It is well known that diabetes responds very well to exercise. In fact, exercise is considered to be a cornerstone to diabetes management, along with a healthy eating regime and guidelines from your general physician. But have you ever considered water aerobics as your choice of exercise?
Author: Diabetes Focus eMag
Healthy recipes with Pick n Pay
You can reduce the fat and calories without sacrificing taste, by swapping out a few ingredients in your favourite family recipes.
Teenagers who don’t take their insulin
Sometimes teens seem to lose sight of the seriousness of Type 1 diabetes. This is a common response at some point in the teenage years for those who have this condition. Rosemary Flynn tackles how to deal with this real predicament.
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The story of insulin through the ages
The story of insulin discovery and development to where we are today reflect the ingenuity of scientists and their persistence in exploring, investigating and improving medicines to ultimately treat patients better. I was reminded of this when a patient of mine, who has been living with diabetes for 35 years, told me how she would use a Bunsen burner to sterilise her needles, and dilute her urine with water so it would not show up dark if her sugar was high – all to placate her mother! How far have we come?
Does stress cause diabetes?
“I got diabetes after my car accident”, “I got diabetes after a loved one passed away suddenly”, “When I became a teenager I got diabetes”; I hear these statements and many alike in my practice daily. This leads to the question: Does stress cause diabetes? To answer this, we have to consider the pathophysiology of the disease separately.