born. This will make the person doing this procedure get the right volume that they need. Then after doing this, the cord bloods are going to be stored on blood banks in a cryogenic manner.
When there comes a time that your child needs to have some implant the cord blood that you stored is one of the things that he or she can use to survive from the illness. The cord bloods are having some stem cells that are able to be sued on transplants.
There are already many instances these days where these cord bloods are being used on bone marrow transplants. If your child is the one who needs this kind of procedure then there is going to be no need for a donor no more. The only thing that you will be needed is an autonomous transplant.
The Basic Rules of Diabetic Recipes
Help! I am diabetic, what should I eat? What foods are healthy? What should I incorporate in my diabetic recipe? If I am diabetic does this mean I will be deprived of sugar for my whole life?
Those who have all those question in mind, they certainly have reached a very right place here. You will find all the answer of your queries here. What actually should be incorporated in a diabetic recipe will be jotted down.
The first and the most important thing to note here is that all the diabetics have not the same requirement. What as diabetic suits you may or may not suit other diabetic. So it is very important to know the essential ingredients of the diabetic recipe. As for some diabetic it might be essential that he should lower down his calorie intake for some other lowering down the fat content in his diabetic recipe may be the prime goal.
Whenever you eat, you must know the constituents of the diabetic recipes. You should well understand that how can you make changes in your meal plan. Here are few tips of managing the diabetic recipes
–Try to prepare the meal in such a way that the portion size remains the same in every meal.
–Stir fry vegetables in a very small amount of oil and a plenty of seasoning.
–Better add boiled meat or fish with no excessive butter on it.
–Add only plain potatoes, and top it with a very small amount of margarine or some low calorie topping.
–Avoid fried foods, better bake, roast or grill them
So now you can enjoy all your favourite recipes by following the above mentioned tips
By: Tehmina Mazher
Diabetic Weekly Menus
Diabetes is the most common lifestyle disease which is widely prevalent in people all across the world these days. The disease is very dangerous and has very harmful repercussions for the patients. The most important aspect of controlling the disease is to have an effective diet plan for diabetics in place and to follow the intricacies of the plan with a lot of discipline. Diabetic weekly menus are devised by diet consultants or Doctors who treat patients suffering from diabetes.
These diabetic weekly food menus are a comprehensive guide for the patients to follow in order to control the disease from gaining alarming proportions. These menus advise patients on what kind of food intake is permitted and necessary to keep the disease within manageable limits. The basic aim of these menus is to provide options to the patients of intake of diabetic low car diet which will ensure a healthy and energetic body to combat the daily rigors without disturbing the nutritional balance of the body. These diabetic weekly food menus provide the body with supplement foods to lower the blood sugar levels of the body keeping the patient completely healthy to go about the daily chores of his life.
These diabetic weekly menus are an amalgamation of meal plans which are devised the by the consultant keeping in mind the requirements of the patients body based on his activity levels during a particular day. Since the level of physical activity varies between different patients, the diet plan for diabetics is also different depending upon the individual patient’s physical needs and requirements. The catch of an effective diabetic low carb diet which will help in providing options for foods to lower the blood sugar levels of the patients is to ensure the right amount of calories intake. The individual diabetic weekly food menus provide those correct options which help the patients in maintaining a healthy lifestyle in spite of the disease.
With the help of these diabetic weekly food menus, the patients have the option of working on different diabetic low car diets every week. This will help the patients in getting rid of the monotony of eating similar food items for a long time. Consuming similar kind of food for a long time makes the patients vary and they tend to get disappointed and hassled with their physical condition which might lead to mental trauma and frustration. This kind of mental state is also not warranted for diabetic patients as increase in stress and tension levels also contributes in raising the blood sugar levels in the body.
The food intake options that are provided in these diabetic weekly menus should be complimented with a proper exercise regime as well. Food intake can to an extent just help in applying brakes on the harmful effects of diabetes in the body, but a combination of these diet plans for diabetics with an effective exercise schedule will act as potent tool in combating and controlling the disease. When following a disease control plan, it always helps to make a chart which should be regularly updated in order to keep track of the developments or benefits that the body in undergoing.
By: Murali V
International eCommerce Shipping Services
When speaking about business, there are too many of its types that can be talked about. One of the most common and popular businesses that are happening right now is e-commerce. E-commerce is basically business that is run on the internet. Normally this type of business does not have a store that people can visit, so the business is completely based online. And, the items that have been purchased will be delivered to the buyer’s addresses. Sometimes when it comes to shipping the purchased items to a different country, some online business owners work with international e commerce shipping services.
Using a special professional service to deliver the item(s) internationally is actually the right thing to do because there may be permissions that need to be had before the item(s) can get in to the country. On the internet, there are many such services that can be contacted. The business owners can use them to take care of the international fulfillment of products which normally also deals with the packaging.
For business owners who choose to use an international fulfillment service, there will be a fee that is normally taken from every purchase that is made in the business. And, every service has their own rate, so choosing a service may require some researches first.
Lemon Tilapia Fillet Dinner Recipes – Suitable For Diabetics and Others
This healthy and tasty menu and recipes features an entree of Lemon Tilapia Fillets with Unfried Green Tomatoes, Colorful Bell Pepper Salad, and Buttermilk Pie for dessert.
LEMON TILAPIA FILLETS
4 tilapia fillets (approx. 5 oz each)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 lemons; slice into 6 slices each
1/4 cup shredded carrots
2 tbsp chopped fresh dill
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
4 tsp butter
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle tilapia fillets with salt and pepper. Cut 4 pieces of parchment paper into 13″ x 9″ rectangles. Place 3 lemon slices crosswise in the center of each parchment rectangle. Top lemon with the fillets. Sprinkle carrots, dill and parsley evenly over fillets. Top each with 1 teaspoon butter. Fold parchment papers to make packets. Crease the folds but leave enough room for air to circulate. Place plackets on a baking sheet and place in oven. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until fish is opaque throughout. Serve immediately.
Serves 4. Per serving: 174 calories, 29 g protein, 1 g carbs.This recipe is adapted from a recipe in Cooking Light Magazine.
UNFRIED GREEN TOMATOES
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper
Dash of Splenda
3 green tomatoes, sliced into 1/2-in thick slices–should have 15-16 slices
1/3 cup fat-free milk
Cooking spray
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a shallow dish, combine flour, cornmeal, salt, pepper, and Splenda. Pour milk into a small bowl; dip tomato slices, one at a time, in milk then dredge in flour mixture. Lightly coat both sides of tomato slices with cooking spray. Place a baking sheet in oven and heat for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately coat with cooking spray. Place tomato slices on sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes, turning about half way through cooking time.
COLORFUL BELL PEPPER SALAD
1 medium green bell pepper, seeded and diced
1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and diced
1 medium yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced
1/2 cup diced red onion
1 can whole kernel corn, drained
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp chopped cilantro
1/4 cup olive oil
4 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp lime juice
freshly ground black pepper
In a salad bowl, combine bell peppers, onion, corn, garlic and cilantro. Toss to mix. Add olive oil, vinegar and lime juice. Add black pepper and toss again. Add beans and toss to mix well. Chill before serving.
BUTTERMILK PIE
1 9-in unbaked pastry shell
1 3/4 cups Equal Sugar-Lite
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 large egg
1/2 cup egg substiture
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine Equal, flour and salt. Add butter, egg and egg substitute. Beat slightly with a rotary or electric mixer. Stir in buttermilk, beating with a wooden spoon. Blend in flavorings. Pour into pastry shell and bake 45-50 minutes. Allow to cool before slicing.
Enjoy!
By: Linda Carol Wilson
A Free Diabetic Diet Plan Online Can Help You Lose 30-40 Lbs Fast!
Over the past few years, diabetes has become an epidemic in America; affecting more Americans than ever before. If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you have likely been told how important it is for you to control your diet and monitor you sugar levels. This cannot be stressed enough. Thankfully, there are now free meal plans available for diabetics online. These are created by nutritionists who deal with this disease on an ever-increasing basis.
Fact: All major diets and have been heavily influenced by diabetic diet plans.
Fact: Diet is the only true treatment for diabetes.
Fact: Anyone can easily lose anywhere from 20 to 30 pounds on a diabetic diet. Losing weight is easy when following a diabetic diet plan, because it controls your blood glucose levels, thus controlling how much fat you gain.
Fact: Type II diabetes is one hundred percent preventable and controllable. You need only follow a well designed diabetes meal plan.
So long as you stick to your diet plan, you need not depend on heavy medication – after all, adult onset diabetes is caused by a poor diet choice in the first place. Medication alone can not cure this disease; it can only prevent further complications.
Do not try to experiment with the food plan – many diabetic people have lost a limb due to their experimentation. Every one who has a problem with their diet should look into a free diabetic diet online. Your diet is not something that should go under trial n error.
Know for sure.
By: Sylvia Carpenter
Picnic Menu With Recipes Suitable For Diabetics
Planning a picnic with a diabetic friend or relative and wondering what foods to prepare? Want something a little different? Try this menu for a tasty picnic that definitely won’t be remembered as “the usual picnic”. It is suitable for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. For the meat, go a different route with the All American Turkey Loaf, add a relish tray, Boston-style baked beans, and refreshing Oreo Cookie Dessert. Gelatin Punch makes for a cool, refreshing drink that’s welcome anytime. You can choose your flavor by the flavor of gelatin you use.
As always, remember it is important to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold!
All American Turkey Loaves
All American Turkey Loaves
(This recipe is from The Joslin Diabetes Quick & Easy Cookbook)
Vegetable cooking spray
8 oz very lean ground turkey breast
2 tbsp quick rolled oats
2 tbsp chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced OR 1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp tomato paste
1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp egg substitute
1/8 tsp crushed dried marjoram
1/8 tsp crushed dried thyme
freshly ground pepper to taste
1 small bay leaf cut in half
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Lightly coat a small shallow baking dish with cooking spray.
Place the turkey in a medium bowl. Add the oats, onion, garlic, mustard, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, egg substitute, thyme, marjoram and pepper. Mix well. Wet your hands before forming the mixture into 2 loaves of equal size.
Place the loaves in the prepared baking dish. Top each loaf with half a bay leaf. Lightly coat the loaves with cooking spray and bake for 20-25 minutes. Check after 15 minutes. Lower heat to 400 degrees if athe top is browning too quickly. Be sure to remove bay leaf halves before eating.
Two servings: Per loaf: 30 grams protein, 5 grams carbs
RELISH TRAY
No amounts are listed. Base on the number of people you will be serving.
Stuffed green olives
Ripe olives
Kosher dill pickle spears
Bread and Butter pickles
Whole baby carrots
Green onions, trim tops but leave some remaining.
EASY BOSTON-STYLE BAKED BEANS
4 cans navy beans, drained, reserving 1 1/4 cups liquid
1/2 lb bacon, fried and chopped, reserving half the fat
1 medium onion, chopped
1/4 cup yellow mustard
1/3 cup Splenda, granulated
2 tbsp molasses
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook onion in the bacon fat until translucent. Stir in the beans and remaining ingredients. Pour into a 3-quart baking dish. Bake for 45 minutes.
18 servings at 9g protein, 21 g carbs and 3 g sugar each.
OREO COOKIE DESSERT
2 small pkgs sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix
3 cups low-fat milk
8-oz light cream cheese, softened
8-oz carton frozen sugar-free whipped topping, thawed
16 Oreo sugar-free cookies, broken into pieces
Mix together pudding mix and milk on low speed of electric mixer; add cream cheese and mix until well blended. Add whipped topping and mix well with a large spoon (do not use mixer). Add cookie pieces and mix in. Chill for several hours or overnight before serving.
GELATIN PUNCH
1 pkg (6 oz) sugar-free gelatin of your choice
3/4 cup SPLENDA
2 cups boiling water
1 can (46 oz) pineapple juice
6 cups cold water
2 liters sugar-free chilled ginger ale
In a 4-quart freezer-proof container, dissolve gelatin and SPLENDA in boiling water. Stir in pineapple juice and cold water. Freeze overnight or all day. Remove from freezer 2 hours before serving time. Place in a large punch bowl (large plastic container for a picnic). Stir in ginger ale just before serving.
Yield: about 6 quarts
NOTE: There is sugar in this recipe from the natural sugar in the pineapple juice. For 1 serving of punch, this should not be a problem.
If you don’t want to bother with the punch, ice down some sugar-free sodas, teas, or vitamin water drinks.
Have a great picnic. Enjoy!
By: Linda Carol Wilson
Diabetic Menu
Diabetes is a disease which has brought much suffering this century as more and more people are diagnosed with this chronic affection. There are a lot of persons who will be grateful to be suggested diabetic menus, because it is incredible how a disease can often be cured through a healthy diet. We have offered you only some examples, but your imagination can combine more ingredients and a diabetic menu can become a real fiesta for you.
Vegetal diabetic menu – Autumn soup
Ingredients:
- 100 ml oil
- Two carrots
- An onion
- 500 g leek
- Salt
- Green parsley
- Three potatoes
- Croutons
Cooking: Peel the leek, wash it thoroughly, and cut it 1 cm long pieces. Grate the carrots and the onion. Heat them with the leek, in a little oil. When they are soft, add 2 liters and a half of water, salt and potatoes, cube shaped. You can serve it with green parsley and croutons.
Egg plant diabetic menu – Egg plant balls
Ingredients:
- 1 kg egg plants
- 150 g onion
- 100 g from a loaf of bread
- 2 eggs
- 200 ml oil
- 10 g flour
- Salt
- Pepper
Cooking: Slice the egg plants, coat them with flour and fry them on both sides! When they cool off, mince them and add the heated onion, without any fat, the eggs, the pepper and the bread core. Mix everything and make small balls out of the mixture, and fry them in oil.
Mushrooms diabetic menu – Mushrooms cooked in white sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 kg mushrooms
- 2 onions
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 spoons of flour
- Butter (very little)
- Salt
Cooking: Select small mushrooms, clean them and tear their tails, and then boil them with a little salt. Separately, slightly fry the flour in butter and pour on it a little juice in which mushrooms have been boiled. Let it boil slowly, until the sauce becomes consistent enough. Then mix the mushrooms, add salt and pepper to taste and let them boil together for a while until they bubble. You can eat it very hot, with corn flour sauce.
Fish diabetic menu – Fish marinade
Ingredients:
- 1 kg fish
- 100 g flour
- 2 laurel leaves
- 2 spoons vinegar
- 100 ml oil
- 12 olives
Cooking: Clean the fish and slice it, then spread salt and pepper on it and dry it, and after that coat it with flour and fry it. In the remaining grease (rinsed and drained) spread a teaspoon of flour, then pour some water, add the laurel leaves, the olives, a few pepper beans and vinegar to taste. Add the fish slices and let them bubble for a while. You can eat it when it gets cool.
If you don’t have enough imagination in order to create your own diabetes menus, there are plenty of them on the web or in specialty magazines. All you have to do is cook and enjoy them.
By: James Carpenter