Posts Tagged ‘Appetite’
Alternative Health – Do Emotions Drive You to Crave Food Or is it Your Blood Sugar Levels?
Monday, February 8th, 2010
For generations health care practitioners have blamed emotional stress when a diabetic craves food, and also for the subsequent variations in their blood sugar levels. This is an evasive and probably self-serving diagnosis. This antiquated idea places the responsibility for high and low blood sugars and the changes in appetite they inevitably cause, on the diabetic rather than on the diabetes.
Diet Tips to Lower Blood Sugar Levels
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Normally diabetic people will have more appetite and they will eat whatever available to them. This habit is very dangerous and will further aggravate the situation.It is very important that they should have a balanced and healthy diet which will reduce the blood sugar level. Doctors have given categorical advise that diabetic should not eat rice, refined flour powder, refined rice, sugar, cereals and of course fruits. In fact they should not take any white colored food item. Milk is also not advisable for diabetic.
How Sleep Affects Diabetes
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Getting a good night's sleep is important to everyone's overall health, but especially important to people with diabetes. Adequate sleep ensures proper growth hormone function, restores tissue repair and growth, lowers blood pressure, improves memory recall, decreases stress hormones and enhances immunity. It also affects blood sugar, insulin levels and appetite.
Weight Loss – A Common Side Effect of Diabetes Medications
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Over the last few years, a side effect of several forms of diabetes medications, such as Metformin and Exenatide, has been observed to be a decrease in appetite. This side effect is not an unpleasant one, necessarily, as it seems to make losing weight a little bit easier for the diabetes sufferers who are taking these types of drugs.