diabetes

Each year 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and over 13,000 or whom are children. That’s 35 children every day. 16 million Americans have diabetes and of these, 5.4 are undiagnosed. Diabetes kills one American every three minutes. It afflicts 120 million people worldwide and a new case of diabetes is diagnosed every 40 seconds. This number is estimated to skyrocket to 300 million by the year 2025. Diabetes does not discriminate and it can strike anyone at any age and all …

…breakfast, before lunch, before dinner, and before bedtime snack. sometimes it is helpful to check blood glucose 1-2 hours after a meal to see how the effect of food on your glucose levels. You should check your blood glucose more often that usual during: periods of stress, illness, or injury, when you are pregnant, when low blood glucose is suspected, when there are changes made in your treatment program, when taking new medications, like steroids.