what is pre diabetes and how to reverse it

What is Pre diabetes? Pre-diabetes is a condition in which some but not all the diagnostic criteria for diabetes appears. The blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not reach the criteria of type 2 diabetes. I should say it is the early stage that someone may possibly getting type 2 diabetes if the [...]

knowing your diabetes numbers

The effective of monitoring diabetes level is to do test for the blood sugar level. Keeping the blood glucose level to the normal can help to reduce the risk of having many complications such as eye, kidney, nerve, etc. So, knowing your blood sugar number is important so that you can act according to the [...]

what is type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes has been very common disease nowadays. It has accounted for almost 90-95% of diagnosed diabetes cases. It has become a new emerging epidermic due to the rapid increase of disease cases all over the world, especially in advanced countries. Type 2 diabetes is different from type 1 diabetes where the type 2 [...]

what is glycemic index

What is Glycemic index? Glycemic index is a standard means to measure the effect of how much the food can increase our blood glucose level. High Glycemic food means that the food glucose will increase high glucose level in our blood after eating. This Glycemic index is developed in University of Toronto in 1981. This [...]

what is gestational diabetes

What is Gestational Diabetes? Gestational diabetes happens when a woman is diagnosed during her pregnancy that her body cannot accept insulin. The causes for the Gestational diabetes still unknown. Hence, during the pregnancy, the doctor needs to provide some forms of treatment to keep the blood sugar level of the pregnant woman in normal level. [...]

signs and symptoms of diabetes

There are many signs of symptoms of diabetes. By recognizing these diabetes symptoms is very useful to discover if someone may be suffered from diabetes. Before we talk about diabetes, we need to know what is glycemia. Glycemia is the amount of glucose in our blood. Hence, the Glycemic Index refers to how high the [...]

what is type 1 diabetes

What is Type 1 diabetes? Type 1 diabetes accounts for about 5 % of all diagnosed cases of diabetes. The causes of type 1 diabetes are very complicated and still not fully understood. People who has type 1 diabetes, their pancreas is not able to produce insulin and the pancreas is almost destroyed at all. [...]