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The Effect Of A Low Carb Diet On Your Insulin Level
The underlying principles of low carb diets are based on the role of insulin in our body. There are three basic units the body uses for energy: Fats, Proteins, and Carbohydrates. All three can be converted to blood glucose. However, while fats and...
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Do You Have Diabetes? Symptoms of diabetes and how to address them
Diabetes mellitus is a condition resulting from the pancreas’ inability to produce enough insulin, which is needed by the body to help create energy. A deficiency of or ineffectiveness of insulin leads to high glucose levels in the blood, thus,...
Why is America Overweight?
We know that being overweight causes many health problems. It increases the risk of fatal diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. But what is at the root of the obesity problem in America? There are two basic causes for becoming...
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Stress, It’s a Worldwide Epidemic
What is stress? Stress is your body’s reaction to events in your life, along with your mind’s reaction from your mental interpretation of the event. When you are faced with a stressful situation, your body and mind interprets the event. Then, the...
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Diabetes and Your Eyes
Diabetes can play havoc with your eyes, and sometimes there are
no early sumptoms. So you may have no idea anything is wrong
until your eyesight is in danger.
Here are the main eye problems that can be caused, or made
worse, by diabetes.
Cataracts
These are often described as a clouding of the lens of the eye.
They are treatable by surgery in most cases.
Glaucoma
Our eyes are largely made up of fluid, and when the pressure of
that fluid builds up too much inside the eye, you have glaucoma.
Left untreated, it can damage the optic nerves, and even lead to
blindness.
Diabetic retinopathy
Lining the back of our eyes is light-sensitive tissue known as
the retina. The retina contains very small blood vessels that
can be damaged by diabetic retinopathy. Sometimes there are
symptoms such as blurred vision, but often you won't even know
anything is wrong until the condition is well
advanced. In the
worse case, it leads to blindness.
Early detection is the key to battling all of these conditions,
and the best diagnostic tool available is the dilated eye
examination. This is a test in which special eye drops
temporarily enlarge your pupils, allowing the doctor to see the
back of your eyes. This test (which is painless) can detect
cataracts, glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy in their early,
treatable stages.
Eyesight is precious, so if you have diabetes do yourself a
favor and make an appointment for your dilated eye examination.
And then do it again every year from now on.
About the author:
Bob Fleming suffers from Type 2 diabetes, but he does everything
he can to suffer as little as possible! Visit his website at
http://www.thediabetesinfoplace.com for informative articles and
resources, and sign up to receive Bob's free weekly
diabetic-friendly dessert recipe!
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