Did drinking alcohol, smoking, exercise or lack of lead to your current health problems? or the health porblems of those you know your age? My mother is 73 smikes, drinks and is diabetic and couldn’t care less. The average age expectancy in my family is mid to late 70’s for smokers and drinkers. The others lived to be an average of 84.
Roxas of Organization 13 asked:
I was just wondering what kinds of foods a Diabetic would eat? I am new to the Diabetic thing and I wasn’t completely sure what to eat and what to avoid (including snacks other than the main meal). I know that I can’t have any chocolate (unless it was in small dosages or sugar free candy over a period of few days) and I also know that I can have diet pop. Does anyone know what foods would be okay to have (or the foods that I can actually eat at any meal during the day)?
Chantelle A asked:
My husband is looking for a natural treatment for diabetic nerve pain.
He has pain and burning in the legs which sometimes can get to such a level that it is debilitating. He been diagnosed with diabetes but according to an ultrasound his blood circulation is within a normal range. One doctor said it was general diabetic nerve pain but didn’t offer a treatment.
Does anyone know what would trigger it? Would it be diet related, i.e. too much sugar short term triggering the pain, or is it a cumulative effect i.e. high sugar levels over the long term? He admitted to me that when he gets stressed at work he sometimes eats a complete bag of jelly beans. His blood sugar levels do rise in spikes and his A1C is generally good – 5.5 to 5.9.
He’s on Glucophage and blood pressure medications. Is there a natural avenue he could explore to manage this situation? More specifically something target, a natural treatment for diabetic nerve pain.