Can Diabetes be Reversed?
For centuries, Diabetes was considered an incurable disease, the result of the affected person’s body not having enough of the vital hormone Insulin that is required to utilise the sugars … Continue reading
Tips For New Diabetics
Why Diabetes starts with’ D’ One of the most important thngs I tell patients when they are newly dignosed with Diabetes is that is important for the person having a … Continue reading
The Dangers of Diabetes
Data from the International Diabetes Federation reveals that in 2017 no less than 425 million people in the world had Diabetes. This number is expected to increase to over SIX … Continue reading
Diabetes – C is for Consultations
For those readers of my webpage who have been following these articles in sequence, today concludes the series on what might be termed the Eightfold Technique of Managing Diabetes. … Continue reading
Diabetes – I is for Injections
It was on January 23rd 1922 that Insulin injections were used for the first time to treat a Diabetic patient. Before then, Diabetes was a much feared disease that almost … Continue reading
Diabetes – T is for Tablets
In writing this series of articles about Diabetes, I must admit that the condition we refer to as Diabetes is more complex than just a situation of inadequate insulin production … Continue reading
Diabetes – E is for Exercise
The letters of the word DIABETIC, as I have been writing in my last few posts, provide a useful aide-memoire for someone having Diabetes to remember the most important things … Continue reading
Diabetes – B is for Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure
While D stands for Discipline, I for Information and A for Attitude, the fourth letter ‘B’ of the word DIABETIC stands for the most important things a Diabetic needs to … Continue reading
Diabetes – A is for Attitude
The letter ‘A’, the third letter of the word DIABETIC, stands for Attitude – because one of the most important factors in effectively managing this disease called Diabetes is the … Continue reading
Diabetes – I is for Intelligence
The Oxford English Dictionary gives several meanings of the word Intelligence. One definition is ‘the faculty of understanding’ while another is ‘knowledge communicated by or obtained from another’. In military … Continue reading
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