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What should I know about Eating and Diabetes?
How Food Affects Your Blood Glucose
Whether you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, what, when, and how much you eat all affect your blood glucose. Blood glucose is the main sugar found in the blood and the body's main source of energy.
If you have diabetes (or impaired glucose tolerance), your blood glucose can go too high if you eat too much. If your blood glucose goes too high, you can get sick.
Your blood glucose can also go too high or drop too low if you don't take the right amount of diabetes medicine.
If your blood glucose stays high too much of the time, you can get heart, eye, foot, kidney, and other problems. You can also have problems if your blood glucose gets too low (hypoglycemia).
Keeping your blood glucose at a healthy level will prevent or slow down diabetes problems. Ask your doctor or diabetes teacher what a healthy blood glucose level is for you.
What should my blood glucose levels be?
For most people, target blood glucose levels are
| Before meals | 90 to 130 |
| 1 to 2 hours after the start of a meal | less than 180 |
Ask your doctor how often you should check your blood glucose. The results from your blood glucose checks will tell you if your diabetes care plan is working. Also ask your doctor for an A1C test at least twice a year. Your A1C number gives your average blood glucose for the past 3 months.
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People with a family history of diabetes and those carrying extra weight should visit their GP to learn how to minimise the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, AMA Vice President Dr Gary Speck said , as National Diabetes Week kicked off.
Leading health charity Diabetes UK today warns that more than half a million people in the UK may face a future of ill health because they have Type 2 diabetes but don't know it. Diabetes is a serious condition which can lead to heart disease, blindness, amputation, kidney failure and shorter life expectancy.
Adults with Type 1 Diabetes who live in Ontario will get their insulin pumps free, says the Ontario Government. This is part of $741 million in new funding on a comprehensive diabetes four-year strategy to 'prevent, manage and treat diabetes'.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) applauds the U.S. Congress for voting in favor of extending the Special Diabetes Programs (SDP) for two more years. Today, the U.S. Senate voted in support of a Medicare package that included a two-year extension of the Special Diabetes Programs. The measure recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives as well.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is urging Australians to adopt a healthier lifestyle against the backdrop of National Diabetes Week. The awareness raising event runs from 13 - 19 July. "General practitioners are often the first point of contact in the health system for people with Type 2 diabetes.
