Answers: Diabetes

I have diabetes and my blood sugar is always so high. What foods may reduce blood sugar and/or are just low in sugar and carbohydrate? Thanks.

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Diabetes runs in my family and I’m probably going to get it any time now. My job gives annual physicals and if I’m found to have diabetes, I’ll be fired. Would eating before a blood test stabilize my sugar level if I get it, or just mess everything up?

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i am doing a project for shool and its on diabetes, and my dad does not no if ketoacidosis is high or low.

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I know it has to do with glucose and blood sugar and how your body metabolizes things. But I just don’t know the difference. Sugar is worse to have isn’t it ( of course I know diabetes is horrible too)? Please help. thanks:)
ok for those of you who told me Sugar is a food. I [...]

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I have gestational diabetes that can no longer be controlled through diet. I can not stand needles and am wondering if there is any chance of being prescribed a pill as opposed to insulin shots?
Yes, there are pills on the market used to control blood sugar instead of insulin, I am wondering if anyone was [...]

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so if diabetes just means your blood sugar is really high, then cant you just eat less sugar and it will go down?
is it like, if you get to that high point something breaks and you have diabetes forever?
if not then doesn’t everyone technically have diabetes , just most are keeping it under control?
can you [...]

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A friend claims to be suffering from the opposite of diabetes. Is there such a thing as too fast a metabolism that causes blood sugar to drop too low? How is it treated? Is it still called diabetes?

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I'm doing a research project on the food that people with diabetes can eat. The project is a grant proposal, and I need to find out what the consequences are for people with diabetes who make poor food choices are. Do they get sick, can they die, does their blood sugar spike up? [...]

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Will I have to go to the hospital if I am diagnosed with type 1 diabetes? If so, what will i do there? Will they just teach me how to control my diabetes? Will they just monitor me? Will they do anything that hurts to me besides insulin injections, and checking my blood sugar?

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I bought a Accu-Check meter to test for diabetes. When should I test myself. In the instructions it says after 2 hours after eating. But I have also read 12 hours after you eat. Which is correct? Thanks.

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