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Treating The Diabetic In Your Life On Valentine’s Day

As with most holidays, the food offerings that Valentine’s Day bring can be absolute torture to a diabetic. While more than 100 million Americans deal with type 2 diabetics, a majority of our nation has no idea what it’s like to manage, or live with, diabetes. Holidays are the toughest time of year because of all the sweets that rise to the surface and fill the aisles of our grocery stores. Not being able to enjoy the sweets doesn’t mean that diabetics shouldn’t be able to enjoy these holidays. The Metabolic Research Institute in West Palm Beach has found great ways for you to treat the diabetic in your life this Valentine’s Day.

CUT BACK ON SUGAR

Managing a healthy blood sugar level is hard when you’re a type 2 diabetic, but being diabetic doesn’t mean that sugar will kill you. Enjoying a small piece of cake, or a few pieces of chocolate will certainly not do a lifetime of damage to a diabetic. Straying away from the lectures, and allowing the diabetic in your life to enjoy a few sweets, is a great way to treat them.

KNOW THE RIGHT ALTERNATIVES

Diabetics don’t have to cut sweets out of their lives entirely, but they do have to know what are viable options for sweets, and which options do more damage than they do good. The primary alternative that people think of is dried fruit. While dried fruit does have the chewy texture that gummy candies do, and is still sweet, dried fruit is actually much more processed and contains more sugar, meaning it does more damage. Find sugar free candies or sweets to use instead!

Make sure that you show diabetic that you love, just how much you care. The Metabolic Research Institute works hard every day to find a treatment to this difficult, and life changing, disease. Making sure that you help any diabetics in your life maintain their blood sugar level, while still offering a way to enjoy the holiday, is already a great way to treat them!

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Insulin & Its Effects On Diabetes

Diabetes is one of the diagnoses that will change quite a few things in your life. From the amount of exercise that you should be doing, food you’re eating and medicine you’re taking, you will be paying much closer attention to different aspects of your life. One of the biggest changes that happens with the diagnosis of diabetes is the distribution of insulin that you will need.

It seems to be widely known that insulin is used to counter the effects of diabetes, but very few people truly know what insulin is, why it is distributed and how it affects our bodies. At the Metabolic Research Institute, we are always working hard on creating treatments and ailments for diagnoses like diabetes and heart disease, so we’ve looked deep into the benefits of insulin and how it affects the body. Here is a brief breakdown of what it is you should know about insulin.
What is insulin?

It’s best to start off with the knowledge that diabetes is a result of too little insulin within a blood stream. Beyond that, insulin is a hormone that is created and produced by the pancreas and then released through the islets of our Langerhans. The Langerhans regulate the amount of glucose in our bloodstream, keeping it right where it needs to be.
What does insulin do to our body?

Insulin helps our body make use of the glucose in our bodies. Our body then uses this stored insulin to feed our muscles, fat, liver and cells with fuel. Long story short, insulin is pretty important when it comes to our bodies functioning.

All in all, the insulin that is administered to diabetes patients is merely a way of providing balance to their bodies. Depending on whether someone is type 1 or type 2, the amount of glucose in the bloodstream will be too low or too high, so the insulin administered is to balance those that have too low.

We are always working towards new ways to improve the lifestyle of diabetes patients. Check back on our blog to see what new information and studies are being released.

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