Sugars

Sugars

Those carbohydrates having the general composition of one part carbon, two parts hydrogen, and one part oxygen.

Mentioned in: Carbohydrate Intolerance

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Patient discussion about Sugars.

Q. What i am suffering is diabetes? My uncle is a 55 years old male. He have a history of type 2 diabetes running in our family. His weight is under control and he exercise regularly. Four years ago his blood sugar was 6.5 mg/dl and now he have brought it down to 6.2 mg/dl. A French doctor says he have type 2 diabetes. Can you tell me, from what he is suffering? What precautions should he take, other than avoiding sugar? Is it possible to correct his sugar level through diet and exercise?

A. The human body is remarkable and anything is possible. With that said you should work to keep your diabetes in check. You want to keep your blood glucose levels within range the best you can throughout the day. You can achieve this with proper diet. You probably already have tons of information about diets for diabetics, so I'll keep this short. Since you are aware that you have DM2, its up to you to make the right decisions for your body. I have given a video link for your benefit :
http://imedix.com/health_community/v-yPn1ylMEM8_healing_a_broken_heart_blessing_disguise_diabetic_diet_vegan?q=diabetes%20weight%20loss

Q. can diabetes be considered as a sugar allergy? is it like being allergic to a certain amount of sugar???

A. diabetes is definately not a "sugar allergy", because the mechanism that is involved has nothing to do with a regular allergic reaction. What happens in diabetic patients is still not fully understood, however what is known is, that there is some sort of depletion of insulin in the body, partly because of autoimmunity (in Diabetes type 1) and partly because of glucose intolerance that is developed over the years and is very much related to obesity.

Q. My elder sister is 29 years old, 150 cm tall, into her ninth month of pregnancy. she had a sugar test My elder sister is 29 years old, 150 cm tall, into her ninth month of pregnancy. she had a sugar test done during her first trimester, which revealed her blood sugar to be 95 mg/dl. My doctor asked her to go for a 75 g GTT at 6 months and the readings were: fasting sugar - 90 mg/dl, 1hour: 144 mg/dl and 2 hour: 114 mg/dl. At the beginning of pregnancy, her weight was 62 Kg and now she weigh 72Kg. A random sugar test at 32 weeks reported blood sugar to be 105 mg/dl. she continued with her normal food cravings, which were a little high on sugar levels since she mostly enjoyed eating sweets. She wants to know whether or not she suffering from gestational diabetes?

A. Gestational diabetes is also diagnosed based on plasma glucose values measured during the OGTT. Blood glucose levels are checked four times during the test. If your blood glucose levels are above normal at least twice during the test, you have gestational diabetes. Below shows the results for the OGTT for gestational diabetes.

Fasting: 95 mg/dL or higher
At 1 hour: 180 mg/dL or higher
At 2 hours: 155 mg/dL or higher
At 3 hours: 140 mg/dL or higher

So your sister does not have Gestational diabetes.

If you want to know details about gestational diabetes, Visit:
http://healthy-ojas.com/html/diabetes_mellitus.html