DIABETIC TERMS
It is the hormone involved with diabetes.
What is insulin?
Regularly performing this simple test helps people with diabetes understand how their lifestyle and medications affect their condition day-to-day.
What is testing your blood glucose (sugar)?
Diabetes increases the risk of this serious condition involving reduced blood flow to the heart, often causing chest pain or heart attacks.
What is coronary artery disease or heart disease?
It is the organ involved with diabetes.
What is the pancreas?
Engaging in this type of activity daily can improve insulin sensitivity and help control diabetes. This is the current recommendation for the amount of time for this activity.
What is 30 minutes of physical activity on most days of the week?
High blood sugar over time can cause this nerve damage, often leading to numbness or pain in the hands and feet.
What is diabetic neuropathy?
This term describes dangerously low blood sugar levels that can cause confusion, sweating, and loss of consciousness.
What is hypoglycemia?
These vegetables, such as broccoli and spinach are low in carbohydrates and rich in fiber, making them ideal for blood sugar control. They should take up half your dinner plate.
What are non-starchy vegetables?
Over 154,000 of these occur annually. In fact they happen every 3 minutes and 30 seconds in the US due to diabetes.