NPR : Study Cites Risks of Weight Gain for Mothers

NPR : Study Cites Risks of Weight Gain for Mothers

A new study shows that even just a seven-pound weight gain for a woman between her first and second pregnancies can compromise the health of the mother and her second child. The study finds that women who breast feed not only lose weight, but reduce the risk of diabetes.

SugarStats Interview

TechAddress has an interview with SugarStats‘ Marston Alfred. SugarStats is an online application that makes it easy to  manage, monitor and share your blood sugar glucose levels online for better control of diabetes from anywhere.

Glucophone

This is amazing and why didn’t I think of it first? A cell phone for diabetics that measures blood sugar levels and sends results. From GizModo et al…

Good news, diabetics! No, there isn’t a new gadget to magically make all delicious foods sugar free, but there is a new cellphone out that can manage your diabetes easily and conveniently. This phone, from the folks at HealthPia, is essentially a cellphone and glucometer. It will measure blood sugar levels, record and send results to yourself and others and even manage your meal plans.

Fighting Diabetes Mellitus…

Javier Fuller talks about how to fight diabetes at the dinner table.

by Javier Fuller

Diet control is an important part of the diabetes treatment. There are certain do’s, and not to do’s as far as eating is concerned for a diabetic patient. Eating wrong food is as good as wrong medication in diabetes. You have a lifetime to suffer, for your negligence on this count.

The foods that are unacceptable are those containing sugar like molasses, corn syrup, all white breads, rice products, millet, corn, bananas, watermelons, raisins, potatoes, carrots, beets, alcohol, beer and all liquor except red wine. The permitted food items are barley, whole wheat pita, bean threads, green leafy vegetables, nuts and olives.

Child’s Diabetes – 6 Excellent Suggestions for Parents

by ARINDAM CHATTOPADHYAY

You need to take care of your diabetic child as it has significant emotional and physiological impact on his or her life. Your child’s daily routine, good and bad habits, forgetfulness and outright disregard for things that should be done, can all be supervised at home. However, situation is different at school. You have to believe and ensure that your diabetic kid and the teachers at school will take care of your children health.

A Diabetic Blog

I’d like to not only publish some interesting articles about the nature and cure of diabetes but also offer some insight and personal thoughts on how to live with the disease. Here goes…