I was in a Wal Mart store when I discovered I had diabetes. I had had my semi annual blood work done two days before and my doctor was calling to tell me that my blood tests showed that my blood sugar level was a little over five hundred.

Turn on the TV or open a magazine and you will find endless advertisements for drugs from pharmaceutical companies. The pharmaceutical companies have huge advertising budgets because they are in a billion dollar industry.

The Glycemic Index (GI) is a ranking if foods based on scale of 0 to 100. The ranking scale is calculated on how much affect carbohydrate consumed has on human blood glucose levels.

People that have diabetes either don’t make enough insulin or they make insulin and it doesn’t work the way that it should. This can cause a high level of glucose in the blood stream.

You are what you eat, for a diabetic nothing could be truer. When it comes to maintaining good blood sugar levels, a healthy diet is vital. People with diabetes have to take extra care to ensure their diet is properly balanced with their insulin and oral medications.

Is your weight problem genetic? Not necessarily. Truth is, obesity genes are responsible for just 5 percent of all weight problems. So what causes the rest? Harvard Medical School’s Dr. David Ludwig has the answer.

Diets that focus on reduced carbohydrate intake, diets that limit or reduce fat intake, low-caloric diets, combination diets, blood typing diets, genotype diets, and diabetic diets can all be very confusing.

The type of substrate (fuel) and the rate at which it is utilized during exercise is largely dependent on the intensity and duration of the exercise. During strenuous exercise there is an obligatory demand for carbohydrate (CHO) oxidation that must be met; fat oxidation cannot substitute.

This article will tell you about World Diabetes Day.

Insulin is a hormone produced by the body. It’s essential for good health. But too much insulin is harmful to your health…and to your fitness goals. Insulin’s function is to lower your blood sugar levels when it gets too high.