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Interpreting Blood Sugar Levels

If you have diabetes, your doctor has probably asked you to monitor and record your blood sugar levels on a daily basis. So you do your finger pricks, record your blood sugar levels, and bring the chart to your doctor at the next visit. But do you know what all those numbers really mean? Testing your blood sugar levels periodically throughout the day will give you an idea of how your glucose levels change based on what you do and what you eat. Exercise should help lower your blood sugar levels. Your food choices can send your blood sugar level … Continue reading →

Cinnamon For Lower Blood Sugar

Within the past few years, studies have shown that cinnamon is helpful in reducing blood sugar levels! Why does your blood sugar go up and down, anyway? When you eat, the sugars and starches in foods get broken down into glucose, also known as blood sugar. Shortly after you eat, the level of glucose in your blood is high. Insulin (a naturally occurring hormone in your body) takes the glucose and uses it for energy or stores it as fat. So what does cinnamon have to do with it? One of the compounds that makes up cinnamon is called MHCP. … Continue reading →

Skin Care for Diabetics

Diabetes doesn’t just affect your blood sugar; it has an impact on your whole body. High blood sugar can cause your body to lose fluid, leaving you with itchy dry skin. Nerve damage from prolonged high blood glucose levels can decrease the amount you sweat, robbing you of more bodily fluids. Why is dry skin bad? Aside from being itchy and uncomfortable, dry skin can actually be hazardous to diabetics. If you scratch your itchy skin too much, you can sometimes scratch the skin open. Dry skin may also crack on its own. Cracks, cuts, and scratches let germs into … Continue reading →