Category: Diabetes

Overview Prediabetes is a risk factor for developing diabetes. This condition is diagnosed through glucose testing with values that are higher than normal but lower than the diabetes diagnosis. For example, if normal fasting glucose levels are <100 mg/dL, then prediabetics would have glucose levels of 100-125 mg/dL. However, as these values don’t meet the…

Yoga is essential to keep you healthy both mentally and physically and you might already know that. But do you know, doing it without the right guidance may not bring about the results you expect? There are specific categories, and today we explore yoga for diabetes. Disease like diabetes should not be taken lightly. You…

Individuals take time to change themselves; from their behavioural patterns, lifestyles, and personalities, to their dietary choices or physical activity routines. So, making a change does not come easy. However, receiving crucial evidence on how their existing lifestyle choices are impacting them might cause a stir in their minds. The situation is not very different…

Variability has different connotations in different contexts. Its relationship with the term stability varies too. For example, stability is not immobility because your glucose levels will intrinsically vary. However, this variation depends upon many factors, but what matters is how vast or high this glucose variability is.  The degree of variability will determine what your…

Glucose is the most crucial energy source for cells in the human body. It spikes with many foods and drinks that we eat daily. Also, sometimes the glucose levels can be insufficient. For example, the liver can manufacture glucose when the blood glucose levels are below optimal. Low glucose levels can lead to various health…