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Understanding Diabetes Better!

With all the literature available today, everyone knows that diabetes is excess of blood sugar in the body.  But what most people don’t understand is how it is caused.  Instead of going blindly by the doctor’s orders or the symptoms the friendly neighbor talked about, it would certainly help in the prevention and cure, to learn more.

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Pregnancy In Diabetics – Is It Safe?

There is a natural fear in diabetic women related to pregnancy.  They worry lest their child be born with diabetes or other birth defects.

Most babies born to diabetic mothers don’t have birth defects.  The problem arises if the mother has high glucose levels during the course of her pregnancy.  High glucose levels in the mother, especially in the early stages of pregnancy can have negative effects on the baby.

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Why Is Diabetes Caused?

We know that diabetes is caused due to a reduction or stopping of insulin production or resistance to insulin by the cells in the body.  But why does this happen?  Why does pancreas stop producing insulin and why does insulin fail to send glucose from the blood into the cells?

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Recognizing The Symptoms Of Diabetes!

Getting timely treatment is important when diabetes hits you.  But for this to happen, you need to be able to read the subtle signs given out by your body.

Since the blood sugar levels are high in both types of diabetes, the symptoms are similar. One of the most common is excessive thirst, frequent and excessive urination and weight loss in some.

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Dietary Care For Diabetics!

Doctors stress on the fact that diabetes can be controlled through changes in dietary habits.  These changes can be implemented along with medication or alone and this depends on the extent the diabetes has progressed.

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